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Leilla Donating Member (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 01:30 AM
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Speaking "Truthiness" to the Powerless
The dissident writer's job description could be best summed up as performing cleanup duty for our coal-shoveling colleagues on Satan's payroll. When one of these individuals or organizations drops a "stinky", we (the unofficial, unpaid up members of the Rupert Murdoch Manure Brigade) are there, nose plugs and pooper-scooper in hand, applying ourselves to the grim task of clearing the air. We like to believe that facts speak louder than spin, and go a long way in diffusing the stink bombs continually lobbed at us by the Military/Industrial/Happy Meal/Media Complex (or IHOP for short)......

http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Sept06/Matsui07.htm
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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-08-06 02:38 AM
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1. That is great!
Welcome to DU, Leila!

Kicked and recommended.
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