What has happened to our news media?

Never, in my lifetime, have I seen such blatant pandering to a presidential candidate or a president by the press. Reporters, people who are supposed to be professionals, are talking about being weak-kneed or tingly when they hear Obama speak. Could it be that they are not listening to what the man says, but only how he says it?

I don't know what is going on with this guy, but whatever spell is cast on these reporters... I don't get it. Maybe it is because I'm the type of guy who is not effected by advertising. The commercials that make people cry just leave me wondering what the commercial had to do with what they were advertising. I'm not the kind of guy who is moved by luxury car commercials. I don't buy into senseless symbolism.

Frankly, Obama's speech pattern, which is carefully coached and designed to draw and keep attention, mostly annoys me. I know the intent of the way he speaks. I know why he pauses in the middle of key sentences. Since I know WHY he speaks the way he does, it just annoys me.

"Why does it annoy you?" you may ask. Well, it is because he talks a great deal without saying much. President Obama paints with a wide paintbrush. So wide, in fact, that anything at all can be read into what he has said.

I'm with the old lady in the Wendy's commercial from the 80's. I want to know, "Where's the beef?"

Where is the substance?

Even Obama's first executive order is vague. Sure, he wants to shut down Guantanimo, but HOW? What are we going to do with the people that are there? No other countries want them, not even their home countries. We don't need them in our prisons. What good is our criminal justice system going to do against such people?

The new "stimulus" plan from our new leader is also vague.

I guess there are two ways to be cryptic. You can make a lot of speeches that make people feel good, but never really reveal anything of substance. Or you can clam up, and only tell the people what you want them to know.

What we have now, is W. 2.0. The new, improved version will address this nation a lot more than Presiden Bush did, and in all the rhetoric will say as little if not less than G.W. Bush...

Don't forget, this president is one of the same senators who wanted to keep grass roots organizations from knowing what was going on in Congress. This is one of the same guys who was a senator that wanted to make sure that people lost one of the last places to find out what actually happens in washington.

We now have a president and a congress who are of a like mind. To them, the people no longer have a right to know.

Nice job, America. You've elected another well trained beurocrat.

And you were duped into it. Not by the politicians, but by the media. They were hell bent on doing everything they could to make sure they were part of history. The bias, this time, wasn't about left or right, democrat or republican. The press, as a whole, was literally salivating over the ratings that they would gain out of "making history."

You want to know who the greatest enemy to this nation is? It is not a foreign body, nor terrorists. It is the press. Do you know why President Bush's ratings were so low? It was not anything done by the president on its own. It was the fact that the press, as a whole, aided the enemy in winning the propaganda war.

The media is no longer just reporting the news. They are DRIVING it. The worst part is that they KNOW what they are doing, and will drive this country to ruin as long as they get a good story out of it. They know that the collective mind of the public at large is not real sharp any more. They use that, and they smugly tell us exactly what they want us to know, nothing more, and nothing less, to control our economy, politics, sex drives, and what we buy.

Pay attention people! They are no longer the News. They are a marketing force beyond anything the world has ever seen. And the real victims are the American People.

If you have ever wondered how so many wild-eyed, opinionated, hyper-emotional people ever got on the news, the reason is ratings and profits. Sensationalism and hype are the best marketing tools. Besides, the old guys who just want to give the news are stiff, and boring. They don't want to make history, they don't want to make news. They only want to chronicle and report it. Psh!

Objectivity? Bleh! That's boring, and you can't market "boring."

True perspectives from a Stupid Redneck

Today's inauguration is historic. It is absolutely awesome that we have a black president. It took me about as long to get over that fact as it did to type it. Though I am thrilled to see history made and a perceived "glass ceiling" shattered, I have a LOT of questions.

Don't get me wrong. I prayed hard for president Bush, and for President Clinton. I would have prayed for other presidents, but I did not become a Christian until Clinton, and I will pray just as hard and just as long for President Obama.

Yes, folks, it is President Obama. You can say, "He's not MY president!" and puff out your chest, suck in your chin, etc., but the fact remains that he IS YOUR president, as long as you are a U.S. Citizen. So get over it. Fight hard for your candidate in just under 4 years.

Now, I want to get to these questions I have. I will start with the most immediate:

1. How does this current president justify TRIPPLE the amount spent on this celebration as compared to the last inauguration? This is also in the midst of great debate over the current financial crisis this country is in. How is it that this current president garners nothing but praise, yet the pundits and the reporters who are now praising Obama were pretending to be hard-core journalists while nailing Bush for spending GASP $40,000,000 on an inauguration. The audacity! The cost of Obama's? $150,000,000 and counting.

2. How is Obama going to "fix" our economy? I don't think I am wrong, but could someone point out the place in our Constitution where the economy is the responsibility of the president? If a president could fix an economy, wouldn't he be a ruler, or a dictator, and not a president? Think about this for a minute. Is Obama going to go to your boss and tell him/her that you need a raise? Is he going to personally oversee all of the Fortune 500 companies? Is he going to make sure the stock market runs properly, efficiently, and without corruption? Does he doe ALL of that? NO! So how, in the name of all that is good, can the U.S. President be responsible for the economy? Bullocks!

3. Where on earth are we going to get 800 BILLION DOLLARS, from a broke government? You idiots in washington cannot even handle what the people trust you with, and now you want to start running big banks and car companies? Get a clue, you bozos! Obama! I know you will never read this, but for the love of GOD! If you are truly about change, don't you think you can reign in those idiotic beurocrats?

4. What are you going to do, President Obama, when the people of this nation are knocking on your door and asking you where the change is that you are talking about? Will you hide? Will you lash out? What will you do, Mr. President? You think 2 million plus at your inauguration was a sight? Wait till you see what marches on you when we have all had enough.

5. While you are at it, maybe we could get our congress to repeal a couple of amendments. Lets start with the 17'th Amendment. When the two representatives for the senate were appointed by state senators, we didn't have people who made lifelong careers out of being senators in Washington. That is too much power for one man to have over a lifetime. TOO MUCH!
Also, Lets go back to Presidential AND Vice Presidential elections. You know, the guy with the most votes is president, then the guy with the second most votes is Vice President. More change we can believe in...

Anyway. I'm getting busy here at work. So I'll catch up with ya'll later.