Gas Prices Media Coverup ? Some say yes ..not me

I just checked my Facebook and a person whom I like very much says that he thinks the media are purposely not reporting gas prices going up. ..And that the reason for this blatant ignorance of the gas price rise story is that the media is hiding the rising gas prices to help Obama.  And he punctuates his belief that he hasn't heard anything by saying the media is just trying to blame George W.  Now here is the thing...as absolutely preposterous as I believe his Facebook status statement to be, and furthermore indicative of how furious so many Virginians and Americans are with the job the president has done (or not done), I am amazed that as of this moment 8 people "like" his statement.

So, I for one have heard LOTS of media coverage about the gas prices, and while the media didn't go out of their way to praise Obama when prices were 3.00, they also haven't ignored the story as the Facebook friend claims.  Nor did they laugh hysterically when a candidate claimed if he were elected gas would be 2.00 a gallon.  This is just another example of how civility has left the great pastime of political discussion and disagreement.  I am amazed at how the audacity of some to make unsubstantiated statements is unchecked by certain some of us who see things with a bit more intellect and with less haze. 

I watch NBC news as well as the local ABC affiliate and Washington DC stations, WUSA 9, NBC 4, plus web news from cnn.com. foxnews.com, the very liberal Huffington Post, Time Magazine online to name a few.  I feel the media is bombarding us with news on gas prices.  And having worked in media for awhile, I think these entities talk about gas prices so much because media endeavors to talk about what everyone is talking about ..and EVERYONE is talking about gas prices. 

Republicans - Your Rhetoric & Hype is dishonest & embarrassing

Jon Stuart playing a clip of Republican Trent Franks of Arizona  saying in 2008 that if Obama were elected, no doubt we'd have a socialist economy and that it would be impossible to stop this.  Stuart commented that the only thing Obama did that was kind of socialist was to redistribute wealth in the form of tax payer dollars going to the banks...a kind of dyslexic socialism.  We were warned!   Then a clip of Rep. Steve King of Iowa, who warned in 2008 that if radical islamists would be "dancing in the streets."   Stuart commented that the only dancing was dancing to get out of the way of drone attack hellfire missiles.  Then for the trifecta, in 2008 we were warned that if Obama were elected, nothing you could do to defend yourself because the "dictator," Obama, would have thought out a plan, as John McCain's clip pointed out as he spoke to the NRA, that the rights of law abiding gun owners would be at risk.  Turns out the only legislation dealing with 2nd amendment rights Obama has signed actually permitted gun owners more freedom to carry concealed weapons into national parks and Amtrack trains.   Newt Gingrich in 2008 said an Obama presidency would "eliminate freedom of speech for Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity."  

We are hearing the same rhetoric.  He's been in office for four years and we are not socialist, we have not had gun rights taken away, and the terrorists have not been embolden by anything more than the war in Iraq, which he got us out of.   And last I saw, Limbaugh still had a chance to run his half truths and out and out lies to his zombie followers without impedance.
Here is some of the blatantly ridiculous rhetoric spewed as of late.
Newt Gingrich -Feb 12th..."The morning after he is reelected, he will wage war on the Catholic church."
Dec 22  2011 Mitt says if Obama is elected "you will not be able to get a job."

Dec 28th 2011 Trent Franks "We will step into this night of European Socialism."

Feb 6th Rich Santorum -"America will not be the land that believes in free people and free enterprise."

Nov 12 Mitt Romney -"If we re-elect Barack Obama Iran will have a nuclear weapon."

Michelle Bachman -"There is no future, there is no hope"
 You've lost your damn mind.

The President of the NRA , Wayne Lapierre  told his followers that the Obama strategy, a" massive Obama conspiracy"  as he said, his 2nd term strategy which was "crystal clear, to deceive voters and hide his true intentions to destroy the second amendment," which as Stuart says was preposterous as if the whole first term was just to "set the trap."

It's too much and this rhetoric machine needs to be laughed at.  Without serious, factual, intellectual debate, we can't solve our problems.  Even with those things I guess we aren't sure it's possible, but lets be honest, if these wild accusations and falsehoods were bandied about in an elementary school atmosphere instead of the national media, the Republicans parents would be called after a long sit down in the Vice Principals office.   It's just crazy talk, and though the dems have their faults, does anyone see quite the same disconnect from reality from them ?

Demand more! ..demand common sense from our politicians.  Tell your friends ...even if you think that Obama has not been that effective of a President, even if you think his leadership has failed, that the way to show him the door should be more about merit or lack thereof, which can be documented with civility, and not THIS kind of egregious and delirious ..and if I were republican I would add embarrassing diatribe. 

Please share this on FB, email, and twitter ..and the other ideals of common sense may someday prevail.

A Call for Common Sense in Presidential Race -A Rant

It's just the audacity of some... like Newt ...that's a good example ... who have the audacity to think that even though their skeletons are going to get exposed, they have enough narcissism to believe they should not only run for president, but dupe thousands upon thousands of contributors  into  giving up the money it takes in an act that I can only deem as fraudulent, and though not currently, should be prosecutable, and to also dupe hundreds of thousands of voters and volunteers into wasting their time and energy and votes on what should never have been considered for any reason whatsoever.  Newt isn't the only one.  It defies common sense, and the common sense middle of us demand more accountability from politicians and their actions.  Not democrat or republican?  The common sense middle will someday organize, and should rebuff attempts at either party to claim them (us).   Jon Stuart missed a good chance to unite the middle, and we most hope that the disbelief we have in our system that comes across as apathy can be overcome and find a leader....one without the audacity to defraud believers. Obama wasn't afraid to acknowledge the outrageous self confidence it takes to step up ...let someone do it and soon ...this is important. It can be done with integrity and character and a sense of humor.    Shine a light on what they audacious ones wish to hide in the shadows, and start a path (as George Carlin used to say ..."you have to hold down the grass at first") . 

If you, who are reading this, are not the leader ...then here is what to do.  Tell your friends that you are neither Republican nor Democrat.  Tell them you are in the middle, and proudly independent, until another term for it becomes existent.  Tell your friends to to join you to rebuff the prevailing Us vs, Them mentality that contradicts common sense and the human decency to find compromise for the greater good.  The very first step is no longer remaining silent.  It's time for a third party to rise in America ...lets call it the Common Sense Party.

Gingrich and the History Lesson from Brokaw and NBC

Let us speak of Gingrich, of hypocrisy, of the unmitigated gall of a man who thinks he should be president after his marriages overlap while prosecuting Clinton for infidelity, and who proclaims his integrity in the hope that, as this Tom Brokaw NBC News History Lesson from the Mitt Romney Campaign proves, he has little or none. We may still not know who exactly is the right man to lead the country as much as we are SURE it is not Newt Gingrich after his ethical violations when he was Speaker of The House.

Obama's common sense

Obama now says its time to realize that the divide in our country isn't Republican, Democrat, 1% nor 99%ers, its AMERICAN.

"This is a make-or-break moment for the middle class and all those who are fighting to get into the middle class," Obama said. "At stake is whether this will be a country where working people can earn enough to raise a family, build a modest savings, own a home and secure their retirement."

His speech at OSAWATOMIE, KANSAS of all places, where he paid homage to Teddy Roosevelt, in a small town gym, seemed ready to right the ship and point us in the right direction . . . and portray anyone who doesn't see it that way as clearly on the wrong side of history that could be made and needs to be made.

The republicans are missing a chance to compete...but that comes up in another post another time.