Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Thank Goodness for New Media

You must click on the picture/link below to see how the mainstream media is distorting the truth. MSNBC and their friends are busy distorting the truth instead of confronting the facts. Healthcare, global warming, immigration, and other issues deserve honest and frank discussion of all the facts. Instead they distort the facts and shoot the messenger.

This video discusses the "liberal narrative" and how the media has followed. Thank goodness for new media: the Internet and talk radio. Otherwise, the truth would be buried.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Free Speech - Only for the Left

In 1969, President Nixon made reference to the silent majority, those who did not have the time or inclination to be actively involved in political causes. The silent majority were the hard working Americans who paid their taxes, voted in elections, attended church, and took care of their families.

In recent months, it appears that the silent majority is becoming increasingly fed up with what is happening to their country and are beginning to raise their voice. Bailouts, federal subsidies to huge corporations, stimulus packages, along with cap and trade legislation has stirred a sleeping giant. But nothing has awoken the silent majority more that the debate over health care reform. Many, previously silent on the great issues of government policy, are now expressing their concern through Tea Parties, petition drives, and e-mails to Congressional representatives. The most notoriety has come from their attendance at Town Hall meetings in local Congressional districts. There have been challenging questions and great frustration expressed by the local citizenry.

The media and left-leaning politicians have painted these meetings in a negative light. Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer said, “These disruptions are occurring because opponents are afraid not just of differing views — but of the facts themselves. Drowning out opposing views is simply un-American. Drowning out the facts is how we failed at this task for decades” (USA Today, 08/10/09). According to Pelosi and Hoyer, these passionate citizens are un-American for speaking up.

Senator Tom Harkin, "As we have seen in recent days, opponents are pulling out all stops to kill the reform effort. This is a shame" (AP, 08/09/09). What a shame that concerned Americans are speaking up against policies they believe are not in the best interests of the United States.

Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada accused the protesters of trying to "sabotage" the democratic process. "These are nothing more than destructive efforts to interrupt a debate that we should have, and are having. They are doing this because they don't have any better ideas. They have no interest in letting the negotiators, even though few in number, negotiate. It's really simple: they're taking their cues from talk show hosts, Internet rumor-mongerers ... and insurance rackets." (AP, 08/07/09) I guess Senator Reid would have Americans simply follow the Pied Piper Obama of Washington into an abyss from which there may be no return.

To Representatives Pelosi and Hoyer I say "You are drowning out the facts and opposing differing views." To Senator Harkin I say, "Shame on you for failing to listen to your constituents." To Senator Reid, "Americans have better ideas, but you and your cronies are the ones failing to listen."

I, for one, am fed up with those who think it is OK for those on the left to protest and cause disruption, but accuse hard working Americans of blocking debate when they finally speak up. When the Gulf War started in 1991, I was working in the Federal Building in downtown Seattle. Gulf War protestors blocked streets and made the Federal Building plaza their home. It was so bad, that federal workers had to have a police escort to get into the building. The building was then locked down for the day. The public was unable to come in and conduct their business. The press covered it as a wonderful demonstration of free speech and protest. Similar protests occurred when the U.S. invaded Iraq and deposed the murderous tyrant, Saddam Hussein.



Now, when hard working Americans are leaving their families, or community and church activities, to peacefully speak up, they are accused of blocking the debate. Without presenting hard evidence, some media sources are reporting an uptick in militias and racial hate groups (see Mercury News, 08/22/09). Who is trying to stifle debate? Who is using scare tactics? Apparently, free speech only exists for the left.