We must always keep in mind that as crime fighters get more sophisticated, so do criminals, though, perhaps with less finesse. And there's where we detect the con.

And, lest we forget, Glenn beck et al are simply actors. In his case, he plays the role assigned to him by Rupert's screen writers, the role of a delusional sociopath. None of the Faux News Network cast is anything other than a pathetic bunch of bad actors.

Intellectuals are dictators' and ultra conservatives' worst enemies. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, General Queipo de Llano cried: "Death to intellectuality !" Right after, many writers, artists and thinkers were thrown in jail or executed, notably poet/writer Federico Garcia Lorca.

Just like conservatives will buy enough copies of their book just to be put on the best sellars list or televanglist hire actors for testimonials or various talk shows hire actors to act like guest.The corperate media is anything but totaly honest and tell everything half truths to outright falsehoods on the behest of their corporate overlords

Why shouldn't Rush and Beck use phony callers? They use phony data. They make phony accusations.
Everything about these Right Wingers is phony. The Tea Party is a p[hony Grass Roots movement. They make phony claims about what they were elected for.

So, why shouldn't they use phony callers.

(You mean thats dishonest? No, you must be a lying liberal. You should listen to Excellence In Broadcasting. No lies here! sic)

No surprises. You'd have to pay me to call any of these creeps.

Public employees--we are with you and thank you. And apologize for the vicious attacks of the right (or is it reich?).

They already have their phony voters in those untraceable Voting Machines, made by their corporate cronies, that help steal elections!!

It's an old idea. Catherine the Great's boyfriend used to get crowds of happy peasants to wave at every stop on her progresses around Russia. Hence the name, "Potemkin villages" after her main squeeze Prince Potemkin.

I used to be one of the most patriotic people you could imagine--I have seven relatives who fought in the American Revolution and I took particular pride in that fact. Now, I no longer have that good feeling that came with saying, "I'm an American." I pledged my allegiance to the United States of American in which I was raised and which offered a step-up to all who got an education and were willing to work hard. Now, I'm SUPPOSED to owe MY allegiance to the United Corporations of America. I DON'T! And, unless we, as a nation, back the unions who are fighting for their lives, we will soon be bowing to and kissing the rings of the Koch Bros. and others of their ilk while we labor in their fields as serfs. How could we, as a country, have failed so badly? Fox news, anyone?

Dear Keith:

You were the only national broadcaster to air the tragic story of Elizabeth Fineron, the 65-year-old fully disabled, parade-permitted, former nun. Before being arrested here in the super fusion center of the nations' over seventy fusion centers, Elizabeth was tripped and dragged in the street until she was bloody and raw by a 'bad cop', in front of parade onlookers including children. This torture happened during the Colorado Springs 2007 St. Patrick's Day Parade. What caused the torture? Google: Colorado Springs Independent, Jan. 21, 2010, "No Peace or Justice".

Oh so tragic for the rule of law, the official court transcript I obtained and sent to the DOJ had been doctored and deleted of the 'good cop's' testimony under oath. He'd warned the 'bad cop' that he was going too fast and Elizabeth was going to fall. Oh well, the good cop could have been talking not just of poor disabled Elizabeth, but also of all we the sheeple - our poor and getting poorer by the minute middle and lower class, here in our bushwhacked and karlroved, villainaire ruled country.

Indeed, there is a revolution brewing, as more and more folks come to understand what's going on, and become determined, a la Wisconsin style, to UNDO THE COUP and shout: VILLAINAIRES, GO TO HELL!!!

OK!! So, now that we know much of this Devilish Charade, and 'The Cat is Out of the Bag', so to speak. Now What?
Right Wing Media--a complete Hype
Main Stream Media---much of it owned by the Right Wing!
U S Treasury--- emptied, and Heading Further South
The President, a Majority of the US Supreme Court and 95 % of our US Congress ---'duly beholden' to Vested Monied Interests (not We The People!)
War, War, War (in Our Name!) unto complete degradation of both the US Citizenry and all the Unfortunate Innocents being murdered, unjustly incarcerated, villified, their homes and countries decimated in the path of all this Madness.....
And,... a Majority of Americans still asleep to it all....
Now, I ask you, WHAT?

I am surprised that no one has mentioned that Sarah Palin has been doing the very same thing, only she has been disguising herself as someone else, and then lauding her own accomplishments . Different twist on the same scam. Now we know where she learned that new trick. Am I the only one who realizes that Republicans, as compared to most Democrats, are low-down, dirty rats, that will stoop to any sleazy trick in the book to get what they want?

Oh, Keith, you are without a doubt the voice of reason crying in the wilderness of insanity that is the USA in 2011. You are right on target about all this. And this is being done deliberately to our country, and if we weren't sheep we would long ago have been out in the streets like the Egyptians.

Can we all get together for a minute to mourn Walter Cronkite. I know that Ed Murrow is your hero, Keith, but for many of us Walter Cronkite was close.

Adding my voice to this discourse would mostly be redundant, but I do earn a bit of a living as a graphic designer and would like to offer something of substance, the literal kind. Please use this in any way you like without restriction.
http://img145.imageshack.us/i/foxlies.pdf/

The Karl Rove crowd is the master of the amygdala highjack. Once the amygdala is aroused, logic will not reel it in. Democrats keep expecting reason to prevail, or that they can be "above" the highjack methodologies. The tea party knows that reason will not sway the amygdala brain. Humor and cartoon illustrations are a good move. We need the video, art, symbols - not just the verbage, to draw the public out of their amygdalas (where the Pundits would rather keep them).

It's Women's Day today. Ever think about the groups most likely to be hurt by the Koch-inspired union busting being foisted on the state by Scott Walker? Women make up 70% of Wisconsin’s medical workers and 60% of the education work force in Wisconsin. Look at the state and local governmental offices and see who is doing the bulk of the work to make the legislators look good. Again, women, of course, in generally low-paying, often part-time positions. So who is Walker targeting? Women, of course.

Now notice who was exempted. Law enforcement, for one, where men hold 80% of the jobs, and fire fighting, where men hold 90% or more of the jobs. To their credit, some law enforcement officers called upon to quell the demonstrations in Madison refused to play bully, and some fire fighters also supported the citizens who gathered to practice their First Amendment right of assembly and petition.

In his scheme to build his own image and plan his own future, Scott Walker has, in effect, taken aim at the women of Wisconsin who build the state’s future and who keep her citizens healthy and able to work for that future. He’s making a grave mistake, and anyone who supports his high-handed tactics should ponder the implications.

I participated in exactly that game many years ago when I was a member of the John Birch Society. We flattered a guy with no experience, but from a prominent family with a nice handshake, to run for Congress. When his time to be interviewed on the radio we, the cell members, gathered into the offices of a wealthy backer; and using his bank of telephone lines, were able ensure that all the calls to our candidate came from the same office by one or another of our cabal. It was easy, and we did it for no pay. Despite our best efforts however, our man was defeated by a vicious smear campaign alleging that he was being backed by the John Birch Society. This was not true, of course, because the central office never authorized our involvement in the campaign. We did it on our own; but for some reason the public just didn't believe the sincerity of our candidate's denials.