…truth is that today, we in the ‘free’ country of the United States of America can easily dial up any news opinion we want. Fox is not news, it is entertainment for those hungry for red meat. The same is true for some of the leftie programs. The problem is that while it feels good to watch opinions that are similar to ones own, it does NOTHING for humanity nor our survival. In fact, I would posit that loads of misinformation is regressive and adds to this culture’s decline.
No longer are there only 3 TV programs…there are hundreds! And, when it comes to a diversity of opinions, the net takes the cake. News print is almost a monolith today. I think I heard that there are only 5 companies now that own the major news outlets…. Regardless, since we can no longer afford to provide a good education due to tax reduction, we can’t even help here by teaching the masses to at least evaluate situations. . . let alone look for objectivity. Neil, my heart cries too! Technology, in the sense of media machines, merely adds to the problem. I have no idea about other aspects of it. I fear we are entering another dark age. USA passed its zenith decades ago and now will crash and burn quite quickly when China and/or Japan stop lending monies. 1% of our population have more wealth, in the physical sense than 98% combined. Surfdom is beginning to look like a pleasant option! Yet, politicians and the corporate dogs (lobbyists) continue to fan the flames of another civil war all too similar to the last one, which, as I understand was in fact based on economic issues too. Is there any possibility that the two poles, right/left could stop fighting long enough to turn attention to the policy makers and legal system? I’m sure this an option that few would expect. I am way past the old saying of ‘throw the bums out’. (all of ‘em) We are no longer represented. The majority of us want universal health care…the majority of health care practitioners want single payer…we are 37th in the field world wide and have so many other countries to learn from… does arrogance allow us to do so? Either way, I think I’ll go into the wheelbarrow business. It was good enough in Germany at the end of WWII to cart inflated monies around, it will be just as good here…and will be even better when all plastic is stopped. Here endith the rant..... On Sep 26, 2:37 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Good points here orn. I'll accept that explanation and agree it could > be the reason some choose to avoid the communist label while clearly > supporting the most well known tenets. > > The Daily Show clip, while amusing, isn't exactly representative of > the truth. Compare your average 'liberal protester' with with your > average conservative Tea Party goer. Say, those kooks at the G-20 > summit in Pittsburgh with the recent Million Man(or 60k;depends on > where you get your info.) march in DC. How many were arrested in DC? > How many in Pittsburgh? What Jon Stewart didn't play was O'Reilly > clearly calling the folks that committed crimes and got themselves > arrested kooks. I'm sure when some conservative bites of a liberal's > finger he'll call him a kook as well. > > dj > > On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 3:51 AM, ornamentalmind > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From a different thread, we find the following: > > > "...In a completely unrelated matter; why do so many 'activists' hide > > (or > > at least obscure) their true ideologies? People that live and breath > > a Marxist doctrine will look you straight in the eye and tell you > > they > > aren't a communist. Do you think they're ignorant, stupid or are > > they > > trying to put one over on us? Not that there is anything wrong with > > being a communist... I'm just curious what some of you think of the > > often un-clever attempts of some journalists to muddy their political > > leanings. Do they think we're all stupid or something?" – DJ > > > Personally, I find right wing activists to be the worst and more > > deceptive here…surprised? I doubt it! :-) > > > I for one, while in no way a monolith and being quite conservative on > > many topics, often am afraid to express my proud liberal views if I am > > required to stuff them into a nebulous and never fully defined term > > such as Marxist, communist, socialist etc. I have found that everyone > > thinks they know the meaning of these terms, me included, and almost > > in every case, this is far from the truth. Or at the very least, there > > is no agreement on the meaning of terms. So, why should I set myself > > up as someone else’s straw man? > > > So, in the spirit of equality, I present the following! > > > Fox News: The New Liberals > > > Fox News turns into the liberal media by defending protesters, > > criticizing the president and shoving its values down America's > > throat. > > >http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-august-19-2009/fox-news--the-ne...- > >Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
