Thank the people....hopefully it will *never* pass. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joshua Zeidner" To: Cc: "Main PLUG discussion list" Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 10:50 AM Subject: Re: OT: Emergency Buy Out > the bill did not pass! > > On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Mike Schwartz wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 12:06 AM, wrote: >>> [...] >>> [jmz:] > It's time to stop looking...[at] the whole world through >>> [jmz:] > the lens of the mainstream media. >>> >>> Is there ANYONE on this list who would disagree with that? Trouble is, >>> is there a real alternative? Other country's media is just as biased in >>> one way or another; in fact, I challenge anyone to find a media that's >>> even moderately unbiased. :( >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> > -jmz >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - [...] >> >> I would point out that, the power of big newspapers is less today >> (or, at least very different) from back in the generation of the >> depression. >> This is partly due to the BLOG-o-sphere. >> *Not* that bloggers constitute >> >>> a media that's even moderately unbiased. :( >> >> on the contrary! - - every individual has his/her own agenda. >> But I think that the nature of the internet does have the potential >> to level the playing field, where a person's reputation is based upon >> their power to think, to put ideas in to words, to express opinions >> honestly, etc. >> IMHO, this potentially could be a good thing for the future. >> just my 0.02 ... >> -- >> Mike Schwartz >> Glendale AZ >> schwartz@acm.org >> > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.7.5/1697 - Release Date: 9/29/2008 7:40 AM --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss