AL JAZEERA AND THE U.S. MARKET!

AL JAZEERA AND THE U.S. MARKET!

(Sui-Lee Wee, Ben Blanchard)

(Aljazeera, CNN Money, USA TODAY)

(Huffington Post, Randy Abbott, Kate Marek)

(Kay Mathiesen, Robert C. Smith, Frazer Chronicle)

 

Censorship has always been considered an evil and problematic act, especially in countries that count themselves as open, free thinking societies. Without exception the United States considers itself as a world leader in an open and thought exchanging society, an innovative people that can deal with the good as well as the bad in its people.

 

I personally feel the same way…..and maybe take my opinion a bit too far when I get to talking about the bad as well as the good in our form of governance. The way I look at things, regarding American’s rights as free people differs dramatically from the far right, and really even the middle positioned of thinkers. I favor some social programs, while opposing others.

 

I favor term limits, redesigning spending on every level of political position in the country, from the president of the United States to the county or city dog catcher. Lobbyists would be an extinct job title as would every special interest group.

 

Transparency would be the order of the day, there would be no need for whistle-blowers, or the murky rules that govern them…..there wouldn’t be any state secrets, county secrets, or city secrets, no need…..everything would be above board, and available to everybody.

 

IT STARTS OUT REAL SLOW AND INNOCENT

I get perturbed when instead of the 7^th inning stretch at a baseball game; U.S. military personal are introduced, lauding their military service, and their bravery in the face of great odds, helping to protect American citizens. There is then the singing of God Bless America.

 

Of course baseball teams, and fans in attendance are able to voice their opinions…..it’s the American way, but I really wish the powers that be, (baseball clubs) would get their act together, with little exception American military personal are soldiering to protect America’s interests, not to protect human rights!

 

There is a censorship in operation here, at professional sports venues across the land; it’s the glorification of war, mayhem, death, human suffering invasion, and occupation. With little exception the U.S. media, printed, television and radio has taken a vacation on this issue.

 

Homeland Security is the biggest political bureaucratic move in possibly the history of the United States, and surely over the past 80 or so years. Whenever anybody wants to talk about the endlessly deepening hole that is being created by the act the patriotic, big burly men with hairy knuckles magically appear to intimidate…..you can’t miss these guys, they’ve got those lapel flags prominently displayed.

 

Censorship in America, in the 21^st century comes in all sizes, and in the form of almost every official that exists in today’s society. Sadly most of the country’s media has embarrassingly accepted the concept, media’s job is to ask why…..and very seldom is that simple question asked.

 

Former President George G. Bush and his administration panhandled their way to all sorts of acts, laws and regulations that liberals said weren’t needed, but Bush and Congress non-the-less got a lion’s share of what they wanted passed.

 

When Barack Obama was voted into office, many on the left, and the middle as well talked about rescinding much of what was conceived to be an overreach of presidential power. Well President Obama is into his second term in office and much remains of the power grab that was the Bush administration.

 

The White House needs the powers of the presidency, as much as possible, and politicians who seek additional powers…..never relinquish the power, many echoed as much, but very few listened. So here we are, through two terms of George W. Bush and the Republicans, and Obama, a Democrat, and his second term, and things are run pretty much the same!

 

AND NOW THERE’S ALJAZEERA

This past January Aljazeera bought a struggling Current T.V. and Time Warner immediately dropped access to its U.S., customers. I was, at the time, peeved by the act, and was pissed when I didn’t get any sort of financial remuneration on my bill…..after all, there was a station I no longer could get, yet my monthly bill remained the same.

 

There was a Michael Moore movie a few years ago that was banned in certain parts of the country, it was political, and a lightening rod his agenda, but to not allow customers access to the movie, and Moore’s opinion is…..well, censorship.

 

You got to give Aljazeera it’s due, they don’t seem to back down, and seem to be in the media news reporting business for the long haul. For any agency or department within the United States government to stand in the way of Aljazeera and its efforts to establish a news source would be an egregious act, and our news outlets should be all over the issue.

 

Aljazeera was silenced in Egypt in the January of 2011, and nary was a word of protest heard from the west, or the Democratized countries of the world. Of course we’re better then Egypt, if you don’t believe me, just ask your favorite state or national politician, they’ll clue you in.

 

Isn’t it time for us to wake up and start protecting what the real hero’s of our nation gave us…..a pretty darned good form of government, one that can be respectful of other opinions, thoughts, no matter how loud or obnoxious they might be.

 

HAVE A NICE DAY!