What happened to actually having a real diverse opinion, and still being able to stand on morals? It does not matter what channel and/or program you turn on, on the "News for the New Millennium" channels. News 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, some claiming to be fair and balanced, others not claiming, just clamoring for ratings. There are some things that you can be assured of, whenever you turn on the "News Channels" (Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, CNBC, etc....), and the term News is used loosely. Really, when you compare what is on these channels, it is more like a Reality Show on crack cocaine, with a triple shot of testosterone.
Here is one of the, for sure things, that you will get if you turn on your tube to any of the prime cable news outlets. A mediator, some host who has either been brought up "Blue Blood Style" (with all the comforts and breeding the money can buy, throughout his/her life), or you will get the mediator for the "Folks/People" (who has been the guy who has never gotten a break, scratched, clawed, and whacked as many people as he/she had to, in order to get to the spot they are at). If you really scratch the surface, and I am talking "Scratch", it isn't like you have to dig using 20 hour days, for six months to uncover that the "Blue Blood" and the "Made My Own Way" Mediator, are both sitting side by side, with Donald Trump in a luxury box at Yankee Stadium, eating at $200 a plate restaurants, and hobnobbing with any and all of the same people. However, there is not any show unless there is a person, on the show to mediate.
"In right corner, hailing from somewhere on the East Coast, but coming out of Stanford University, and representing the Republican Party, kind of.........blah, blah, blah. In the left corner, hailing from San Francisco, but coming out of the University of New York, and Representing the Liberal Democrat Party kind of.....blah, blah, blah." The only difference between these two people and the mediator, is where they are going to come from, as far as, what they will say. Maybe to sum it up a little better, will they not only have something to say, but also have something that will help, remedy, or at least put a dent into the problem that they are talking about. This is where the second point, usually becomes a huge problem.
There is the mediator, the Right/Republican, and the Left/Democrat, all with their similar backgrounds, places they have been, and the money that they have in the bank. However, that is where the similarity between them really comes to an end, and the "Reality Show" takes over. It usually does not matter what Republican that you throw out there, for the cameras to see. They pretty much stick to the "talking points", for the week, month, or whatever the President said for the day. However, when they do get a chance, or when they are out of script, they have a tendency to actually speak about solving, trying to solve, or at least seem to want to help in the problem. The Republican does stick to the talking points, for the most part, but there seems to be some actually feeling in what is in his/her words. Whether it is Michelle Maulkin, Newt Gingrich, or even old speeches of Ronald Reagan (after his Presidency), their words tend to reflect some notion of meaning, life, and conviction. Then looking across the table, the mediator goes to the left corner, and here comes the talking points from their side (just like the right corner). Now the left corner is out of talking points, from a curve ball by the mediator and/or just that time has ran long, but when the talking points run out, the venom then begins to spew.
Here is when the "Reality Show" starts to take hold, and also when the Democrats lose the majority of real people in the middle of the country (between eastern Pennsylvania to the Rockies and from North Dakota down to Texas), I believe it is called "Fly Over Country". In the notion that all of those Red States, when looking down from their Lear Jets, it is just filled with not only Red States, Red Necks, and therefore it is only good enough to "Fly Over". However, there are a lot of people that do not have red necks, do not "just farm", and aside from Iowa (where your primaries begin), there are states and people that have quite a bit of Gray Matter in their heads. However, when in doubt and the cue cards have run out of their lines, those "Lefties" head for what they know. They head for brawling, MTV's "The Real World" type verbal fights, and what comes out of there mouths are things that leave most of the real people out of there "Progressive Agenda". I use the term "Real People", as those that are not making over $100,000 ayear, have a husband/wife, kids, and feel as though that is the "actual family model". They are people who do not want to hear, those "lefties" denigrate the flag, say that anyone and everyone should be able to marry whomever the wish, and they definitely do not wish to hear every problem with the President, do not wish to hear about how America's Troops are the enemy, and they are 100% against hearing from somebody/anybody bashing, saying, or advocating that the country we are living in is the ENEMY.
The reason that the Democrats lost, in that landslide defeat in 1994, is because of not knowing "Fly Over Country" then. The reason why Bilbeary won the Congressional seat, abandoned by a "Republican Felon", is because his adversary didn't know her own constituents. However, let me give all of you in the "Left Corner", in the Reality Show that you call your life, a small piece of advise. They would listen, they might not agree, and then again maybe they would agree if there was some kind of a solution to all of the "problems" spewing forth out of the "left corner". I might even listen, if you would give me the chance to listen to something that is smart, concise, and is a part of some solution. Give us something new, something bold, something not filled with mold and corruption. Do not give us the "Party of Corruption" speeches, when you have those same kinds in your own party.
The world is slowly turning, slowly growing more and more problems that are real, either be a part of the solution and speak from your heart, both parties, or just don't speak at all. Please, because the people of the world are looking at us, and the people of our country are counting on you, so when you open your mouth make it count, don't just talk to hear yourself talk. Then maybe you might win one heart, one mind, or you might win them both. When you win one heart and mind, that person will tell ten other people, so every heart and mind counts. Act like it, please. I will keep an eye out.
Peace, DMAN
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