Re: LeComte (507 Views)
Posted by:
fkach (IP Logged)
Date: January 17, 2007 12:39PM
I really want to refrain from extending any political discussion out of respect for Thorograph. This is a horseracing board and we all know how out of hand this kind of thing can get.
Last point and then I'm gone.
I don't think the press is competent or unbiased either. There are strong agendas on both sides that make it very difficult for the average American to cut through all the BS and get to the truth.
In the lead up to the war I spent much of my time reading non-mainstream news sources and US libertarian web pages. I had an entirely different perspective on the neo-cons, the war, the issues etc... than the average American. Most of what I read eventually turned out to be correct. The mainstream press on both sides was in La La Land and IMO remains there.
This is not meant as an attack against the right just because in this case the war was so badly miscaluclated. It's an attack against what's supposed to be an unbiased watch dog institution that is most cases is actually just another bunch of bought and paid for incompetent corrupt dirtbags.
IMHO we desperately need to return to a more libertarian society despite some of the holes that would leave socially. Whenever this much wealth and power is located within government and it's institutions, you will find an endless supply of corrupt people using those institutions to transfer weath and power to themselves despite the common good and general desires of the people.
I apologize for the rant.
F.kach
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/17/2007 12:47PM by fkach.
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