On 4 Aug 2005 06:53:32 -0700, wrote:

That propaganda bits got really, really old. I wouldn't go back to that
for anything.

So you think propaganda has gone away?

I'm pretty sure that Cold War propaganda has, aren't you?

On 4 Aug 2005 08:59:35 -0700, wrote:

I'm pretty sure that Cold War propaganda has, aren't you?

The propaganda today is much more insidious.

Most of their money google contributed/donated to politicians went to
democrats.Tell the World,Boycott google!
cuhulin

Mike Terry wrote:
Why are there so few on topic postings on this newsgroup? Is shortwave dying
like stamp collecting and other hobbies of the past?

The real question is: Will discussions of the death of shortwave ever
die? I'm in my 40s and people have been announcing the death of
shortwave ever since I can remember. Seriously, I remember it going
back at least as far as the late 60s, when I was just a kid. We hear
this tired old song over and over and over, and the people who sing it
just never seem to get tired.

If only I had that kind of stamina!!! These people should be out there
competing in triathlons or something.

Steve

google kisses up to fed govt too much.
cuhulin

My favorite search engines are www.devilfinder.com and
www.vivisimo.com I have been getting Danny Sullivan's
www.searchenginewatch.com email newsletters for over five years.I
almost never use google anymore.
cuhulin

On 2005-08-02 15:46:46 -0400, "Mike Terry" said:

Why are there so few on topic postings on this newsgroup? Is shortwave dying
like stamp collecting and other hobbies of the past?


How many times a year do we need to see this same freaking post???

The answer is NO.

I'm sure stamp collectors are laughing at it as well...


--
Chris: "Dad, what's a blowhole for?"
Peter: "I'll tell you what it's NOT for and then you'll know why I can
never go back to Sea World."

Speaking of stamps,did any of y'all notice the U.S.post office issued
some of them with exact replicas of the nazi eagle on them.Did any of
y'all buy any of those stamps? I did not!
cuhulin

In article ,
says...
Why are there so few on topic postings on this newsgroup? Is shortwave dying
like stamp collecting and other hobbies of the past?

I don't think Shortwave is dying at all, neither is ham radio. There
are still a lot of places on this old planet where the Internet is still
not readily available, so for news and entertainment the shortwave
receiver is still pretty much the only method of delivery. Same goes
for some places where the government is restrictive in what it will let
the people see in their regular media, or even on the Internet -- China
is actively filtering access to the Web within that country, for
example.

There may be less discussion about it here on the 'Net but that's not a
very accurate indicator of the medium worldwide. The people who depend
on shortwave are the same people who either don't have access to the
Internet or who are restricted in what they can get to on the 'Net by
their government, hence they don't get into the discussions on RRS
here....

(Stamp collecting may be in a bit of a decline, but that's a subject for
a different news group.)
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-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
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