News? Propaganda? Fear?
So... here we are again...
The other day I logged on and the news ticker showed an article that said "Unemployment up by lower percent than expected" so I thought, "nice"... until about an hour later it read "Unemployment at record levels"... and it was the SAME DAMN ARTICLE! WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?!?!
Today it is "Durable Goods orders up surprisingly"... Surprisingly to whom? To the Politicos in Washington who have fabricated the worst half of this "economic crisis" to further their agenda? The truth of the matter is that 70% of what is going on is based in the fear that the media and select people have placed in the American public. Before you start telling me that it is because I am some Neocon that I believe that take this into consideration: My best friend is an attorney who represents several of the largest mortgage companies (including Fannie and Freddie) in bankruptcy cases and is telling me that sub-prime loans did not have the default rate that the press was reporting. They were treating to a special educational seminar on the bonds that were issued on the bundled sup-primes and it was explained to them by economics professors at UT as to how it was actually a very well structured and relatively safe investment as investments go...
The truth of the matter, as I see it, is that after Georgie and his cronies showed the world that you could shove your political agenda down the peoples' throats by using fear to disarm and disorient them it just created a new political paradigm. Cripple the people with fear and then force them to accept something your want because it is "in the peoples' best interest." The Bush administration set the scariest and worst precedents for almost criminal behavior and have created a new "standard" if you will of how to achieve your political goals. I am not saying that healthcare for all is a bad thing. I am not saying that creating parity for taxes between the rich and the rest is a bad thing. I am saying that using scare tactics to paralyze the people while you push through a spending bill swollen and diseased with earmarks IS WRONG! All and all I think that is the first black mark on the new administration. Hopefully it will be one of the last. I can't wait to see how they respond to the new rise in "States' Rights" legislation that is cropping up across the country though... More on that in a later post...
The other day I logged on and the news ticker showed an article that said "Unemployment up by lower percent than expected" so I thought, "nice"... until about an hour later it read "Unemployment at record levels"... and it was the SAME DAMN ARTICLE! WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?!?!
Today it is "Durable Goods orders up surprisingly"... Surprisingly to whom? To the Politicos in Washington who have fabricated the worst half of this "economic crisis" to further their agenda? The truth of the matter is that 70% of what is going on is based in the fear that the media and select people have placed in the American public. Before you start telling me that it is because I am some Neocon that I believe that take this into consideration: My best friend is an attorney who represents several of the largest mortgage companies (including Fannie and Freddie) in bankruptcy cases and is telling me that sub-prime loans did not have the default rate that the press was reporting. They were treating to a special educational seminar on the bonds that were issued on the bundled sup-primes and it was explained to them by economics professors at UT as to how it was actually a very well structured and relatively safe investment as investments go...
The truth of the matter, as I see it, is that after Georgie and his cronies showed the world that you could shove your political agenda down the peoples' throats by using fear to disarm and disorient them it just created a new political paradigm. Cripple the people with fear and then force them to accept something your want because it is "in the peoples' best interest." The Bush administration set the scariest and worst precedents for almost criminal behavior and have created a new "standard" if you will of how to achieve your political goals. I am not saying that healthcare for all is a bad thing. I am not saying that creating parity for taxes between the rich and the rest is a bad thing. I am saying that using scare tactics to paralyze the people while you push through a spending bill swollen and diseased with earmarks IS WRONG! All and all I think that is the first black mark on the new administration. Hopefully it will be one of the last. I can't wait to see how they respond to the new rise in "States' Rights" legislation that is cropping up across the country though... More on that in a later post...