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So the Right always lies, but the Left is always honest... ?? Roll Eyes Get real...
Well, they certainly ARE better at it, and sweeping generalizations, too.
So the Right always lies, but the Left is always honest... ?? Roll Eyes Get real...
Britney Spears said:Little vague, isn't it? What's the name of the foundation? It should be easy to look up the SEC filings to verify the article's validity, or is it just another right wing lie?
I love Michael Moore, only because he makes conservatives squirm. Ownership of Halliburton stock is just smart investing, and it's nice to able to sit in on shareholder meetings and make informatrion requests, considering what he does. Certainly, he of all people, won't have any conflicts of interest. Unlike, say, the Vice President of the United States, or the Secretary of Defence. Somehow conservatives never get wound up about THAT.
It's a sad fact that the right wing lie machine has poisoned political discourse to the extent that we need to fight fire with fire, but why hold back when your opponent won't?
Glorified Ape said:Moore has to be taken with a grain of salt much of the time,
kcdist said:Wow, Mr Ape. Strong views.
Have you ever voiced similar concerns over Canada's taxpayer funded Liberal propaganda machine, the CBC?
Britney Spears said:I'd HATE for this kind of discourse to spread and become the norm up here too.
The recent Sharia Law debacle is a great example of hysteria triumphing over 6th grade reading/comprehension.
Britney Spears said:Little vague, isn't it? What's the name of the foundation? It should be easy to look up the SEC filings to verify the article's validity, or is it just another right wing lie?
I love Michael Moore, only because he makes conservatives squirm. Ownership of Halliburton stock is just smart investing, and it's nice to able to sit in on shareholder meetings and make informatrion requests, considering what he does. Certainly, he of all people, won't have any conflicts of interest. Unlike, say, the Vice President of the United States, or the Secretary of Defence. Somehow conservatives never get wound up about THAT.
It's a sad fact that the right wing lie machine has poisoned political discourse to the extent that we need to fight fire with fire, but why hold back when your opponent won't?
And regarding the news services deal, ignore Fox, ignore the CBC (especially the CBC, I cannot stress that enough), ignore CNN (unless its a breaking story, they are excellent at picking those up, they just take it too far by analysing the s*** out of it) and ignore most other TV news services. I've found that CTV Newsnet is about as unbaised as you can get in Canada, and the BBC is decent at getting you world news/current events. Although they can be decidedly anti-American in the way they present some things, it's generally fairly good.
kcdist said:Wow, Mr Ape. Strong views.
Two questions:
Do you actually receive FOX news, or are you just parroting beliefs from others of your ilk that hold your same views?
Have you ever voiced similar concerns over Canada's taxpayer funded Liberal propaganda machine, the CBC?
2332Piper said:So I should watch the garbage news channels to become more...informed? Sorry, I fail to see where your logic is leading.
And if you like watching CNN spend hours upon hours covering the escape of a prisoner from a Texas jail and recounting his capture minute by minute, well, I have better things to do with my news watching time. Thats called analysing the s*** out of everything.
But hey, whatever floats your boat. I prefer watching unbaised (as much as possible), credible and informative news sources (like CTV Newsnet and the BBC, sort of).
Britney Spears said:You know what I learned after a year in university? People who decide to IGNORE everything they don't like, and who dislike "analyzing the **** out of it", to use your choice of terms, tend to be much less informed than their peers, and are prone to making fools of themselves when commenting on issues they don't understand. George W. Bush didn't succeed BECAUSE of this attitude, but in spite of it.
See, where would you be now if I just decided to ignore all the NRO garbage that gets posted here, instead of debunking it? I know, ignorance is bliss and all that....
So I should watch the garbage news channels to become more...informed?
Filmmaker urges Canadians to marry 'Sickos' / CTV.ca News Staff
Michael Moore is so impressed with Canadian health care, he's urging Americans to hook up with a Canuck just for the free access.
The documentary hit-maker created a tongue-in-cheek website, www.hook-a-canuck.com, to make a point about deficiencies in the health care system in the United States. It also promotes Moore's new movie, "Sicko", which at one point, compares America's for-profit arrangement to Canada's universal system.
"I know you have your flaws and your problems with your system but the point of my movie was to show even with your problems, compared to what we have, I couldn't find a Canadian willing to give up their national health insurance card and trade it for one of our HMO cards in this country," Moore said Thursday in an interview with CTV Newsnet.
Moore has turned to Canada more than once in his famed documentaries. In his Oscar-winning film about gun culture, "Bowling for Columbine," Moore visited Canada and mused about our low crime rates and trustworthy nature. In the controversial film, "Fahrenheit 9/11", he praised our country for refusing to join the Iraq invasion.
"I think Americans would benefit by trying to be a little more Canadian-like," he said.
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