State of the Union Commentary
Jan 23rd, 2007 by Jeremy
This likely is more noticeable when you are on one side of the opinion than the other. It is no secret that I simply don’t like politics. I generally don’t agree with the national media on most opinion, so I hate the bias and general pushing of opinion that we are bombarded with every time there is anything on the media. Even as President Bush is entering the chambers for the State of the Union tonight, the journalist covering the event is rattling off stats about how Bush has lost such and such approval ratings, the problems in Iraq, etc. Just cover things that are happening now, don’t try to shape them with your bias. You will have plenty of time for that after comments are made.
I don’t agree with everything this presidency has done, but let’s cover things with some attempt at unbiased coverage and leave the opinions for the appropriate times. I guess it does give me something to complain about, so there is an upside to everything!
The State of the Union is a lot of posturing for the current presidency anyway - does anything specific ever take place because of what was said at one of these big time speeches? Uh, I’ll answer that, nope. It has been and become more of just of a wish list of where we hear what we want to hear and hope that it is true. I just hope that a portion of what is said can begin to take place. We need a major overhaul in the way our government is running, especially on the way money is spent. We can operate within a budget, even if it will have some short term pain. We can curb the fat and appropriate the available funds into better programs. I hope it can happen someday soon, no matter what party does it.
On another note, how many channels do we need the State of the Union simulcast on? Oops, I hit the channel changer…no worries, it’s on this channel too. Good thing I really don’t watch all that much broadcast TV, so I don’t have any shows to miss. :)
Boy,oh,Boy! You hit the nail on the head, Jeremy.
You said exactly what I have been thinking.
I hate politics, I hate the way the media is…they have more opinions than “Carter has liver pills” as my Grandma used to say!!!
I hate the corruption….
Ok, I have to go lie down…I am tired from ranting ;(
The address just ended, and immediately, I mean immediately after the voice over kicked in talking about how bad the address was and how it showed how bad things are with the President. And it has continued on and on and on. Why do we think that things are so negative right now in the current political atmosphere? There may be problems, but the atmosphere is being dictated by the media right now, and trust me, it is being done consciously and with earnest. Drives me bonkers!
Comcast Channel 224 on HDTV had leaf cutter ants working together building their colony….even after the scientists went in and “ruined” their site as an experiment the ants regrouped within minutes and set up a new path, saved the eggs and replenished their food supply and I didn’t notice one ant commentator make a comment….I wonder if ants are Democrats, Republicans or Independents?