Hee hee. Our kids grew up in Kansas--the oldest from second grade on. Got their bachelor degrees at Wichita State. So I know very well of what you speak.
But it isn't just 'fly over' country that is mischaracterized in the dumbing down of America, but those holding a particular ideological perspective. Identify yourself as more conservative than liberal, and you are immediately branded (by the left) as racist, homophobic, bigoted, uncompassionate, greedy, etc. etc. etc.
Need evidence? Just look at some of the comments on this thread alone.
One of the primary causes of dumbing down I think is the prevalence of ideological tunnel vision couple which, without any ability to support conclusions, results in an intolerance that challenges what one has chosen to believe.
In my opinion, it is very difficult for people to learn how to think critically or make any kind of rational value judgments in an environment like that.
what?what insult did soggy make? I just read the 'offending' post.whats insulting?
However, I found your knee jerk reaction very revealing as I do your reinforcing of such right here above in the totality of your comments....... in fact you've dropped your panties, to bad really.
Soggy is an insulting asshole. Funny, I didn't used to think so, but you're getting that way too. Sad.
ahhhhh...I seeeee, so its germane because the left and you have decided to become altruistic and help "us" out by reporting her every move and bashing the snot out of her....
Eureka!!!!!!NOW I get it thx...
are you kidding me or what?
and, I have made 'excuses' for her?
and the rest? Care to answer?
has anyone asked for say romneys and pawlentys e mails?
do you even know if anyone has?
and, where are then; obama's Illinois state rep. and senatorial emails?
ahhhhh...I seeeee, so its germane because the left and you have decided to become altruistic and help "us" out by reporting her every move and bashing the snot out of her....
Excuse me, but doesn't Sarah still work for FoxNews? Didn't she have her own reality show? Doesn't she Twitter all day long alerting everyone where she'll be every step of every day? Do you honestly think she wishes no one would follow her around? Oh you're funny...
Eureka!!!!!!NOW I get it thx...
and, I have made 'excuses' for her?
and the rest? Care to answer?
The Palin emails were the result of a TWO-YEAR OLD FOIA REQUEST. By whom, I don't have a clue. But please don't try to pretend someone just recently obtained copies surreptitiously.
And as far as I know, both Romney and Pawlenty are serious, honest candidates who don't send up red flags by their goofy activities that their backgrounds need to be "investigated." I'm doubly sure that Obama's history has been poked and prodded going back from the moment he popped out--in a Hawaiian hospital.
what?
However, I found your knee jerk reaction very revealing as I do your reinforcing of such right here above in the totality of your comments....... in fact you've dropped your panties, to bad really.
Soggy is an insulting asshole. Funny, I didn't used to think so, but you're getting that way too. Sad.
ahhhhh...I seeeee, so its germane because the left and you have decided to become altruistic and help "us" out by reporting her every move and bashing the snot out of her....
Excuse me, but doesn't Sarah still work for FoxNews? Didn't she have her own reality show? Doesn't she Twitter all day long alerting everyone where she'll be every step of every day? Do you honestly think she wishes no one would follow her around? Oh you're funny...
Eureka!!!!!!NOW I get it thx...
and, I have made 'excuses' for her?
and the rest? Care to answer?
The Palin emails were the result of a TWO-YEAR OLD FOIA REQUEST. By whom, I don't have a clue. But please don't try to pretend someone just recently obtained copies surreptitiously.
And as far as I know, both Romney and Pawlenty are serious, honest candidates who don't send up red flags by their goofy activities that their backgrounds need to be "investigated." I'm doubly sure that Obama's history has been poked and prodded going back from the moment he popped out--in a Hawaiian hospital.
Well, not quite on Obama's history. He's kept many, many things hidden, even today. He's one of the least transparent Presidents in history.
Morning Joe with Joe Scarborough.Speaking as a former but very active member of the media, I can assure you, however, that the corporate owners exercise very little editorial influence on the media outlets they own. When Rupert Murdoch for instance launched Fox News, he almost certainly hired a rightwing CEO who would provide an alternative to all the other television/cable media outlets that were all leftwing. And he set the standard that all newscasts would be balanced with perspective from all ideological sides. Fox has held to that standard pretty darn well. Editorially, more rightwing than leftwing. But in the newscasts, you'll get both sides (which most leftwingers then conclude is slanted rightwing.)
But Murdoch doesn't tell the news managers what stories to run or what slant to put on them.
The CEO of General Electric, when GE owned NBC and its affiliaites, at one point ordered the managers to say nothing negative about Barack Obama or his administration. Of course that drove NBC far left from where it had been but they obeyed the order. He didn't, however, tell them what stories to run or what slant to put on them.
Now that Comcast has taken over the NBC family, I've seen a decided editorial shift away from the far radical left. And their numbers are coming up as a result even though they still tilt left.
The problem with Fox, CNN, and all the alphabet networks is that they no longer do much of anything really in depth. They give the public 30 second soundbites of this and that and the public has learned to prefer to get information in that way and as a result is a far less well educated public. As polarizing and sometimes despised figure as Glenn Beck is, he was the one exception. He did some deep research and provided competent, in depth perspective on a lot of stuff. But he's leaviMOng. And there will be nobody to do that anywhere except the occasional documentary program that most people no longer take time to watch.
Good post, however I would like for you to name a single show on MSNBC that has anything but a far left host.
ahhhhh...I seeeee, so its germane because the left and you have decided to become altruistic and help "us" out by reporting her every move and bashing the snot out of her....
what she wants and gets and how people react is wholly their own deal, since she is apparently on 'my side' of the political fence , don't you find it interesting I don't care, and I would speculate a great many others don't either, it appears to me that you guys care more than we do.
you said ;
Maggie, I don't care, I don't make excuses for her ( disclosure one instant ) and the only drolling I see, is folks like yourself who apparently cannot leave it alone....I think if you run a search on palin threads here you would discover that a huge majority of them are made by folks whom have an issue with her of one sort or another.
Eureka!!!!!!NOW I get it thx...
and, I have made 'excuses' for her?
and the rest? Care to answer?
has anyone asked for say romneys and pawlentys e mails?
do you even know if anyone has?
and, where are then; obama's Illinois state rep. and senatorial emails?
so the answer is no.
don't you find it curious that her records were foiaed, if Obamas have been doubly poked linking to them should be simple...*shrugs*can I please see a link to the request for obamas that I stipulated? Its been 2 years as well.......
and romneys and pawlentys? they have had careers as chief execs of their states........more than 2 years ago...
If it's hidden, how do you know it's hidden?
As for transparency, Obama doesn't have a familial history like the Bush name; he rose from State Senator to US Senator, and before that as you all delight in repeating, worked for the betterment of communities, plus did Constitutional law instruction at the University of Chicago. He doesn't really have many visible badges to flaunt. His background is really quite boring if adventure and action is what you look for in a candidate.
And probably yapped at you for 15 minutes about how many ways he was going to dismember you and your entire family.
If it's hidden, how do you know it's hidden?
As for transparency, Obama doesn't have a familial history like the Bush name; he rose from State Senator to US Senator, and before that as you all delight in repeating, worked for the betterment of communities, plus did Constitutional law instruction at the University of Chicago. He doesn't really have many visible badges to flaunt. His background is really quite boring if adventure and action is what you look for in a candidate.
