Can we get serious here?

Obama,McCain and their respective cronies took up most of the political day today on who is the most patriotic. Hello!!!!!!!!!! We have serious problems here folks.

We have a Senate that hasn't done anything worthwhile in years (candidates are both members). We have an economy that is officially in the tank. We are in a two front war. More people can't afford gas, groceries, and essentials everyday. The stimulus package sent out will be gone in less than three months. We don't need band aid solutions here. We need leadership. We need to change our focus to what is good for our country.

I thought for a long time what was good for business was good for America. No more. What is good for America is good for America. If business does things that are bad for America let them die, don't bail them out while citizens struggle to meet ends.

Let's get a grip on reality here fellas and speak to the issues of the day. Call the rest (patriotism issue) what is is, media crap, and dismiss it as such.

The Good Die Young

This blog has been pretty critical of the news media in past blitherings. None of the venom was ever directed at Tim Russert. The reason, he was always fair, honest, and almost always let the facts make the case. I watched Meet The Press regularly as it was always informative, to the point and spinless. Not like the Hannity, Olberman, O'Reilly and friends opinion parade.

I will miss Tim Russert and I know millions share my sentiments. My thoughts go out to the family, and especially to Big Russ.

Of America and lapel pins

If recent forwarded Emails are to be believed along with an affirmation from Snopes, the ABC network has forbade its news people from wearing American flag lapel pins. Their apparent rationale is that the lapel pins could be construed as showing a bias toward the United States and they want to give every indication of fairness. Does anybody out there think this is a good idea or is it just window dressing?

Do you ever watch the evening news? It is so biased that almost everyone has turned it off. The number of viewers of network news has been in a steady decline for years. Do you think it is because of this kind of mindset? Do the current crop of anchors remind you of Cronkite, Huntley, Brinkley, Chancellor? I don't think so. The news is no longer the news, it is the opinion and philosophy of the network that decides the tenor of the reporting (see Dan Rather).

The last time I looked, ABC stands for the American Broadcasting Company. In terms of the appearance of fairness I think they should strongly consider changing their name. Let's see what could we replace American with that starts with an A?

Yeah, I am smiling too.