Better than Bill and Glenn. Well, at least more trusted then those two. The second annual TV news trust poll by Public Policy Polling was released on Wednesday. PBS - maybe not Bert and Ernie really - was the most trusted news outlet with 50% of respondents saying they trust it, as opposed to 30 who don't.
(Huffingtonpost.com)
And the most distrusted? Well, just ask Bill and Glenn. That would be O'Reilly and Beck. The poll revealed that 46% of respondents don't trust Fox News. Go figure. The least trusted News Outlet on TV. There are many sites that list the lies that Faux News has told. (SpitefulCritic.com)
The question remains, however. Why does Faux News have the highest Primetime Cable News Ratings? (TVByTheNumbers) That means that more people watch the least trusted, most untruthful Cable News channel.
What does that say about people??
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
The End of the World as We Know It
That could be what is happening. And, technically, it would be about a year early for the Mayans. But with all the crazy things going on in the world right now, it could indeed be a fulfillment of a prophecy of biblical proportions.
What are the indicators of destruction, you may ask? Well, there have been these unexplainable deaths of the beasts of the field, the fowls of heaven; and yea, the fishes of the sea (thousands of birds and fish in Arkansas, hundreds of birds in Sweden, Louisiana and Kentucky and 200 cows in Wisconsin). (Time.com)
And what other things are there??? According to the latest ABC/Washington Post poll, the President's approval rating is up to a robust 54%. (Swampland) That's enough to scare some people.
Then there is this. Sarah Palin does not stand up so well in the polls: About 30 percent give her positive marks, while nearly half - 46 percent - disapprove of her actions. (Swampland)
And what is scarier than that is she says: "I am not going to sit down. I am not going to shut up" (CNN.com)
Hopefully she won't run for president either. Although, online theologian Paul Begley says "we still need seven years of tribulation" on top of all these other signs before the end of the world. We got two more years of President Obama, and with a 54% approval, he might get re-elected... that would put us at six years total...
No tribulation there.
What are the indicators of destruction, you may ask? Well, there have been these unexplainable deaths of the beasts of the field, the fowls of heaven; and yea, the fishes of the sea (thousands of birds and fish in Arkansas, hundreds of birds in Sweden, Louisiana and Kentucky and 200 cows in Wisconsin). (Time.com)
And what other things are there??? According to the latest ABC/Washington Post poll, the President's approval rating is up to a robust 54%. (Swampland) That's enough to scare some people.
Then there is this. Sarah Palin does not stand up so well in the polls: About 30 percent give her positive marks, while nearly half - 46 percent - disapprove of her actions. (Swampland)
And what is scarier than that is she says: "I am not going to sit down. I am not going to shut up" (CNN.com)
Hopefully she won't run for president either. Although, online theologian Paul Begley says "we still need seven years of tribulation" on top of all these other signs before the end of the world. We got two more years of President Obama, and with a 54% approval, he might get re-elected... that would put us at six years total...
No tribulation there.
Monday, January 17, 2011
There's an App for That...
There really is... Apple has an app available today that gives access to hundreds of Martin Luther King, Jr quotes. (Product-Reviews.net)
Some of the good ones about equal rights and basic equality:
A right delayed is a right denied.
One day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed...that all men are created equal.
But, thankfully, there isn't an app for everything. Chuck Colson found Jesus while in prison and is now an "arch-social conservative". Which basically means that he thinks he is allowed to hate people, and Jesus and the Apostles said it was ok. So, Chuck wrote an app, an iHate app. It is called the "Manhattan Declaration App" and it has a document whereby people who oppose same-sex marriage can declare that they would rather go to jail than legitimize homosexuality.
There is a poll on this app and if the user answered what the authors thought was the wrong answer- that is supporting same-sex marriage- it took you to the text of the Declaration, which condemns “immoral sexual partnerships” that will “erode the institution of marriage.” (LezGetReal.com)
Well, Apple pulled the Manhattan Declaration App due to offensive material. And the iHaters are not happy about that. “Apple is telling us that the apps’ content is considered ‘likely to expose a group to harm’ and ‘to be objectionable and potentially harmful to others.' Apple’s statement amounts to the charge that our faith is ‘potentially harmful to others.’”
Makes you wonder if these people ever heard of the bible or Martin Luther King, Jr. Without equality and with hate their faith is harmful.
Thank God there ain't an app for that.
Some of the good ones about equal rights and basic equality:
A right delayed is a right denied.
One day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed...that all men are created equal.
But, thankfully, there isn't an app for everything. Chuck Colson found Jesus while in prison and is now an "arch-social conservative". Which basically means that he thinks he is allowed to hate people, and Jesus and the Apostles said it was ok. So, Chuck wrote an app, an iHate app. It is called the "Manhattan Declaration App" and it has a document whereby people who oppose same-sex marriage can declare that they would rather go to jail than legitimize homosexuality.
There is a poll on this app and if the user answered what the authors thought was the wrong answer- that is supporting same-sex marriage- it took you to the text of the Declaration, which condemns “immoral sexual partnerships” that will “erode the institution of marriage.” (LezGetReal.com)
Well, Apple pulled the Manhattan Declaration App due to offensive material. And the iHaters are not happy about that. “Apple is telling us that the apps’ content is considered ‘likely to expose a group to harm’ and ‘to be objectionable and potentially harmful to others.' Apple’s statement amounts to the charge that our faith is ‘potentially harmful to others.’”
Makes you wonder if these people ever heard of the bible or Martin Luther King, Jr. Without equality and with hate their faith is harmful.
Thank God there ain't an app for that.
Friday, January 14, 2011
The Devil Made Me Do It
Yes, it is really Satan. Not any of the idiotic things that a certain Vice-Presidential candidate may have said or done. (Here's a list of 10 - Huffingtonpost.com). Nor could it possibly be the mindless, baseless and irrational... oh wait... Nahh... it is SATAN.
At least according to American Family Association radio host Bryan Fischer. Joe.My.God He said on his radio show that for poor Sarah Palin: "The hatred directed at her is mindless, it is baseless, it is utterly irrational, and it is disturbing to an alarming degree." But, obviously the hate she directs other places isn't? "When we look into the face of the unvarnished and seething meanness ... We are looking into the face of Satan himself." RightWingWatch.org
So, it is Satan that makes people mean to Sarah. But, what definition of mean? Fischer goes on to cite the "malicious invective". Ms. Palin has strewn some of those type of invectives too. Does that make her Satan?
No, of course not. She is in the heavenly place. And the hate-speech towards her is just the “spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.”
Really?
At least according to American Family Association radio host Bryan Fischer. Joe.My.God He said on his radio show that for poor Sarah Palin: "The hatred directed at her is mindless, it is baseless, it is utterly irrational, and it is disturbing to an alarming degree." But, obviously the hate she directs other places isn't? "When we look into the face of the unvarnished and seething meanness ... We are looking into the face of Satan himself." RightWingWatch.org
So, it is Satan that makes people mean to Sarah. But, what definition of mean? Fischer goes on to cite the "malicious invective". Ms. Palin has strewn some of those type of invectives too. Does that make her Satan?
No, of course not. She is in the heavenly place. And the hate-speech towards her is just the “spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.”
Really?
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Me Thinks Thou Dost Protest Too Much
The Blogs are all a-gog today over Sarah Palin's 7 minute 43 second protest about being blamed for the shootings in Arizona over the weekend. There is so much to say about this, and has been said already, by many.
But, first... couldn't Ms. Palin have just said "You, know I am sorry that my graphics back in 2010 were mis-construed as meaning that these people needed to be shot. That was certainly not my intention and I apologize if that is how that was taken." But, no... Ms. Palin has not said anything like that at all. And as Amy Sullivan points out on Time.com's Swampland, Ms. Palin thinks that others are inciting hatred and violence:
Blood Libel. Interesting choice of words. As defined in WikiPedia.org, it is that " Jews murder children to use their blood in certain aspects of their religious rituals and holidays." Not sure exactly how Ms. Palin thinks that accusing her of inciting the Arizona shootings is just like using children's blood for religious rituals.
And she is being dragged over the coals for the use of the term.
But in all fairness, and so like Ms. Palin anyway, she stole it from somebody. "The term was initially used in the context of the Arizona shootings by conservative pundit Glenn Reynolds, who in a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed Monday characterized efforts to link the attacks to rhetoric on the right as a “blood libel.”" CNN.com
So, let's not give too much credit to Ms. Palin. Heck we've already given her too much ink. And definitely come November of 2012, let's not give her any votes.
But, first... couldn't Ms. Palin have just said "You, know I am sorry that my graphics back in 2010 were mis-construed as meaning that these people needed to be shot. That was certainly not my intention and I apologize if that is how that was taken." But, no... Ms. Palin has not said anything like that at all. And as Amy Sullivan points out on Time.com's Swampland, Ms. Palin thinks that others are inciting hatred and violence:
- Palin's words are obviously just words and could never ever influence anyone's actions. But the words of her critics are irresponsibly provocative and have the power "to incite hatred and violence"? Time.com
Blood Libel. Interesting choice of words. As defined in WikiPedia.org, it is that " Jews murder children to use their blood in certain aspects of their religious rituals and holidays." Not sure exactly how Ms. Palin thinks that accusing her of inciting the Arizona shootings is just like using children's blood for religious rituals.
And she is being dragged over the coals for the use of the term.
But in all fairness, and so like Ms. Palin anyway, she stole it from somebody. "The term was initially used in the context of the Arizona shootings by conservative pundit Glenn Reynolds, who in a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed Monday characterized efforts to link the attacks to rhetoric on the right as a “blood libel.”" CNN.com
So, let's not give too much credit to Ms. Palin. Heck we've already given her too much ink. And definitely come November of 2012, let's not give her any votes.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
As Seen on TV
Again, the "reality TV" mentality of our country rears its ugly head. No, this will not be a mention of "Palin's" one season Alaska show, or other one season shows that won't make it back on TLC. No, this is just an amazing reflection of the people in this country.
The HuffingtonPost.com Headline: "Sales in Glock Pistols Up After Arizona Shootings". Yep, just a few days after 6 die in Arizona, the public has chosen its weapon, the one "popular with police, sport shooters and gangsters." Just what every household in Greater Phoenix needs. HuffingtonPost.com
Just goes to show... there really is no such thing as bad publicity. Then what the hell are the right-wingers all up in arms about. Even if this was there fault, just think of the ratings it's going to bring in.
The HuffingtonPost.com Headline: "Sales in Glock Pistols Up After Arizona Shootings". Yep, just a few days after 6 die in Arizona, the public has chosen its weapon, the one "popular with police, sport shooters and gangsters." Just what every household in Greater Phoenix needs. HuffingtonPost.com
Just goes to show... there really is no such thing as bad publicity. Then what the hell are the right-wingers all up in arms about. Even if this was there fault, just think of the ratings it's going to bring in.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Who is to Blame?
We were all shocked to hear on Saturday about the mindless killing of 6 and the wounding of several others in Tucson. At first there was shock and then there was the typical mudslinging. The political "vitriol" being blamed for the shots fired. Vitriol itself is defined as sulfuric acid, which in the aftermath of Saturday seems sadly appropriate.
But, is it only the acidic politics that caused this situation? Is it Sharron Angle and her "Second Amendment Remedies"? Or Sarah Palin and her "crosshairs" map, relock and reload? Or is it more? Maybe it is just the rampant violence and hate that flows so easily through this country. Sarah killing caribou on her 'reality' show, not to feed her family, but because of the ratings and excitement it causes.
There is also signs at National Organization of Marriage rallies that say "Kill the Gays." There is a Facebook page called "Kill Obama". The top rated video game is "Call of Duty: Black Ops" and is rated M for mature for Blood and Gore, Intense Violence. And that is a game!
Maybe it is time to dial back all the violence. Perhaps guns ought to go back into the hunting cabinet and not be taken to the grocery store. Maybe politics ought to talk more about what is best for the country and less about how to 'target' or 'kill' legislation or legislators.
Who is to blame?
But, is it only the acidic politics that caused this situation? Is it Sharron Angle and her "Second Amendment Remedies"? Or Sarah Palin and her "crosshairs" map, relock and reload? Or is it more? Maybe it is just the rampant violence and hate that flows so easily through this country. Sarah killing caribou on her 'reality' show, not to feed her family, but because of the ratings and excitement it causes.
There is also signs at National Organization of Marriage rallies that say "Kill the Gays." There is a Facebook page called "Kill Obama". The top rated video game is "Call of Duty: Black Ops" and is rated M for mature for Blood and Gore, Intense Violence. And that is a game!
Maybe it is time to dial back all the violence. Perhaps guns ought to go back into the hunting cabinet and not be taken to the grocery store. Maybe politics ought to talk more about what is best for the country and less about how to 'target' or 'kill' legislation or legislators.
Who is to blame?
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