Originally posted by Quazga
Originally posted by sos37
Originally posted by anyone
So you are basically siding with Phill Gramm on this one? The problems that we are facing are all psychological and we are a nation of
"whiners"?
Gotcha.
Now your putting words in my mouth. I know these problems aren't in the minds of people, but I also know the situation isn't as dire as the media
would like for you to believe it is.
Take for example - last Friday. Hurrican Dolly approaches Texas and strengthens into a hurricane right before it makes landfall. What does the media
come up with? They choose to highlight the question of whether or not the levees will hold in that area. Never had a problem in that part of the
country with the levees(I gew up in south Texas), yet the media has to do something to make headlines and scare the bejeezus out of people so they
point the finger if something does happen and say - LOOK! LOOK what Bush did to you!
They also tried to tell us that oil refineries might be disrupted. Caused a bit of surge in the oil market.
Dolly comes ashore. No levee breaks. The media has to report no levee breaks. No refinery disruption. Price of oil drops. They actually sound kind of
disappointed!
How about the media choosing to publish stories about how America's working class will fall apart if we continue to crack down on employers who hire
illegal immigrants? Remember all the doom and gloom of the jobs that Americans WON'T do? That's been going on for how long now? And there are how
many labor shortages being reported?
The media wanted us to believe we were in a recession far sooner than we actually were.
Don't you see a pattern of sensationalism geared toward the left in the media?
[edit on 24-7-2008 by sos37]
[edit on 24-7-2008 by sos37]