I was listening to "consevative" radio...

[miko2d]

...paying attention to what they say between the lines.

 Or rather between prepared spiels of government propaganda. I usually listen to them a few hours a day during commute untill their ignorance, stupidity and arrogance make me sick enough to switch to NPR for a few minutes.
 But only a few. Then I usually switch back from smart and honest communists back to dumb and patriotic communists.

 Laura Ingram is one of the more tolerable personages, she pretends to be smart and polite. Michael Savage is fun too. He pretends to be a "straight shooter". There are few more.

 It is curious to hear how they claim that the economy is booming thanks to holy Bush and everything is going to be great and there would be no inflation and despite the evil democratic naysayers the prosperity is assured.

 Then they switch to a commercial where they say how they love the financial company they use to invest in gold and how we should all invest in gold and how we would preserve our savings  and even reap substantial profits - because the economy will go downhill and the dollar will collapse, and how we should sell the Bush's government short in anticipation. Why would anyone buy non-interest paying investment gold otherwise instead of, say, US Treasury Bonds?

 So tell me. Are they so stupid they do not realise what they are saying?
 Or are they so despise their audience and think us such idiots that they believe we would not understand what they are saying?
 Or do they just care nothing about what they read aloud as long as they are being paid?

 miko

[Yeager]

Pick your poison and stick with it.  In other words, its ALL propoganda

[Sandman]

You expect consistency from potatos?

[Dago]

Maybe you are just too stupid to understand the big words Miko.

Maybe in your little world, everyone is evil.  Being from the Ukraine, I guess we can understand.

What I can't understand is this why don't go back home if it is so evil here????

I promise, we won't miss you.


dago

[ra]

Originally posted by miko2d
...paying attention to what they say between the lines.

 Or rather between prepared spiels of government propaganda. I usually listen to them a few hours a day during commute untill their ignorance, stupidity and arrogance make me sick enough to switch to NPR for a few minutes.
 But only a few. Then I usually switch back from smart and honest communists back to dumb and patriotic communists.

 Laura Ingram is one of the more tolerable personages, she pretends to be smart and polite. Michael Savage is fun too. He pretends to be a "straight shooter". There are few more.

 It is curious to hear how they claim that the economy is booming thanks to holy Bush and everything is going to be great and there would be no inflation and despite the evil democratic naysayers the prosperity is assured.

 Then they switch to a commercial where they say how they love the financial company they use to invest in gold and how we should all invest in gold and how we would preserve our savings  and even reap substantial profits - because the economy will go downhill and the dollar will collapse, and how we should sell the Bush's government short in anticipation. Why would anyone buy non-interest paying investment gold otherwise instead of, say, US Treasury Bonds?

 So tell me. Are they so stupid they do not realise what they are saying?
 Or are they so despise their audience and think us such idiots that they believe we would not understand what they are saying?
 Or do they just care nothing about what they read aloud as long as they are being paid?

 miko

Everyone is a phoney except you.

[miko2d]

Yeager: Pick your poison and stick with it.  In other words, its ALL propoganda

 Not all. The stuff about buying gold made perfect sense. Last spring - when I started writing about the impending dollar weakness - the gold was $340. Now it's $397. They surely made money selling Bush short - if they truly invested with those companies, of course.

Sandman_SBM: You expect consistency from potatos?

 What did the potatos ever do to you to slander them by such comparisons? I would implore you not badmouth thouse hard-working professionals that work hard to serve customers free-market competition.
 Use some comparison from animal kingdom if you must - weasels, bottom-feeders, etc.

Dago: Maybe you are just too stupid to understand the big words Miko.

 Maybe. Explain in small words why would an optimistic patriot invest in idle gold coins (4.5% commission charge) instead of interest-bearing securities of the US government?

Dago: What I can't understand is this why don't go back home if it is so evil here?

 Not as much evil as stupid. Just imagine I am making comments on your favorite windbags from Ukraine. Anyone, why so agitated? Did I catch on your scam as well? Were you selling treasuries and buying gold on my advice while claiming the contrary?

 miko

[Furious]

Dago,

Your hate is showing again.

[Sandman]

Originally posted by miko2d
Sandman_SBM: You expect consistency from potatos?

 What did the potatos ever do to you to slander them by such comparisons? I would implore you not badmouth thouse hard-working professionals that work hard to serve customers free-market competition.
 Use some comparison from animal kingdom if you must - weasels, bottom-feeders, etc.

Hehe... no slander intended... potatos will say and do whatever you like just as long as you pay them... I think the analogy fits.

[FUNKED1]

He switched to NPR (state sponsored radio) to escape government propaganda?  LOL

[Sandman]

Originally posted by FUNKED1
He switched to NPR (state sponsored radio) to escape government propaganda?  LOL

NPR receives 15% of their operating budget from the government. The rest is from private contributions.

[Dago]

Just imagine I am making comments on your favorite windbags from Ukraine.

Wouldn't that be the cause of your ending up in some gulag?

Why don't you ponder that in this country, you are at least free to make your comments without fear, other than guys like me calling you a jerk?  Can't do that in some countries.

Dago,

Your hate is showing again.

Gee, I hope so, I wasn't going for subtle.


dago

[JBA]

Originally posted by miko2d
[B
 Laura Ingram is one of the more tolerable personages, she pretends to be smart and polite. Michael Savage is fun too. He pretends to be a "straight shooter". There are few more.
[/B]

FYI
Laura has a law degree from Yale and has clerked for the supreme court.

Savage has a PhD in economics

 [/i]
[B

 Then they switch to a commercial where they say how they love the financial company they use to invest in gold and how we should all invest in gold and how we would preserve our savings  and even reap substantial profits - because the economy will go downhill and the dollar will collapse, and how we should sell the Bush's government short in anticipation. Why would anyone buy non-interest paying investment gold otherwise instead of, say, US Treasury Bonds?
 miko [/B][/QUOTE]

commercials are not up to the host. They are bought time, through the sales department.

[1K0N]

Judging by your posts over the last year I don't thing an un-negative opinion on any subject including or not limited to carrier Pigeons mating rituals is worthy of much thought. its probably not that your a bad guy miko, just that your just so fricken negative about everything, thats the problem.... Lighten up! Smell the roses! Get a hobby other than creative miserablism...

ICON

[Maverick]

Miko needs to change his bbs handle to chicken little. The sky is always falling around him. Nothing seems to meet with his approval except of course, himself.

[miko2d]

Sandman_SBM: Hehe... no slander intended... potatos will say and do whatever you like just as long as you pay them... I think the analogy fits.

 Bad analogy, bad! The potatos would pretend for you just like a movie actor or a theater performer would pretend for you. It's done for your enjoyment and with your full undrstanding that what you will hear and see is not real.
 What you can "inconsistency" in a potato is actualy an advantage - it's called "versatility".
 That is very different than a person lying to you when you expect to hear the truth.


He switched to NPR (state sponsored radio) to escape government propaganda? LOL

 No, no. Not to escape the propaganda, which must be clear from my post. There is no escape from propaganda.
 Just to get a few minutes rest from stupidity. The NPR stuff are not as deafeningly stupid, if equally flawed in content.
 Also, I need to know the leftist lies to expose them, as well as pseudo-conservatives' lies. Otherwise I may be accused of bias.


Dago: Why don't you ponder that in this country, you are at least free to make your comments without fear...

 But I am sure that people like you will turn it into a fully socialist state in no time. You are more than half done.


1K0N: probably not that your a bad guy miko, just that your just so fricken negative about everything...

 There are plenty of cheerleaders without me.
 Besides, whenever someone takes a swing at the free-market liberty-oriented aspects of this country, I am always there to show him the error of his ways and attest to its (fading) greatnmess.
 I am only denouncing anti-capitalist, anti-free market, big government sentiments that are contrary to the Founding Fathers' letter and spirit.


Maverick: Miko needs to change his bbs handle to chicken little. The sky is always falling around him.

 Who, me? I was not the one crying we are all doomed unless we invade Iraq, etc. I have enough trust in free market and liberty to know we can survive it without compromising our rights of economy.
 I know that the totalitarian states with a command-style economies - like those of our enemies - would crumble through internal contradictions. I can explain the mechanism and scenarios.
 Now, if we inist on becoming a command-style totalitarian country, what's wrong with me applying the same knowlege and getting the predictable results?

 miko