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Orlandodem Donating Member (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 05:55 PM
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In 1789 the 3rd Estate was locked out of their assembly hall at Versailles.
Edited on Sun Feb-27-11 05:56 PM by Orlandodem
That only angered the masses more. That only strengthened their resolve. And in the end Louis XVI paid with his head.

Is what's going on in Madison our 1789 Versailles?
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Sen. Walter Sobchak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 05:59 PM
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1. I guess they better find a tennis court then,
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DavidDvorkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 06:00 PM
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2. Ah, but the Fourth Estate was independent in those days.
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Orlandodem Donating Member (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 06:01 PM
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3. WE are now the media. Screw the old guard 4th estate!
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DavidDvorkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 07:39 PM
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4. Yes, that's what I keep thinking and hoping
I don't know if the new online media are mostly preaching to the choir, though -- to people like DUers. What about the great mass of people? Are most of them still getting their news from the MSM? I suspect so.
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