tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post7618639321443913103..comments2024-03-28T23:57:50.103-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Why is the mass media ignoring Venezuela's crisis?Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-69307158076792880232014-03-26T16:49:50.641-05:002014-03-26T16:49:50.641-05:00As far as a 'powerful and well-funded civilian...As far as a 'powerful and well-funded civilian [group]' is concerned, you don't have to look too far.<br /><br />All sorts of local PD's now have armored personnel carriers, racks of full-auto M-16's and variants, and will soon have drones.<br /><br />And there will be more to come, courtesy of the Oboz-ified Pentagon.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-63544478842730184632014-03-25T16:42:19.269-05:002014-03-25T16:42:19.269-05:00The only way to get honest reporting from the medi...The only way to get honest reporting from the media is to elect people they do not like. Once we do that on reflex we will have an honest media. But that will not happen as the current regime is cooking every election. The reelection of OBama proved that.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708868713277676628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-85184194097154805822014-03-25T11:36:01.672-05:002014-03-25T11:36:01.672-05:00I wonder too, how much of the silence(from the US ...I wonder too, how much of the silence(from the US .gov) is because of what appears to be Iranian influence. The "pro-government militia" are acting a lot like the Iranian Basij, almost as if they are either inspired by or possibly trained by people familiar with the Iranian organization. And the current US administration doesn't want to irk the Iranians. <br /><br />And then there's the Cuban troops . . . <br /><br />I have no love for oligarchs, but I have less love for governments that starve their people because of the government's economic policies.<br /><br />LittleRed1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-52055837041698480222014-03-25T05:25:44.944-05:002014-03-25T05:25:44.944-05:00Forget Venezuela, they aren't covering our own...Forget Venezuela, they aren't covering our own crisis. Our media it the problem as if we had a real media our current problems may not have developed.Sunnybrook Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135224259672444423noreply@blogger.com