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REFORM is dirty word
I think most people in this country are very suspicious of politicians in general because of theindiscretions of those in the past. This is tragic because as much as we do not trust them, we need them. There is one thing that seems to be common among politicians that I have noticed is the way that they never commit to ANYTHING. There answers are always vague, non-committal and even deceptive. This is not unique to one party or the other. In fact I have noticed that both Democrats and Republicans are famous for doing this. To take this a step further, you can look at their use of the word “reform”. If you look at the definition of the word, you get a clear meaning.
To improve by alteration, correction of error, or removal of defects; put into a better form or condition.
When a politician uses the word, they do a fairly good job of applying it as an active word yet undefined. The word is usually followed by another term that is usually the political word of the day. Some examples of this are campaign finance reform, immigration reform, and health care reform. In each case, the word is used to mean an improvement to these problems/topics. Where the problem comes in is the how one defines campaign finance, health care, immigration as it relates to being a problem. To one person, immigration may be seen as a good thing. This idealistic view that our country was founded on immigrants coming in and making a home. To another person, immigration may be seen as going too far. To this person, immigrants are becoming a problem because of their high numbers. In either case, the same problem is seen from completely different points of view. To use the word immigration is to be vague and not very descriptive of the problem to begin with.
When a politician comes in with his or her use of reform, they are not addressing the problem at all. Yes, they do have an agenda and do want to take sides in the issue but they will never state which side they are on. They will say we need meaningful “immigration reform” while never spelling out which side they are on. At this point, the ignorant populace just takes it in as this politician wants to fix things. The politician is never pressed to spell out what immigration reform really means. They are never pressed to define health care reform or any other topics. This play on words, or rhetoric is often allowed to go unchallenged. Whenever you hear a politician use the word reform, hold on to your wallet because more often than not, it is going to cost you. If it were not going to cost you, then the politician would have no reason to be so deceptive. Why not come right out and say what they really mean? To say what they really means would be to take a side. To take a side, alienates those on the other side and thus, lose their vote.
If a politician really had any integrity, they would speak how they really feel and if the media had any integrity they would not allow them to get away with this. People are often quick to forget the last politician that did this so they ignore it when it comes up. When you hear health care reform on the television, you can rest assured that it is going to cost you. When they speak of immigration reform, you can be just as assured that it will cost you. The next time you turn on your television and they are talking “REFORM”, I would suggest you perk up and pay attention. What ever it is, you need to call your elected official and go against it. If it were real reform defined as it was above, they would not be using the word reform at all. They would spell out specifically what it is that they want to do. Listen real hard for the word REFORM.
Do Not Worry About the Economy
I hear concerns every day about the economy. People worry unecessarily all the time because they watch the news. I am old enough to have experienced several recessions and one thing that always seems to be common with each of them is that the media always says “this one is different” or “this one is going to be the worst”. I highly doubt that this will be the worst. Despite people’s political views if we were honest we would have to admit that the media has a larger impact on our economy than either political party’s policies. The media hates Republicans and therefore will portray everything negative when a Republican is in office. They will beat a dead horse day in and day out until everyone believes the sky is falling. Since they REALLY REALLY hate George Bush, they have gone out of their way to portray the world as even worse this time.
Since they influence people’s opinions and scare people to death this results in a self fulfilling prophecy. People get scared and stop buying resulting in companies losing sales, stocks fall, and all the other events that happen when people are afraid they are going to lose their money. The terrible economy has zero to do with the policies of who is in office. Maybe not zero but I would say very little.
The good news for the economy is that they love Barack Obama. I mean the really love him. When he is inaugurated the media will portray the world as a “world of hope”. The great Obama will fix the woes of the world and all will be well. This is not necessarily true but since the media loves this guy they will get everyone to believe it and they will gain confidence. They will begin to buy again and the economy will grow. The people will believe that Barack Obama is the second coming of Christ (Joke) for fixing all the problems of the world. The end result is that the economy will improve. His policies will have little to no impact on any of this but people will think it will. Most people that follow politicians do not even know what their policies are.
I would not worry too much about the economy as the media has their man and they will have the world thinking we have reached a new Utopia and the people will believe it and start becoming active in the economy. There will always be those on the far left and the far right that will hate or love their respective candidates no matter what the media does but the average person to their own detriment will take the media at face value. This is not an attempt to put down Obama but to point out that the media has a bigger impact on the economy than the the President. They will never admit they have this power but anyone that pays attention knows this.
More AP Bias
You may remember that I posted just last week about how irrelevant the AP is in reporting just about anything. I took a screenshot of Yahoo’s News this morning where it posted an AP story about Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford winning the Heisman Trophy last night. As you can see in the photo above it is titled “Oklahoma’s Bradford wins Heisman Trophy”. You may notice the picture included in the story is Colt McCoy, the Texas quarterback and the media’s love child. This is pretty typical of what you see day to day with the media. They are so angry that the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) has rated the Sooners number one by computers. They are so enamoured by the South Eastern Conference (SEC) and their poster boy that they cannot eve bring themselves to put the winner’s picture on the story that bares his name. Their dislike of the Sooners is displayed by their putting Mr. McCoy’s picture on there after we have heard about how Texas was cheated by the BCS. As I spoke before, there is no legitimate way to see who is the best when you only play a team once. Anyone can have a bad day. Again, the sports aspect of this is not that big a deal for me but rather the lack of objectivity on the news.
This should not surprise anyone as the AP is typical of the main stream media’s agenda reporting. I have noticed an overwhelming bias against Israel with the AP. Their vicious hatred for Israel is only surpassed by their hatred of anyone with conservative values. You can pick your topic and the AP will purposely only tell the side of the story that benefits their cause. They will misrepresent any cause they disagree with and never apologize when they get it wrong. They get it wrong more than they get it right so I can understand this because they would be apologizing all the time. I am not a crazy sports fan like many Sooner fans are but this story is just as blatant as they come.
This is precisely why I listen to virtually every news story I hear with skepticism. I rarely take what I hear on the news at face value even when it is on video. This is because they edit the videos to only show the parts that benefit their cause. An example of this is their coverage of the Rodney King beating. They only show the part where the police are beating him. They neglect to show the part where he was assaulting the police just prior to this. They barely even mention less than a year later that Rodney King was arrested for trying to run over a police officer in his car. Rodney King is a career criminal that was used as a tool for the media to complete their mission to drive a wedge between groups of people. In this case the entire agenda was to rile up the black population while failing to report the entire story.
I could go on all day citing events that are deliberately misreported by the left wing media and the AP. The purpose of this post is to illustrate examples of their blatant bias. I do not dwell on this too much because all it serves to do is keep everyone upset all the time. I think it is worthy of pointing out though I would not allow yourself to be sucked into their game. The media is not neutral in their reporting. They will almost always support the liberal side of story and belittle those of conservative Christian values. I would suggest you watch them with a critical eye as well and you will see it also.
When Will I Learn
Sometimes I forget that I am not 18 years old and that I cannot get up at 4:30 am, then stay up until 1:30 am and get up at 7:00 am again. I get up so early every day that I automatically wake up early no matter what time I go to bed. I am now up and really tired. At least I am able to wake up to a thunderstorm. Looks like there is a line of storms that are covering North Oklahoma City. It is not raining here yet but I am hopeful. I am supposed to be doing homework this morning but I have to get into the right frame of mind first.
I just love having a blog because it allows me to speak my mind in a politically correct world. My definition of politically correct is to say that one should not say anything that is opposed to any of the liberal agendas. When you have a blog, you can get things off your chest and not worry whether it offends anyone or not. Since traditional media tends to be politically far left, a person will never be able to hear both sides when listening to them. It is almost like group speak with the left leaning political view. It is funny how the mainstream media spends an extraordinary amount of time bashing Fox News for being a mouth piece for right wing conservatives when Fox News is continuously the highest rated news company.
I would disagree with their assessment of Fox News being politically right leaning. They are still left leaning but not as left as CNN, ABC, NBC, and CBS. So relative to their extreme left views, Fox News seems to be leaning politically to the right. If you watch the other networks you are going to hear the same things. A few examples are the fabricated story of global warming and how we are responsible for it. You will hear how the crazed Barack Obama is the savior of the world. You will hear that anyone of a religious faith must be mentally unstable. You will hear that anyone conservative wants to steal the social security of the elderly, and take away the rights of minorities. I do not want to be confused with supporting the Republican party because I do not support the Democrat (Yes I left the “IC” off then end of this non Democratic) party. I think neither of these two parties are worthy of my support.
This is the beauty of having a blog because on the mainstream media you will never have an opportunity to tell your side of the story. If you wait on a journalist to inform the public, you will be waiting a long time. What really turns my stomach about the media is the fact that they are supportive of virtually every left wing agenda. They tell stories supporting their causes without ever questioning the validity of them. They *ALWAYS* question people of other points of view. They speak upon issues as though they just “are” that way. Other times they just omit important pieces of information that would be opposed to their point of view.
One of the saddest days in the history of the American press happened this week when the Supreme Court finally did the right thing and upheld the Second Amendment. I truly expected all the journalists to show up wearing black the next day in mourning of one of their causes being put down. They just cannot believe that Washington D.C. having one of the highest murder rates in the country is due to the fact that their citizens are unarmed and unable to defend themselves. My point of view would never be told on the mainstream media even as a third party view. They distort the views of people that oppose them. One rule in my house is that any of these networks are not allowed on my television. The way I feel is that if you know something is going to make you mad, why would you subject yourself to it?
Well I better get get this posted so I can get back to work on my homework. That is another topic that I will discuss at another time. Looks like that storm is just going across North Oklahoma City and missing us completely. Hopefully we can get some rain.
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