Re: boycottthenews.org OT

[Paul E Condon <pecondon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Basic cable is what I have, but also a high speed internet connection
that is neither DSL nor cable. I'm a happy customer of MesaNetworks.
They provide broadband fixed wireless internet connection in the 
eastern part of Boulder County. Price is competative, and they provide
stable service.

Boycotts of broadcaster media are a bad idea, in my opinion. Stay tuned in
and boycott the advertisers. Boycott, especially, each new advertiser in
the first weeks of their ad's appearance. And, write a letter with your
boycott. Mainly, write letters. Marketing people don't have much sense,
but mostly they know how to read.

On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 01:25:46PM -0700, Lawrence Crowley wrote:
> The ultra basic cable works fine for me.  At less than $12 per month,
> Comcast wont get rich on me, and I can watch Amy Goodman everyday on CH 54.
> 
> on 11/28/04 12:42 PM, Paul Tiger - LPBC - Outreach at LPBC-O@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> 
> Right, cancel cable, then not be able to get CSPAN; the BBC; KBDI (whose
> signal otherwise sucks); or any alternative forms of media. For those that
> gain access to the internet, where self education is more possible, though a
> cable modem ? yeah cancel that too and go with Qwest DSL, which is expensive
> and sucks. 
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> The way to hurt cable broadcasters news channels is not to purchase the
> products of those companies that advertise on those channels. Write letters
> to those companies and let them know why you don?t want to patronize their
> companies; products and services.
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> If they don?t understand why their market share has been reduced, then it is
> likely that they will only advertise more, not less.
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> Want to make the cable companies and fake news media come to grips with
> reality, then you have to tell them. Not pretend that they will figure it
> out on their own. 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: tom bldr [mailto:tom_bldr@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 10:28 PM
> To: cvv-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: CVV: boycottthenews.org
> 
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> http://www.boycottthenews.org/ (NOT boycottthenews.COM, a right wingnut site
> railing against the 'librul media')
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> I would add, cancel your cable TV altogether. Until the day they offer
> channels purely ala carte and you can just get comedy central, CSPAN and a
> few others of your choosing for a proportionately low price, then you're
> paying your dollars to keep the lights on at CNN, FOX, MSNBC and all the
> other fake news channels who masquerade as your friends and allies. You
> won't miss cable; I sure don't miss mine. If you want to be more proactive,
> you could routinely write the sponsors of the various fake news
> shows/networks, and let them know you've cancelled your cable, and you're
> also boycotting their products until you've verified that they've ceased
> sponsoring the fake news (and I don't mean the Daily Show). Killing your
> cable tv hurts all the cable channels and their sponsors, but this
> discretionary use of dollars to shake the establishment is what true
> patriots need to do to change the direction of a 'democratic republic' where
> votes are no longer counted, but dollars most certainly still are.
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> Oh, if only modern Americans (CVV folks excluded of course) had the brass
> cojones of the Ukranians!
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> Still the best fake-US-election post mortem:
> 
> http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/110504_snap_out.shtml
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> 
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> 

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Paul E Condon           
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