For Democratic Government, Trust Is Important

   In light of the worldwide threat of terrorism presented by Islamic Fundamentalism, the monitoring by the NSA is acceptable for me, personally. Our borders are porous. Every yard of boundary represents a potential entry point. It is impossible to keep the criminally minded people out. Our government is tasked with doing that...the impossible.
  The trouble comes when we cannot trust the government to maintain our constitution. When we see our government anxious to curtail liberties guaranteed by the US Constitution we become wary. When we see them covering up dreadful mistakes with thin lies, we become wary. When our Mass Media Corporations obviously promote dishonesty and ignore truth, we become wary.
   In light of this, how do we trust the government not to use NSA monitoring information to quell political dissent? How do we trust the President to preserve and protect the Constitution when he brags about enacting his agenda without the US Congress when the US Congress is...us?

If You Can Control the News, You can Control Everything

   From the desk of Jim Self, March 5, 2014. Good morning.
   If you can control the news, you can do anything. When the Main Stream Media takes it upon itself to filter news stories in favor of some and in opposition to others, those people are literally picking our leaders, ie. Hillary Clinton.  And, further, the Media people directly control what we see and hear about  in the news. They are like...Media Gods.
   This week the Media Gods want you to hear all about  the Oscars,   Miley Cyrus last week. 2 weeks ago  it was Justin Bieber in Florida. Sinkholes and cold, freezing ass weather...and global warming...I mean "global weather instability". Media Gods had to clean that one up since people and tens of thousands of cows are freezing to death.
  
  Yesterday Russia moved into the Crimean peninsular.   If it were the U.S., we would do the same thing. The U.S. would be moving military in to avoid a civil war type blood bath. Maybe we would not support the "present but temporarily out of the country" President, who apparently authorized snipers to shoot 70 or 80 protesters down in Ukranian streets. Or maybe we would support him! It depends on what the Media Gods want to do. Personally, I can't imagine a punishment that is too BAD for him. 
   When Russia does it the Media Gods  howl. Putin is a sawed off thug. An asshole and a thief. That makes him a liar, too. Goes with the territory. A megalo maniac. But he isn't stupid. He's just a product of his place and time. Clearly, the Media Gods think he is important..to the bottom line. First let me remind you that 98% of Americans have no idea what a Crimea is or how to cook it. So the Media Gods first have to educate Americans to what a Crimea is...in this case it is a place with people living there, adjacent to but not in Russia.
   Russian soldiers are now in Ukraine, on the Crimean Peninsular, are now subject to snipers and suicide bombers, IEDs  and all the same nonsense we have been experiencing in Afghanistan. There's no way to STOP the resistance or prevent their attacks.   Putin stepped into a tar pit and he won't be able to get out. The Media Gods will get as much viewership out of this as they can and then move on to something else.
   Every time Obama, or Kerry open their mouths about it we all duck as if we can avoid Russian ICBM immolation and for God's sake don't turn the channel. Media Gods will get their mileage out of that. Once the threat of nuclear war has subsided they will proceed citing all of Obama's and Kerry's efforts to control the bad Russians and run the gamut of human rights abuses and all of the tasty bad things that accompany armies of bad, evil, nasty Republicans. Of course, the US has never been able to control anything in Russia, and that's probably a good thing.
   If it were up to us, the people who believe in our constitution, integrity, wisdom of conservative values (which means simply not throwing out the baby with the bath water), we'd probably do a pretty good job with Russia. But it's not up to us. It's up to the Media Gods. Our foreign policy, along with our US Government, is run by the Media Gods. And the Media Gods have chosen Obama as their leader, for now.  Obama, Michelle and John Kerry. God bless them.  Everything they do is world-saving stuff. Everything. If Obama crapped on the front lawn of the White House in broad daylight the Media would applaud  his fertilization efforts. Saving the world. You doubt it? Think about it!
    Next it will be Hillary Clinton. Flew 7 million miles...that is her idea of accomplishments. Hasn't put her record out there and won't, because she didn't do anything. But that doesn't matter. She is being sainted by the Media Gods and she will be elected.