The Scourge of Media in the United States

If I hear one more “Screaming Mimi” yell at me from that box how grateful I should be to be an American I am likely to commit a terrorist act. Otherwise I am a law-abiding Christian citizen. It is funny how such a box can provoke such a violent reaction. Isn’t this what Extreme Muslims have been yelling about the last 8 years, hypocrisy and provocation? When exactly did television journalism become immune from the Checks and Balances that once governed their profession? I guess these guidelines like all the others have been whisked by the wayside. Especially now with the “changing of the guard” coming and the eminent “lame duck” period of the United States Presidency, they think no one is paying attention. Who could not realize that media coverage of the presidential campaign has become nothing more than a juvenile, “He said, she said” yelling match with no apparent accountability. Under a moment of reflection that is understandable. The governmental regulations that once prevented these occurrences: lack of credibility in the media, responsibility on Wall Street, honesty in defense contracting, and the list goes on…. these Checks and Balances systematically have been dismantled like the Federal Office of Noise Abatement under the Environmental Protection agency. The can of worms has been opened for the noise, and it is coming from the television. Can we easily forget for the first time in United States history the Supreme Court Justices have been threatened with violence for not voting the way of the Bush Administration? Attorney General’s were fired from their jobs for attempting to expose and prosecute governmental scandal. The example has been set, and although we would like to believe with the hope of a new figure in the White House these policies have eased, they continue with fervor. It is schizophrenic. Americans would like to believe in the presidential campaign with our anachronistic sentimentality of patriotism, but we can’t. The rotten egg is and has been in the hen house, and the stink will not go away until inauguration day. Victims of the Bush White House are continuing to reap these diseased crops every time we turn on the television. It will take a long time to turn the country around, but let’s hope Barack Obama can do it. It should begin with mass firings. Choosing of a cabinet is something for which to look forward, but how will the “trickle down” fraud and deception be eliminated? This is in our private sector, and with media tycoons at the helm it may prove difficult. The test will be, “Who really is in charge of this country.” I hope Barak Obama can change that.