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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=mgriffwzef@comcast.net href="mailto:mgriffwzef@comcast.net">Mike</A>
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<DIV><B>To:</B> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 09, 2011 5:16 PM</DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Left Right, Left
Right<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Marching to the Drumbeat of
the Corporate Media<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Most Americans, including dissidents, have accepted the terms of
political left and right without question or understanding how those terms have
divided us as a nation and how the media have used those terms to the advantage
of the Corporate Elite who depend on that division to continue to rob ordinary
Americans of democracy. The terminology is deceptive and by design, a weapon
used by the ruling class and their media prostitutes to deceive the middle
class, working Americans and the poor. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>A prime example was the fight over National Healthcare. According to a
recent report, all the major network anchors were required by the network CEOs
to refer the healthcare bill as “government run” healthcare rather than national
healthcare; of course playing on the fears of most Americans of a “government
takeover”, which was far from the truth. The healthcare bill that was finally
passed by hook or crook was nothing less than pathetic grovels to the ruling
class after the demands of the Republican Party, the insurance and medical
industries, and the Corporate Elite were met. Far from the single-payer plan
that would benefit working Americans and the poor. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>The demands and profits from advertisers and the fact that all the major
networks are corporate owned, far outweigh the will and needs of the American
public. There is nothing more anti-American than the Corporation, the media, and
those who pander the trust of the American voter.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Defining the
“Right”: </SPAN></B><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When it comes to the values that define
the principals this nation was founded on, nothing could be more wrong than the
Right. Being on the right [conservative] simply means; I am rich or I pander to
the rich and I got mine, screw you! It means only the wealthy and the powerful
should rule. It means that only those who have the means to buy democracy should
have it. It means that our government is “Of the Corporation, By the
Corporation, and For the Corporation.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>That government is extended to all those who have sold their souls to
deny the American people the voice our Constitution was written to protect. The
media, Wall Street, the Republican Party, Tea baggers, 99% of the Democratic
Party including Barrack Obama, the National Chamber of Commerce, the National
Manufacturers Association, 99% of top Labor Leaders, and a host of other slugs
and business organizations are on the Right [Wrong]. Sadly, most of our
religious leaders have aligned themselves with the devious and greedy! If Christ
were to appear before us today and divide the bread and fish among the
multitudes, most church leaders would call him a “Socialist”. <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Rarely has Right been so Wrong!
<o:p></o:p></B></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">What is
“Left”? </SPAN></B><FONT size=3>What is left after we separate the above listed
parasites is the overwhelming majority of Americans. You know; the ones that are
supposed to rule; ordinary working people who have no voice in government. They
create the wealth, defend our nation in phony oil wars, pay the bulk of taxes,
and provide the heartbeat to the vision our founders laid in our Constitution; a
government “Of the People, By the People, and for the People”.
</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The majority
of Americans believe in charity; taking care of fellow Americans, the needy; and
extol the real values of a true democracy. The unrepresented majority are at the
center of what it used to mean to be an American, not to the left of it. Most
have Christian values and even the majority of those who choose not to believe,
harbor social values and often sacrifice for those less
fortunate.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">The media’s use of “left” or “liberal”, “right or
conservative” are terms to shape public opinion to reflect the views of their
corporate masters. It is easy to catch the venom dripping from the lips of media
commentators and conservatives when they use the term “liberal”. Today’s media
is not much different from the heyday of Randolph Hurst and other news gurus who
called for the hanging of labor organizers during and after the Industrial
Revolution. Perhaps that is why there such an enormous majority of conservative
talk show hosts or maybe it’s just easier to hear a Jackass than a Dove. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They are
still just as biased and hell-bent on deceiving the American public. We don’t
have real news programming in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>. We hear what the ruling
class wants us to hear with the spin they want us to hear or it goes
unreported.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>A classic example is the reporting of the events unfolding in
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Egypt</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Mainstream reporters are
absolutely giddy over the revolution, embracing protestors like long lost
cousins. The spin is exactly the opposite of reporting on protests here at home.
In the Battle of Seattle, the protests against the International Monetary Fund
[IMF], when the police and security agencies were caught red handed in looting,
smashing windows and violent acts, it went unreported. In protests in <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Florida</st1:place></st1:State> at the Republican
Convention and the Democratic Convention, the protestors were pinned up, denied
the right to be heard and their concerns were not even aired. I n <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">St. Louis</st1:City> <st1:State
w:st="on">Mo.</st1:State></st1:place>, pre-emptive arrests of Monsanto
protestors in violation of our Constitution, never made the news. Those events
were not good for the public to know and cast a bad light on the ruling
class.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>It was no different during the Civil Rights Movement of the 60’s. Those
who now drool over the opportunity to associate themselves to the name of Martin
Luther King for political advantage are the same ones who ordered police to
beat, shoot, and maim protestors. The media was always careful to point out
protestor violence, but refused to point out the brutality of the police and
state government even when it was clearly visible on their cameras. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Fabricating
the war in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region></st1:place> and the war crimes that followed
were non issues. ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, CNN, you name it, were all busy waving the
flag while we sent our children to die and become maimed to a nation that had
nothing to do with 911 or weapons of mass destruction. The result was more than
5000 of our children killed, hundreds of thousands maimed, 750,000 innocent
civilians killed and millions forced to become refugees, plus the drain of our
economy. Responsible reporting could have prevented Bush and Cheney from
becoming the War Criminals they are and the devastating economic effects of a
phony war that has lasted ten years.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Perhaps, and I am hopeful, that reporting on Egypt by the frauds in the
media, will embolden the silent majority, that we will see the power and courage
of ordinary people and the revolution for real democracy will spread to America.
The conditions that have led to unrest in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Egypt</st1:place></st1:country-region> are the
same as they are here, they are just unreported here.</FONT></P>
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size=3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Mike Griffin</FONT></P>
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