Nothing in it I didn't already know.

If there was an interview, I missed it.

If you can nail McPhony, more power to ya.

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Yeah. This is a book I'm definately going to read even though she is essentially preaching to the choir as far as I'm concerned. Getting people to understand what has happened to this country is essential for it's survival and Arianna is the perfect vehicle for conveying that message. She's smart, funny and extremely telegenic. She also sounds like Zsa Zsa Gabor - did you ever notice that?

I just hope that the American people are able to pick up on the message. You've got to admit that we're not the sharpest knives in the international drawer. Think about it: Barack Obama is the most extraordinary candidate to come down the pike in over forty years. What's it going top say about us as a people if he is rejected in November? I don't even want to thik about it.

Tom Degan
Goshen, NY
"The Rant" by Tom Degan

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and her rich friends! They--and her new book--will surely save us working class folks who are at this moment begining to go under, financially, by the millions. But Arianna and her friends will save us, right? Right?

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The Huffington Post articles appear to be of some value until you read it and realize how little is actually discussed- what real underlying information has be OMITTED. How much they stay above any real controversal insight.
Her Book in a prime example- Pointing out th eobvious, yet failing to acknowledge that there is a'Lunatic Fringe' in the Democratic party which has Aided the Red Neo CONS- the Blue Arm of the Neo CON infestation (Clintons, LIEbermann, Kerrys' ,Edwards, bayh, feinstein, Ford Gephhardt,Gore,Landdrieu,McAuliffe,Nunn..)the DLC and their enablers (Pelosi, Reid, Levin, Boxer.. ).Notice the names that ran for Pres but couldn't Seal the Deal,Why because the BASE couldn't see much difference between them and the Republicans - because there is none- other than Rhetorical Stratedgy.
Arianna talks teh Talks- but constantly avoids Walking the Walk- just like th DLC and their Enablers. Why am I throwing my 'Kucinich' vote to Obama- becasue he is not in the Blue Covert operative Ranks, Why do I find my self Cheering Webb,Binden, Richardson, Dodd,Feingold, McCaskill and yes even Kennedy- Old School Dems ...Labor, civil & Minority rights, Environment, Education, healthcare...All with out the help of the Inc Profiteers. I've printed a cheat sheet of DLC members for the time I watch CSPAN to KNOW Who Is Really Talking- "D" & "R" are not specific enough (often have been confused or sure of a 'misprint' under some in Congress' Names- Now I know Who I'm listening to in Reality)
Oh and if you happen to say Anything which the HuffPo does not like- They not only censor Your comments ,they out right Ban You- Very Much 1984 big Brother Website- Do you have a Direct line into Cheney's office so he may Monitor and Squelch any dissent Ari? And do NOT dare to suggest (even tongue in cheek) any 'Investment ' bankers be held Personally responsilbe for their crimes committed against the Citizens of this country and around the world- it's a No No!

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Suddenly the phrase "us working people" has defined what appears to be a separate sect deserving special concern thanks to Hillary Clinton's quasi-racist remarks. Suddenly the term "hard working" has become a trophy only given to white people.

The truth is that those among us working hardest for the least are probably illegal immigrants. Doesn't EVERYONE know that the "hard working people" in this country come in a rainbow of colors?

Arianna H. deserves whatever money she earns. She does after all work harder for her income than people like Cindy McMillionaire McCain. The Huffington Post provides an invaluable service.

The big problem with money is that too few people have enough to survive, no matter how hard they work. Dividing the working poor to make them resent one another is very retro and boring.

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Who is John McCain?

Is the man who correctly stated in his 2000 campaign that GW Bush is psychological unfit for the challenges of the Presidency?

Or is he the staunch supporter of catastrophic Bush Administration policies of the past eight years?

Is John McCain the man who apologized for opposing the MLK holiday, or is he the man who supports the display of the Confederate flag over government buildings?

John McCain has the right words and humble attitude for every audience.

This chameleon like flexibility may serve a Senator well, but can we afford a President who only tells us what we want to hear?

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and Arianna Huffington isn't a pawn of the left??? She swindled millions out of her husband in a divorce and panders to the left. So can anyone really take her seriously? No objectivity at all and low moral character!

Can she be the Rush of the left! Yep.

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The Huff Post and Alternet do have a lot in common, in that they mostly publish political fluff that doesn't address any core issues. That's not progressive. A progressive news site would include daily footage from Iraq and other parts of the world, and would focus on promoting reporters.

Alternet's message is that "the mix is the message" - the stories they choose reflect whatever agenda it is that they are serving - and what Alternet and many other progressive-liberal sites do not like to talk about are the capital liberalization, intellectual property rights, and economic warfare being practiced against helpless people by the U.S. government today.

I think the real goal of Alternet, Huffington Post, Democracy Now, and many of the other popular liberal news web sites is actually the same as that of most of the other elements of the U.S. corporate press - protect the interests of the wealthiest people on the planet, while spewing out whatever might meet the general tastes of their particular demographic.

That is what I believe has been going on in the left-wing progressive press for about a decade now, and the effort was really amped up after Seattle 1999.

Most readers here would be willing to agree that a secretive network of right-wing billionaires funds much of the right wing press, such as the National Review, FOX News, and so on. When the left wing press routinely ignores and refuses to cover in depth many important stories, one must start to wonder if the same thing is going on on the left.

Notice, for example, that Alternet almost never runs Iraq violence footage - same as the mainstream corporate press. Alternet publishes endless articles on biofuels and food that are deliberate distortions of the issue, and that absolutely ignore the critical role of capital liberalization, intellectual property rights, and manipulative speculative attacks on banks and nations - such as was the case in 1997.

No, these sites all appear to be image cleanup operations. They all played a very large role in spreading and promoting the 9/11 nonsense that was cooked up the corporate astroturf group that called itself the 911 Truth Movement.

I always wondered why the left wing press was treating the 911 PR people as honest actors, as Amy Goodman did in her infamous Popular Mechanics - Loose Change "debate."

She worked to portray 9/11 issues as a debate between professional PR people who claimed that the Pentagon was hit by a missile and that the WTC was blown up, and those who claimed that did not happen. Joshua Holland and others took this same angle.

They all conveniently ignored the real issue, which was to what extent the U.S. government had prior warnings of impending hijackings and whether or not Bush & Cheney decided to allow them to take place. Instead, they helped create a bogus debate that was largely intended to smear anyone asking the real questions as a loon who thought the CIA blew up the WTC.

I mean, look at Ariana's site today: "Where is Al Gore?" - but has it ever crossed your mind that maybe Al Gore's work bringing global warming to the public's attention is probably a far greater service to humanity than getting involved in some partisan bickering and an effort to paint Obama as some kind of holy wandering prophet?

Christ, the guy would probably make a good manager, and has a decent record, tho a bit friendly with the coal, nuclear and other large energy interests, and unlikely to really make much change in U.S. foreign policy agendas and practices - that will be up to the people, and that means more Seattles, which is the last thing that the corporate sponsors of the left, center and right-wing media want to see - because it draws attention to issues they'd rather see kept quiet.

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has zero credibility and even less to say. She does a great Zha Zha Gabor impersonation, though.

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Slightly related topic - next Tuesday UK MPs are voting on amendments which could see the term limit for abortion reduced from 24weeks to 22, 20, 18, 16, 14 or even 12 weeks. If you or anyone you know is a UK resident or citizen please ask them to contact their MP today or tomorrow and come along to the protest outside parliament on Tuesday evening.

More info on http://www.abortionrights.org.uk

And apologies for hijacking the comments column - please feel free to remove this comment and repost the info somewhere more appropriate. I just want to raise awareness, it's going to be a very close vote, every bit of help counts. Thanks very much.

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Arianna Huffington and others are able to bolster their arguments against the worst of the current crop of psuedo-conservative extremists with more than enough tangible evidence and basic logic. Right-wing commentators, in far to many cases, simply resort to... well, crap like this:

http://www.patriotart.com/posted/index.htm

Which side would YOU rather be on?

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I just can't take Arianna, she may even do more harm than good, and her website has really gotten to be more and more silly and biased and restrictive of any thought that exceeds that of her or her incredibly biased superscillious staff...as well as her true needful nature..it's rather sad there is something lacking in this womens life..a serious need for approval and unquenchable attention..

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I simply pointed out, in some detail, how the left-wing press in the United States is just as reprehenisble as the right-wing press is. I used no profanity, but I did clearly point out that Huffington Post is ignoring many critical issues!

For example, I pointed to the headline at HuffPost today, which reads "Where is Al Gore" and I said that Al Gore's work focusing on climate change and global warming is probably far more important than his getting involved in some Democratic party political squabble between two rather similar candidates.

I also pointed out the major role that Alternet has played in hosting the 9/11 truth movement nonsense about bombs being placed in the world trade center, and how that really played into the hands of those who wanted to attack anti-war activists.

I also pointed out that many readers here would likely believe that the right-wing press is controlled by a network of billionaires and secretive financial interests, but that they might vigorously deny that that was the case as regards the left-wing press - but that they might want to reconsider that opinion.

I believe I also pointed out the general failure of Alternet and Huff Post to run daily video feeds from Iraq, which I certainly would do if I was the editor.

In any case, it was a long comment, and now it is gone, and I'd like it back. if the owners of the site could please email it to me at

scan4itfast@yahoo.com

I'd appreciate it. Or you can just repost it.

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A. Huffington is something like a puffy female pop version of Noam Chomsky. That would be a more or less discredited icon of the "left" who refuses to discuss anything that might actually undermine the ruling class (as in a blatant and ongoing 9/11 cover-up directly responsible for "war on terror"). Ditto for Arianna Huffington and her Huffington Post site.

An elite “left” does quite a PR-propaganda job of pretending it’s got cleaner hands. However, reality says the "left" in America is every bit as dirty as the so-called "right" and generally has been. Hardly an accident.

This is a fact venues like "Alternet" deny as they purge, censor and ban most of the real issues off the table.

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What is it going to say about people if Obama is rejected period??? That the people finally came out of their stupor and saw Obama for what he is. I would NEVER trust Huffinton, I found many lies on her blogs so why is she telling the truth now ??? SHE NEEDS THE MONEY!!!! Her and her great pot smoking friend Maher aren't doing so well!!!

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We need all the help we can get. Some of the people blasting her on this blog I have a feeling are part of the dumb-as-they come 28% who still think BUSHit is hot and can do no wrong. No amount of facts or truths is going to get through to them. Look at how the right slams people like Scott McClellan who was an insider and is now telling people exactly what he saw going down, and still they will slime him instead of joining the rest of us who want to put the whole Bush administration in jail where they belong.
I didn't always like Arianna, but that was because she was standing next to her husband who it turns out was homosexual but worse a rotten Republican politician. I don't fault Arianna for divorcing him and getting whatever money she got. HURRAY FOR ARIANNA AND THANK YOU!!

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