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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 09:23 AM Original message |
Senators threaten to block media ownership plan |
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Me. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. Threatening Is One Thing |
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PDittie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 10:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Yep. "threaten to block" means |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 03:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. best analogy ever!!! |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 10:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
39. "Threaten to block" means.... |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 10:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. As I have said before, Full Of Sound and Fury, signifying nothing |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. I'm with you on that. |
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MikeNearMcChord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. I heard Dorgan, on the Rachel Maddow show. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 09:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I Hope They're On the Side of the Angels, But |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
3. Rec'd. This is really important. nt |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
5. God forbid it could EVER get any worse! Hope it's significant Trent Lott, even, has ended up on the |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
6. Another reason to tell your congress critters to get behind HR 3302 |
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dmr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 09:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Thanks for posting this Rocco |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. This is what we need |
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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
7. K&R Kick it up, kick it up! eom |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
9. Wow, this means I actually agree with Trent Lott on something |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 10:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. . |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Thanks! Those are great! n/t |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
10. They need to tighten media ownership rules NOT relax them... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
11. Why would Trent Lott support something so non-evil? n/t |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 10:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Maybe this is a sign he has a fatal illness and he's trying to atone for his past! |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 07:31 AM Response to Reply #12 |
46. .........Trent's good sense tells him that the winds of time are about to change |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 12:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Maybe he sees the pendulum swinging... |
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Oak2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. No, elements of the right are against media consolidation as well |
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dickbearton (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 05:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. Oak2004, boy are you confused. NRA is about as right wing as you get, short of Nazi party. |
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Oak2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:05 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Gosh, then Howard Dean is far right |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
30. Because after the Bush White House threw him under the bus for the Strom Thurmond comment... |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 10:39 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. But Dubyah wants to sit on Lott's porch |
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harpboy_ak (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 03:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
44. Lott prefers LOCAL broadcasting |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 06:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
45. Hard to believe he would suddenly get religion... |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
17. Yeah threatening until the campaign cash starts to flow. |
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WileEcoyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Now you're thinkin |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
19. It shouldn't be a threat - IT SHOULD BE A PROMISE! |
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dickbearton (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. Says who, you. Not the way the system of bribery, oh I mean lobbying, is set up. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
20. Talked with Senator Harkin last Saturday. |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
21. Bienvenue a laissez-faire |
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tranche (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
24. Quick get that threat on the wires! n/t |
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ThatsMyBarack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 06:03 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. Welcome to DU, plainsight! |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. I will believe it when I see it |
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dickbearton (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 06:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. You are exactly right, Nearly all the politicians are bribed. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
27. Please follow through guys. We need this. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
29. "Closing the barn door after....." |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I Read a Consultant's Newsletter the Other Day |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
33. FCC usurping Congress on media ownership rules is how WH bought MSM in 2002-4, this is important! |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
34. More media consolidation |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
40. maybe... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
41. Why fight them when its so much easier to just take their money? |
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