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Do not copy, forward, excerpt, or reproduce outside </div><div>the <a href="http://vision2020.moscow.com/" target="_blank">Vision2020.Moscow.com</a> forum without the express written permission of the author.*****</div><div>------------------------------<wbr>-----</div></span></span></div></font></font><div><font size="2"><div><div><div><span><span>A more important point to ponder is the disturbing sense of <font size="4">unreality <font size="2">regarding</font> </font><font size="2">the bizarre obsession with the president of the U. S. in a legal dispute with an adult </font></span></span></div><div><font size="2">film actress, with all forms of media distracted from focusing on more important matters. However, I am not downplaying some of the truly important issues involved, such as </font></div><div><font size="2">were threats </font>made, or were campaign finance laws broken.</div><div><br></div><div><font size="2">But the Trump media circus, before and after the 2016 election, has been a </font><font size="2">travesty of the principle that the Fourth </font><font size="2">Estate is a cornerstone promoting the health of </font></div><div><font size="2">democracy, rather than a ratings driven scandal promoting advertising profit </font>enterprise: Leslie Moonves on Donald Trump: "It May Not Be Good for America, but It's Damn Good for CBS" </div><div>"Most of the ads are not about issues. They're sort of like the debates," the CBS CEO said<span></span></div><div><span><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/leslie-moonves-donald-trump-may-871464">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/leslie-moonves-donald-trump-may-871464</a><span></span></span></div><div><font size="2"> </font></div><div><font size="2">The bombardment by the media of outrageous content regarding </font><font size="2">Trump has numbed the public to any moral outrage that might be induced. Some speculate this is a deliberate </font></div><div>tactic to create disarray and disillusionment in the electorate. </div><div><br></div><div>But, to address the question I just declared a waste of time: I assumed not entirely real... And I am not concerned that making this assumption renders me a sexist pig, as </div><div>some might describe it... But raising the question on a public list serve, well... Maybe it is at least in "bad taste," as they say...<br></div><div><font size="4">But if there is sexism in this question, it might involve asking why would the question have "lingered on many <em><font size="6">men's</font></em> minds?"</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">I am certain many women entertained exactly the same question.</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">To assume it was the sort of question that only men would pose does suggest 'sexism."</font></div></div></div></font></div></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 7:07 AM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I was merely adding humor to the situation, Mr. Carscallen. An effort that was, apparently, lost on you.<span><br><br><div id="m_-2145493643769646485AppleMailSignature"><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">- John Lennon</span></div></div></span><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On Mar 28, 2018, at 6:59 AM, Dan Carscallen <<a href="mailto:areaman@moscow.com" target="_blank">areaman@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Seriously?<div><br></div><div>You champion feminist causes and then lay down a tasteless comment like that?</div><div><br></div><div>While I rarely agree with you, Tom, I thought you were better than this.<br><br><div id="m_-2145493643769646485AppleMailSignature">DC</div><div><br>On Mar 28, 2018, at 06:40, Tom Hansen <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>. . . a question that, I am certain, lingered on many men’s minds . . . during Storm Daniels’ interview on 60 Minutes . . . yet remain unasked and unanswered . . .<div><br></div><div><b><i>“<u>Are those real?</u>”</i></b><br><div><br><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></div><br><br><div id="m_-2145493643769646485AppleMailSignature"><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span 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