Posts Tagged ‘Barack Obama’

Congressman Kagen has made national news again…

“Despite President Barack Obama’s deadline, both the House and Senate failed to pass Obama’s health care plan before they adjourned for the month of August. Now Senators and Representatives are returning home to participate in one of America’s greatest democratic traditions: the townhall.

The events afford citizens the rare opportunity to share their opinions directly with their elected officials. Considering the unprecedented scope of power that President Obama wants to exercise over our nation’s health sector (a sector that is one-sixth of our entire economy and larger than the United Kingdom), we’re sure Americans will have plenty to say.

Rep. Kagen got a cool welcome from his fellow cheeseheads in Wisconsin last night.” Source: Townhall Downfall: Rep. Steve Kagen (D-WI) » The Foundry

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It’s OK. Don’t fret. The alternative universe that the MSM is trying to create with the news is not working. The historic changes that are occurring in the news delivery business will take time to mature into accepted methods of gathering information, but it is happening. We, as consumers of news, instinctively understand that what we see as news from the old traditional places is not reality, but some alternative framework that can only be described as propaganda. Chris Matthews from the cable show Hardball was honest with his viewers when he said he saw his role as helping the Obama administration to succeed. I believe him.
It’s OK though. We the people, the vast majority who live their lives, know right from wrong, and understand when something doesn’t sound right, are moving to the internet, to find out for ourselves what is really going on out there.
It will take time for all of us to have confidence that this is the case. We get frustrated when we see 500,000 job losses described as “better than expected”, but a year or so ago 18,000 jobs gained as “bleak”. We get it. Even those who voted for Obama get it. Right now they are just looking the other way, giving their guy the benefit of the doubt for a while. But ultimately this MSM house of cards will fall and go away. It is already happening. The NYTimes Co., Gannett Co., and the Tribune Co., are all on the verge of bankruptcy. They have failed to provide the product that people want and they will die. Good riddance.
The internet will take its place with original reporting as time goes on, and we the people, acting as the marketplace of news consumers will decide who is doing good work and who is doing propoganda.
So relax, stay focused, keep actively questioning the status quo, and we will see the MSM go away, and a better product surface in its place. Hey, its the American Way.