20-06-2013, 10:07 PM
David
Of course you would not remember it from the film. The film is entirely different from the book. It almost doesn't even seem to be Sagan, though I know he was supposedly consulted.
David/Phil
My intention with the word "solution" was mostly facetious. I know it's not really a solution. And I did not mean to imply that my "solution" allows me to be cleansed of all the other programming I have been subjected to, once and for all. Nor does it signal a retreat from the world. But why need I listen over and over again to the same MSM lies? I seek other sources where I can. Further, it is my feeling that the mind-numbing garbage on TV is not only in the commercials. But I can't say I've followed what's on the air for a long time. I could see the argument, on the other hand, that only by actively paying attention and combatting the media are we going to reach most people. I would like to believe that ...
I can pinpoint in my memory (though the exact date escapes me) the moment when I decided to turn off the tube altogether. It was during the News Hour, when the usual roll call of pundits like Gurgin (sp?) were mouthing off about W's Afghanistan invasion. The then editor of Newsweek, Meacham (sp?), then started to bloviate about how Bush's foreign policy was like JFK's. That's it, I said.
Of course you would not remember it from the film. The film is entirely different from the book. It almost doesn't even seem to be Sagan, though I know he was supposedly consulted.
David/Phil
My intention with the word "solution" was mostly facetious. I know it's not really a solution. And I did not mean to imply that my "solution" allows me to be cleansed of all the other programming I have been subjected to, once and for all. Nor does it signal a retreat from the world. But why need I listen over and over again to the same MSM lies? I seek other sources where I can. Further, it is my feeling that the mind-numbing garbage on TV is not only in the commercials. But I can't say I've followed what's on the air for a long time. I could see the argument, on the other hand, that only by actively paying attention and combatting the media are we going to reach most people. I would like to believe that ...
I can pinpoint in my memory (though the exact date escapes me) the moment when I decided to turn off the tube altogether. It was during the News Hour, when the usual roll call of pundits like Gurgin (sp?) were mouthing off about W's Afghanistan invasion. The then editor of Newsweek, Meacham (sp?), then started to bloviate about how Bush's foreign policy was like JFK's. That's it, I said.