Friday, April 25, 2008
...god's gift to humanity.
I'm not only ashamed of America. But also ashamed of the news media. And hey, I'm a retired newspaper reporter. A writer for newspapers. Made my living that way. And I enjoyed my career for the most part. But I was glad to retire. Because I was losing faith in the media. Because it was becoming too much the entertainment business. And shallow. And no longer objective. Because the main mission was to entertain rather than to keep people informed. The 'reality' being conveyed by the mainstream media today is largely fabrication. Distorted reality. Unfair. Geared to turn people into robots. We're being sold a bill of goods. Told what to believe. Programmed. Some of it is done by clever people. Powerbrokers who want to manipulate decisions to their advantage. Usually economic. We're even programmed to accept a preemptive war. And a sagging economy. A loss of many of our freedoms. A shoddy health care system that leaves 47 million Americans without insurance. A deteriorating infrastructure. A steadily rising cost of living. An exodus of jobs to other nations. And the false premise that America is god's gift to humanity. --Jim Broede
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Food for topic Jim---
Who controls the media or media outlets---
and how long before the internet is bogged down with the same type of control that limit and obstruct our freedom of speech?
America is becoming a very scary country---we are under attack by social terrorist who are intent on controlling the very fibers of our exist.
We must remain on High Alert---
KEEP PREACHING.
klcouncil
Jim short question I have read many of your so called writings. I was wondering where the "hey" comes from. You seem to use those words often. I was also always taught you do not begin a sentence with "and"
klcouncil, America is becoming very scary country. We are under attack by many different things. For example this blog itself is out of control and does have limited and obstruct's our freedom of speech. Have a great day
Dear Anonymous:
Hey, I'd recommend that you not believe everything the teacher tells you. You'd be smarter for it. And I ain't kidding. --Jim Broede
Hey, dear Anonymous, didn't President Roosevelt say there's nothing to fear but fear itself? Maybe you should be less fearful. Our politicians, by the way, are trying to exploit fear. To ramrod obscene programs, such as a preemptive war. They are fear-mongers. And I ain't kidding. --Jim Broede
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