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Ever notice how Dubyah and John Kerry look like "curious George and the man in the Big Yellow hat???
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To be to the point, and as a matter of fact, it's a war on Muslim extremists. And... Finally, in one of Bush's latest spreeches he, finally, said so. Why it took so long, I don't really understand it, other than trying to be "worldly" PC (politically correct).Emg said:
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How can we change this fact??! How?Tyler718 said:
I hope real people, (the ones' that never get "polled" by 'news media') look back at recent history, as well as past history, and know what's right.
And no one can try to compare our effort with "V 'Nam". Sorry, but that'a totally different.
125gJoe said:How can we change this fact??! How?
I can't even begin to think of a way. :huh: With the media there is no middle ground. They are either far left or far right. And that is where I find myself, "right of center". So I get my news from all sources and make my decisions from that.
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125gJoe said:
I think it's a matter of the person that writes his speeches
Perhaps he finally got a proper one to put his idea's into words for him.As for the Media and figuring how to get them to stop reporting the Bad in things such as the Military. I don't think that will change unfortunately, how many times have you seen a newscast where the "Good" stories are more enthusiastically reported then the Bad? ..I've seen alot of horrid and unfortunate things in stories that the newscaster beem with a smile to report
Examples of Bad reporting? .. people like Geraldo Rivera that make it like a Travel Channel adventure trip when he went into Iraqi proud to show the pistol he was wielding and jumping around with his camera crew in live gun fire making it like a live action film in a sense.. pathetic.
News Reporters do these things all the time and they seem to (exscuse the term) Get off on it, like it's a rush. And, unfortunately alot of people seem to Enjoy it, it means Ratings and Money.. Profit from the Bad, not from the Good.
Until the Profit aspect is removed I don't think it would change much at all, and a Newscaster with a set of Morales and that knows when to turn off the Camera and turn to do the Good stories are often not in a position to keep a job as a forefront reporter.
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Sorry I babbled, been reading this thread and found it interesting.. I have a hard time forming my words in a correct flow ..wordsmith I am not.
hope my thoughts don't confuse.
I think one of the biggest problems with both politics and the media is that we are no longer being represented by our representatives, and shock value buys air time. The extremists (cultural, religious, political, you name it) are the ones that make decisions and dominate headlines. As a result, polarizing opinions are all we hear about, all we see, until we start thinking that's the 'real' world. But it's not--not where I live, not where anyone I know lives. The silent majority needs to get off our duffs and take our country back--a country where tolerance is extended to those who are different, without worrying about being politically correct. Where cultural diversity doesn't mean covering up one 'flavor' in favor of another, but rather appreciating someone else's perspective without feeling it threatens your own.
I'm amazed and proud that so many chose to vote in Iraq--and I hope that they continue to feel important and effective in the government they are building. I've long since lost that feeling in my own voting, but continue to do so--you can't complain about those elected if you don't take part in the process.
I'm amazed and proud that so many chose to vote in Iraq--and I hope that they continue to feel important and effective in the government they are building. I've long since lost that feeling in my own voting, but continue to do so--you can't complain about those elected if you don't take part in the process.
OrionGirl said:
Yes please! Ever notice how just about everyone you talk to in life disagrees with the random extreme liberal (or extreme conservative) things you seem to always see in the news? Ninety percent of the population of the country thinks this crap is ridiculous. So why don't we all DO SOMETHING about it? It's time we said enough is enough! I'm sick of blanketing everything i say in fear of offending someone. I'm sick of people blaming others for their mistakes. And I'm sick of having to have every single little detail of common sense printed out in little print on everything i own.
YEAH !!!
What really FROSTS me is when these media personality claim to speak for us with statements like..."The American public believes...." or "The American people are not satisfied with....."
I'm sick of these pretenders supposedly speaking for me ! I don't believe any of what they claim I believe or want and they need to just stop it !
I think a mass mailing to our representatives and to the headquarters of these media sites might just get them thinking...for a few seconds anyway....
What really FROSTS me is when these media personality claim to speak for us with statements like..."The American public believes...." or "The American people are not satisfied with....."
I'm sick of these pretenders supposedly speaking for me ! I don't believe any of what they claim I believe or want and they need to just stop it !
I think a mass mailing to our representatives and to the headquarters of these media sites might just get them thinking...for a few seconds anyway....
I think one of the biggest problems in the US trying to spread democracy to the mid east is that they haven't taken a step back and realized that the middle east has been fighting themselves for about 3000 years, give or take a milennia. today's media is scaring the hell out of everyone just for ratings, you notice even since 9/11 the first thing on anyone's mind in any disaster is terrorists. like when the Columbia broke up, people were freaking out because the terrorists shot it down. kinda hard to do @ 15,000mph and well over 100,000 ft.
the powers that be would like the world to believe that democracy is the fix all for the worlds problems, because that's what the US has, so everyone else should. look at all of our "elected officials" spending millions on a campaign to get a 4 year job paying $100,000, all the time saying that they stand for the american people. I don't even bother voting any more (that's part of the freedom we have), because it's typically a race between 2 corruptions.
I could be classified as middle class, the majority of the US is the same. but since we either make too much or too little money we take the brunt of taxes and don't get any of the benefits that we're paying for.
OK that's my rant for today. in other news go here for the positive side of news www.happynews.com
the powers that be would like the world to believe that democracy is the fix all for the worlds problems, because that's what the US has, so everyone else should. look at all of our "elected officials" spending millions on a campaign to get a 4 year job paying $100,000, all the time saying that they stand for the american people. I don't even bother voting any more (that's part of the freedom we have), because it's typically a race between 2 corruptions.
I could be classified as middle class, the majority of the US is the same. but since we either make too much or too little money we take the brunt of taxes and don't get any of the benefits that we're paying for.
OK that's my rant for today. in other news go here for the positive side of news www.happynews.com
reality said:
I like their "Quote of the Day":
"Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
– Margaret Mead
