[Winter wind]

Quote by: techno You have a right to your opinon also. so I will not deny you your upside down, back to front, perception of things. But why sit on a hard boiled egg when we can hatch a new one that is fresh?

Wait, who are you supporting?

Quote by: century Yeh.. it is that too, but once upon a time.. long ago.. the "news" used to be handled by reporters that were journalists.. and they did show the real thing. Haven't you seen the old video of the Vietnam War, when that old guy, Dan Rather was right there in the blood-fest..? I have seen old magazine pix of same.. very graphic. Anyway, I agree.. it is all junk food & is produced for ratings.

Boy how the media has changed.

The average length of a sound bite went from 45 seconds in the 1900s to 7 seconds today.

And the lack of judgment seen in news is problematic believe it or not. Hitler, if he was living today, would be able to have a normal interview on Larry King Live and walk off no different then if Brittney Spears was just on.

Quote by: century That's right Windy.. and we cannot get all 50 states in agreement to toss the "Electoral Collage" out.. and use the Democratic 'popular vote'.

I actually think this isn't impossible. With the 2000 elections in such controversy, there might be the popular support for it.

That is why the situation is.. SOS.. different day/year/century. They (the "founders") stacked the deck.. made it quite impossible to amend.. except of course by overthrowing the whole mess.. fat chance.

They've made amendments before. I'm sure the government isn't done yet.

The FCC is also bought & paid for.

It's called the Iron Triangle of politics.

Interest group (Media Cooperation), Oversight committee in the house, and the government agency (FCC).

The interest group pays the house who make the laws that the FCC enforce.

Quote by: techno California state now has a Republican Gov. I will not ask if you live in Cal because you might be under the age of 18. Anyway someone with the name Windy would be perfect for Washington DC with all those hot air politics. ha. Is Windy a boyish name? Not sure.

Ouch. Naw, winter wind is a chopin etude of all things...

Anyway Obama is someone with new ideas, and so is Clinton, where as McCain is not the kind of person to think intellectual like, he sort of thinks in "grunts" and with simplistic short sightedness. Like "we gotta win the war" when he has no idea why.

I respect McCain. He got the McCain Feingold (I know I spelled that wrong) Bill passed which got rid of soft money contributions. He doesn't just stick with his party, and he's been a senator since the dawn of time.