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To: hreardon; icanhasbailout; null and void; goodnesswins; allmost; antceecee; Mike Darancette; oyez; ..
I know how radical aging hippies 'leaders' get people to show up for these 'demonstrations'.

The people who fill the ranks of protesters are not students - not intellectuals they're not even necessarily leftists.

The rank and file 'protesters' are there by court ordered - doing "community service'.

Remanded over to nonprofit organizations to do 'community service', these people with 'authority problems' are not necessarily political. But they are useful to fill out a crowd. Leftists nonprofits are using low level criminals to fill the ranks of 'protesters'.

Our dumb as the bed-board 'press' doesn't seem able to ask the simplest questions of liberal protesters to uncover this trick. Why? What's keeping the press from looking?

If the Tea Party was doing this reporters for the New York Times and Washington Post would catch it. Is it more than bias?

Many editors are aging hippies - they WANT TO BELIEVE the sixties are still here. In their minds they're still young and girls are ready and able to come - running - for smart young journalists.

The press- ever vigilant with the Tea Party loses all curiosity when dealing with liberal groups. They live in past glory ... Might be time for newsrooms denizens to grow up, smell the roses, and start covering events with grown up honesty.

72 posted on 08/20/2011 6:38:17 AM PDT by GOPJ (126 people were indicted for being terrorists in the last two years. Every one of them was Muslim.)
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To: LucyT

Lucy - thanks for the ping.

I know how radical aging hippies ‘leaders’ get people to show up for ‘demonstrations’.

People who fill the ranks of protesters are not students - not intellectuals they’re not even necessarily leftists.

Many rank and file ‘protesters’ are there by court ordered - doing “community service’.

Remanded over to nonprofit organizations to do ‘community service’, these people with ‘authority problems’ are not necessarily political. But they are useful to fill out a crowd. Leftists nonprofits are using low level criminals to fill the ranks of ‘protesters’.

Got a speeding ticket? Need to do 400 hours of ‘community service? Travel to New York - and get your service done in one weekend....

Our dumb as the bed-board ‘press’ doesn’t seem able to ask the simplest questions of liberal protesters to uncover this trick. Why? What’s keeping the press from looking?

If the Tea Party was doing this reporters for the New York Times and Washington Post would catch it. Is it more than bias?

Many editors are aging hippies - they WANT TO BELIEVE the sixties are still here. In their minds they’re still young and girls are ready and able to come - running - for smart young journalists.

The press- ever vigilant with the Tea Party loses all curiosity when dealing with liberal groups. They live in past glory ... Might be time for newsrooms denizens to grow up, smell the roses, and start covering events with grown-up honesty.


74 posted on 08/20/2011 6:44:18 AM PDT by GOPJ (126 people were indicted for being terrorists in the last two years. Every one of them was Muslim.)
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To: GOPJ

Nice piece, but you should have made more clear that you were first quoting someone else, and also that it came from the article linked at the top.

Am I correct, your comments begin with “Our dumb as the bed-board ‘press’ doesn’t seem able to ask the simplest questions of liberal protesters...”

Sorry to nitpick, but we need to be as clear as possible with these things. :)


75 posted on 08/20/2011 6:46:04 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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