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The real question about an all female community is which would come first —

Self distruction during an episode of Mass PMS — it could make mass hysteria look tame. How long would it take before most would be on the same cycle? Anyone want to visit this place at THAT time?

Or

Mass immobilization due to lack of guYs around to fix things.

You're on the right track with seeking alternative media outlets as probably the most viable option to getting balance.

IMHO, a lot of this would go away if advertizing on any mass media (reaches XX,XXX people) that didn't have a reasonable political balance to it's news reporters and editorial staff would be NOT be tax deductible. Shows and sites, with a disclaimer that views expressed on this media don't necessarily reflect the views of the broadcaster or it's advertizers would be OK. Sort of turning the Dem's fairness doctrine on it's head...

As it currently stands, the PRESSident (drive-by-media) uses the dominance of it's political affliation in reporters and editorial staff to leverage (unpolitically biased) advertizing $$ towards the PRESSidential political perspective without a disclaimer of their reporting/editorial bias -- which seems wrong.

However, don't hold your breath on anything like this out-of the-box balancing act ever happening. The PRESSident would veto it by every possible means at their disposal.

Currently, the best balance in mass media is the FOX network with the caveat that outside of a few nationally balanced FOX news/editorial shows there lurks tons of left wing bias in local FOX network new and editorial staffs.

The conservatives who lost did so largely because the PRESSident cherry picked what the conservatives said and did so that very little good came through to the public.

Where the liberals get a free pass to the PRESSidential podium to say most anything they wish (which the PRESSident will then edit out the booboos), conservatives get cut and pasted at their worse.

Also, most of the time, conservatives get some PRESSidental media babe or dude paraphrasing what they said or did, particularly if it was something good. Which means the good things don't get a conservative face, they get a PRESSidential face. When liberals do something good, their own words and speech are put out, which gives them a face and PRESSidential media recognition.

Solutions? The PRESSidential media is a tough nut to crack. It doesn't help things that so many conservative politicians are virtual computer and web illiterates when it comes understanding how to to utilize these growing alternative resources to get their words and actions out. Clearly, Mr Dean and the Dems have something going here, at least as far as keeping in contact with and motivating their far left base...

The Freepers (and their cousins) are fine and dandy resources. However, they (or something like it) isn't utilized by the party or conservative politicians to any significant degree as a means to access and motivate their base.