THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PRIME TIME TV PROGRAMMING FOR TUESDAY WAS REMOVED SO, THE DEMOCRATS, AND REPUBLICANS COULD HAVE A TELEVISED STAGED PARTY UNDER THE GUISE OF, ‘STATE OF THE UNION.’
LUCKILY I HAD A COUPLE OF EPISODES OF, NCIS ON THE DVR.
I MUST ADMIT TO WATCHING NO MORE THAN 10 MINUTES OF THIS EXTRAVAGANZA IN BITS, AND PIECES.
FROM WHAT I DID SEE, IT WAS QUITE TYPICAL. A BLATANT LACK OF RESPECT FOR ONE PARTY BY, THE OTHER. APPLAUSE FOR STATEMENTS MADE, WERE TOO OFTEN ATTENDED TO BY, ONE PARTY WHILE THE OTHER SAT ON SOUR GRAPES.
GROWN MEN, AND WOMEN AS PRIME EXAMPLES TO ALL ON ‘HOW TO NOT COOPERATE.’ LEADERS OF OUR COUNTRY MORE INCLINED TO SHOW OUR CHILDREN A GOOD EXAMPLE OF DISDAIN, AND DISRESPECT.
MITCH MCCONNEL SAID IT BEST, AND WAS TRUTHFUL ABOUT THE MATTER IN 2011. SOMETIMES, SOMEWHERE, ONCE IN AWHILE, BLATANT TRUTHS ARE SPOKEN WITHIN POLITICAL CIRCLES. HE SAID, PARAPHRASING, ‘IT IS NOT POLITICALLY CONVENIENT TO COOPERATE, RIGHT NOW. WE MUST MAKE SURE THIS PRESIDENT DOES NOT SUCCEED.’
THE INDIVIDUAL POLITICAL PARTY OF PRIME IMPORTANCE OVER THE AFFAIRS OF STATE.
THIS WAS A TYPICAL, ‘STATE OF THE UNION’ FULL OF PROMISE (WHAT ELSE IS NEW?) CAMPAIGN PLATFORM. THE USUAL, FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHAT’S ABOUT TO COME, JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
PROMISES RANG OUT AS IF IT WAS AN ELECTION YEAR. THE PROVERBIAL, ‘IT WON’T BE EASY,’ AND THE TYPICAL, ‘IT IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.’ RANG OUT. OH, YES THAT NEVER ENDING CORNER THAT KEEPS ANGLING AT ABOUT, 5°. IT’S THE CORNER THAT SOMEHOW LASTS JUST LONGER THAN A LIFETIME. WE BOOMERS CERTAINLY ARE AWARE OF THAT AS WE CONTINUE AROUND THAT NEVER ENDING CORNER.
STATE OF THE UNION HAS NOT BEEN STATE OF THE UNION FOR MANY YEARS. THE ‘STATE OF THE UNION’ WAS PUT IN TO THE CONSTITUTION TO MAINTAIN A PROPER CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PRESIDENCY, AND CONGRESS. IT WAS NOT MEANT AS A POLITICAL COMMENTARY BUT, RATHER TODAY’S SPREAD SHEET OF FACT TO INSURE CONGRESS, AND THE PRESIDENCY ARE OPERATING FROM THE SAME PAGE. A VEHICLE FOR TODAY’S NUMBERS.
I DIDN’T GET A GLIMPSE OF THE REPLY. THERE WOULDN’T EVEN HAVE TO BE A REPLY IF THEY WERE ALL TALKING ABOUT THE COUNTRY BUT, INSTEAD THEY ARE SPEAKING SELFISHLY, USING POLITICS AS A GRAB FOR POWER.
I CAN TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THE REPLY I DIDN’T EVEN WITNESS. IT WAS DONE WITH THE FINESSE OF A ROCK. IT WAS A DIRECT POLITICAL ATTACK, FILLED WITH PROMISES GIVING A SHARP 90° ANGLE TO THAT CORNER. THEY WANTED YOU TO KNOW, THEY WOULD HANDLE THIS MESS. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY HAVE MET UP WITH POLITICAL IMPEDANCE DIRECTLY FROM THE OPPOSING PARTY. OH GREAT. SAYS A LOT FOR THEIR COLLECTIVE STRENGTH….
THESE SICKENING PEOPLE ARE DRUNKEN WITH POLITICS. SO MUCH SO, THEY COULD LEAD A HORSE FROM DRINKING WATER.
AND, BECAUSE OF THESE FOOLS, MY WIFE LOST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, LAST NIGHT. SHE HAD TO MISS RERUNS OF GLEE, AND IN THE MIDDLE.
Tags: CONgress, Politics, State Of The Union, Television, TV News, U.S. Politics, U.S. President
Radio was king of electronic media at one time. It was a time before my time when, there was no TV. Journalism was good and, the discernment of journalism from sleaze was as clear as the difference between CBS’ Edward R. Murrow, and Walter Winchell. Winchell, the obvious sleaze.
TV was brought to the picture with, Murrow being an early anchor for CBS, and creating a stamp for the future. Murrow was all about news, and information. Rumor, innuendo, and fiction was not a good fit for Murrow. Any commentary he had to offer was clearly defined for all to know, and separated from the reporting of fact. His commentaries were well known as a basis for other CBS programming.
Winchell, on the other hand would ruin lives, and careers using rumor, and innuendo to be checked later. If wrong, it would be too late as, the damage would have been done. Winchell would move on.
Look what we have come to. From then, til now we have evolved to a politically manipulated media.
Murrow has been gone for a long time, and I fear that style of journalism will never return. I actually enjoyed watching the world’s events on TV when I was five years old. He was brilliant, using a descriptive vocabulary that brought a picture to radio, and ‘HD’ to TV before there was high definition technology. Murrow was like no other except maybe, Vin Scully putting voice to a picture of a Dodger baseball game on the radio.
Here we are in 2012, and we’ve gone backward to the low end. It’s all political, and otherwise sleaze.
Today’s modern day teacher is like a sly fox with a very clear agenda. The Grandmaster, and modern day Chief purveyor of poop is, Rupert Murdoch. A modern day pioneer of rumor, innuendo, fiction, and politically motivated journalism will die a rich man but also, a sleaze bucket. I would be remiss for not giving him credit for guiding News Corp. as a business.
I’m not even really including the politically driven news on FOX because now, it is an acceptable part of the media. He made no secret of his agenda. We seem to be willing to accept this as news, whether from the ‘right’ or, ‘left.’ Murdoch just happens to be coming from the ‘right,’ and gets a Doctorate for his ‘work.’
Murdoch’s other media, along with FOX manifested stories about people that may, or may not have been true. The truth was not his worry as with Winchell. It didn’t matter if he damaged people’s lives, ruined careers, and reputations. For this, a Doctorate is given as a ‘Purveyor of Poop.’ Murdoch will die with this legacy. Rich, cheap, and a sleaze bucket.
The only time Murdoch’s name could be mentioned in the same breath as Murrow, is to show the sharp contrast between Murrow’s impeccable journalism, and Murdoch’s bottom sleaze.
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