| HammaTime |
10/03/08 11:55pm
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![]() Major General ![]() Group: {MOB} Posts: 2008 Joined: November 17th 2005 From: Maine, USA Member No.: 1428 |
All I can say is, Wow.
I just finished reading a piece that will be published in the October 16 issue of Rolling Stone Magazine on the life of John McCain. It quickly becomes painfully obvious that an awful lot of his former friends, associates and fellow POW's really detest the man. It is a brutal, brutal take on the man and his legend: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstor...eal_john_mccain |
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| Genocide Junkie |
10/07/08 1:54pm
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Major General ![]() Group: {MOB} Posts: 1912 Joined: July 16th 2006 Member No.: 1843 Xfire: destructionoverdrive |
I also don't see how you can think a society now where the average household has MULTIPLE televisions, computers, and cable/satelite compares to the 1940's where almost nobody had a television. Yet alone cable. This comes from wikipedia so obviously it might not be 100% accurate but I'm too lazy to dig too hard to find other sources.
"After the U.S. entry into World War II, the FCC reduced the required minimum air time for commercial television stations from 15 hours per week to 4 hours. Most TV stations suspended broadcasting. On the few that remained, programs included entertainment such as boxing and plays, events at Madison Square Garden, and illustrated war news as well as training for air raid wardens and first aid providers. In 1942, there were 5,000 sets in operation, but production of new TVs, radios, and other broadcasting equipment for civilian purposes was suspended from April 1942 to August 1945 (Dunlap)" So you want to tell me a society with 5000 t.v. sets is getting the same bombardment and level of coverage we do today? Here are examples of what these people were seeing. http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=owne...=0&start=10. If you can compare that to what we see more power to you. I personally see it a different way. -------------------- ![]() Give a man a match and he's warm for a min. Set him on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life. |
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