Hello Mr Rusty.

A letter to the Editor

"Some have seen no as the dull, safe choice.
But it could be something very different:
the beginning of a new joint enterprise
for the four nations of the UK, the chance
to reforge our union – to spread power,
to break the paralysis and centralisation
of Westminster, to fix a system that is broken."
Rus(t)bridger [sic]

(Prisoner Intro. Especially the shouty desk slamming bit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhnTMxHOWlY)

I'm going to hold you to that promise Mr. Rusty (Magic Roundabout Applies)

I stopped buying the Guardian over the Gaza coverage. A meaningless protest
but it made me feel that at least I was doing something.

I returned to join the Peterlooers over your support for the Liberals.
Thinking well anyone can make a mistake. let's make sure the Graun realises
it. But this is the final straw.
I had hoped, foolishly, that at least -in this- the Guardian would be have
been true to its roots.
After centuries of fighting for the oppressed and those without a voice;
we saw article after article: toeing the Establishment line; parroting the
government propaganda without the slightest bit of investigation.

BTL, your 'news' was quickly refuted. The balance between pro- and anti-
independance was monitored and found to be biased.

You even reported the fact yourself or rather George Monbiot did.  HT.
So now I'm not even bothering to read your rag FOC at the local library.

Instead I'll be online, adblocking (Advertisers please note.) ...and
watching you like a hawk.

Like many others. I suspect and as many as I can encourage: a cyber-horde
of Argi (Argus plural? Anyone :)
More people, like me: powerless, without a voice and without a meaningful
vote.

Short of putting up a paywall, you won't be able to keep us out.

Like ramora stuck to a shark - we'll be there.

You see, in the cybersea of: information, truthyness and downright
propaganda; the netizen response is counter-intuitive.
Trusted information sources are passed around freely, spread over
facebook/ reddit and twitter with a click of a button.
Memes, information and LOLKITTEZ spread across the globe at the speed of
light (or damn near close.) in peer vetted networks.
I know what is happening in Bahrain _right now_ through Twitter. If I
trusted the Guardian on this I would be fumbling around in the dark.
(Like the Establishment wants me to be.)

However information sources that purport to provide news impartially
but in truth are providing half-truths or even disinformation get
*increasing* levels of critical BTL comment. Increasing levels of
netizen surveillance and, increasingly, become a joke.

Take the Biased Broadcasting Corporation: it now routinely has no
comments at all under its web based news.
Primarily because it found that its facts were refuted almost
instantaneously by better reporting from on the ground.
And then voted up to the top of the stack.

Even when comments are allowed, the posts disappear from the BBC site with
a speed only matched by the Daily Fail or the "Eeening Stannit"

	(Aside: A fun little game Guardianistas which I recommend to one and all.
	**But create a fake account first**

                                  No comments? No trust. No truth.
                                  ================================

	For the totally disaffected I can recommend the Telegraph as a place to
	decamp.  A Fifth Column infiltration there, could serve us at a multitude
	of levels. I can highly recommend the comment software having used Discus
	extensively on the American sites I frequent under a different nym.

	It is also a bit of a challenge as one has to get into the mindset of the
	Torygraph reader so you can 'muck' their mindset without them realising it.
	Occasionally I get recommended. Result!

	The UK HuffPo needs us desperately. The comment there is appalling :)

Taking it a wee bit closer to home Mr Rusty, I'll let you into a little
secret. If you want an idea as to what is really going on in your rag
re: Scotland/ Ukraine/ Wherever: ignore all that ATL guff and head for BTL.

Before long you'll end up on Twitter. After all, Global Village wise,
that's where the action is. That's where the real stories are broken.
And the source of better analysis of the situation. And links to the real
truths and real people out there and real journalism by the people: for
the people.

In this, the mighty Graun does provide a service; of sorts. All-be-it an
unintentional one. But Sturgeon's Law applies and you have to wade through
a lot of shite to get to the truth. In the end you *do* get there.
But it's quicker on twitter.

Here's a Vow from this Peterlooer: I'll be reminding you of that quote
Mr. Rusty, on a daily basis.

If you fail to campaign and push for a real democratic devolution of power
-on a daily basis- (well... Sundays excepted.)

We'll be there.

If you fail to hold the Establishment to a swift enactment of the promises
made to the Scots and now, the UK electorate en-masse.

We'll be there.

If you fail to fight for all of us to get an equal say in the future of the
"UK."

We'll be there.

Mr Rusty, the Magic Roundabout is now Occupied. If you look very carefully
you'll see my cybertent _/\_ there may be others.

We are legion and no longer afraid to be anonymous.

(Just ask your friends at the NSA/ GCHQ)

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Having said that: I don't hold out much hope my fellow CiFers,
Guardianistas; Occupiers and the BTL proletariat in general.

IM(Sad)O, post Snowdon, for obvious reasons: the mighty Graun
is now in thrall to the Five Eyes.
or should that be the one lidless eye in Mordor.
Or on the dollar bill...

We shall see, what we shall see.

Be Cing U
(Prisoner Be seeing you mix http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY9oWfkKt6A)