If what you hear on talk radio can be so easily verified, yet you don't hear the same info on traditional media outlets, then who's really open-minded news and who's really "just pedaling propaganda?"
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I know, you are too "open minded" to listen to talk radio, right? Interesting.
Yet, There Are Important Things You Won't Hear from Traditional Media Outlets
Why would any open-minded, fair person limit themself to a "news" media machine that will proudly tell you itself that it votes overwhelmingly (over 95% by their own statistics) a certain way? The fact that you already know which direction they "lean" says more than anything I could write here. That's what's meant by all the talk you hear concerning "media bias."
That bias in reporting is primarily How Obama Got Elected, by the way...because too few people in pop culture heard the disturbing facts about his past, and his plans for this country. I'm not being partisan or (spare me!) "racist" to point this out...I'm merely highlighting objective facts about who he really is that would bother anyone if they knew about them.
Food for Thought and I promise to be sensitive, for the sake of all you PC-ers out there. This won't hurt a bit...
| What You Hear In Pop Culture | My Response |
| "Talk Show Hosts aren't
real news people; they're just entertainers"
(I put this one first for you, Charlie) |
This is the "every single time" answer I get from loyal CNN / NPR / Networks listeners, and it's the party line I've heard from these sources myself when I listen. It's like the approved, official, open-minded-person's response from listeners of the radio station that plays you classical music out of nowhere so that you feel more sophisticated about your radio dial. Again, though, you can verify everything you hear on talk stations these days very easily, so if you don't also hear talk's content on NPR or MSNBC, then who's news and who's just propaganda? |
| "Talk Radio Hosts are all mean-spirited" | Have you listened for
yourself to know that, or are you regurgitating what you've heard from
talk's competition or around the water cooler at work? When I ask that
question of critics, I get a blank stare, so I fill the silence with this
question: "what specific mean-spirited points has _______ ever
said to make you think that?" So far, I've never gotten an answer on
that either, because these people couldn't ID a talk radio host if they
heard one...because they're too open-minded to listen for themselves. I've been listening to "Talk" for years and - while there are things that do justifiably get us all riled at times (government coming after my family's livelihood to buy votes from people can have that effect) - I have yet to hear the alleged "meanie-ness" in question. The fact is that Truth often Hurts, and in our overly sensitive, politically correct society we don't tolerate straight shooters very well, so we demonize those who talk that way. That's also why... We have ourselves to blame for the lack of honest or straight talk from politicians...they can't afford to risk offending some with the truth because they need a popular appeal to get elected in our current environment. |
| "Talk radio is too right wing" | True enough, though not
universally so. But more importantly, have you asked why that might be?
After all, we still have a free radio market...
for now,
so "left" talk radio has a fair shot at the airwaves. So then, why do you
think they fail and go away unless they are tax supported or have a big
sugar-daddy like (appallingly low listener-ship) Air America does? I
offer you a few possibilities:
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A real proposal (from open-minded Pelosi and Obama) that's real censorship
Never heard of this? My friends, you wouldn't if you limit yourself to the networks and CNN. But it's a real proposal by left-leaning politicians to snuff out their critics on talk radio and even on the internet. Yes, in America! Whether you think "Rush is Right" or not, this should obviously alarm all of us and show you the left's true colors. Google Fairness Doctrine for yourself if you don't believe me. It's easy to do.
I love the deceptive names "Liberals" come up with for really diabolical ideas: "Fairness," "Welfare," "Entitlements," "Social Security," "The Great Society," "Liberalism," "Progressivism," "Wealth Redistribution." The list goes on. It's as if they know better than to call this stuff what it really is; and it's as if they believe that you won't stop watching American Idol long enough to investigate these ideas beyond their feel-good labels. Maybe they're right, though. I mean, far too few people asked for a definition of "Hope" or "Change" from Obama before they voted for him.
What else are you not hearing about that will affect your life and your family's prosperity and freedom? From a talk radio listener I can tell you with confidence that there's quite a lot that you are missing every day if you are "too open minded" to tune in.
For starters, what follows is a really small percentage sampling of what's out there. Did you know about the following things? You won't hear this stuff at all unless you listen to talk radio:
- Democrats, encouraged by their victories, are already holding committee hearings on how to confiscate your IRA and 401K retirement plans? Look it up. It's true.
- You heard LOTS of flak about the Katie Courick interview with Sarah Palin and how the hockey mom failed the Katie's international geography quiz; but you probably were shielded from the interview where Obama thought there were at least 57 states in our country. It's on YouTube. Look it up for yourself. Again, MSNBC didn't air that because it would have deflated the aura surrounding their candidate - but they are not supposed to be candidate marketers...they are supposed to be news people.
- Did you see where Obama actually said out loud to Joe the Plumber that he wanted "spread wealth around?" That's called income redistribution, and most democrats hide that this is their true intent. Many of us thought that this exchange - caught on film - would be a real "sea change" in the election....but the only thing most of you probably know about the Joe the Plumber encounter is that the media tried hard to discredited Joe by challenging HIM about having a plumber's license! Again, the politics of personal destruction at work....and SO not the point.
- Obama's plan to "tax the rich" reaches down to any HOUSEHOLD making $42,000 per year or more. Rich? Hardly. More food for thought on this is to point out that a household of a teacher and fireman can easily bring in six figures ($100,000). Before you vote next time, friends, please make these people define "rich" for you, along with "hope" and "change"
- Those mean old selfish rich people - in addition to creating all the jobs and driving ALL charity - also pay 97% of all taxes. That's according to the IRS's own public, on line statistics that you can find at IRS.gov. Here's how it breaks down...the top 3% are paying over half of all taxes collected; and the top 10% are paying over 70% and the top 50% are paying 97%. So where do liberals get off asking them to stop being selfish and "pay their fair share?" Friends, it just good old fashioned class envy...the same kind of thinking that led to the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia about a hundred years ago. Let's learn from history, shall we? and not fall into the trap that has plagued all free societies thus far. It was best expressed by Alexander Tyler over 100 years ago. It goes like this:
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasure [through the taxation of the wealthy producers and then "redistributed" by elected officials to those who haven't earned the money but envy those who did]. From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's great civilizations has been two hundred years [How old are we?]. These nations have progressed through the following sequence: from bondage to spiritual faith, from spiritual faith to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency from complacency to apathy, [We're at least somewhere about here right now] from apathy to dependency, from dependency back to bondage."
My Hope for Change: While the above cycle could very well describe our own irreversible slide to decline; I choose the winner's approach and will do my best to keep in mind that...
Before we had a Reagan, we had a Carter
So it is possible that we can recover from what is likely to happen over the next four years - though it will no doubt be painful. I believe that Americans possess several attributes that make us unique, and these attributes could - with some broader education on what's actually happening - overcome the destructive cycle. But we have got to wake up to the kinds of facts I have listed above. That will not happen if we rely only on a biased media for our information. We need checks and balances - competition - in more places than just government and commerce - we need it in the media too. That's the real importance of talk radio, and why the Fairness Doctrine is anything but.
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Who Is John Galt?
Consistently
rated the number two most influential book of all time in surveys, it describes
in an engrossing, novel form what happens to America when all the wealthy,
innovative producers go on strike and move to a secret place called Galt's
Gulch. All because they get sick of the masses' taxation of them and their
constant entitlement expectations. It's the best explanation of Capitalism in
history, written by a woman who lived through the Bolshevik Revolution and the
miserable aftermath before emigrating to America. Her book has created quite a
following among some of the world's most influential people. I took a hardback
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