All people, throughout time, have had many different platforms to state their cases. The Acropolis, Theatre of Dionysus, "The Temple" (of Biblical times, where all branches and theological statements/beliefs came from), to the more recent places (Shakespeare's ) Globe Theatre, and so on. Past the turn of the 20th century, came silent movies, television, color television, and then major theatrical theatre and big budget movies. In the beginning, these famous and infamous places were where people came from all around, to hear others speak and hear the thoughts, politics, and overall big ticket items of the day (including religion, war, and the world, as they/people thought they knew it).
Throughout history, there have always been places and people who utilized the opportunity of the day, to embark on what they believed in to change times and people. However, as technology and the world "advanced," in the early to mid-1920's, there was a huge switch in bringing information and a person's ideas, to the forefront. Instead, there became a wave of "a person not going to here the issues they wanted" to "the issues and whatever slant that came with them, coming to the person." The whistle of the "Andy Griffith Show" is unmistakable to the majority of the world, whether you have seen an episode, or not. As time has gone on, the "Family Ties," "Mary Tyler Moore Show," "The Cosby Show" with a bevy of other quality watching (quality meaning very few, if any, double innuendo television, yet still tackling issues of the day) shows, for families has gone by the way side. In their places, have come shows like "The Simpsons," "Family Guy," "Glee," "South Park" and "Lost" filling the airwaves with anti-family, pro-homosexual, and a general degradation of the family, conservative thought, and overall a filling of most episodes with Anti-Christian thought(s).
Same is for the news, or what actually acts as the news, today. "Time," "Life," "Walter Cronkite" and others in the 50's thru the late 1980's brought a close to balanced shot, to the people, in their homes, every night. While their has always been a pressure for political dominance of the minds of the people, in America and the world, there has never been such a revolt, as the last 15-20 years has shown. Where the "main stream media" was the place to go, for the actual facts, pictures and stories showing Vietnam (in a war time footage, not in a story about the war), not slamming and taking slant sides, and most of all not invading the homes of America with an agenda. Then came the 24 hour news cycle and the Net, which has changed the world and the way people look at the news forever. When a man/woman could have gone to work, come home and watched the news, read a newspaper, or the majority of top esteemed periodicals, they could work and get the news, raise a family and not try to be swayed into a liberal/conservative point of view. Yet, in today's world, the majority of people in the U. S. are saying, "I don't have time to look at multiple web sites, read multiple views and papers, I have a family to raise and a life to live." This is where the problem comes in, people are generally in a state of apathy, and they will ingest anything fed to them. Which is the point of what is coming out of the tube, the Net, and print in general.
This does not even count the "Hollywood Effect." Movies like "Lions for Lambs," "In the Valley of Ellah," and "Avatar," have come out with agendas, for the left. Of course there are far right/right/conservative movies, with the same agenda, to make more conservative voters, or to get a conservative point of view out. However, looking at Hollywood, aside from "Passion of the Christ" and Kirk Cameron's "Fireproof" how many "TRUE" right wing/far right movies are out, and if compared it is about 20 to 1 (far left movies to far right, coming out). Hollywood has transformed itself, over the years (just taking from the last 10 years) from bashing President Bush, the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, to making a concerted effort to "go green." Actually, making the "Go Green" (not talking about the people who do not want to pollute the earth, or do their parts in life to make the earth a better place) effort, into the new religion of the day. If we lived in the times of the "Jewish Temple" (around Christ's time), there would be a massive effort thru speak, story, and fable/falsehood to show (like in AVATAR) the "Green Effort," "Cap and Trade" and so on, is trying to replace God, and make the "Green Revolution" a Religion. The "Green Church" is not even proven science, but to look at the news, Net, papers, magazines, major "stars of television and movies," most would think we would be close to being under water. Coming from Al Gore's mouth, himself, (the man who said, "I created the Internet" and stands to gain close to $500 million, if "Cap and Trade" the "Green Church" is a success) said, 5-6 years ago, he felt as though within 15 years, we would have glaciers melting, causing the oceans to gain up to 4-5 feet of water (causing catastrophic problems, across the world). Well, as of now, we are only 4-8 years from Gore's prediction. What have we learned? The "hockey stick information/scale" on global warming, was false and there was countless emails, which were falsified and/or lost/shredded? The "Church of Green" has even been seeped into the actual church's of today, thru the E. P. A.. The E. P. A. has sent out countless memo's to churches of all stripes, leaders, and pastors to encorporate the "Eco-Friendly" message into their sermons, homilies, talks, and overall if they do, money will come their way. This is causing and fueling the Hollywood, Al Gore crowd to howl out, Earth first, God, Capitalism, America second.
Of course, there is two sides to every story, but in today's world we all live in, we are being manipulated thru these three venues, and have been for about 20 years now. If you do not see this, then you are blind, or just do not care to look. I am sure there will be those screaming out "I don't have time to find the facts, read this book, or research multiple sets of ideas." It is always easier to cry out, "I can't make a difference," than actually taking the time, whittling out something in your life, and going strong with belief, rather than just choking down the patented lines, in every paper, most news shows, television shows (killing the American family), and spending endless amounts of cash on movies, which are against what our forefathers taught and believed in. Like I said, there will always be a Marquis De Sade, Rush Limbaugh, MSNBC, and countless other entities, as we go thru life. It is up to every individual to decide for themselves, if they are going to stand on the steps of the Acropolis, the Temple, watch Fox News/MSNBC/CNN, go to see AVATAR, or read "The Turner Diaries." The bottom line, it is up to you, NOT to make excuses on what you can't do, that one person can't make a difference, or just stay ignorant. Then again, you might want to take 30-45 minutes a day to check all channels, get off YouTube and visit intelligent sites (for actual different views on one topic, or major topics we are faced with), and/or read "Time/Newsweek" and then pick up "The Washington Times/Wall Street Journal/The Drudge Report" to check things out for yourself. Ultimately, it is up to you.
