Thank you. My only addition would be that, as collateral damage, news organizations are now no longer trusted because they report the same lies that the politicians supply them with. Obviously, if more resources were spent on actually looking for facts than on whether this actress wore a bra when going to this party, we might be able to trust them more, so this is not meant to absolve the media of responsibility. But it is part of the bigger picture, and it does contribute to the public’s mistrust of anything they’re told. Next stop: Chaos. Next stop after that: revolution? Let’s hope for sanity before we get there.
Good comments. Just for consideration: ever wonder why Jesse Ventura could beat both major parties in his run for governor of Minnesota? A friend of mine who lives there told me it was “campaign finance reform”. When I told him that couldn’t be it, he told me of the Minnesota difference: they didn’t try to restrict how much a candidate could recieve, as that is impossible. They restricted the candidate as to how much he/she could SPEND. They knew how much TV time, radio, print ads cost, and there was a maximum. More contributions than you can spend? Save it for the next campaign, donate to a political colleague who’s struggling for campaign cash, whatever. But once you’ve spent the maximum, you’re done. Worth thinking about, eh?
My source tells me that the money was not allowed to go into the candidate’s personal funds. Beyond that, he doesn’t know enough to be comfortable sharing.
While Weiner is a total “weenie”, and no party should claim him, a more “interesting” tracing by the NSA, and revelation to the general public would be the real story behind Dick and Lynne Cheney’s “blind trusts” while he was in office, and well, while she was on the board at Lockheed securing all those government contracts for defense equipment, that doesn’t work!
kamwick almost 11 years ago
What’s truly amazing is that someone would have ‘skipcarlson’ as an avatar when commenting and think that that somehow makes his comments relevant…..
JeNagVaz almost 11 years ago
The man is a perv, in major denial about his pathology!
I Play One On TV almost 11 years ago
Thank you. My only addition would be that, as collateral damage, news organizations are now no longer trusted because they report the same lies that the politicians supply them with. Obviously, if more resources were spent on actually looking for facts than on whether this actress wore a bra when going to this party, we might be able to trust them more, so this is not meant to absolve the media of responsibility. But it is part of the bigger picture, and it does contribute to the public’s mistrust of anything they’re told. Next stop: Chaos. Next stop after that: revolution? Let’s hope for sanity before we get there.
todyoung almost 11 years ago
Shut off “Talk Radio”
I Play One On TV almost 11 years ago
and to Adrian Snare:
Good comments. Just for consideration: ever wonder why Jesse Ventura could beat both major parties in his run for governor of Minnesota? A friend of mine who lives there told me it was “campaign finance reform”. When I told him that couldn’t be it, he told me of the Minnesota difference: they didn’t try to restrict how much a candidate could recieve, as that is impossible. They restricted the candidate as to how much he/she could SPEND. They knew how much TV time, radio, print ads cost, and there was a maximum. More contributions than you can spend? Save it for the next campaign, donate to a political colleague who’s struggling for campaign cash, whatever. But once you’ve spent the maximum, you’re done. Worth thinking about, eh?
I Play One On TV almost 11 years ago
My source tells me that the money was not allowed to go into the candidate’s personal funds. Beyond that, he doesn’t know enough to be comfortable sharing.
lonecat almost 11 years ago
Who here has defended Mr. Weiner?
Dtroutma almost 11 years ago
While Weiner is a total “weenie”, and no party should claim him, a more “interesting” tracing by the NSA, and revelation to the general public would be the real story behind Dick and Lynne Cheney’s “blind trusts” while he was in office, and well, while she was on the board at Lockheed securing all those government contracts for defense equipment, that doesn’t work!
pam Miner almost 11 years ago
getting real tired of the not-news about this.