Tomservo

It's amusing how attracted to nonsense people can be. For some reason, folks of all political interests believe the line that the MEDIA is controlled by liberals, leftists, socialists. I need not remind anyone of Rush Limbaugh's huge contract and prescence in all media (Until fired for his ridiculous comments by ESPN), nor Bill O'Reilly, nor Sean Hannity, even forgetting Ann Coulter. These folks pepper the radio dial, the tv screen, and the bestseller lists. Is this to be denied? Of course not. Toss in convert Dennis Miller if you like, he's rattling the saber as loud as anyone for righties on TV. Fox News isn't arguably right wing, either, the content consists of about 75% Republican talking points, which is no secret to ANYONE. This isn't to deny that the O'Reillys of the world have no genuine interest in the country or individual thoguhts, but they ARE media. RADIO is media. PRINT is media. The Wall Street Journal is media. Hell, the #1 movie in the country is a right-wingers' dream, a hellfire and damnation spectacle of *truly* Biblical proportions directed by a true right-winger! What area of media remains? Music? I doubt liberals or conservatives en masse would claim Britney and 50 Cent.

Please, someone, tell me how radio, print, television, and movies avoid the "media" title.

Additionally, government has grown larger and larger since the Republicans have been in power- House, Senate, Presidency... over 2 Trillion dollars annually! So, if we hate big government and taxes so much, why the hell do we keep electing people who make it bigger? I understand the "talking point" says Democrats tax and spend, but reality says otherwise. Even California's new Governor, a Republican, of coure... pushed for (and got) an additional $15B to help balance the budget.

The one thing everyone agrees on- Americans are generally more moderate. This is why Bill Clinton succeeded- he was a moderate Democrat, not a liberal.