Reminder: A Prediction in 2004

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From Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_based_community re- the term, "Reality-Based Community":

The source of the term is a quotation in an October 17, 2004, The New York Times Magazine article by writer Ron Suskind, quoting an unnamed aide to George W. Bush (later attributed to Karl Rove):

The aide said that guys like me were "in what we call the reality-based community," which he defined as people who "believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality." ... "That's not the way the world really works anymore," he continued. "We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do."

(Footnotes deleted; see link for those.)

Reality is now overshadowed by the spectacle created by a media largely controlled by the right. It's not that Dems can't message, it's that they've lost control of their own message, because it's either not reported or it's distorted by the media. Americans are not stupid; they're misinformed and even brainwashed.

I.m.h.o., we urgently need:

1. Election reform (both electronic voting and campaign finance, including corporate money);

2. Media reform (restore restrictions on consolidated ownership and the Fairness Doctrine); and

3. To restore public education.

Without progress on those 3 crucial issues, no other progress is secure or even possible.

[Scuba]

1. Agreed.

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2. [self-delete -- dupe]

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3. Thanks! And PS:

Anyone know if Maurice Hinchey won last nite? He was the Congressional Rep. who proposed the last media reform bill I'm aware of.

Also, MovetoAmend.org is pushing to eliminate corporate "personhood."

[livvy]

4. I agree. If your house is falling down...

it's probably a good idea to check out the foundation. In our country right now the foundation is compromised. We've got a set of bad contractors running the show, giving advice that profits them immensely, but takes the consumer for a really expensive, yet non-productive ride.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. That is part of the problem

[whathehell]

6. K & R

[laundry_queen]

7. K&R nt