Journalists are a unique breed. It is often said that it takes one to know one. And since Ralph Peters is one, he certainly is qualified to describe them. You can read his well-written scathing indictment on journalists here.
Bloomberg is reporting the dismal numbers from corporate giant General Electric. These are the fine people that used to say they made" good things for life". With competition unlike ever before seen, GE has known to be in trouble for some time now. This is precisely why they are hitting this "global warming" issue so hard, they stand to make a lot of money if the GW cultists get their ways. If not, their future looks very bleak.
A local radio talk show host has some interesting thoughts about poverty. In fact, he goes as far as saying there is no such thing as poverty, here in America. Read and consider what he says, when you get a moment.
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Good read, indeed. An individual cannot help the conditions into which he or she is born, but they are undeniably accountable for where they finally end up. There is no lack of opportunity for people in this country: we are a wealthy nation, in that regard. Remaining in poverty is a personal decision (or a series of poor choices), and only liberal morons think that the poor are victims of the greater society. How pathetic is that?
//How pathetic is that?//
As racism is big business to the civil rights industry, so is poverty big business to the class warfare liberal elite.
To answer your question: Pretty damned pathetic.
From the Peters article:
The change began in Vietnam, when ambitious young men (and some women) looking for kicks after college went slumming amid the carnage. Some had big talents; all had big egos.
That's when journalists began casting themselves as the heroes of their stories, as the courageous fighters for truth, as the saviors of the nation and all humanity.
No doubt. I want to throw up when I see all the tears over some journalist injured while riding shotgun to real heros. Then I feel the urge to yack again when we are fed the obligatory news piece on how the journalist is bravely handling the recovery. Then I need to hurl once more when that journalist is given some high award for their "sacrifice."
I live next door to a hero. His brother came home in a coffin last year. I've never seen him mope. I see him running around in his brother's uniform. Now he's got his own uniform - he's in the Navy and shipping out soon to serve his country. That guy and his family. Real heros.
Greg, the current media's position in patrician society can be traced to both Vietnam and Watergate. Those are the standards that have been set and they are precisely what we have seen in the War On Terror and the Bush Presidency.
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