Media 1, Democracy ZERO

I have said in blogs past that I am a media junkie. It started when I watched Bill Clinton get away with perjury and sexual harassment. I fell in love with watching pseudo-feminists explain that even if he did do it, it was still okay because he had done so much for the feminist cause in general. That made me wonder, how much more would he have had to do to get away with an actual murder in the eyes of these "feminists"?No offense, Mr. Kennedy. Then I listened to Jesse Jackson explain that he was the Clinton's spiritual counselor, and he believed in the good in Bill Clinton's heart. (Given the announcement of Reverend Jesse Jackson's illegitimate daughter, I have to wonder-who rubbed off on whom?)But I digress. The media has gone to great lengths to explain to me why I should or should not feel a certain way. I was told over and over that adultery is no big deal in Europe, and they could not understand the American obsession with it. I've never understood the European disregard for hygene, so we'll call that one a draw. But now the media has decided who the president should be, and God bless them, they suppressed enough information until they got their wish. Can you imagine if a conservative newspaper had information about ties between the NRA and John McCain, would they have sat on the information because of an agreement? The LA TIMES and the rest of that bunch would have been screaming from the top of the hills and suing anyone they could think of to break the story. (It wasn't that long ago when a certain bunch of media types made up a story, complete with phony email, if you recall.But I guess the reason they are holding off now is because they learned their lesson, right?Right.) But when this Los Angeles paper decided to sit on the story, it caused nary a whiff of outrage, did it? Where were the legal filings, screaming for information, where was the disbelief, the outrage, the scorn? I can tell you where they were- they were dead silent, hoping that the whole thing would blow over in a matter of hours. And lucky for them, another dog was wagged, and the collective national attention went elsewhere. So now that we know an election can be bought,what's next? It kind of makes anything the world's happiest corporation manages to do seem like no big deal. Terminate people because it's cheaper to replace them with new hires? Big deal, we've got an election to fix. Almost kill someone with fumes created by illegal workers with no training? So what-did you see the voter turn out that we had this year? Are they intimidating people into working off the clock? How can that matter with groups like ACORN helping honest, hardworking, repressed Americans register to vote 78 times apiece. At least. If you're looking for the truth,you might want to consider a radical thought. Turn off the television(or cancel your satelite/cable subscription), stop buying the newspaper that is filled with stories from an "honest" and "unbiased" bunch of folks like the associated press and listen to the radio for your news. Think about it. If every conservative thinking person decided to turn off and tune out of the liberal spin, that would save a huge amount of money for you, and totally hamstring the liberal media. How can they influence people who won't pay to listen to their blather anymore? It would be somewhat akin to shopping at your local hardware store and small town grocer for your family's needs, wouldn't it? Consider this: tuning out and shopping elsewhere might just be the answer for the next couple of years. Think about it, you'll thank me later.