Inside their convention, Republicans spoke as though they had a lock on the values that Americans treasure. But on the streets of New York, thousands joined together to show the world real values. Contributing Editor Terry Allen closes out this extraordinary week of protest and [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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The media is so controlled in our area that we can only get the true story by going onto the internet but there are a lot of people that do not use the internet. We need a way to get these messages out to them. I can send this on to everyone on my email list but this only get to a few. We need to get this word out to every US citizen. Lois Jobe
“we can only get the true story by going onto the internet”
Yes, I have noticed that the internet is a bastion of truth. Well, except for all the rumors, distortions and outright lies.
You sure cannot get the truth from our local news media the televison and our corporate controlled newspapers.
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