To George, who asked on his blog "So, now, what do I do with it? "I say: Pick up the mantle established by those who've fought the fight. Speak your mind. Call "bullshit" on the mighty. Don't let those who hide under the now non-existent cloak of fairness, of in-depth fact gathering, of unbiased, non-responsive blather where those wise enough to disagree are publicly humiliated, attacked and belittled by big, tough guys hiding behind barrels of ink get away with it.
Never, EVER allow the judgment of those with a nonsensical agenda where they, somehow, are magically imbued with knowledge or vision they believe to be oh, so, superior to our own push you around. When scum like the Columbian attempt to ram their agenda's down OUR throats... when, for example, they would task US with paying for THEIR vision at the rate of $1300 or more per year, a fee THEY will not have to pay; stand up to them. Call them the lying, thieving scum they are. DEMAND that they do the RIGHT thing, EVERY time.... and not just when, as is so often the case, it's convenient for the asshats running their show.
Speak truth to power.
When our Congressman lies, like he did about fake death threats, call his cowardly ass out. When the president lies or ignores another in the series of his campaign promises, long forgotten but rarely mentioned as he shatters them so effortlessly; as he haslied about issue after issue while this disgrace of a newspaper remains silent (after all, they endorsed that dillwad, and they're no more capable of admitting they were wrong then they are of using common sense.) point out his lies.
When government abuses us (A thousand dollar permit fee for a $4500 car port? Really?) then call them out on it.
Be fearless. Be correct. Make your mistakes loudly. And never, ever be afraid.
When Laird is printed, nail that fringe-left moron. When Brancaccio snivels about "civility" and then ignores his same standard or allows his own staff to ignore it, nail him for his rank hypocrisy. When the local rag lies, as they have so many times in the past, in an effort to buttress their agenda at our expense, then blast them for the intellectual cowards they are.
If the local rag was fair; if they were not complete leftists, if they didn't engage in rank hypocrisy and double standard in everything from their editorials to their endorsements... if they did their fricking jobs... then our blogs wouldn't be necessary.
If they didn't use their positions of privilege to help those they favor, as they have spent so much time, effort and energy to rehab Brian Baird's image, or attack those they disagreed with as if somehow only THEIR vision was worthy or of merit, then, well, these blogs wouldn't be necessary.
Be better than those who would silence the opposition.
To George, who asked on his blog "So, now, what do I do with it? "I say: Pick up the mantle established by those who've fought the fight. Speak your mind. Call "bullshit" on the mighty. Don't let those who hide under the now non-existent cloak of fairness, of in-depth fact gathering, of unbiased, non-responsive blather where those wise enough to disagree are publicly humiliated, attacked and belittled by big, tough guys hiding behind barrels of ink get away with it.
ReplyDeleteNever, EVER allow the judgment of those with a nonsensical agenda where they, somehow, are magically imbued with knowledge or vision they believe to be oh, so, superior to our own push you around. When scum like the Columbian attempt to ram their agenda's down OUR throats... when, for example, they would task US with paying for THEIR vision at the rate of $1300 or more per year, a fee THEY will not have to pay; stand up to them. Call them the lying, thieving scum they are. DEMAND that they do the RIGHT thing, EVERY time.... and not just when, as is so often the case, it's convenient for the asshats running their show.
Speak truth to power.
When our Congressman lies, like he did about fake death threats, call his cowardly ass out. When the president lies or ignores another in the series of his campaign promises, long forgotten but rarely mentioned as he shatters them so effortlessly; as he haslied about issue after issue while this disgrace of a newspaper remains silent (after all, they endorsed that dillwad, and they're no more capable of admitting they were wrong then they are of using common sense.) point out his lies.
When government abuses us (A thousand dollar permit fee for a $4500 car port? Really?) then call them out on it.
Be fearless. Be correct. Make your mistakes loudly. And never, ever be afraid.
When Laird is printed, nail that fringe-left moron. When Brancaccio snivels about "civility" and then ignores his same standard or allows his own staff to ignore it, nail him for his rank hypocrisy. When the local rag lies, as they have so many times in the past, in an effort to buttress their agenda at our expense, then blast them for the intellectual cowards they are.
If the local rag was fair; if they were not complete leftists, if they didn't engage in rank hypocrisy and double standard in everything from their editorials to their endorsements... if they did their fricking jobs... then our blogs wouldn't be necessary.
If they didn't use their positions of privilege to help those they favor, as they have spent so much time, effort and energy to rehab Brian Baird's image, or attack those they disagreed with as if somehow only THEIR vision was worthy or of merit, then, well, these blogs wouldn't be necessary.
Be better than those who would silence the opposition.
And that will be a pretty good start.