Carl,
In response, I would say that it isn't organized religion that causes people to
follow along, it's human nature. Organized religion was the next step. But long
before organized religion, people were attempting to find ways to explain the
world and the things that happened. They chose the simple answers that were
available to them like spirits or Gods. As societies became more complex, so
did the explanations so we then got organized religion and science. As for the
media, it's owned by corporations and its practitioners want to have successful
careers. In order to have successful careers, the reporters need access to
powerful people. They also need to write stories that will be printed or
televised, or whatever. The stories have to catch the public's interest and
keep the public's loyalty.
I know that the media has always been subservient to our government. But there
were rules that prevented their complete surrender. We had an Ed Murrow and
Seymour Hersh. But yesterday when the clock radio turned on, the first thing I
heard was that Russia is banned from the Olympics because of doing something
that I'll bet dollars to doughnuts, the US also does. Most likely all the
countries give drugs to their athletes to enhance their performances. What our
government compliant media has done, is to make me mistrustful of everything I
hear and read.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2019 2:41 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: FW: What just happened?
Miriam,
In the past you have expressed some concern regarding my outbursts against
religion. Our current dilemma speaks to my belief that organized religion
conditions people to place their trust in their leader(God)and to wait for the
coming of better days.
While I will never call the Media the enemy of the people, I do have to express
doubts as to the Media's support for the American Working Class. I find that
the Press has been supporting "The People" since the inception of the
nation...just not All the People.
And now before I get wound up, we've a client to visit, and I need to get
dressed.
Carl Jarvis
12/10/19, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
And there are still people who believe that they are. I have to admit
that while Bill Clinton was President, I wasn't fully aware of all the
damage he was doing, although there were things that bothered me
terribly, like his welfare reform. But I was focused on other stuff
and I certainly didn't have access to all of the information that I
have now. Back then, I still trusted National Public Radio. But I
remember how I could never comfortably accept what the liberal media were
telling me about the economy and world trade.
Now, I can't believe that people still trust Hillary and mourn her
loss of the presidency. In my podcast world of young journalists, and
a few not so young journalists, I have found real live compatriots.
Most of them support Bernie, although they recognize his flaws in terms of
foreign policy.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2019 1:04 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: FW: What just happened?
And these are our "friends". Imagine!
Carl Jarvis
On 12/10/19, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yeah right! Pelosi and my congressman are going to be swayed by a
phone call or an email. The bastards are also approving a new NAFTA
which is no better than the one we have. They also took all of the
useful parts out of the bill on drug prices. It’s absolutely scandalous!
Miriam
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Congress has spent months negotiating the final NDAA, but in the end,
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