Lies, damned lies and the McBush ... excuse me, McCain campaign

I don't know about any of you but I'm sick and tired of the mainstream media assuming I'm a complete moron who can't remember the past and will swallow without question whatever fiction they decide to create in order to smear Obama and make McCain look good.

I'm tired of being fed blatant propaganda under the guise of "news". I'm tired of being lied to by politicians who think they can do whatever they want, follow whatever hidden agenda drives them, as long as they wrap themselves in the flag and sound all patriotic.

I get so angry when I see McCain's campaign ads, they get right all over my last nerve. The one touting his military service is laughable considering his recent screwup on the facts of the surge in Iraq (which CBS, translation 'See B.S.' kindly edited out to make McCain look better). Seriously, check it out, actual videos are up on YouTube. Nobody is questioning McCain's military record, but my questions is: McCain served in an unjust war in Viet Nam conducted only for political and financial gain, so how does that justify him forcing a new generation to do the same in Iraq? If McCain had truly learned anything from his experience, he would be working to stop this trumped-up war, not keep it running with no end in sight.

Another McCain campaign ad that really pisses me off is the one that advocates drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. This ad claims Obama is directly responsible for the high gas prices we now have. What a blatant and outright lie on the part of the McCain camp, but none of the mainstream media is willing to call him on it. That ad claims we need to "end our dependence on foreign oil", which is only partly correct. What we need is to end our dependence on oil, period. Obama is the only candidate who will work toward developing alternative and renewable energy sources. McBush/McCain will only keep funneling money into the pockets of the oil companies and Bush's cronies while he continues the failed policies that have landed us in the mess we're in today.

It occurs to me that for a technologically advanced 21st century nation, we're far too reliant on 19th century technology. Internal combustion has seen its day, now we need to move on and develop new forms of energy that will carry our world ahead without damaging our own future with pollution. If you haven't watched "Who Killed the Electric Car?" yet I suggest you do so at your earliest opportunity. This documentary proves that we have the technology to make a tremendous dent in the oil hunger of this nation TODAY - we're not looking for a technological breakthrough, we had the necessary technology back in about 2004 but the auto companies and the oil companies conspired to take it away from us, to make sure we had no alternative but to continue burning fossil fuels and spewing hydrocarbons into our environment. For a great double-feature, follow that film with "An Inconvenient Truth". It'll really make your blood boil to consider how the greedy and short-sighted actions of a few extremely rich men who just want to get richer have the potential to doom the entire planet.

The mainstream media's love affair with McCain would be enough to drive lesser candidates to negative campaigning, but I'm proud to say that Obama hasn't stooped to McCain's level. McCain's puppet masters, the Republican National Committee, are operating from their standard playbook which says to simultaneously slander and pander. Slander in the form of the outright lies being aired in campaign ads, and pander to the media by cozying up to their decision-makers (like the barbecue McCain held for about a hundred of his closest friends from the press corps). Then get those friends to join in the slander the way Fox has since practically day one, with nasty insinuations about Obama having terrorist ties (terrorist fist jab, my ass!) and simple cattiness like referring to Michelle Obama as "Obama's baby mama" and pretending to confuse Obama's name with Osama bin Laden. The mainstream media must really think we're idiots if they believe we're going to fall for that sort of garbage, or they think that has a chance of influencing our votes.

The mainstream media is engaged in a campaign of mass distraction. Remember the song "Dirty Laundry" from back in the late 1980's? It's just like that. "We can do the innuendo, we can dance and sing, and when it's said and done we haven't told you a thing." That's exactly it, mainstream news broadcasts today consist of innuendo, slander, sensationalism and outright lies, with no time left over for factual, informative news.

Wow, looks like I came back with a vengeance! Yes, this is my first substantial post in about eight weeks. My summer session ended yesterday (YAY! I made it through! 12 credits closer to my degree!) and it feels good to sharpen my claws on the scratching post of politics once again.
Now I'm back to rabblerousing and agitating, I've missed it so.

Peace,
AuntieM