Ignorance and the Political Left

It is extraordinarily disingenuous when liberals sneeringly accuse the Fox News Channel of being conservatively biased when all credible studies reveal that every so-called mainstream media outlet in America is politically biased to the left. Moreover, 80 to 90 percent of "mainstream" media reporters, journalists, and supporting personnel vote almost exclusively for Democrats. So can anyone seriously wonder why a fair and balanced news outlet like Fox would look "conservative" to liberal viewers who have been fed biased liberal reporting, analysis, and commentary for decades?

"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson

It is a sad and dangerous fact that political left operatives are now demonstrably akin to fascist propagandists. It has become apparent that, for them, the end justifies the means and truth and respect for fellow countrymen are mere obstacles to overcome. Liberals do not want open and honest debate because they know they cannot win in a fair exchange of ideas, nor can they possibly appear credible if questioned on the facts. Hence, Political Correctness and other insidious thought-police concoctions of theirs are designed to severely limit such debate.

To be clear, an inseparable element of the political left are the biased media outlets that control and shape their news, analysis, and editorials in order to convey a specific and very intentional point of view to their audience. The resulting product is pure propaganda.

The political left is attempting to destroy the essential political/socio-economic tenets upon which our nation was founded. Knowing human nature as they did, our founding fathers worried that this kind of power-driven self-interest based on highly flawed political ideology could someday bring down the nation they worked so hard to create. Yet, now, powerful politically-left forces are organized and mobilized in an unrelenting assault on our culture and our political and economic systems. They are heavily financed by self-proclaimed socialists like George Soros and their goals are very clear: They want to change America into a “Europeanized” socialist country.

This problem cannot be overstated. The liberal left collective reaches beyond their political majority to encompass our education system and our media. Yet, while even the most casual student of history should be alarmed by this knowledge, there seems to be no widespread concern, which is precisely what was intended and should have been expected.

Yet, perhaps the most insidious form of ignorance, and the most dangerous to our survival, is to not know that it is the structure and nature of our constitutional republic and our capitalistic economic system, combined, that have enabled us to become the most successful nation in world history. Consequently, we (who understand) are left to wonder what those who seek to destroy that which has worked so well, can possibly be thinking! What drives them? Is it the allure of power or is it ideology? Or is it something yet undiscovered or undefined? Whatever it is, one thing is certain: We cannot sit idly by and merely wonder. We must, aggressively and persistently, act to restore and protect the political and socioeconomic systems and values upon which our nation was built and with which we have thrived.

Post Election 2008 Update:

As shown in post 2008 presidential election surveys, the majority of Obama voters were pathetically ignorant of the most important issues of the day, positions and statements of the presidential candidates, and other pertinent information such as which party currently controls congress.

There is no doubt that if the media had done their job, Barack Obama could not have won the election. Without the indulgent complicity of the media, Obama’s populist and demagogic message of “hope and change” would not have been enough. Ignorance was, in fact, an essential element of the Obama victory.

60 Minutes On The Valerie Plame Affair

60 Minutes & Katie Couric
Sunday, October 21, 2007

Another CBS Propaganda Piece

Dan Rather or Valerie and Joe Wilson could have written this piece. Richard Armitage at the State Deptartment "outed" Valerie Plame to Robert Novak. Period. End of story. Both Novak and Armitage have confirmed this. Anything that anyone said after that meant nothing and more important, neither of the Wilsons, nor anybody else, have ever provided an ounce of proof that the White House planned or did anything to hurt either Valerie or Joe Wilson. The Wilsons simply indulged in what all liberal, left-wing Bush-haters do: They fabricated accusations in order to hurt our president and destroy the reputations of perfectly innocent people. No? Then where is the proof? Not innuendo. Not suspicion. Proof! No one has produced any. None. Zip.

Before I continue, let's be clear about Richard Armitage—who he is, what he did, and what his relationship was to the Bush White House.

• He was Deputy Secretary of State under Colin Powell when, in an unrelated discussion with journalist Robert Novak, he mentioned that Joe Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, worked at the CIA.
• Armitage was a career diplomat and did not have a close relationship with the Bush White House who knew nothing about what Armitage had said to Mr. Novak.

It is also important to know that Mr. Armitage has never been charged with any wrongdoing and that, contrary to what the Wilsons have said very loudly, very publicly, and very often, there is no evidence that Valerie Plame was a covert operative of the CIA when Mr. Armitage spoke with Mr. Novak. In fact, no one has been charged with any wrongdoing as regards the "outing" of Valerie Plame. Why? Because no law was broken and therefore no crime was committed. More importantly, neither President Bush nor anyone in his administration did any of the things they are still being accused of doing. Yet the propaganda and the character assassination never lets up.

But what has been absolutely documented is that Joe Wilson has lied numerous times during the course of this despicable witch hunt and now Valerie Plame is doing it too. Yet in her interview with Valerie Plame, Katie Couric never so much as hinted at the countless lies that can be so easily documented by anyone willing to spend a little time on Google. But then of course dear honest, unbiased Katie left out everything that would have made this piece an honest one.

CBS pulled another bogus hit job on the Bush administration and anyone who thinks otherwise is either in denial, ignorant, certifiably stupid, or a pathological ideologue. To say that CBS is a propaganda arm of the political left is to state the obvious. Can anyone doubt that Dan Rather would still be there if it were not for the existence of the Internet and a couple of alert citizens?

Tonight's 60 Minutes program is just one example of how biased media outlets control and shape a story in order to convey a specific and very intentional point of view to their audience. It is pure propaganda.

An Email To U.S. Congressman Pete Stark

Mr. Stark:

I am not usually a man without words but your remarks regarding the President of our great nation have caused me to feel such deep outrage and visceral anger toward you that nothing I shall say here will be adequate. How dare you! It is one thing to disagree with the President, it is another thing entirely to accuse him of horrendous crimes for which you cannot even begin to make a credible case.

Throughout our history presidents have been criticized for taking us to war and for their conduct of those wars, but, possibly with the exception of the Civil War, never has the criticism reached the volume and the level of meanness, which you and your fellow Democrats viciously inject into the body politic on a daily basis. It is horrendous and it is shameful, and if left unchecked, it may well destroy our great nation.

Among your other despicable accusations against the President, was your charge that he is criminally killing innocent civilians. So let’s look at the truth against the dark lies of your twisted propaganda. The fact is that Democratic presidents have led us into every major foreign war in our history and almost 2 million of our best young people died in those wars. Furthermore, as to the killing of innocent civilians it was Democrats Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman who ordered ongoing massive "carpet bombings" of civilian populations in Europe and Japan. As a result, our military killed more civilians in WWII than military personnel. But under President Bush it is our policy to avoid civilian casualties wherever possible. Yet you and other despicable Democrats accuse him of unspeakable crimes of which he is absolutely not guilty. Compared to presidents of your party, Mr. Bush looks like a saint. I do not make these comparisons in order to disparage the aforementioned presidents but rather to establish honest perspective and context — something you so dishonestly and so conspicuously failed to do.

In a relative sense, the Iraq War is a minor war. It is also clear to any informed person that if we succeed in Iraq (You would hate that.), compared to the massive "Democrat wars" and considering the geopolitical gains, which would most likely accrue, it will have been a real bargain.

You and other dishonest, self-interested political goons constantly decry and sabotage noble American efforts to build a safer world. Your relentless false depiction of the Iraq War as the biggest and most costly war in our history is just one example of this. The truth is, we suffered almost twice as many casualties on D-Day alone than we have suffered during the entire Iraq War and I haven’t even mentioned the First World War, the Korean War, or the Vietnam War—all “Democratic Wars.” Moreover, mistakes made in wars conducted under Democratic presidents fill volumes. But of course you know all of that. So you are a bald-faced liar, Mr. Stark. You are a disgrace and I am ashamed that you are a member of the United States Congress.

Our time-honored tradition of coming together in a time of war has been indispensable as the backbone of our national resolve. Yet you Democrats have trashed that tradition. You have made it starkly (that’s appropriate) clear that your political party and your pathological quest for power comes first and if there is anything left of the country, it comes second. Power is everything to you and you have shown that you will do anything to get it; even destroy honorable and good people who are real American patriots. You truly have no shame.

Finally, you should know that I am a veteran who knows how lucky I am to have been born a U.S. citizen. Now, given the behavior of Democrats over the past six years, I cannot imagine ever voting for one. I see the current Democratic Party as being perhaps the most heartless, morally corrupt, and politically corrosive, party in our history. Your party's standard practice of character assassination is thoroughly disgusting and it is certainly antithetical to what our country stands for.

Frankly, you should be thrown out of congress.


Sincerely,

Robert McKinley