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Saturday, May 10, 2008 12:00 AM

How the military analyst program controlled news coverage: in the Pentagon's own words

"We develop a core group from within our media analyst list of those that we can count on to carry our water. They become the key go to guys for the networks and it begins to weed out the less reliably friendly analysts by the networks themselves."

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  • Monday, May 12, 2008 06:00 AM

    LWM . interesting to read..... thanks.

    I'll admit muy brain is mush slow and dull when thinking about policy. I sometimes comment.... Lrt's work together and create a community within the larger government.... It does work.

    I think grass-roots, without a reliance on government grants.... vague boast, and worst, the GOP politico's promises to "trust"... is too far fetched...

    What works best?

    Work well with our own ingenuity. Do honest work. Let's take responsibility for a personal Livelihood in relation to urban dwellers. Fix ourself first, and then use old fashion ingenuity to make what is close and local.... maybe, perhaps, a wonderful Place of communal rural community awareness. A old farmer use to ask me to help with a chore : a broken hay bailer,

    a fence post, a barn roof tin blowing off etc., He'd say, "Arthur, this is called ~in`a-new`ity.~

    `

    and it's about fixing a broke hay bailer untilit's better than new."

    His name was Tillman C. and he'd use barb wire for almost anything.

    The Horrible will creep close, and choke the living-life out of everything.

    Of course we need to think critically,

    and do it honestly with mutual respect.

    I believe Glenn took the highest standard. ref. : The clean up request.

    LWM can 'cut the cheese' and 'glue' that periodically, if Glenn don't get peeved.

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