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Re Michael Hansen: Once a scam artist, always a scam artist?

This is a response to Tenderfoot’s questions in an older article.
Some of his questions and comments, paraphrased:
What’s your opinion on MLMs, are there any good ones?
Small Businesses vs. MLMs – Why not?
What about bad economic times and tough financial situations? What’s the alternative to DubLi?

Thoughts on gambling.
Do you think MLMs simply have an image problem?
Isn’t [...]

December 26th, 2008 Posted by eaglescout | Analysis, Commentary, Facts, Fraud, Lies, Rip-Off, Scam | 15 comments

Why is Fox News successful?

Despite the frequent lies and distortions pushed forth by Fox News, and specifically by the likes of Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly, Fox News continues to drive a plurality of viewers to its TV shows. Why would anyone watch Fox News’ reports if they are so deceptive and misleading?

August 7th, 2008 Posted by eaglescout | Analysis, Commentary, FOX News, Journalism, Opinion, Truth | 8 comments

Michael Moore: Fallacious reasons to vote for Obama

In recent commentary, Michael Moore asks Pennsylvania voters to vote for Obama. The fallacious reasons?
Moore hates the current administration
Michael, the current administration isn’t running, whether or not Obama gets elected. You are offering a false dichotomy.
Hillary is taking cheap shots at Obama
Since when is this a good reason to vote for someone? Maybe Obama deserves [...]

April 27th, 2008 Posted by eaglescout | 2008 Election, Commentary, Democrats, Logical Fallacies | no comments

A Quick Conversation with John Moody on Ron Paul Exclusion

I just got ahold of John Moody of FOX News.
I had wanted to speak to him about Ron Paul’s exclusion in the debates. Several Ron Paul supporters found and posted his direct office line so I called.
He was very polite. He thought I was calling about Duncan Hunter, then I said it was actually Ron [...]

January 6th, 2008 Posted by Insidious | 2008 Election, Commentary, FOX News, Journalism, Politics, Ron Paul, Truth | no comments

An Open Letter to Shepard Smith and Greta Van Susteren and the Media

You deserve praise for openly discussing Ron Paul on FOX News. I wonder if you had to take a pay a fine every time you said Ron Paul’s name, or for every second you discussed him. I know you will be getting a lot of positive emails from Ron Paul supporters.

Just one objection: You continue [...]

January 4th, 2008 Posted by eaglescout | 2008 Election, Commentary, Journalism, Politics, Role Models | no comments

Worst Ron Paul Ad Ever

I know Ron Paul is trying to capture the attention of Tancredo’s former supporters, but labeling nations as “terrorist” goes against everything Ron Paul has said about foreign policy. Denying student visas for students from “terrorist nations” is intellectually dishonest. This is the same kind of propaganda the GOP uses to justify the war on [...]

December 30th, 2007 Posted by eaglescout | 2008 Election, Commentary, Intellectual Dishonesty, Ron Paul, Terrorism | 11 comments

A Brilliant Comment that Reflects the Longevity of the Ron Paul Movement.

The lack of exposure on Ron Paul’s amazing fund-raising yesterday is only compelling his vocal supporters to pick up the slack and do the media’s job for them.

“When this Paul campaign is over I think we should continue the meetup groups and use our influence to bury the main stream media!! Lets demonstrate outside their [...]

December 17th, 2007 Posted by eaglescout | 2008 Election, Analysis, Blowback, Commentary, Ron Paul | one comment

Terrorism: what does it mean?

In psychology there is a phenomenon called selective perception. We perceive Iran as a terrorist regime. But how are we different? Tancredo would nuke Mecca. Bush initiated a “shock and awe” campaign, and gave Saddam a 48-hour ultimatum. Giuliani is politically illiterate. What do they have in common? Their political rhetoric sounds the same as [...]

November 24th, 2007 Posted by eaglescout | Commentary, Definition, Iran, Iraq War, Politics, Terrorism, War (Psychology) | 2 comments

Media 180 on Ron Paul

CNN – “Ron Paul is here to stay and will become a huge problem for the leading-tier candidates with his anti-war position. He was the libertarian nominee for president in 1988 and has a network of supporters helping him with his campaign. As you travel around the country, you can see Ron Paul supporters everywhere.” [...]

October 3rd, 2007 Posted by eaglescout | 2008 Election, Commentary, Finances, Ron Paul | no comments

Ron Paul raises 5,080,000 for the 3rd Quarter.

According to a press release by Ron Paul’s Campaign. Stay tuned for more detailed statistics.
And a comment for MSNBC on their breaking news: Ron Paul is NOT an isolationist. He is a non-interventionist, and there is a big difference. Nevertheless, I want to commend MSNBC on their generally fair coverage of Ron Paul.
As for ABC, [...]

October 3rd, 2007 Posted by eaglescout | 2008 Election, Commentary, Ron Paul | no comments