Or instead of changing the FOX network name to GOP, we can just start using a Fox for the Republican symbol. Though a weasel would be tempting to use too.

The Use of Pepper Spray On Peaceful Protesters Is Illegal … And Can Seriously Injure Or Kill

“An Army study concluded that pepper spray’s active ingredient, “is capable of producing carcinogenic effects, sensitization, cardiovascular toxicity, as well as possible human fatalities.”

Posted on November 22, 2011 by WashingtonsBloghttp://www.washingtonsblog.com/

This is the best explanation I have read of how the oligarchy works; that our gov't. is bought and paid for.Here’s what attempted co-option of OWS looks like
Source: salon.com

SEIU - fresh off its Obama endorsement - decrees "Occupy Congress" to condemn the GOP and venerate Democrats

I call it Fakes News.

Time for a murder trial...it seems. Mehersle didn't get away with murder...not entirely anyway...and so should the cops who murdered that child..not get away with it. But then, the cops mentality, or that of right wingers, is not any different than what that helicopter in Iraq said after they murdered a dozen civilians....and injured two children..and killed their father....."Oh, well, people shouldn't bring their kids into a battle".

Of course, it wasn't the father, or the children, who entered a battle zone as all of Iraq was a battle zone of the making of the US. The US took the battle zone to the civilians and murdered them.

The ruling elite in the US have created a battle zone all their own when they started this war on the people 30+ years ago with Reaganomics. For 30+ years they have been doing economic battle against us. And I'm afraid that it will end up being much more than just an economic war. It seems inevitable that as the cops continue to get violent...then so will the people, finally, lash out at them...something they well deserve.

Meek people have always been afraid to strike back and fight their oppressors which has resulted in the deaths of millions of people. Their surviving families may benefit from a guilt-ridden conscience of whatever is left of a civilization but those who took the brunt of the oppression got nothing but suffering and death...and if the masses had rebelled...what could the oppressors have done...really? They invent savior lambs to hide behind...which the ruling elite help to foster. Criminal opportunists don't like it when their victims fight back...or even think they should fight back...and so they love phrases like "give unto Caesar what belongs to Caesar" and "don't rebel against your masters".

Governments don't advocate hiding behind meek and gentle lambish icons...they use force and strength. And if they did this solely for the protection of the country then it would be a commendable and honorable thing. But they are steered and geared toward a selfish and greedy endeavor and their violence is not commendable. So why can't the people of such corrupt and criminally oriented governments, at least, be praised for standing up for their basic rights of survival..even if it means doing what their own government advocates...violent means to achieve the desired ends. Sure, it would be very nice if we could all hold hands and sing Kumbaya if that would achieve the ends we must have. But it looks like the police will be cracking more heads, spraying more pepper spray, and murdering more unborn children before the people really rise up and put the fear of zod* into the brains of greedy and selfish men (and women?).

*Zoroaster, Odin, and Demeter...the only true gods...the trinity. ;-}

Heck yes I have noticed that phenomenon for years. Clearly Fox is a huge mind-programming machine and a dangerously malevolent one. Our daughter worked at a local news/talk radio station for years until recently. We tuned her in every chance we got. The bummer was that we sometimes had to hear the 'Fair and balanced' promo. In my head I had to change the promo to 'fairly unbalanced' just to keep my head from exploding. I was being more than kind with the 'fairly' part. No, thank God, Skye did not get sucked into the cult... She loves radio. Regrettably we have no actual 'Fair and balanced' stations in our town. PEACE! Billy

Fox news is a one way dark street that is very one sided I watch c - spane @ R T to get the BIG picture.I pray the rich@greedy dont get total control of our media newspapers disapering sadly we need our infestagative reporters now more then ever

stupid is as stupid does...

fox/gop tv rates up there with goebbel's propoganda machine. except it's more prevalent and has more money than goebbels. if not corrected, our country is toast. The GOP would create death camps if they could... their hate mongering is palpable.

Too many morons, not enough time.

Two of my Republican friends rely on Fox News for their information. They believe everything they hear and they do not trust any other news media. They do not trust network television, they do not trust any of the major newspapers. They have been told by the Fox News staff that the reason they do not hear these stories other places is that the mainstream media are afraid to tell the truth. They tell their viewers that they are the only source to be trusted. They have become a kind of religion to the viewers. When I tell my friends that a particular story is not true and send them to another source my friends tell me that they don't trust that source. One friend told me that Snopes and Wikipedia could not be trusted because they were controlled by left-wingers. Once, when a terrible lie was being told that accused a scientist of having a view that global warming is a hoax, I visited that professor's personal website at his university. On his website he was complaining that some right wingers were telling a lie and using his name without his permission. When I told my friend that this story he was telling me and his friends was completely untrue, he would not believe me. When I finally convinced him to visit the professor's website, he finally agreed to see for himself. He reluctantly told me that the information he was passing out was false. I suggested that it was his responsibility to correct the story he had told his friends. He refused. He said that "even though the story was not true, he liked the story and would not retract it to his friends." This kind of intellectual bankruptcy is common in the Republican Party. They figure the people who support them will believe anything they say, so why not tell lies if the lies will help them get votes. I have long beleived that the United States would not be taken down by external armies. Our biggest risk is death by corruption. If Republicans believe that lying is fair in politics, lying to their supporters, then we are facing a terrible villian from within. These Republicans are behaving more like terrorists than anything else.

How do patriots involved in a pro democracy movement like OWS get labeled as a bunch of dirty hippies without focus who think they are all entitled to a free ride?

How does the notion that tear gas, riot gear, billy clubs, and pepper spray are needed in dealing with a group of peaceful citizens from every walk of life...... exercising their first amendment rights?

How do some police officers develop an attitude leading to the usage of assaultive behavior against docile victims?

Why are those who want economic fairness and prosperity for all considered a threat?

The answer to these questions can be traced back to media like GOP TV. Those in control of the corp. media like Murdoch who view democracy as simply an obstacle standing in their way when it comes to the pusuit of greed and power employ tools of mass deception like O'Reilly, Limpbaugh, Beck, Megyn Kelly, etc. to spread their subversion. So who are the real trouble makers? Maybe being sprayed with a harmless food product would straighten out some of these over paid, democracy hating, malcontents!

I am troubled by the willingness of so many Americans to be fed the blather that comes from some of the so-called news outlets. Can you do a story on the future of journalism, and how we can encourage our fellow citizens to be informed by impartial, objective news sources?

I find some of the voices on the left to be troubling as well. A specific example is Randi Rhodes. I feel there is a strong thread of intellectual dishonesty in her broadcasting that provides too much ammunition for the other side to claim "they are just as bad". Ed Shultz falls into it as well, but he is such a stallwart voice for labor and other issues that receive so little attention, that one might forgive his less frequent misrepresentations of certain positions by his opponents in ideology.

I find myself drawn to the voices of credible, intellectually honest people of both conservative and liberal ideologies. I am far more prone to agree with liberals on most topics, and find the conservative viewpoint to be too cold and uncaring to embrace in most cases. But a clear and intelligent representation of their views are important, lest we go too far with certain liberal agendas.

Thom, please consider a segment on how to identify and recommend intellectually honest reporting on all sides of the big issues.

Thanks for what you do.

It's not just Faux Nooz, but right-wing hate radio (Limbaugh, Beck, "Savage" Weiner, etc., ad nauseam) as well. My in-laws listen to RWHR all the time, and when it comes to the issues, they are clueless.

2950-10K Check out this study funded by the National Science Foundation, and get back to me.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-25/global-warming-rate-could-be-less-than-feared/3694896