October 2006 Archives

Is it just me, or is mediocrity becoming the norm? Is this the planet to be on? Last night while watching TV I experienced a “twilight zone� moment spread over the period of an hour. There are maybe at most a dozen shows I might watch on a permanent basis. I spend the rest of the time with my finger firmly pressed on the remote and indulge in high-speed channel surfing in hopes of finding something even remotely interesting. On this occasion I was rewarded with three separate incidents that would have made Rod Serling blush.

At the moment it’s important to me to attempt to communicate with other viewpoints. I recently read another blog in which the blogger didn’t understand how anyone could support the troops when they don’t support the war, believing it greatly undermined the soldiers. It is that post I am responding to, not in order to make right or wrong, but to create some understanding.

What’s really important to me is to expose the phony “perception of democrats� created by the Right Wing propaganda machine, backed by lies, disinformation and distortion. How strange it is that every time a Democrat emotes, gets passionate or animated it is perceived on the right as melting down, going ballistic, losing it, or going bonkers. Republicans seem to believe Democrats must remain lifeless and listless while putting up with the constant harassment, bashing and despicable lies thrown at them. The only time I recall these people cheering such behavior from a Democrat was when Zell Miller DID go absolutely ballistic at the Republican National Convention and attacked his own party. It appears that as long as the anger is directed AT the Democratic party instead of FROM it, everything is fine in their myopic little world.