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After Crossfire and Hardball Tonight, is There Any Question Remaining? The Media is the Real Enemy.
The Media is the Real Enemy ^ | 8-12-04 | Bob J

Posted on 08/12/2004 9:40:42 PM PDT by Bob J

On the 5th I posted an article title The Media is the Real Enemy - Watch Media Reaction to the Swift Boat Vets Story and be Convinced!. After observing what has happened since and in particular the performance typified by Crossfire and Hardball tonight, is there any question remaining that our primary activism objective needs to be defeating the media hegemony that nourishes the beast?

I've been involved in FReeper activism beginning way back with the March for Justice in '98. I now believe my energies have been nothing but shadow boxing. Every single action that we have undertaken against groups or individuals can trace their existence to an adoring dim media that creates them, props them up and then protects them from damage through propaganda, misdirection and lies.

I think it's time we redirect our efforts to the source that creates, sustains and drives liberalism.

Comments and suggestions?


TOPICS: Activism/Chapters
KEYWORDS: enemy; enemywithin; kerry; media; swiftboat; swiftboatvets
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To: Bob J
"The majority of the media has an achilles heel they cannot control...funding. Whether it comes from customers, advertisers or supporters, it can at least be affected if not cut off."

Wrong. They can and will continue to "control" funding, until conservatives out spend them, which isn't going to happen anytime soon because people want stuff. It's going to take years to re-educate people on Constitutional principles, and the long term benefits thereof.

To paraphrase a Founding Father, once the populace realizes they can vote benefits to themselves, the Republic is over.

321 posted on 08/13/2004 11:13:33 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (www.swiftvets.com)
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To: Wolverine
Buy or hoard food for resale. A long time ago, in the middle of the night, while driving cross country, I stopped at a small diner in the middle of nowhere. The menu listed no prices. I had 3 eggs over-easy, bacon, home fries, toast & real butter and good coffee. It was 3 in the morning, my waitress was young and chippy, the cook was overworked but could spare a smile. My ticket read $1. GOD BLESS KANSAS!
322 posted on 08/13/2004 11:23:45 PM PDT by BIGLOOK (I once opposed keelhauling but have recently come to my senses.)
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To: Chieftain; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

I agree!
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YOU are a real American PATRIOT!

Thanks you for all you do.

Semper Fidelis


318 posted on 08/14/2004 12:57:55 AM CDT by Chieftain (Support the Swiftboat Veterans for Truth and expose Hanoi John lies!)
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To: Chieftain
I'm just someone who has a Mission to fulfill.

I get my guidance from HIM.

319 posted on 08/14/2004 1:01:39 AM CDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!)
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To: Bob J


323 posted on 08/13/2004 11:35:49 PM PDT by JLO
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

BTTT!!!!!!


324 posted on 08/14/2004 3:05:02 AM PDT by E.G.C.
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Why is that talk radio and the internet are not afraid to tell the truth?
Why do the TV and Cable newsrooms refuse to "question Senator Kerry's patriotism"?
Why do the TV and Cable newsrooms look for the negative news BUT ignore they are backing a traitor?

It all comes down to advertising sales. Talk radio and the internet don’t depend on major corporate sponsors, Cable and broadcast news does. If the corporate entities spend their advertising money they get what they pay for - not just promotion of their product but also promotion of their ideas.
As for “look for the negative news BUT ignore they are backing a traitor” it’s pretty simple. If the sponsors want Hanoi John elected they have to ignore that he is a lying, backstabbing, seditious traitor.
325 posted on 08/14/2004 3:29:56 AM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
hehe!

John Kerry wrote his Review for "Apocalypse Now" on Oct 14, 1979 in the Boston Herald.

Here is the article in JPG format.

Thank you, thank you FreeRepublic.com !


In the BOTTOM JPG, check out the TOP RIGHT paragraph regarding Cambodia .....

"On more than one occasion, I, like Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now, took my patrol boat into Cambodia. In fact, I remember spending Christmas Eve of 1968 five miles across the Cambodian border being shot at by our South Vietnamese allies who were drunk and celebrating Christmas. The absurdity of almost being killed by our own allies in a country in which President Nixon claimed there were no American troops was very real."

There is the lie. He NEVER WAS in Cambodia. The Swiftboat book Unfit for Command addresses that issue. And Nixon, who had WON election in November 1968, did not take office until January, 1969.

John Kerry is a LIAR! I think mostly Bush haters would vote for Kerry. I say George Bush in a landslide win November 2nd !

John Kerry's "Apocalypse Now" fantasy in Cambodia.
Great scan of 1979 newpaper article.


326 posted on 08/14/2004 3:56:00 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: MeekOneGOP
"...South Vietnamese allies who were drunk and celebrating Christmas..."

The South Vietnamese were Buddhists and didn't celebrate Christmas.
327 posted on 08/14/2004 4:33:19 AM PDT by igoramus987
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To: Bob J
If Kerry's "Band of Brothers" back up Kerry's memory of Christmas in Cambodia, then, they are in fact all liars.

Kerry is a liar.

The "Band of Brothers" are liars.

It's the Swift Boat Vets who are the straight-shooters here.
328 posted on 08/14/2004 4:49:47 AM PDT by Beckwith (Did Kerry commit murder in Viet Nam?)
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To: Bob J

Bob-
You've got it just right. The media are the real enemy. I think they don't even pretend to make any bones about it any longer. The gloves are off, and they intend to defeat Bush at any and all costs. Any media outlet which stands in the way of the left-wing onslaught is branded as exremeist, sued and attacked.

I believe that even Freepers will be shocked over the next 2 months at the things we will se on network TV and in the press. This is going to be unprecedented. Just wait for the debates to come around. I expect the major issue for the candidates to "debate" will be how much Bush should apologize, and why he has not apologized for failing to apologize -- For being an American, for being President, for being a Republican, and for being alive.


329 posted on 08/14/2004 5:16:20 AM PDT by San Jacinto
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To: Williams; Bob J
We do not have a political party capable of defending the best interests of this great Nation.

 

 

 

  Huzzah!! Well said!

And a bump to find later.

330 posted on 08/14/2004 5:32:23 AM PDT by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional.)
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To: igoramus987
The South Vietnamese were Buddhists and didn't celebrate Christmas.

I wondered about that too. Yet MORE BS by Kerry!

Thanks, and welcome to FreeRepublic.com, btw .....


331 posted on 08/14/2004 6:23:17 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: San Jacinto

Yep.


332 posted on 08/14/2004 8:33:19 AM PDT by Bob J (Rightalk.com...coming soon!)
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To: igoramus987

"The South Vietnamese were Buddhists and didn't celebrate Christmas."

Good point! You are the only person I've seen to catch this.


333 posted on 08/14/2004 9:34:18 AM PDT by jocon307
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To: Viet-Boat-Rider
Great email ~ congratulations ~ good job!

We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ trolls, terrorists, democrats and the mainstream media are sad ~ very sad!

~~ Bush/Cheney 2004 ~~

334 posted on 08/14/2004 9:55:59 AM PDT by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: RobFromGa

Hey Rob, I seem to have forgotten who signed the CFR bill into law. Can you refresh my memory??


335 posted on 08/14/2004 11:06:25 AM PDT by Charlotte Corday (I don't burn the flag because I can. I will burn the flag if I can't.)
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To: A Navy Vet

Right on target vet. The problem with America today is that we've finally reached that point where more than half the voters are riding in the wagon, and less than half are pulling. Only a cataclysmic external threat can put conservatives in office under that circumstance.


336 posted on 08/14/2004 11:10:03 AM PDT by Charlotte Corday (I don't burn the flag because I can. I will burn the flag if I can't.)
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To: Charlotte Corday
Hey Rob, I seem to have forgotten who signed the CFR bill into law. Can you refresh my memory??

Sorry, I can't remember, I'm just too darn stoopid.

337 posted on 08/14/2004 11:28:55 AM PDT by RobFromGa (Kerry/Edwards: Hating America One Vote at a Time)
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To: A Navy Vet
Hey, good to be back.... I took a while off for a mental health break, as I was really getting wound up regarding the Dims, Michael Moore (NO RELATION!!) the press, and kind of got down about feeling whatever I did, the press had already negated it.

Anyhow, realizing that ya cant turn your back on truth, I'm back, rested, and ready to do battle once again ;-)

Keep the Faith for Freedom

Greg

338 posted on 08/14/2004 12:39:24 PM PDT by gwmoore (As the Russian manual for the Nagant Revolver states: "Target Practice: "at the deserter, FIRE")
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To: Bob J
There is a large billboard along I-95 or I-93 Southbound into Boston, saying "Don't Believe the Liberal Media". Good, but it could be better - and changed more often. This strategery could be replicated in cities in battleground states to reach swing voters who are not internet savvy. Some suggestions for various messages:

92% of journalists identify themselves as liberals
- Keep that in mind -

or

The Swift Boat Veterans Story.
Did YOUR press tell you about this?

339 posted on 08/14/2004 1:13:06 PM PDT by guitfiddlist (Hate is a DNC Family Value)
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To: guitfiddlist

I believe billboard campaigns can be as effective and give much more bang for the buck than radio an TV.


340 posted on 08/14/2004 1:27:42 PM PDT by Bob J (Rightalk.com...coming soon!)
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