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#251382 - 10/03/12 02:13 AM Re: can to much current events be a bad thing? [Re: widget]
greenghost Offline
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Registered: 09/05/12
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Thanks all for the support. NurseMike, I showed my wife your post and she agreed, she was a CNA and has pretty good knowledge of things.

Ive decided to get counseling. Just to have someone to guide me back to the old me will be great. Stopped listening to Rush, although I'll miss him, but gotta do what I gotta do. Honestly, I stopped watching news years ago when George W was first elected. Not that I disliked him, I'm rt wing con rep, but I just felt the need to unplug myself from the media.

Things are on the mend with the family just as God designed it to be.

And we picked up our 01 rav4 tonight too!
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#251384 - 10/03/12 02:24 AM Re: can to much current events be a bad thing? [Re: greenghost]
GarlyDog Offline
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Registered: 04/05/07
Posts: 776
Loc: The People's Republic of IL
Sounds like you are on a better path. Best wishes.

You might find this film enlightening & entertaining.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zm7CdEeAQA


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#251387 - 10/03/12 03:41 AM Re: can to much current events be a bad thing? [Re: greenghost]
spuds Offline
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Registered: 06/24/12
Posts: 822
Loc: SoCal Mtns
Good move Green,those political shows can really warp ya.Cant stand em from either side myself,I see propaganda nonsense from both.

Makes me angry to watch em.Wasteland IMO.

Bet you will feel better dumping em.

Best to you and yours.

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#251392 - 10/03/12 10:48 AM Re: can to much current events be a bad thing? [Re: widget]
dweste Offline
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Registered: 02/16/08
Posts: 2463
Loc: Central California
Most popular media fail to put things in context. Are things really worse now? We rarely get the historical information and statistical and other analysis to even begin to evaluate the news.

Rarely can we really justify arriving at the conclusions suggested by the surface content of "the news." Consider adding a large dose of scepticism to your world view, in self-defense if nothing else.

Please forgive yourself for being a fallible human.

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#251403 - 10/03/12 10:40 PM Re: can to much current events be a bad thing? [Re: greenghost]
spuds Offline
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Registered: 06/24/12
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Loc: SoCal Mtns
When you mentioned media.. political shows never crossed my mind.

They are so divisive and hate filled. It doesnt matter to me what you vote,its your right and I respect your choice as yours 100%. Good luck at the polls,see ya there Bud is my attitude.

When they rail on endlessly,insulting the heck out of anybody from the other side,then it crosses the line of respect for others and personal freedom.

I dont need hate in my life,I will bet a dollar to a doughnut you will feel better very soon having that destructive trash outta your life,and having positive loving respectful thoughts towards your fellow man instead.

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#251404 - 10/03/12 10:54 PM Re: can to much current events be a bad thing? [Re: greenghost]
wildman800 Offline
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Registered: 11/09/06
Posts: 2846
Loc: La-USA
Everytime I read this thread title, I am reminded of the biggest problem the Brits faced in the Falklands War and that we faced in Gul War 1: there was so much intel, it was hard to process it and ended up confusing the situation instead of clarifying it.

In gathering info for the Haitian Invasion, we were given specific questions to get answered and that helped eliminate the clutter that would have confused the planners.
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#251412 - 10/04/12 01:26 AM Re: can to much current events be a bad thing? [Re: spuds]
nursemike Offline
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Registered: 11/09/06
Posts: 870
Loc: wellington, fl
Originally Posted By: spuds
When you mentioned media.. political shows never crossed my mind.


well said. There seems to be no more useful information in the political shows than in the survival shows...or the cartoons.
The reality shows are scripted and edited into cartoons, the talk shows are manipulated and dramatized, the news shows sensationalized and directed toward entertainment rather than information.
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#251416 - 10/04/12 02:11 AM Re: can to much current events be a bad thing? [Re: nursemike]
Am_Fear_Liath_Mor Offline
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Registered: 08/03/07
Posts: 3078

Quote:
or the cartoons.


So South Park isn't actually a animated reflection documentary drama on contemporary political, social and economic lifestyles. wink

Quote:
can to much current events be a bad thing?


How TV ruined your life.

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#251418 - 10/04/12 04:25 AM Re: can to much current events be a bad thing? [Re: Am_Fear_Liath_Mor]
greenghost Offline
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Registered: 09/05/12
Posts: 72
Loc: NH coastline area

How TV ruined your life.

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very funny and informatie thanks
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#251436 - 10/05/12 04:59 AM Re: can to much current events be a bad thing? [Re: greenghost]
quick_joey_small Offline
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Registered: 01/13/09
Posts: 571
Loc: UK
You don't give any examples so it's hard to be specific. But if you do; we can tell you why the world isn't ending.
Long term worries are real. Population, resources and global warming (I'll believe 'there's disagreement among the scientists' when the denials are from climate scientists). But they are LONG term. We are heading for a bad mid century. Nothing in the next decade.
Lighten up and be glad you have a family!
qjs

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