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When someone starts a sentence with "My mother" I think "Oh boy, here it comes . . . ". It seems our mothers have that special talent for bringing loaded baggage and emotional reaction to most conversations. And so I start with . . .

My mother loves Fox. It is her primary, overwhelming majority, source of "news". From it she comes away with "factual knowledge" which results in her asking questions such as:
"Did you know Obama isn't an American?", "Did you know that Obama is trying to get Death Panels included in his new health policy?", "Do you know that Obama hates Jews." It is impossible to present her with information that is counter to what she saw on Fox. Uggg.

My wife says there is too much stupid to fight in this world. From my point of view Fox is doing all they can to spread stupidity and nurture it with as much bull poop as they can. With that I've add Mr. Ben Smith's blog link to 159. I like his non-BS way. Just the facts. I also like factcheck.org (as you can tell by the link-outs).

Fox News is most definitely not a source for truthful facts. Don't take my word for it. Read what they say about themselves . . . .

Fox CEO Roger Ailes described Fox News’ fight against the Obama administration as "the Alamo."

Fox's senior vice president for news, Bill Shine, said the network was "the voice of the opposition."

Fox News host Glenn Beck predicted last week that he will soon "take the administration down."

My mother has been duped. She thinks "Fox News" is as credible as CNN, MSNBC, or the networks. She, and other Fox viewers, are being fed a steady stream of bull poop. Based on the mis-information they are given they think / say stupid things.

I wonder why the legitimate news sources don't take Fox to court and sue to remove "News" from their logo / tagline. Fox is damaging the creditability of what "news" is. It's like someone selling woodshavings flavored with peanut oil and calling it peanut butter. It would damage the public perception of all peanut butter. Can bet other peanut butter makers would be put up a royal stink to have it removed from sale!

I wish my mother had truthful factual information.

I wish I could block Fox from broadcasting their garbage into her home.

They Said

So the other day my daughter and I were riding in the car. Evidently a look crossed over my face and she asked what was wrong. The question kinda surprised me and I had to pull myself out of that semi-conscious mode I sometimes get in when driving. I had been listening (somewhat) to the local news station WBBM NewsRadio 78 and there was some story about a politician whining about the Health Care proposal floating around DC and that it would bankrupt Medicare. Besides being full of bull puckie the politician didn't offer an alternative solution - just whined about what was proposed.

So I turned to my daughter and told her there are two types of people in this world. The first points to a house that is on fire and tells everyone "the house is on fire". They mistake their talking as having done their job. The second type of person is the one that grabs a hose, makes a call to 911, helps people get out of the house. I told her to be the person who acts rather than talks.

I wish our "leaders" in DC and throughout the country would do more and talk less.