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jarnocan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-18-07 12:31 PM
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So the impression I'm getting from the Main Stream Media is
Edited on Sun Mar-18-07 12:33 PM by jarnocan
that Protestors for and Against the War came out in about equal numbers. Many reports do not even mention numbers, but give close to equal time to both points of view. grrrr.
I think we had about as many anti-war folks at our rally in Greensboro, as they had PRO-war fools in WDC. And I know you had THOUSANDS of times more protesting the war!:)
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some of the coverage isn't bad but they still just seem so afraid to fully report the truth.
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-18-07 12:34 PM
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1. Did you hear that Washington Journal caller this morning who
was righteously angry because CSPAN didn't cover that Freeper protest? She kept insisting that they had 30,000 people there lining the streets, 2-5 people deep? The host raised his eyebrows and asked her about it. He clearly didn't believe her. However, I expect we'll hear that number for the pro-war side (oh, and she was po'd because they were referred to as "pro-war") bandied about.
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-18-07 12:37 PM
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2. Did she say how many porta-potties they had?
I suspect they're really freeper reproduction booths, but that's another issue. :shrug:
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-18-07 12:38 PM
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3. You may be right about that. Capsules for pod people.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-18-07 12:41 PM
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6. They place Left Behind books in every potty for bathroom-reading material.
That usually does the trick for them.
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KharmaTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-18-07 12:44 PM
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9. But They're High Quality Potties
Especially made by a Halliburton subsidiary at US Taxpayer expense... :rofl:

So far, the only Freeperstrators were a couple of old guys with moronic signs. It's been years since I can remember a real freeper "counter demonstration". They're too comfy in mom's basement...the only times they hit the streets is when they need hookesr, more oxy or trans fats. :rofl:

Cheers...
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-18-07 01:00 PM
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12. They cost more because they're actually parthenogenesis incubators.
At least that's the rumor. :evilgrin:
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tbyg52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-18-07 12:48 PM
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10. ROFLMAO!
:spray:

:rofl:
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Robbien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-18-07 12:39 PM
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4. Over at Freeperland they are calling and emailing the media and making sure
the word gets out that pro-war marchers were as big as anti-war.

They make alot of followup noise which seems to work hiding the real facts on the ground.
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jarnocan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-18-07 12:41 PM
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7. In Greensboro when BU**SH** visited same thing
equal time for about 4 freeper fools or 400 anti-bu**sh** folks!
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-18-07 12:41 PM
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5. Yep. 30,000 lining the streets!!!


They're all over the place!!!!!
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-18-07 12:42 PM
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8. Where is my photoshop?
I could make that look like 30K

By the way, it is ironic, leftist exploit military... obviously we are in charge of the White House and responsible for Walter Reed

:sarcasm:
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-18-07 12:51 PM
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11. On a more serious note
taht is waht the MSM loves to do, conflate,confuse and make a mess of things

They know the polls and they know THEY are on the loosing side and that they need to keep the charade

So if you were expecting a fair coverage, not in this country any longer... not until the media conglomerates are broken and a fairness doctrine comes back... after all what we have is a conservative, corporatist media
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jarnocan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-18-07 03:43 PM
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13. very true. with an occasion token nuget of truth
to keep us thinking they are on our side.

like they will try to tell us this was fair coverage, because at least the protest made it to the MSM a bit.
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