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To: a fool in paradise

Scary. Americans might be reduced to circulating underground newspapers, transmitting encrypted files and listening to clandestine radio and foreign shortwave broadcasts to get the real story... if they put up with this any longer.


6 posted on 02/26/2009 12:16:47 PM PST by coydog (Proud to have slept through the Obama coronation!)
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To: coydog

The entirity of the Democrat “stimulus” package is to fund liberal interest groups and secure further political power. The partisan press is needed to keep people from questioning the administration.

There are a number of serious problems that need to be addressed (everything from bus drivers whining about not being able to pay for an $800,000 home to outmoded buggywhip media not responding to market forces).

ASCAP alleged that BMI got “all the hits” because of payola. In reality payola went back to the 1800s. It was in radio from the earliest days.

The real problem was that ASCAP refused to publish music that was by “race” (black) or “hillbilly” artists and certainly wasn’t going to publish rock and roll. BMI filled the void.

The government intervened as well and took control of what went on the airwaves away from the DJ. Payola is still present in the industry. And radio sucks worse than ever.

Small labels rarely get a hit anymore.


7 posted on 02/26/2009 12:25:23 PM PST by a fool in paradise ("Do you know the website number?" - VP Joe Biden)
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To: coydog
Scary. Americans might be reduced to circulating underground newspapers, transmitting encrypted files and listening to clandestine radio and foreign shortwave broadcasts to get the real story... if they put up with this any longer.

With the way nobody was outraged at the Miller decision, America may not see another bright day for a long, long time. In today's apathetic times, there will be very few people that stand up against this false administration.

12 posted on 02/26/2009 4:50:14 PM PST by wastedyears (April 21st, 2009 - International Iron Maiden Day)
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