The latest news, The German Government is calling George Bush a liar about his lies regarding
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I've been suggesting for years that people boycott their cable television masters. Do you really need Comcast that much? In the age of widspread internet and DVD access? There's so much crapola on these stations and you're PAYING for it. So much of it is offensive, and you GIVE THEM MONEY TO HAVE IT IN YOUR LIVING ROOM. FOX gets money through them! People moan and complain but they don't take action through their pocketbooks which is the only thing these creeps understand. Plus, the last time I considered reconnecting and using Comcast -- they had offered me this deal -- and the guy comes into my home and they deliberately changed in on their paperwork. When I told that I therefore didn't want the contract -- this guy tries to negotiate another "deal" with me. I told him that I wasn't interested and it was time for him to leave -- a Comcast representative -- and he acts like he's not going to leave my home. I do know someone who worked for them years ago who is a great person -- but I think they increasingly have creeps and thugs in their business. Which is yet another reason not to GIVE THEM MONEY to cheat you and the rest of America.

Indeed! Pass this piece on. These type mergers etc. tend to go on behind closed doors, so while most media distract us by constantly focussing our attention on trivia like what Levi Johnson is doing next,or frightening us into abject powerlessness, harsh decisions are being made by powerful individuals whose predatory corporate interests conflict with our Constitution's long standing democratic promise of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness... with justice for all.

Comcast sucks. They are my local provided. They kept jacking up rates for having extra cable station that used to be on basic cable. I finally, five years ago, cut back to $14/month basic. Channels two through 36 only, no ESPN, Fox Sports or cartoon channel, and no Fixed Noise, CNN, CNBC, or MSNBC (I can see Olbermann on the net!). I watch less TV and don't miss it. When I did have digital cable, it was like that Springsteen song about 5oo station and nothing to watch!

Where I am, Comcast offers "introductory deals" at over 20-25 a month. After 6 months their regular rates for basic kick in, which is something like 50-60. That's without HBO and the movie channels. But hundreds of stations of garbage including Fox everywhere. I watch Keith on the internet too.

It's good to hear about lawmakers who are actually doing their job and fighting for the everyday person. I don't like to criticize liberal/progressive/socialist media (since support is so important), but I'm a little tired of the ever-constant-peering at people in the right wing (e.g. Sarah Palin, what's his name's son, and the other tea bag representatives in the elections, and prior to ..) In some ways, I feel like these proponents of liberal principles have helped empower these right wing radical lunatics by always talking about them, and no one else. Truthout is not particularly high on my mind when this criticism comes to mind. Rather, media sources, for example, like Huffpost where idiots like Sarah Palin are paraded day and night, often in more than one headline, and real people working on real issues, like Bernie Sanders, are completely absent from the public's eye. I would much rather hear about Bernie's work, and people like John Conyers or Dennis Kucinich, or what Jesse Jackson is up to these days, professionally (besides his personal life or comments). But I get the feeling that the liberal/progressive media buys into the very game that the conservative media wants them to. Instead of focusing of real people's WORK of real import. So I appreciate this article.

No, Anonymous on 11/13 at 3:28 - You're not looking anywhere near deeply enough. The mid-term was stolen; it's horrible but you really need to stop letting any media pull your focus . . . unless, of course . . . you're part of the problem.