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Hispanics launch campaign to get Lou Dobbs off the air

 
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Hispanics launch campaign to get Lou Dobbs off the air
National campaign to take LOU DOBBS OFF CNN
by Jon Garrido Network Thursday, Apr. 27, 2006 at 7:57 PM

Lou Dobbs: Self Interested Demagoguery: One who makes use of popular prejudices
and false claims and promises in order to gain ratings



Why AOL? Lou Dobbs is the number one money maker for CNN so he is not going anywhere as long as he makes money for CNN and right now he is making a ton of money for CNN bashing "illegal immigration."



CNN is owned by Time Warner and Time Warner also owns AOL which is being extensively promoted to increase its value as witnessed last week by selling 5% of AOL stock to Google. This 5% cost Google $1 Billion setting a benchmark value for AOL stock.



The Google-AOL deal gives AOL a valuation of $20 billion.



Billionaire Time Warner shareholder Carl Icahn who controls 3 percent of Time Warner shares has been organizing a proxy battle for control of Time Warner wants to sell AOL.



We could never directly muzzle Lou Dobbs because the revenue his trashing of Hispanic/Latinos generates for CNN is huge and CNN's revenue belongs to Time Warner.



The Achilles heel is AOL. If the value of AOL was to decrease dramatically because of the loss of the Hispanic/Latino market, Time Warner, and more so, Carl Icahn, would move to stop this hemorrhage. The only way to stop the hemorrhage would be to meet the demands of the Hispanic/Latino community: Remove Lou Dobbs off the Air.



Why is this so important?



The marches, rallies, and protests have been instrumental in the Senate Judiciary Committee's adoption of the McCain Kennedy Immigration Reform proposal and its submission to the Senate for debate. The monumental protests have been heard in Washington and around the USA.



As monumental as the protests have energized the Hispanic community, the protests will not take immigration over the top as witnessed by the Senate failing to approve immigration reform.



Time now for a reality check: The US Senate debated immigration reform but the Senate votes to adopt the Kennedy McCain proposal were simply not there!



Something else now needs to be added to the protests to take us to the next level if we are going to realize immigration reform as Hispanics favor.



Lou Dobbs



Lou Dobbs has become the champion zealot of bashing "illegal immigration" each night at CNN promoting HR 4437 as the only way of dealing with "Broken Borders" to protect the USA. The only way to stop Lou Dobbs, the raving populist xenophobe, is to invoke "The Achilles heel: AOL."



The number of AOL subscribers is around 30 million. Many of these are US Hispanics, in addition, AOL has a growing percentage of Latin America accounts among new users. To increase market share, AOL is being marketed to the Hispanic/Latino internet community for its ease of use. There are other internet companies that are even easier to use, have faster speeds, and are less expensive. With a national Ax AOL campaign especially among our savvy youth with their ever increasing use of text messaging, IM, and Internet, if Hispanics would drop AOL and move in droves to other internet providers, significant pressure would result causing owners of AOL to realize the only way to re-capture market share would be to remove CNN's Lou Dobbs.



Removing Lou Dobbs off the air would completely disarm the national leader of promoting HR 4437 and would be the most powerful message that could be provided to the Congress, President Bush, 2008 presidential candidates and the entire USA. The demise of Lou Dobbs would be fatal. There would be nowhere for him to land because wherever he surfaced such as FOX, the Ax AOL campaign would follow him by simply changing our name to Ax FOX.



If CNN does not remove Lou Dobbs, we will move to escalate to boycott all CNN corporate sponsors beginning with sponsors of CNN en Espanol. We are approaching $1 Trillion in annual Hispanic purchasing. This is the real strength of Hispanic power.



Hispanic News on April 11 published a new website AxAOL.com which will become the vehicle for getting the message out throughout the USA to boycott AOL.



Presently there is no USA website that is coordinating marches, rallies or protests and No4437.com could become this vehicle for anyone to post what is happening in their community and to get messages out to everyone in the USA.



To promote Ax AOL throughout the USA, Hispanic News is now selling advertising using Sponsored Links. Buy an ad if you own a business or as an individual use your name. The ads are $299 but donations are welcomed for any amount. Help us make change in the USA by working together to remove Lou Dobbs off the air at CNN. Buying Ax AOL t-shirts is expensive. Hispanic News can not do this by ourselves.



You can also help by emailing everyone in your address book informing them using AOL indirectly pays Lou Dobbs' salary.



Beginning May 1, the next level of marches, rallies, protests will now include Ax AOL. The red Ax AOL t-shirts will become part of the protests. Spread the word that anyone who uses AOL is subsidizing Lou Dobbs' promotion of HR 4437's criminalizing immigrants and anyone who helps them.



We will be promoting alternative products and services from those we are boycotting. If you have a suggestion for an alternative, email me with your recommendation. If you provide a service or product and would like Ax AOL to consider your recommendation, email me.



Jon Garrido

Hispanic News
[link to www.indybay.org]
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Too bad the insurgents don't understand that freedom of speech isn't a one way street even if everything else is. Fucking morons.
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It's war. They're gonna fight - economically I guess. They don't see our problems with unbridled immigration. Of course why would they care? They don't differentiate, as Americans do, between legal and illegal immigration.
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I emailed CNN and told them if they remove Dobbs, I will buy a dish to replace Time Warner cable.
Fight one boycott with another and there are more of us so we wield greater economic power.
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dueling boycotts!
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This shows how important Lou Dobbs is to the average American. He is the NUMBER ONE THREAT to illegals! Tell all Fox News watchers that we need to come together, stop squabbling over liberal/conservative. Don't let illegal aliens force Lou Dobbs off the air!

trans_sign Este es importante por Americanos!
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fox news doesn't have time for anything other than american idol segments
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Lou Dobbs is a true American Patriot.

I wish that he would run for president.
Frodo failed, Bush has the ring!
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Send your support to Lou Dobbs....we need to back him 100 percent.
Frodo failed, Bush has the ring!
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Well then maybe we should do our own campaign and send emails supporting Lou Dobbs. Time to show theese disgusting vermin that they will not run or ruin our country.

Also an interesting poll on his site. Once you vote it'll give you the results with a link to make comments. Show your support!

Do you find it reprehensible that the U.S. Senate is about to pass legislation without careful analysis and study of the number of illegal aliens in this country and the cost of that legislation to taxpayers?

Yes 97% 15240 votes

No 3% 477 votes
Total: 15717 votes


This QuickVote is not scientific and reflects the opinions of only those Internet users who have chosen to participate. The results cannot be assumed to represent the opinions of Internet users in general, nor the public as a whole. The QuickVote sponsor is not responsible for content, functionality or the opinions expressed therein.
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Send your questions and comments to "Lou Dobbs Tonight"
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I'll bet that the 477 in opposition are all illegal invaders.
Frodo failed, Bush has the ring!
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I don't send notes to news shows usually but I did send a note to Lou Dobbs a couple weeks ago.

We need to hear his truth on this sell out of our country.
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As we speak, We are sending another 11 millions illegal Mexican to Atlanta to protest and get Lou Dobbs's ass off the air.
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I salute Lou Dobbs. If only CNN could get the OTHER jerks there off the air and replace them with honest journos!
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lou dobbs is doing it with permission from the powers that be dont you think he knows of the shit he can get into for talking shit like that on the air and still he does it.someone big and influential is backing him
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wait til the "illegals" get citizenship, and loose their jobs to a wet-back who will work for less...

Lou Dobbs is a rare man...and has my support as he "tells it like it IS...he would be saying the same thing, if the "illegals" were Canadian
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I'm not usually a fan of CNN, but...


Lou Dobbs is an American hero.

Illegal Mexicans and Central Americans need to return immediately to the country they are a citizen of, or face jail terms.

They ARE criminals, they present FALSE documents, which is a FELONY, and they are arrogant ASSHOLES, especially anyone connected with "La Raza".
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Wow...I agree with 21. This issue makes strange bedfellows...


BTW...are you all aware that many illegals are registered to vote?
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I'm really disappointed that the hispanic groups are pushing things too far with us Americans. Calling for the removal of Lou Dobbs is insane.

I call for these anti-US hispanic groups removed from the continental American soil, even South America, and ban them.
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Screw them.

They cannot vote in an American election and now they wish to vote someone out of a job?

lmao
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76560,

Yes, that is what I'm worried about.

In some jurisdictions all they care about is that you RESIDE in the country to register to vote.

They DON'T make you prove citizenship !!!

Unbelievable.


In parts of Arizona, they will take ANY form of I.D., and a "utilty bill", like gas, water or electric.

These are NOT citizens registering to vote.

A recent ( approved ) public referendum forcing the local government to insist on photo ID and proof of citizenship to register and to actually vote, gets ignored by the democratic governor, and the democratic attorney general.

Hispanic groups have filed lawsuits to stop it being implemented, say it is RACIST to make make people prove thay are a citizen before they vote.
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thus far i have been empathetic towards the illegal immigrants

i support them getting amnesty

but lou dobbs is one of a handful of jornalists that actually do journalism

i draw the line here

write cnn in support of lou dobbs
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What makes you think they don't vote? Their latest rallying cry is: Today we march, tomorrow we vote.

I favor making them all felons, give them a suspended sentence and a $10,000 fine, and then they cannot register to vote in most states. With that kind of fine they also will not have money to send back to Mexico and if they committ any kind of crime they will get tossed out on their illegal bums.

They know how to get any kind of false ID the voting registration people want. In the motor voter states it is just a simple matter of getting a driver's liscense with a test given in Spanish, of course.

I never used to favor any kind of national ID card, but I am beginning to if it will take away their false ID's.
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[link to mexica-movement.org]

The Mexican Agenda.
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Maybe we all ought to start feeling as if we are in life threatening danger whenever one of these parasites are near... especially if deadly force is allowed now.

[link to news.yahoo.com]

States signing on to deadly force law By ROBERT TANNER, AP National Writer
Wed May 24, 3:17 PM ET

A campaign by gun rights advocates to make it easier to use deadly force in self-defense is rapidly winning support across the country, as state after state makes it legal for people who feel their lives are in danger to shoot down an attacker — whether in a car-jacking or just on the street.

The law has spurred debate about whether it protects against lawlessness or spurs more crime. Supporters say it's an unambiguous answer to random violence, while critics — including police chiefs and prosecutors — warn that criminals are more likely to benefit than innocent victims.

Ten states so far this year have passed a version of the law, after Florida was the first last year. It's already being considered in Arizona in the case of a deadly shooting on a hiking trail.

Supporters have dubbed the new measures "stand your ground" laws, while critics offered nicknames like the "shoot first," "shoot the Avon lady" or "right to commit murder" laws.

At its core, they broaden self-defense by removing the requirement in most states that a person who is attacked has a "duty to retreat" before turning to deadly force. Many of the laws specify that people can use deadly force if they believe they are in danger in any place they have a legal right to be — a parking lot, a street, a bar, a church. They also give immunity from criminal charges and civil liability.

The campaign is simply about self-defense, said Oklahoma state Rep. Kevin Calvey, a Republican and author of the law in his state. "Law-abiding citizens aren't going to take it anymore," he said.

"It's going to give the crooks second thoughts about carjackings and things like that. They're going to get a face full of lead," Calvey said. He introduced the bill at the request of the local National Rifle Association, and it passed with overwhelmingly support: The House agreed 83-4, the Senate 39-5.

Democratic Gov. Brad Henry signed it and said: "This act will allow law-abiding Oklahomans to protect themselves, their loved ones and their property."

Besides Oklahoma, the nine other states to sign on are Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi and South Dakota, according to the NRA.

Critics say the NRA is overstating its success. Only six of those states expanded self-defense into public places, said Zach Ragbourn, a spokesman at the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. There already is a presumption in law that a person does not have to retreat in their home or car, he said.

And there have been a few high-profile defeats, too.

In New Hampshire, the measure passed the legislature only narrowly and then was vetoed by Democratic Gov. John Lynch, who was joined by police and prosecutors.

Police Chief Nathaniel H. Sawyer Jr. of New Hampton, N.H., said the legislation addressed a problem that does not exist. In 26 years in law enforcement, he has never seen anyone wrongfully charged with a crime for self-defense, he said.

"I think it increases the chance for violence," said Sawyer, also the president of the New Hampshire Association of Police Chiefs. "It increases the chance of innocent people being around the violence and becoming involved in it or hurt."

The bill would have allowed a person "to use deadly force in response to non-deadly force, even in public places such as shopping malls, public streets, restaurants and churches," Lynch said when he vetoed the legislation. Existing law already gives citizens the right to protect themselves, he said.

The NRA argues that victims wind up with an unfair burden if the law, as it does in New Hampshire, requires a duty to retreat, if possible. "That does crime victims little good when they have to make a split-second decision to protect their life from violent attack by a criminal," said Wayne LaPierre, the NRA's executive director.

"The only people that have anything to fear from this type of law is someone who plans on robbing, shooting or raping someone," LaPierre said.

That argument sounds good and it's winning supporters, said Florida state Rep. Dan Gelber, a critic of the law when it passed in his state last year and a former federal prosecutor.

But like Sawyer in New Hampshire, he does not see any instances now or in the past of a victim being prosecuted for failing to retreat. He sees the Florida law, and the national campaign, as an effort by the NRA to build support and keep its members riled up.

"The NRA is a victim of its own successes. No political party in Florida today is going to advance any serious gun-control agenda," said Gelber, a Democrat. "What's left is these little things which have no impact on every day life, but inspire and activate the base."

And, he argued, it gives defense attorneys a potential avenue to seek acquittal for crimes. In effect, criminals will benefit much more often than any innocent victim. "It's going to give the guy who's really looking for a fight, or does something totally irresponsible or venal, a defense he would not otherwise have."

Last week in Arizona, the state appellate court delayed the start of jury deliberations in the trial of a retired school teacher charged with second-degree murder for shooting a man on a hiking trail in May 2004. The court is deciding whether the new law applies to his claim of self-defense.
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It's war. They're gonna fight - economically I guess.

With Buritos? lmao
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And now they want to pretend to be indigneous--don't want to be called latino, because that implies what they actually are--the children of the Spanish conquistadors.
The Indians can claim to be indigenous victims, the Mexicans, whom the Indians hate as much or more than the whites, cannot.
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The very last post sums it up the best:




Remove Lou Dobbs
by Ed Brown Thursday, May. 04, 2006 at 4:08 PM
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Hi Jon, This could backfire. What if Americans start threatening to drop AOL if they try to get rid of Lou Dobbs. There is a lot more anti immigration than those of us that are for. Ed
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Us wimpy-assed Americans need to stand up and take back our country.

I only see a handful of people doing it...or anything anymore.


You've gotta give those illegals some credit, look at how many of them told their bosses to kiss their ass and they took the day off to protest!

Now when was the last time a beaten down American did something like that?
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If Lou goes, I go!





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