Comments on: I Want Bernie Sanders for Alaska.

By: lemonfair

lemonfair — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:44:46 +0000

@Marnie: It was pretty early for me, and probably for you too

By: mlaiuppa

mlaiuppa — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:38:19 +0000

And this is why Net Neutrality is essential to our freedom. It is the only communication outlet that not only remains open but allows “conversation” rather than “lecture”.

Is it no wonder the internet is becoming a ‘liberal’ refuge? It allows us to participate in logical debate and our conversations can provide citations to support our views.

All of those other media outlets are for the brain dead couch potato to be lectured to, become indoctrinated and then regurgitate talking points with neither understanding nor the ability to intelligently support viewpoints.
Since they’re parroting the viewpoints of others, it’s really no surprising they can’t support their own arguements….they’re not their own.

Net Neutrality must be protected. It will continue to be attacked. Subtle and insidious legislation will continually be added to unrelated bills in attempts to muzzle the internet. We need to be constantly vigilant or we will lose our last refuge for truly free speech.

By: bubbles

bubbles — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:29:37 +0000

thank goodness,gramian. that’s a relief. KO and Rachel must not go. we haz revolution and chaos. yes. we will…bubs

By: Gramiam

Gramiam — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:26:26 +0000

Comcast wants ownership of movies and other entertainment media owned by NBC Universal, which is owned by GE.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33111969/

By: Gramiam

Gramiam — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:19:59 +0000

Sauerkraut,Only part of MSNBC is on the sale block. If sold it will be spun off from MSNBC and operated as a totally separate company. KO and Rachel will remain with the News arm of MSNBC, which is NOT for sale.

By: Jean Schiffler

Jean Schiffler — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:11:34 +0000

We live in northern New York State but right next to Vermont and have followed Bernie Sanders since he was the Mayor of Burlington, VT. We agree with most everything he says and wish he was our representative. He is so sensible and thoughtful and he is not so much a socialist as he is a humanist. The two Senators from Vermont, Leahy and Welch, are quite good also. They are both Democrats.

By: ChiCat

ChiCat — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:40:10 +0000

Yay for Bernie Sanders! As a fellow New Englander, he’s been on my radar for a while now, and I don’t think I’ve ever heard him say something with which I’ve disagreed, tho I don’t consider myself a socialist. I’m glad he’s getting more exposure now; we need our liberals front and center to be sure the progressive agenda does not get watered down by the pandering “moderates” on the left side of the aisle. (I put moderates in quotes because most of these so-called moderates are really corporate shills, pretending to be moderate when really they are just holding things up b/c they owe too much to the lobbyists who pay for their campaigns.)

By: laprofesora

laprofesora — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:27:12 +0000

Lani@14: I agree, we have to get over the fear of words. “Socialism” is not the boogeyman. But the low-information crowd gets whipped up by these buzz words, without any thought as to what they actually mean. As Sen. Sanford describes it, we could use a heaping helping of socialism about now.

By: trisha

trisha — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:24:45 +0000

I am so glad that he is talking about this (”news” corporations). Quite frankly, it scares me…..a lot….that all of our “news” is coming from organizations that are looking out for their best interests.

I don’t think most of America thinks about it, but if you aren’t online doing your own research, reading multible sources, and digging, you are being spoon fed news that large corporations want to to hear.

It scares me because we have become the “Corporate States of America”, where corporations control everything (even healthcare debate) and most people are NOT paying attention. Just like the teabaggers and town hall rowdies who are protesting for large insurance companies to keep their profits. Yet, these people have been brainwashed to believe that they are protesting for their own benefit.

Then, Palin has the nerve to slam the integrity of journalism today, and the “liberal” MSM, yet she will only appear with friends of Fox news. Huh? If she is for “real” journalism, she should be willing to appear on any program and accept “real” questions…not scripted questions from faux reporters.

By: Judi

Judi — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:55:42 +0000

Love this guy…get his weekly updates… now with the new film feature…
he speaks for many of us regular folk who cant afford to hire lobbyists