Well, ABC is one of the propaganda arms, anyway. When it comes to Health Care, ABC's Charlie (look down-my-nose-at-Sarah-Palin) Gibbs and Diane Sawyer will be asking "tough questions" of President Obama, in the White House about the President's health care plan. Every once in a while I pine for the Fairness Doctrine. Maybe then, the MSM would find some balance. Never mind. It would be worse. At least there's alternative media.
Is there a simple solution to our complex economic problems? I don't know, but I see parallels to the complexity of the human body and the United States economy:
The impulse is to say Soto-my-er. But that wouldn't be correct. The proper pronunciation is Soto-may-YOUR and with a opening of the mouth to get the proper fullness and roll of the tongue.
I've been thinking about the root cause of this bail-out mess and the changes in our American culture. My column at AIP today sums up my thinking about things:
So the Supreme Court of California upheld a law thus reinforcing the will of the people and that's noteworthy only because the court has made such a consistent practice of making laws rather than interpreting them. There will be lawsuits. There will be outrage.
The biggest generation is about to be the biggest retired generation. Do you think a generation nicknamed the "Me Generation" will suddenly become the generous generation? No.
You know that impossible task, border control, is so incredibly daunting and shameful and racist and discriminatory and all..., but if America is swept with Swine Flu and thousands die, will our politically correct porous border still be morally defensible? From a "First, Do No Harm" perspective America's current border policy seems, well, harmful.