[163130] in Zephyr_Bugs
Past the Firewall of Nonsense
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Rivers Pitt, Truthout)
Tue Mar 13 21:04:04 2012
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Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:04:03 -0400 (EDT)
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t r u t h o u t | So let me get this straight. =20
*Rick Santorum*, who we are somehow supposed to believe is a serious candid=
ate for the highest office in the land, thinks people should not go to coll=
ege because education is somehow a code word for socialist indoctrination. =
*Mitt Romney*, another walking joke, was for birth control before he was ag=
ainst it before he was for it before he was against it before he was for it=
. *Rush Limbaugh*, the godhead of hate radio and the leader of the modern G=
OP, wants private citizens who use birth control to film themselves having =
sex for his personal edification. Meanwhile, the latest polls tell us that =
fully half of the Republicans in Alabama and Mississippi believe President =
Obama is a secret Muslim =E2=80=A6 oh, and they're not quite sold on the le=
gality of mixed-race marriage, either. =20
And that's just for openers, here in the brave new world that is 21st-centu=
ry America. Call it stupid, call it silly, dismiss it with a disgusted wave=
of your hand if you wish, but this stuff is being blasted out there in an =
endless barrage, and after awhile, it sticks.=20
Cretins like Rush Limbaugh not only spew anti-Muslim hatred on domestic air=
waves - Limbaugh is a featured program on Armed Forces Radio, reaching the =
ears and minds of American soldiers fighting a grinding, ceaseless and poin=
tless war in Afghanistan. *
**There has never been a more important time for Truthout to continue the h=
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<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; ">So let me get this straight.</span=
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<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; "> </span></div>
<div><b><span style=3D"font-size: medium; ">Rick Santorum</span></b><span s=
tyle=3D"font-size: medium; ">, who we are somehow supposed to believe is a =
serious candidate for the highest office in the land, thinks people should =
not go to college because education is somehow a code word for socialist in=
doctrination. <b>Mitt Romney</b>, another walking joke, was for birth contr=
ol before he was against it before he was for it before he was against it b=
efore he was for it. <b>Rush Limbaugh</b>, the godhead of hate radio and th=
e leader of the modern GOP, wants private citizens who use birth control to=
film themselves having sex for his personal edification. </span></div>
<div></div>
<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; ">Meanwhile, the latest polls tell u=
s that fully half of the Republicans in Alabama and Mississippi believe Pre=
sident Obama is a secret Muslim … oh, and they're not quite sold on =
the legality of mixed-race marriage, either.</span></div>
<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; "> </span></div>
<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; ">And that's just for openers, here =
in the brave new world that is 21st-century America. Call it stupid, call i=
t silly, dismiss it with a disgusted wave of your hand if you wish, but thi=
s stuff is being blasted out there in an endless barrage, and after awhile,=
it sticks. </span></div>
<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; "><br />
</span></div>
<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; ">Cretins like Rush Limbaugh not onl=
y spew anti-Muslim hatred on domestic airwaves - Limbaugh is a featured pro=
gram on Armed Forces Radio, reaching the ears and minds of American soldier=
s fighting a grinding, ceaseless and pointless war in Afghanistan.</span></=
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