The MSM's so-called "journalists" often remind me of Miss South Carolina's contributions to the annals of Utopian silliness.
On Aug 4, 11:18 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > They might as well all be socialists. their initiative to report anything > of substance has been destroyed. Their interest level is at the level of > Michael Jackson and Paris Hilton. > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 8:53 AM, d.b.baker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Psychology Today: Several decades ago, I spent a couple seasons > > working for the Soviets as a Russian translator—hauling in fish by day > > and slugging back samogon by night. (Well, sometimes slugging back > > homemade vodka by day, too—that's the Russians for you.) I was curious > > about one of politics’ biggest questions: is extreme socialism > > beneficial? > > > What I found was so much propaganda about the wonders of Soviet > > Socialist Mankind and the horrors of Western Democracy that the people > > exposed to it might as well have had electrodes implanted to control > > their thoughts. There were no governmental checks and balances and > > nothing even close to a free press—so positions of power were filled > > by nasty sorts who kept good people in fear for their lives if they > > didn’t think the right thoughts. Soviet Socialism, as it turned out, > > was a perverse system that killed motivation even as it made fear as > > natural as breathing. > > > Why wasn’t this widely reported in the Western press? > > > As it turns out, the preponderance of journalists are Democrats. And > > socialism, with its idyllic, “progressive” programs, has formed an > > increasingly important role in Democratic policies. Who wants to > > investigate a possible dark side of your own party’s plank? > > > We’ll get to that. First—why are most journalists Democrats? > > > more: > >http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/scalliwag/200908/why-most-journal... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
