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French Socialist Party leadership vote (last)night | 104 comments (104 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: A couple of basic reasons? (none / 0)

So Le Pen, for all practical purposes. How'd she respond?

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Nov 21st, 2008 at 05:55:36 PM EST
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oh and (4.00 / 3)

The main TV channel is owned by a personal buddy of Sarkozy, and has been happy to drum in Sarkozy's scaremongering-but-don't-worry-I'm-tough message, the other TV channels are state-owned, and government-intimidated, and the major media groups are owned by other friends of Sarkozy.

Any other questions?

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Fri Nov 21st, 2008 at 06:32:12 PM EST
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Re: oh and (none / 1)

Well, sure, and that makes it harder, but find me a party on The Left^TM that doesn't have to compete with a news media that clearly sits right-of-center in western countries. That's why the Intertubez are so important.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Nov 21st, 2008 at 10:03:19 PM EST
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Re: oh and (4.00 / 2)

...and that's why developing them here in Europe as well is so crucial.

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.

by Bernard on Sat Nov 22nd, 2008 at 04:05:35 AM EST
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Re: oh and (none / 0)

Come to Sweden my friend. Our media is like a caricature of the so called "liberal media" in the US. They're just like Fox News except leftists and because of their incestous segregation incredibly detached from the majority view of pretty much everything.

Like Fox News, except they actually believe they are "fair and balanced".

So take a guess, do you think the Swedish left or right is most interested in the Intertubes? Yeah, that's right.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Mon Nov 24th, 2008 at 02:45:01 PM EST
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Re: oh and (none / 0)

So just like in Italy... Or Sweden... or... Hell, does anyone have a good hold on how we should make media work?

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Mon Nov 24th, 2008 at 02:41:16 PM EST
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