Ogre's Politics & Views
July 27, 2006
Local Maine Blogging
I just was informed about a new blog that looks pretty darn interesting to me. It's the Magic City Morning Star Blog. It's an online blog for the Magic City Morning News, a small-town newspaper from Maine.
What's really neat is that this appears to be an independent press that is not liked by the government. Hey, just about anything that annoys the government is a good thing, so can you refuse taking a peek? It's completely new, but there's links to various videos of town meetings and government officials who really don't like being filmed.
I can relate, as I had a North Carolina Senator try and throw me out of the PUBLIC viewing gallery because I had a 35mm camera. He felt "threatened." Hey morons, if you're threatened by being held accountable for what you're doing, perhaps it's because what you're doing is wrong!
Anyway, go take a look!
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"Hey, just about anything that annoys the government is a good thing..."
I love your attitude. I wish more Americans shared it.
-- Own guns,
-- Heckle the town council, the school board, and the zoning board,
-- Dispute every tax assessment,
-- ...And always demand to see the warrant!
Posted by: Francis W. Porretto at July 27, 2006 10:49 PM (PzL/5)
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I do all those things and more! But I don't heckle the town council near enough. I need to do that more...
Posted by: Ogre at July 28, 2006 12:42 AM (o2crh)
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Free For All
Well, this week, the suggested theme for The Tarheel Tavern (hosted at Poetic Acceptance is nothing:
I'm calling it "Bar Brawl" and the theme is a free-for-all. In other words, no theme a'tall. I figure with this heat, we're all doing well just managing not to melt, I won't over work your brains too.
So, let's see what we can do with a theme of free for all:
Works for me.
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lmao one of your most endearing qualities is your smart ass sense of humor
Posted by: Erin Monahan at July 27, 2006 06:35 PM (fZYAo)
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If you're not having fun, what's the point?
Posted by: Ogre at July 27, 2006 06:47 PM (/k+l4)
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I found this on the net
Liberals….Oy Vey! A Little Humor For The Weekend
July 27, 2006
Vox Populi, The Rogue Jew
I’m leaving for New York on Saturday for five days and before I leave I thought that I would put something up on the blog to bring a smile to your faces.
I guess I need somewhat of a break from the hate spewed daily by the Mainstream Media toward Israel and the Jewish People.
I hope some of the people from my shul read this post and take a long look at themselves and consider the reality of the people (Democrats) they support except of course the great Joe Lieberman who is the only Democrat with Balls as far as I’m concerned.
Have a great weekend, see ya when I get back from Liberal Land USA.
How to tell if your a Liberal:
You think Janet Reno is hot.
You would rather see a cowboy smoke the baloney poney rather then a Marlboro.
If you think the New York Times is fair and balanced, but Fox News is ultra right-wing…
You think Al Gore won the election in 2000.
If you think the Free Market is where they hand out Government cheese.
If you would accept a car ride from The Chappaquiddick Kid.
You look at Yassir Arafat as a “man of peace”.
If you think alcoholics are disabled and deserve Social Security (or should be elected to be the senior senator from Massachussettes)
If your five year old tells YOU what to do.
You cannot name one single NASCAR driver.
You are worried what the French think of America.
You think that consenting adults can engage freely in every activity except capitalism.
If you think Sean Hannnity and Ann Coulter are mean spirited racists and promote hate crimes, but Maxine Waters, John Conyers and Louis Farakahn aren’t and don’t.
If you think that the only acceptable hate crime is Christian bashing.
You think we never gave peace a chance.
Sean Penn makes sense to you. Awec Bawdwin makes even more sense.
You want to outlaw cigarettes and legalize marijuana.
If you use the words “xtians”, neo-con’s” or “wing-nuts” at least four times in any given day.
You say Have a Great Winter Solstice, Happy Kwankza, Merry Ramadan and think saying Merry Christmas is just wrong.
You think that the words “to promote the general welfare” in the Constitution mean to promote welfare generally.
You believe that even though the top 20 percent of taxpayers pay 80 percent of income taxes, that the rich are not paying their “fair share.”
You think that The Godfather’s listeners are mindless “dittoheads,” but you have never doubted anything that you heard from Michael Moore….
You believe that rich people should not be allowed to contribute so much money to candidates for office (except for George Soros)….
You have no problem with Hollywood movie starts flying around in private jets to give speeches on the evils of SUVs….
If you believe Islamic Terrorists are Freedom Fighters and the Israeli Army are Terrorists….
You believe its ok to punch a Police officer just because your Black….
You think the really alarming violence takes place outside the abortion clinic.
You would save a deer but kill a baby.
If you make snide remarks to guys for looking at women but champion Clinton’s right to do whatever he wants with his interns.
You called Vietnam Veterans “baby killers” but think that allowing a woman to suck her baby into a sink is a constitutionally protected right.
You want to outlaw cigarrettes and legalize marijuana
You believe the National Rifle Association helps criminals while the American Civil Liberties Union protects the innocent.
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ACLU Hates Religion
Crossposted from Stop The ACLU
Well it comes at no surprise to us at Stop The ACLU and Wide Awakes Radio that the American Civil Liberties Union is opposed to passage of H.R. 2679, the Public Expression of Religion Act of 2005.
A review of the bill is as follows:
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How can you say the ACLU hates religion when it is defending one of the must repugnant religious figures in the world: Fred Phelps?
If they are defending his right to freely speak his religious views, as radical as they are, then the ACLU is definitely not a hater of religion.
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Ohio Gays Oppose Free Speech
Well, at least that's what the gay Ohio group Equality Ohio says:
We call on Blackwell to retract his statement and apologize for his remarks
In other words, if you speak your opinion, you should shut up -- unless, of course, you agree with them.. So, what horrible thing did
Ken Blackwell, candidate for Ohio governor in 2006 say?
I think homosexuality is a lifestyle, it's a choice, and that lifestyle can be changed. I think it's a transgression against God's law, God's will. The reality is again ... that we make choices all the time. And, I think you make good choices and bad choices in terms of lifestyle. Our expectation is that one's genetic makeup might make one more inclined to be an arsonist, or may make one more inclined to be a kleptomaniac. Do I think that can be changed? Yes.
So, according to the gays, he should be shut up. That's right, if you have an opinion that disagrees with the gay lobby, you are "divisive and offensive" and you should apologize, then shut up.
Sorry, faggots, in this country, at least so far, we've got freedom of speech. If I Ken Blackwell or I want to tell you that what you're doing is against God's law, we have a right to do that and zero obligation to "shut up." In fact, in a free country, you telling me to "shut up" is much more offensive and dangerous than me telling you that you've made a bad choice.
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Wow, so you have the freedom of speech to tell them they're faggots living against God's law, but they don't have the freedom of speech to ask you to take it back and say you're sorry...
Ah, now I understand the confusion; you must have gotten the Soviet version of the First Amendment. You should really update that to the American version, it's a bit more relevant. Gays have every right to tell bigots (or circus clowns for that matter) that they should apologize and take back their remarks.
And I have every right to tell you that you're a moron (which I am doing right now). And you have every right to tell me I'm an idiot fag-lover (which I expect in the near future). And, since it's your blog, you have every right to ban me. And I have every right to call you a moron on someone else's forum.
Ain't freedom grand?
Posted by: anonymous at July 27, 2006 02:11 PM (VPFKi)
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And I agree with everything you've said -- except the part about what the people in Ohio are doing. They instead are claiming that the person does not have the right to speak that way because he's an elected official. That's wrong, plain and simple.
Posted by: Ogre at July 27, 2006 02:56 PM (/k+l4)
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First, to our "brave" anonymous commenter, the gays in Ohio were not ASKING they ARE DEMANDING that he RETRACT his statement. What that means is that he would go on record officially saying his statement was wrong, thus going against his beliefs. The gay lobby does this ALL THE TIME, as does the atheist lobby. They sue because someone said being gay is a sin, and is NOT biological. They don't "ask you to take it back", they SUE YOU and DEMAND a full retraction.
Second, long time Ogre, how's tricks?
Posted by: Smokey at July 28, 2006 01:30 AM (DiOns)
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Indeed, Smokey, that's the distinction I'm trying to make.
Not bad, Smokey. I'm looking for some quizzes for ya... hope things are going well with you.
Posted by: Ogre at July 28, 2006 01:33 AM (o2crh)
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Ogre,
The kooks, crackpots, and nutcases over at BlueNC dedicated a thread about you:
http://www.bluenc.com/node/3135
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Thanks for the note.
How did I know this post would bring out the kooks who completely missed the entire point of the post?
Posted by: Ogre at July 28, 2006 01:23 PM (/k+l4)
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And I love when they call me a theocrat -- having never, ever, taken a position that government should enforce religious edicts on anyone, anywhere...except for supporting that whole "Thou Shalt Not Kill" thing.
Posted by: Ogre at July 28, 2006 01:28 PM (/k+l4)
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Wow, I went back and read that entire linked news article, and not once did I see where the gays were saying Blackwell had no Constitutional or legal right to say what he did, nor where they threatened to sue. In fact, I haven't seen any such case where a person was sued by the "gay lobby" for saying homosexuality is a sin. Could you please reference a reliable source, Smokey?
Now, I did read that Equality Ohio said that this kind of speech was unacceptable from a public official. I agree with them--it would be equally unacceptable if he said straight people were all child molesters, or that epileptics are just trying to get attention. Sure, he has a legal right to say it, but it's not acceptable for him to say, no matter how much he believes it. A person who said such things shouldn't be elected to any post (which is, of course, the entire motive of Equality Ohio--to ensure that someone who says and believes such things doesn't get elected).
And Smokey, if it offends you that I post under the name "anonymous" instead of under a clever but equally anonymous handle (like, oh say, Smokey), then you can just suck it up and deal.
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By "demanding" an apology, they are claiming that they have a right to an apology. If they have a right to an apology, then the only logical conclusion is that no one else has a right to say anything about them.
It's one thing to condemn what a person says, it's something completely different to claim that they should not be able to say it.
Posted by: Ogre at July 28, 2006 01:59 PM (/k+l4)
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The point of your post is that you are a hate-filled bigot. The rest is just filler.
Posted by: Robert P at July 28, 2006 10:27 PM (ahl/o)
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You didn't do well in reading comprehension in school, did you?
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Crime in Charlotte
Only if you're very close and involved in the area is it likely that you hear about crime in the University of North Carolina at Charlotte area. You see, the city council takes great efforts to suppress any news stories that might harm the image of "Charlotte, USA." However, there is crime.
Interestingly, this is a group of thugs who are traveling around, violently robbing people at knifepoint. They have selected their victims on purpose -- they are all unarmed, and the robbers know this. Why? Because it's against the law to carry a firearm at all on the campus of UNCC.
So, if you obey the law, you are trusting the university and the city to protect you. That's not happening. You see, the city of Charlotte has enough money to buy and build new basketball arenas, pay for "living wages," airports, tourism, and trains that no one will use; but somehow they don't have enough money to actually pay for police to protect people from these thugs.
You have two choices. You can willingly submit to these thugs and hope they don't decide to start adding assault and murder to their tactics, or you can break the law and shoot the bastards where they stand. I don't think even the OJ jury will convict you if you shoot one of a group of eight who attack you with knives. Yes, it really has come to this point. You cannot trust the city of Charlotte to protect you against violent thieves -- which means you either surrender or take responsibility for your own life.
Of course, feel free to contact your
city council member and ask for police protection. Don't actually expect them to listen to you, however. They're too busy spending billions on the Mayor Patrick McCrory signature light train line.
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You know, I've noticed that since I bought my house here in Charlotte in January of this year, I haven't seen more than 5 or 6 police cars?
Posted by: Seth at July 27, 2006 04:21 PM (4OJoa)
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When I lived in Charlotte, I once saw a person walking down a residential street, firing a gun. Being a good citizen, I called 911. After about 5 minutes of busy signals, I finally got through. The phone rang, unanswered, for about 4 more minutes. I reported the person shooting in the street a block away from my house. They said they'd send the police.
Being a good citizen, I then armed myself and sat on the front porch, should said shooter become more dangerous. He went the other way down the street. I waited.
20 minutes later a police car drove by. It was going about 45 mph (in a 20mph zone). It did not slow or stop.
They never contacted me again, nor ever checked on the shooter.
I moved 6 months later.
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July 26, 2006
New Renter!
Another new renter now occupies that place over at the top of the left sidebar. This week it's Scooter McGavin Takes Pictures. If you've got some free time, why not take a click on that link and see what you get. The blog is about
Scooter McGavin proves he shouldn't quit his day job, or his night one for that matter as he shows off his pictures from the set of Veronica Mars
It's, well, it's got a lot of pictures! Take a peek!
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Fair Tax Update
We'll let the man himself, Neal Boortz, write the burst this week. Well, not really. From Neal's Nuze of 24-Jul-06 at his web site:
FAIRTAX STATUS REPORT
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Doug Lamborn for Congress
This week Wictory Wednesday presents Doug Lamborn for Congress for the 5th District of Colorado.
Doug Lamborn is a solid conservative with a history of fiscal restraint. He supports reforming education to give more choices to parents instead of dumping more money into a bloated bureaucracy. He believes there should be little to no federal role in education as those decision should be best left up to local areas to determine their own needs. Education is the absolute key to continued economic development and sustainability and it is clear that school choice will once again produce schools and students who are representative of the greatness of this nation.
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More Evidence against Abortion
You're likely not seeing a lot of coverage of the latest news out of the Yale School of Medicine. Why is that? Because it's a discovery that, at it's core, provides more evidence that will dispute abortion on demand.
It seems the researchers there have discovered when humans develop a part of the brain that makes us human (and not animals) -- the cerebral cortex. And no, it doesn't develop only after birth, much to the chagrin of the
pro-death anti-life pro-death choice "pro-choice" crowd. Instead, it develops 31 days after the human egg has been fertilized.
Those who argue that there's no human life until after birth, after the second trimester, or even after the first trimester now have even less ground to stand on. This research shows that humans begin developing as humans in just 31 days -- so you cannot legitimately claim that an abortion at 3 months is killing "just a fetus" or a "non-human."
This is more evidence that was not known when the fatal "Roe v. Wade" decision was handed down that shows that it was a wrong decision based on science (never mind the state's rights violations).
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those on the left "la la la la la la la, I can't hear you!!!!!"
Any evidence to the contrary, the leftards will continue to believe that it is not a human being till it is comes out of the womb and breaths.
Of course, if we are talking about unborn animals,then we must protect their unborn young.
Posted by: William Teach at July 26, 2006 09:15 PM (doAuV)
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Anyone on the left who even nods in the direction of someone who is pro-life will be labeled a heretic.
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But it's JUST a GLOB of cells Ogre. Useless cells.
It can't think. It doesn't feel pain. It doesn't see or speak or think. How do they know this?? They don't so every new finding is very important.
Posted by: Raven at July 27, 2006 01:43 AM (fDjqx)
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They know it because John Kerry says it's so.
Posted by: Ogre at July 27, 2006 02:16 AM (o2crh)
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Sorry, Ogre, but you're wrong on the facts. The researchers didn't find that the cerebral cortex developed at 31 days. They found that the first neuron developed at 31 days. This neuron precedes all other neuron types in the brain, including those that make up the cerebral cortex. At this stage, it has no connection to other neurons, so it forms no synapses to signal pain or other responses, and it does not have sufficient complexity to sustain cognitive abilities like pain. It does have a stress response, but so do sperm.
Additionally, the cerebral cortex is not unique to humans; rather, it is present in all vertebrates. In fact, there is no gross neural anatomical structure that I know of that is present only in humans.
So, to correct William Teach's prediction, the response from those on "the left" is:
Read more carefully. Failing that, ask someone who knows the field and isn't trying to sell you something. Science will never be able to answer the social question of "what is a person", but to say that an embryo at 31 days development has cognition is simply false.
Posted by: Shygetz at July 28, 2006 02:12 PM (VPFKi)
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Oh, right. I'm sorry. What was I thinking?
Would it make any difference at all if I re-wrote that section for you so it read "The cerebral cortex STARTS developing at 31 days?" I bet not. But the meaning would be exactly the same.
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Free Money for Business
Want free money? Just ask the state of North Carolina. They're giving away completely free money with zero strings attached. You can use it for whatever you like (as long as you claim to be doing research). Oh, but you have to be a business.
You see, in case you didn't know, the reason government exists in North Carolina is to grow. Their business model is to make more "profits" at any cost. They see this as "investing" money in the state which will result in more money for the state. The fact that there's zero risk and all money obtained by the state was taken by force doesn't seem to matter to anyone in this case.
If this were a free state, businesses would be free to do research and compete against one another. But the Democrats who rule North Carolina are not interested in freedom -- only in increasing and expanding government at literally any cost -- after all, it's not their money they're spending.
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Every time I have seen you comment on science or research, you get the facts terribly wrong.
You can't just ask for money, you have to demonstrate to your peers that you have a good idea that has a good shot at working, and a well-planned research strategy. In addition, you have to have already received a federal research grant, which is not easy to get.
You can't just claim to do research--you have to actually do the research. If you don't, you can go to prison for a long time.
Businesses are free to do research and compete against one another. Visit Research Triangle Park sometime, and you will see lots of businesses doing just that. However, the earlier research is too high-risk to convince most business investors to invest. Even the paragon of private research, Bell Labs, is moving away from basic research. However, without basic research, technology comes to a halt, as it has no foundation. So, the government (not just in the US, but worldwide) has decided to publically fund research, and make the results publically available, to stimulate businesses to develop new technologies. We've been doing this for quite a while, with great success. And here you come, using the tools public science helped develop (computers, semi-conductors, Internet, and probably nuclear power from your friendly neighborhood power plant) to bitch about it. How ironic.
Posted by: Shygetz at July 28, 2006 02:32 PM (VPFKi)
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You like to quibble about little things that have absolutely no bearing on my topic at hand, don't you?
The point is that the government is giving away money that *I* earned to benefit a business who asks for the money. It's wrong, no matter what you claim. It's anti-freedom, no matter how "difficult" you claim it is to get the money.
What's amazing to me is that I bet you actually believe that if you didn't steal my labor that suddenly we'd be back in the stone ages because no one would research anything -- and there's a lot of total fools who agree with you.
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Do you believe that algore invented the internet with tax dollars, too?
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July 25, 2006
Crushing of Cherrix Freedom Delayed
Amazingly, a judge actually overruled another judge who wanted to take all freedom away from a family -- at least temporarily. I'm actually very shocked and amazed -- but this in only a temporary granting of freedom -- there's a new trial date set for August 16th.
I hope that Virginia Attorney General Robert McDonnell's brief supporting the family and freedom IN OPPOSITION TO the state helped in this case. Good job, Mr. McDonnell.
But enemies of freedom (CPS and others), fear not! Those who want to force this unwanted medical treatment on a person who will violently resist until restrained and who want his parents jailed have not yet given up! Carl Bundick and his anti-freedom Nazis with "child protective services" are looking forward to a new "trial" to allow them to forcibly "cure the boy of cancer" -- no matter the cost, no matter what the person wants.
This one isn't over yet.
(More at
Below the Beltway).
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I hope that this is a permanent victory for this young man and his family. A precedent for freedom must be established!
When someone has a life-threatening illness, he should be able to choose his method of treatment without any government interference.
Posted by: Always On Watch at July 26, 2006 02:39 AM (wZLWV)
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The government has already decided to fight to take this child from his family. They're scheduled to argue to a judge August 16th that they have supreme authority over all life in Virginia and they WILL attempt to force this treatment on him again.
Posted by: Ogre at July 26, 2006 11:15 AM (/k+l4)
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I'm watching this case too. It really baffles me- why the interest in a 16 yr old who has rights?
Oh I get it. Nanny state is trying to remove his rights.
Posted by: Raven at July 27, 2006 01:46 AM (fDjqx)
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Bingo. Forced medication under duress. Very scary stuff.
Posted by: Ogre at July 27, 2006 02:16 AM (o2crh)
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He is a minor. If his parents beat the crap out of him could the state step in to stop them? If the boy is starving and his parents refuse to feed him, could the state intervene (if you answer is no, then we really have nothing to discuss, as we live on different planets)?
The boy has cancer. Without treatment, he will almost certainly die. He has chosen treatment that has no chance of helping, and that is not legal in America as a cancer treatment (as it is completely ineffectual). The judge ruled that the minor is not sufficiently mature to act as an adult in this matter. The judge also ruled that his parents are not acting in his best interests, as they are trying to treat him with quackery. It's analogous to trying to pray a starving man back to health instead of feeding him.
If the kid was 18, there would be no argument from me (or most other people). But he is a minor, his parents are not protecting his interests, and it is killing him. If the state can keep him alive until he is 18, then I have no problem with him killing himself. But until then, he's a minor and not competent to make his own bad decision.
Posted by: Shygetz at July 28, 2006 02:23 PM (VPFKi)
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So let's see, in your mind, parents beating a 5-year old is exactly the same thing as a 16-year old choosing to avoid the state causing him great, excruciating pain.
I'm not sure we can discuss this, because you're making that comparison that I completely disagree with. Your example compares a physical, overt, action with an inaction of questionable impact.
Everyone is going to die. Forcing this treatment on him has absolutely NO guarantee that it will have ANY effect. In fact, in this case, the treatment is HIGHLY likely to FAIL. You see, he's already had this exact treatment once, and it did not help. In medical journals, it is reported that most people who are helped by this treatment are helped the first time, and NOT the second time.
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Abraham Cherrix: Take Drugs or Else
This case is another example of how difficult it is to fight socialism and the left in America today. This is the case, you may have heard of it, regarding Abraham Cherrix. He is being told that he will be taken by the sheriff with force and strapped down to a table and injected with drugs against his will. And no, he hasn't even come close to committing a crime.
Why would the state do this? Because Abraham is "only" 16 and the state knows better how to treat him than he and his family does. You see, Abraham is sick. No, it's not a sickness that's contagious and could affect others, it's cancer. Jay and his family want to treat his sickness as they desire. However, the state in it's infinite wisdom, is determined the treat him against his will.
If this were just one person, the judge, he could be shot and this would be over with. But it's not just one judge. The entire bureaucracy of social services is lining up to crush Abraham's freedom. There's actually
a hearing today to determine if the judge will order the police to take this boy into custody so they can forcibly medicate him. Any sheriff who obeys this judge's order is just as guilty as the judge.
Social services, for those who don't know them, are basically evil. They exist to destroy people in order to obtain federal funding. Sure occasionally they do something good, but like the ACLU, they do 1000 evil acts for each good act.
Will this lead to an "Elian Gonzalez?" It's sounding like it will so far. The gestapo, I mean social service agent has already threatened Abraham's parents that they will forcibly break into his house and take Abraham by force. Abraham's father asked the agent,
What will you do with my little boy? Will you take him somewhere and strap him down and put duct tape on his mouth and pump full of this stuff if he doesn't want it?
The social services agent replied
No, I will come to your house with a uniformed officer, and I will take your son by force if he resists. And I will take him to somebody who will do that.
In other words, in Virginia as of right now, the state's interest in providing medication against someone's will trumps ALL rights and freedoms. Abraham's father believes that there's a judge who will overrule the forced medication. Mr. Cherrix, you may want to arm yourself. You see, this is a so-called "family court" decision by Judge Jesse Demps. He IS god, in his mind. You have challenged his decision. That makes most judges fight harder.
So, how do you stop this horrible injustice? The ONLY way is a majority force of arms. The judge is ordering police to seize this child. The police will obey him. The only way to stop the judge and the police is to resist. In this case, with violence. Yes, it really has come to this point.
And yes, if they do resist, they will certainly be killed. You see, there's more policemen than there are arms in Abraham's house. And sure, the police will claim they were just following the judge's orders -- need I remind you that the Nazi guards were just following orders, too?
Every resistance has to begin somewhere.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
-- Thomas Jefferson
The tree is wilting. A lot.
(Update: Thanks to
Kat, names and references to names fixed).
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That's outrageous!
This kind of thing is only supposed to happen in Marxist states -- I'd add Nazis, except they no longer have a country (officially), wherein the govt usurps parents' authority to raise their children according to their own standards.
I'll say it again, I'm so glad I've passed the half century mark, I have the feeling that the young people of today are in for a nasty ride...
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It just absolutely baffles the mind of a person who loves freedom. To those who support the state in place of freedom, I'm sure this makes sense. I'm just amazed there are so many people in this specific instance that openly support the judge, social services, and the police.
Posted by: Ogre at July 25, 2006 01:55 PM (/k+l4)
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I can't believe this! This is so moronic and interfering-busy-body that it's criminal. Being the vindicative little wench I can, I really hope that the family wins at the hearing, and then goes after Social Services (initials "SS" - coincidence? I think NOT!) for damages and mental suffering...
And why the heck is my trackback not coming thru?? Anyway, my post is here.
Good catch, Ogre!
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Posted by: Kat at July 25, 2006 02:37 PM (5Lv8n)
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Grrr... OK, my post is here:
http://www.cathousechat.com/cathouse_chat/2006/07/what.html
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Posted by: Kat at July 25, 2006 02:39 PM (5Lv8n)
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Sorry, trackbacks have been hit with spam so hard that they shut the server down. We have no trackbacks today.
Thanks for the link.
Posted by: Ogre at July 25, 2006 03:28 PM (/k+l4)
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Oh, well, that's not the ONLY reason my TB didn't work (I put it in incorrectly *wince*)...
Must. Have. More. COFFEE!!!
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Posted by: Kat at July 25, 2006 03:43 PM (5Lv8n)
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Reading more about this, I see that the family appears to be committed to non-violent resistance.
I think the family will end up in jail and Abraham will be sedated and medicated "for his own good."
Sad days, these are.
Posted by: Ogre at July 25, 2006 03:45 PM (/k+l4)
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This happens ALL the time. In every state. Esp. Utah where the Mormons are against medical treatments that involve certain drugs and blood products. Usually these cases involve little kids who by law aren't allowed to speak for themselves.
This 16 yr has spoken though and he doesn't want the treatments. His wishes should be respected. I'm surprised the medical people will force this upon him: THAT would be assault and battery under Patient Rights Laws.
Posted by: Raven at July 25, 2006 11:58 PM (MZe2s)
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Again, when the medical people do that, they're joining in the coalition AGAINST freedom. It's what makes fighting the socialists SO hard. If this case ends up with forced medication, who is to blame? Who has crushed freedom? The judge, the department of social services, the sheriff's department, and the entire medical department that participates. How does one fight so many at one time?
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I just got an email from an editor of City Journal. Apparently it's been around for awhile, but I've never heard of it. Perhaps I should get out more often. Glancing at the headlines, it looks interesting. Have a read and tell me if you like this, or let me know if it's the most hated journal you've ever read. Here's some headlines from it:
Theodore Dalrymple on the "Terrorists Among Us," explaining how it’s not just Islam, but the tension between Islam and Western modernity, that makes them tick.
Sol Stern on the growing movement to teach for “social justice” in public schools and ed schools: Sol shows how it perpetuates a cruel hoax on disadvantaged kids
Kay S. Hymowitz in the hilarious "Desperate Grandmas" describes how narcissistic feminists, now sexagenarians, are still seeking the Best Sex Ever!
Steven Malanga's moving "The Last Full Measure" pays tribute to the monuments honoring the 9/11 dead that have sprung up throughout New York commuter towns--Steve's photos are included.
Heather Mac Donald explains why the NYPD--now fighting terror as well as crime--is still America's best police force:
And former Hollywood screenwriter Gerry Garibaldi, now teaching in a public school in Connecticut, tells what he's learned about how the schools shortchange boys.
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July 24, 2006
Windows RG
If you haven't heard about the newest version of Windows, Windows RG (Really Good), be sure and check it out. If you're a geek, you'll really love it.
Via
VW Bug.
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Did you go through the 'start'? I loved it... well... not the crashing but the rest!
Posted by: vw bug at July 27, 2006 08:14 PM (ynnPI)
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I did. It was loads of fun!
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Rallying Against Illegal Immigration
by Nathan Bradfield at Church and State
Groups such as the 21st Century Paul Revere Ride and "You Don't SPEAK For Me" are taking a stand against illegal immigration and trying to push the issue back to the forefront so Americans can hold their elected officials accountable at the polls.
Via The Montgomery Advertiser:
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Rogue Radio
If you want to listen live, just click that image with the microphone in the upper left corner! That's 5-6PM CST.
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Judge Dismissed for Threatening to Enforce Immigration
Yes, you read that headline right. A judge merely threatened to have a person who admitted to breaking the law arrested was dismissed for his actions. Very clearly, at least in Los Angeles, and in MANY districts across the country, judges are literally being prohibited from enforcing the law.
Can someone explain to me why we have laws regarding citizenship? Here in North Carolina, illegal immigrants are not only allowed to vote, but actively encouraged to vote. The Democrats who run the legislature absolutely refuse to do anything about it.
Now we have a judge that is basically FIRED for threatening to have an admitted lawbreaker arrested. I wonder if I will be arrested and jailed if I a person comes to me an admits they committed a murder and I threaten to tell the police. I guess it just depends on whether that particular judge decides that they, personally, want to enforce the laws against murder because today the judges decide the law, not people.
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What the ....
For a second there I thought they were talking about the USA, been then I saw it was only in LA.
Posted by: Tomslick at July 24, 2006 07:35 PM (RpnNu)
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I've been saying for decades that we need to mine the San Andreas fault and let CA drift off to sea.
Posted by: Ogre at July 24, 2006 07:38 PM (/k+l4)
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Wow, do you even read the story before you spout off about it? First of all, this was an attorney that was used as a temporary judge due to the overwhelming caseload. Happens all the time, but he was in no way fired. They just didn't ask him to fill in again. Second, he was not asked to return because, when a woman asked for a restraining order in Family Court against her husband due to verbal abuse and threats, instead of listening to her case, he asked if she was an illegal, and then threatened to have her arrested and deported if she didn't run.
Now think about it for a second (seriously, just think). Will telling illegals "If you make complaints against your abusive spouse, you will be deported" really be effective in stemming the tide of illegal immigration? If you think so, I would love to hear your rationale.
Now, keep thinking (I know it's hard, but bear with me here...) Will telling illegals "If you make complaints against your abusive spouse, you will be deported" limit the options abused spouses have in protecting themselves (and often their children)?
I would love to see the illegal immigrant problem fixed, but deporting any immigrant who tries to get help about her abusive spouse is not a good way to do it. It is, however, a good way to make sure those uppity Mexican women are kept in line. But none of us want that, right?
Posted by: Shygetz at July 28, 2006 02:42 PM (VPFKi)
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Continue your whining. You're making yourself look petty and silly. Hey, know what? I'm not going to "fire you," I'm going to not have you come to work any more. So you're not "fired," you just don't work here and I don't pay you any more.
And yes, I honestly don't think the US legal system that is paid for by taxpayers should be used by criminals. In case you don't get that one, the illegals ARE criminals. That's why they're called ILLEGALS.
I support telling criminal aliens that they are allowed ZERO access to ANY taxpayer-financed things -- roads, buses, housing, medical treatment, welfare, courts, schools -- ANYTHING that I've paid for. Will it help stem illegal immigration? I bet it will -- and even if it won't, at least they won't be costing ME so much damn money.
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No Property Rights in NC
Because of the Kelo decision, many states have passed personal property protection laws. The North Carolina Legislature, under pressure by it's subjects, claims to have passed one, too. Of course, that's not quite true.
You see, when personal, private property is taken for economic reasons, it's the government that's taking it. Laws are made by government. Therefore, the legislature really passed a law that says, "We promise we won't take your stuff." And when is the last time you believe a promise of the government?
Exactly. Supporters of property rights wanted this to be a Constitutional Amendment. If that were the case, the legislature would have a much harder time taking private property. But the Democrat-led legislature would have nothing to do with any such amendment because then THEY would be limited in their power to take whatever they wanted.
Keep that in mind when you hear or read about the legislature passing "private property protection." They only protected their right to take your land when they want to -- because if they passed a law, they can just as easily remove that law when they decide they don't like it.
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I'm stunned...I actually pretty much agree with you here.
I'm sure one of us should feel dirty right now, but we probably differ as to which one...
Posted by: Shygetz at July 28, 2006 02:45 PM (VPFKi)
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You sure you don't want to complain about my use of the word "it?"
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July 22, 2006
Kid Vid Blog
Well I guess everyone IS doing this blogging thing now. Here is Bryceton's first video blog post. I'm not sure how old he is, but I'm going to guess 7. Take a peek and give the young fellow some encouragement!
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Oddy,
Bou, and
VW, I expect to see you folks lining up next...
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Thanks so very much...although now I have an 8 almost to be 9 year old running around the house like a Star :-) Really appreciate it... We all like to get trackbacks and comments and for a boy...I think it is 10 fold .You ROCK in my book!
Posted by: Crystal Clear at July 22, 2006 06:40 PM (oLUEd)
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8, almost 9? Well, I was close...
Thanks!
Posted by: Ogre at July 22, 2006 06:43 PM (o2crh)
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I know my collective probably already have a blog secretly tucked away some place....
I am not sure if I want to read it
Posted by: armywifetoddlermom at July 23, 2006 02:16 AM (1VANa)
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Oh, but if it's VIDEO, you don't even have to read!
Posted by: Ogre at July 23, 2006 02:25 AM (o2crh)
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Look, I already have to fight to get on the computer without help. And they're not even 5 yet!!!
Posted by: vw bug at July 27, 2006 08:16 PM (ynnPI)
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Buy more computers. It will save a lot of headaches.
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Code Orange Lies
Various times throughout this rather hot week in Western North Carolina, "officials" ordered code Orange alerts. They claim "air quality in these areas is likely to be unhealthy for sensitive groups." Feel free to ignore them completely because they're just lying to make themselves more important, to get more money, and to control your life.
How? By changing the rules. The code orange alert is concerned with amounts of low level ozone in the air. However, every year for the last 20 years, the amounts of low level ozone have been lower in the Charlotte area. Yes, every single year it gets BETTER because of the lower emissions and better technology in cars.
However, that caused a problem for the government-control and environmental lunatics. If the ozone was getting better every year, they wouldn't be able to complain that your car is killing the world. They wouldn't get to raise your taxes and spend more money on "mass-transit" to save the world. So what do they do? Change the rules.
That's right, in order to make the ozone situation look worse than it really is, they just lowered the threshold for what is considered "bad." Look for the ozone situation to never, ever get better -- because that would interfere with the environmentalists funding and control. Feel free to ignore the government, if you weren't already, because they're lying, as the left does to retain power.
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I haven't been getting out on the web much lately (outside my own sites) because I'm preparing for an exam that's next week, but this post was just the thing to get me typing again. Two problems:'
1) You assume without showing any proof that the change in ozone rules was in bad faith. It could have been because of hard science, but you don't even consider that possibility. Maybe you think that there's no way that the change could be the right move, but then the headline should be "I don't trust the government!" not "You shouldn't trust the government!" Most people just don't find others' assumptions all that persuasive.
2) It's funny to me that you believe that environmentalist groups have more sway over government than business interests who would prefer to see acceptable levels of pollutants increased. Just imagine: all that corporate money cowering in fear at the awesome power of the gray ponytail lobby!
Anyway, hopefully I can stop by more often after this next week is over. I hope all is well.
Posted by: Lance McCord at July 22, 2006 01:50 PM (ceP10)
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Heya! Glad to get you talking again -- best of luck with the exam!
If it were a right move to reduce the ozone level, why? How could it be that ozone was fine for years, but all of a sudden, it's dangerous? Indeed, I can't trust that aspect of science because it's constantly changing. For example, is salt good for you? It depends on who you ask and what decade it is. How about fat and alcohol? Over the years they've been bad, then good, then bad, then good. They clearly have no idea, and this fits that trend exactly.
And the environmentalist groups are part of government -- that's why they have so much sway. The majority of people who go into government bureaucracy (unelected) go because they want to tell others what to do with their lives -- environmentalists included. I'm not saying this was done by a few ponytailed people asking government to, it's those who are in government who are environmentalists trying to expand their control.
Posted by: Ogre at July 22, 2006 03:09 PM (o2crh)
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Lance wrote, "It's funny to me that you believe that environmentalist groups have more sway over government than business interests who would prefer to see acceptable levels of pollutants increased. Just imagine: all that corporate money cowering in fear at the awesome power of the gray ponytail lobby!"
Lance, you may not be aware but in some municipalties across North Carolina, environmental activist groups such as the Sierra Club do have absolute sway over government. Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Orange County is a perfect example. Not getting a Sierra Club and Independent Weekly endorsement is a death knell for any candidate seeking office. You might like that.
Lance wrote, "You assume without showing any proof that the change in ozone rules was in bad faith."
The general public assumes that because a newspaper or television reports a code orange day for their area that it is in fact based on fact. Taking once again the liberal bastion of Orange County as an example, there are *NO* ozone monitors in Orange County. Look here:
http://www.ncair.org/cgi-bin/o3monitors.cgi?area=1
What many people don't realize is that rabid environmentalists make panic and fear based predictions based on EXTRAPOLATED data. So when people in Mebane or Carboro are running around in the streets in a state of panic over a "code orange" alert, they are not being told that the ozone monitor that recorded that alert exists in downtown Durham on 9th Street.
Ogre makes a valid and realistic point about rabid environmentalist kooks wanting to protect their government jobs.
Get back to studying Lance ...
PS - Make sure you observe "Car-Free" day. You can ride your bike to downtown Carboro and sit in a drum circle on Weaver Street and sip a soy latte. Bring your wife, it's a binder-free zone.
Posted by: The Reckoning at July 23, 2006 03:42 AM (wUrtG)
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Well-said, Reckoning. The newspaper reports anything they like as fact, whether it is actually true or not.
Posted by: Ogre at July 23, 2006 01:36 PM (o2crh)
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"The newspaper reports anything they like as fact, whether it is actually true or not." This truth causes as much teeth-gnashing and garment-rending on the left as it does on the right. Our medial establishment just plain sucks.
@Reckoning: I don't think that anyone runs around in the street in a state of panic over a code orange day. In fact, it's rare in my experience that anyone much discusses it at all. And I've gotta ask: is there some reason based in scientific fact that you'd need more monitors in order to provide a sufficiently accurate ozone forecast for the state? I'm not saying that there isn't, but you certainly haven't said that there is. It's like you want me to assume because you suggest that the current number of monitors is insufficient that it's a fact.
And using Carrboro and Chapel Hill as examples of how North Carolina governments are ruled by leftists is kind of like holding up a few albinos as a proof that humans have white hair. Those two towns are the exception, not the rule. Not the only exceptions, sure, but exceptions. NC is still a red state, and many of the "Democrats" in state government would be more comfortable under the name "Republican" in other parts of the country.
Reckoning, your ridicule is not only beneath you -- it's also misplaced. I don't so much enjoy the Weaver Street scene; they make me edgy. I'm pretty liberal, but for me that's a question of politics, not hair length or fashion choices. Or what my latte has in it (and it's usually milk, thanks). It kind of sounds like you're suggesting that I hold my political beliefs as a matter of style or the result of groupthink. That's a cheap shot, and I don't think you have any basis for it.
But I will take that advice about studying!
Posted by: Lance at July 23, 2006 07:46 PM (ceP10)
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HI OGRE! Just wanted to say HI as I haven't been by in a while, and now that I am done for a few days with the W.A.R. thing, figured I would see how you are doing.
Posted by: Smokey at July 23, 2006 08:04 PM (DiOns)
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Well at least we agree on the utter uselessness of the current state of the media today! I just tend to think that the left has much less a problem with them than the right does because they SEEM to me to agree much more often with the left's position than with facts or the right's position.
Heya Smokey! Time for me to find you some quizzes?
Posted by: Ogre at July 23, 2006 09:54 PM (o2crh)
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Ogre, I appreciate that you highlighted the word "SEEM" in your last comment. I think this is an example of the myopia of negative results. It's like when the one bad burrito you got from the taco wagon pretty much cancels out the dozens of good meals you had there. But it's far from obvious to me that, as a whole, the media establishment is aiming left or right.
I think there's some bias either way out there, and then a whole lot of incompetence that indiscriminately cuts against either side (and sometimes both sides).
Posted by: Lance McCord at July 23, 2006 10:21 PM (ceP10)
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Glad that point made it across. I don't know enough journalists personally to be able to determine for sure -- but I have seen various studies that do show the vast majority of journalists are registered Democrats.
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It could be, I guess. I don't tend to trust the studies based on votes in a particular race, since there can be reasons for reporters to prefer one candidate over another for reasons that don't have anything to do with Republicans and Democrats.
Here's a University of Connecticut study showing that the percentage of Democrats and liberals among journalists pretty much mirrors that of the general population, but that reporters are more likely to describe themselves as "independent" than "conservative."
Of course, just because a reporter is a Republican or a Democrat doesn't mean that they're a bad reporter or that they have an agenda that's expressed in their work. I'll soon be a corporate lawyer who is also a Democrat, and while I'll give time and money outside of work, I'd consider it unprofessional to use whatever leverage my work gave me in furtherance of some political agenda. And as bloggers, you and I both have shown that we will call out people on our own side of the political center when they deserve it, which is to say that even as political bloggers, we aim for honesty and fairness.
It's the hacks I'm really worried about. When a reporter consistently has a right- or left-wing slant, people get to know that and adjust how seriously they take the reporter accordingly. But the incompetent ones -- those who just repeat whatever a source tells them as fact and pass it along -- those folks are just bad for everyone. Here's an example from the Columbia Journalism Review.
The Sunday talk shows continue to be dominated by conservatives, but I suspect that has a lot to do with who controls the government. When you don't run either house of Congress or the White House, just how much national news do you get to make?
Posted by: Lance at July 24, 2006 03:40 AM (ceP10)
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I didn't realize that link tags would be stripped. Here are the links:
"Here's a University of Connecticut study": http://www.uconn.edu/newsmedia/2005/may05/rel05033.html
"Here's an example from the Columbia Journalism Review": http://www.cjrdaily.org/behind_the_news/the_fog_of_cable.php
"Sunday talk shows": http://mediamatters.org/items/200602140002
Posted by: Lance at July 24, 2006 03:44 AM (ceP10)
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I'm with you on this. I think the hacks who slant things to advance their own political agenda do exist -- which I don't mind, except when they're not honest. I admit what my position is, and anything I blog about is going to be slanted towards freedom -- because that's what I want to advance. I don't pretend to put forth "unbiased news." Most reporters do claim they're unbiased, and I don't believe that's possible.
Posted by: Ogre at July 24, 2006 08:44 AM (o2crh)
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Ozone alert, heat advisory, Code orange, etc in other words, it is hot. Flood watch, flood warning, moisture advisory, etc... How about, it is raining.
I guess they do have a habit of sensationalizing normal occurances these days.
Posted by: Tomslick at July 24, 2006 08:03 PM (RpnNu)
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That can't top the highway electronic signs that proclaim "DANGER: Roadway may be wet" during a downpour.
Posted by: Ogre at July 24, 2006 08:06 PM (/k+l4)
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I hadn't planned to comment on this again, but this was just too on point to leave out: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2006_07/009227.php (on the topic of perceptions of media bias).
Posted by: Lance at July 24, 2006 11:10 PM (08LWV)
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Very on topic! Thanks.
And I agree with one of the conclusions of that article -- that to consider making everyone made at you means you're successful is rather infantile.
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