Keeping Controversy Alive

Media commentators/anchors/interviewers LOVE to say "To be continued..." and "I guess we'll have to leave it at that" and "Good points on both sides" etc.

Because if they said, "We have an obvious winner here. We will no longer let the loser come back and make the same old tired arguments." ... Then they would (1) lose the 'controversy' that keeps people interested, and (2) they would have to remember which lies have been debunked.

And if the "winner" were ever a Democrat then the journalist would have to endure the "Typical Liberal Media" epithet spat at them. Ooooooh they hate that accusatory tone.

It's hard out there for American-style journalism.

Cleaning Up

Three reasons for a newspaper to be in the middle of the floor:

1) Someone dropped it. It can be moved to its rightful place

2) It's covering something up. It must not be touched

3) It was on the newspaper rack, but someone walked by and brushed it onto the floor by accident. It can be returned to its rightful place.

People use all sorts of rationalizations to clean up. Or not clean up.

Your Everyday "Joe" Conservative

Run-of-the-mill, everyday, Sean Hannity listening/watching Conservatives can: drive cars, hold down jobs, raise kids, get college degrees, etc. It's just that they've been convinced and truly believe that blacks are being crafty and are duping the Democrats into increasing taxes and handing over more and more tax money to them, so they don't have to work.

"Joe" Conservative truly believes that he sees it happening and others don't. He thinks he's the smartest man in the world and has it all figured out, and those Dems are just bleeding hearts and give the blacks what they want, maybe because of white guilt.

I have no idea if Conservatives are like this from Day 1, but being brainwashed by Frank Luntz is not helping things.

National Health Insurance is Not a Political Issue in America

In other countries, both Conservative and Liberal parties stay away from changes to their nationalized Medical Insurance programs. The masses won't stand for any talk of taking it away.

If Repubs really stood by their claims of Fiscal Conservatism, they would pass Single-Payer in a second, and tax the rich to pay for it. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure - this adage is what the Conservatives are not following, but it should be their motto.

If Dems stood by their claims of Social Justice, they would pass Single-Payer in a second, and tax the rich to pay for it.

But Dems, Repubs, and the Media are being bribed by the rich Corporate CEOs. The politicos stay in power by making the same promises to the electorate every 2 years, and the media helps the politicos lie about their campaign promises. The Corporate CEOs are willing to pay a lot to the media for "ads" ... so much so, that the ad revenues have become "too big to fail". Media producers will do anything to keep its "advertisement dollars".

Addendum:

The nice thing about America is even though Cons scream in protest about providing health insurance at a reasonable price, they will still not be turned back from the Emergency Room. If those who *refuse* to get insurance also *refuse* to use the Emergency Room, then I say, "Kudos to you. You have the courage of your convictions. You walk your talk."

I doubt that will happen. The Galt-loving Cons will pound at the E.R. doors: "Help me!" And they will be helped and we will all have to pitch in for their bill. Pussies.

Mean-Spirited Crybabys

I saw a bumpersticker the other day which said "I'll treat your president with the same respect you treated mine."

Dubya *earned* our disrespect. The above bumpersticker could just as well have said, "Crybaby at the wheel."

And Bush was my president as well. Just like Obama is yours, crybaby. If Obama is not your president, and you live in America, then you better have a Green Card. Or maybe you consider yourself an "Honorary Illegal".

The Heirarchy of Republicans

Here is a breakdown of Republicans based on their annual income, and their philosophies on life:

Republicans who make $0-$30,000/year: "I deserve my government help more than lazy Brown-skinneds"

Republicans who make $30,000-$70,000/year: "If my taxes were lower I'd be a lot richer and getting ahead"

Republicans who make $70,000-$200,000/year: "I don't want my tax going toward education, because I will then be funding my future competition"

Republicans who make $200,000-$1,000,000/year: "I am going to use my money to bribe politicians into giving me tax breaks"

Republicans who make over $1,000,000/year: "I am going to give my money to the Media in the form of ads, and then threaten to drop the ads if they say something anti-Republican"