On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 11:45 PM, Wesley McGee <[email protected]> wrote: If Keith wasn't politically partisan, when Obama capitulated and Americans ended up with a health care bill that helped nobody and omitted a public option, why wasn't Keith calling for his immediate impeachment and removal from office? Why hasn't he accused Obama of war crimes the way he accused Bush?
> "Keeping them honest" would not work, in covering Bin Laden and > Al Qaeda I would disagree. Couldn't someone have kept Bush and his administration honest when it came to how much they knew of the potential threat and when? Instead, everybody including the mainstream media wrapped themselves in the flag and stopped asking questions and demanding answers. They claimed that to support the president is an expression of patriotism, whereas I claim the opposite. > or a devastating storm causing destruction, Again, the ACoE could have been kept honest during Hurricane Katrina since it was their shoddy, antiquated workmanship -- and not the weather -- that led to deaths. > or the actual facts of Climate Change. (Unfortunately, there needs to be such > a segment regarding *coverage* of Climate Change.) Whenever I hear a politician say he or she studied or read up on climate change, I know they are full of crap. I took a meteorology class in college, thinking it was "How to be a weatherman 101," but it was not an easy A. The science of the weather is probably among the most difficult to master because of all the variables involved. I'd love to ask every politician what they know about the science, and if they know nothing (as I suspect most do), demand they abstain from any vote or debate surrounding the issue. > There are many issues where there are an > actual ideological difference in opinion and we can't wish it away, just > because party partisans use and abuse ideological disagreements to gain > power. True, but the focus not on the issues, rather the (typically extremist) voices in favor of or against an issue. A few months back, when Keith's father was in the hospital, he offered a poignant commentary on health care. It covered the issue on a personal yet professional level, presenting problems and solutions. But instead of continuing in that manner, the next show featured talking heads babbling about how the Republicans want to kill poor people (that same night, FoxNews talking heads stated Democrats wanted to kill old people). The substantive debate faded in favor of name-calling and hyperbole. > However, you can't really separate that from the politics of the issue as > that is an obstacle as is pointing out why the system is the way it is and > who benefits from keeping the status quo. If that is genuinely the case, then the politics need to be overhauled. If the politics interfere with the process, a revolution is in order. I keep saying, if someone figures out a way to lead a non-violent revolution against this government, I will join them. The politics do not promote the health and well being of the citizenry. The politics impede true debate and reform. No politician I've seen in the last 30 years has acted in the best interest of the American people. But we have nobody in the media willing to challenge the status quo. The Tea Party wants the America of old, but have you noticed the Tea Party's spokespeople tend to be younger than average Republicans, and older Republicans distance themselves from the Tea Party? The Tea Party is operating under a sense of false nostalgia, the same thoughtless way teenagers are embracing the music and fashion of the 1980s. It wasn't better before, and it isn't good now, but we lack any viable means of making it better in the future. But such debate doesn't happen in the media, and it can't happen because everyone in the media has chosen sides. The lines have been drawn, and they'll be no true debate as a result. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" 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/tvornottv?hl=en
