tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10249940.post6553913769115341952..comments2024-03-26T20:24:43.919-05:00Comments on Papamoka Straight Talk: Those Silly Republicans and their Democratic DebtPapamokahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611162290397820224noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10249940.post-23832276698996355042009-07-10T09:24:00.558-05:002009-07-10T09:24:00.558-05:00I completely understand your position Moanin Momma...I completely understand your position Moanin Momma. My own family interacts with me the same way. To be honest, after years of getting nowhere, I've given up. I love them, but I don't bother trying to correct what I consider to be their 'political confusion.'<br /><br />What confuses me is the way they see FOX "News" as such a valid news source - along with AM talk radio. They dismiss dozens of legitimate sources and cling to spurious sources. My only conclusion has been that's who they WANT TO BELIEVE. It's almost like they're pre-programmed, or programmed (brainwashed). Facts no longer seem to have any effect. The way they embrace their "news" actually scares me.<br /><br />I must admit that I'm worried about what I see as the brainwashing of a large segment of our nation. I've given up on trying to make legitimate arguments to many of their flock. That's one of the reasons why I write my blog, hoping that if I do enough homework and show my work, I might just be able to influence somebody - even them. Perhaps even some from my own family.<br /><br />I guess there's always hope. In the meantime, let's be there for each other. :) MichaelMichael Bohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17802461239955936784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10249940.post-9681658700852542452009-07-09T17:15:28.083-05:002009-07-09T17:15:28.083-05:00It just makes you want to throw up!
Seriously, yo...It just makes you want to throw up!<br /><br />Seriously, you talk about Fox News brainwashing people. I can attest to the truthfulness of this as my own son has been completely brainwashed by its propaganda. Fox News is his only source of news, and there is no reasoning with him on any issue.<br /><br />We love each other, so we have to steer clear of any discussion of such issues. Any time I try to reason with him he says I am the one who has been brainwashed by the New York Times and CNN, which I consider legitmate news sources.<br /><br />Fox News has taught its minions not to trust any news source but itself, while they keep using these poor people to further their ideological agenda.<br /><br />My son is intelligent, but he has a naivete and innocence about him that, while touching my heart, makes him susceptible to such propaganda.<br /><br />All along I have asked him only this: please get your news and opinion from other news sources as well. But, in almost every conversation we have, he quotes someone on Fox News. Recently, he told me that Gleen Beck is his new hero. When I recoiled, he asked me if I had ever listened to Beck. I told him I am just as aware of Beck’s reporting as he is. He then said I am getting “crap about Beck from the far left.” No, I told him, I am reading transcripts of his words. How could he argue with the man’s own words?<br /><br />All my family and close friends are Republican and thought George W. Bush was the greatest president ever. So, I empathize and sympathize with you, Mr. Boh. But, I have had to put my love for them above my political persuasions and keep my mouth shut most of the time.<br /><br />The Republican Party has nothing to offer the American people and cannot rely on its own merits, so it has to lie and distort and attack and, above all, appeal to the ignorant or innocent among our citizenry.<br /><br />Fox News and its viewers likes to tout its ratings. I told my son that its numbers consist of the far right while everyone else in the country gets its news from ALL other sources – a distribution of the ratings.<br /><br />I prefer honesty. The truth always surfaces, sooner or later, and I want to stand in the line that tells the truth.Moanin' Mommanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10249940.post-34529636576253592462009-07-09T14:34:23.308-05:002009-07-09T14:34:23.308-05:00Now comes the increase in violence in Iraq, and mo...Now comes the increase in violence in Iraq, and most assuredly Mary Matalin (who always looks like she just passed gas) will be joined by Ann Coulter (who starred in the movie "Night of the Living Dead") and the usual group of sexual deviants and rich people who don't want to pay any taxes at all. Barack knew this was not going to be easy and, besides, he has 100 million Hobbits willing to turn off every TV in America tuned in to Faux News. Pass it on.Frodo, switchin' channels everywherenoreply@blogger.com