I was reading an editorial in the LA times about President Bush a few days ago. It was really sarcastic and made fun of the President in a lot of ways. It sarcastically referred to his intelligence and was simply inappropriate since it was addressed to the president. I understand that this is the reason why they are called the editorials, but it bothers me that there are bias news papers like the LA times which even allow these kind of articles to be placed in the paper. I thought NEWS papers were supposed to report the news, not insult the president.
This article discussed the issues regarding the President and a remark that was made to him at a conference a few weeks back. The person there said that they could read his body language and he told the person that the psychology was not. In response, the author of this editorial sarcastically and arrogantly teases President Bush.
The article truly made me despise the person writing it. I am an American and when someone insults my President it really makes me angry. No matter what, he should at least be respected. It puzzles me how the people who question why parts of the world despise us and our president, are the same people that insult him.
How can we expect others to show us respect and respect our leadership when we are most disrespectful of them all? It is OK to critique the president and voice how you disagree with what is being done, but there is a fine line between doing that, and showing no respect, whatsoever for you countries leader.
Let me know what you think and if you honestly think it is OK for news papers to publish pieces that do not critique the president, but rather "bash" him.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Post 14: Talk Radio
I was trying to figure out what to blog about this week. So, I watched some more news and listened to some talk radio. All I was hearing was more stuff about the elections and more stuff about the different candidates. I have already blogged about some of that in the past and have read too many other blogs that relate to the election, so then it occurred to me to simply blog about talk radio.
I watch the news a lot, but mostly listen to talk radio. Specifically I listen to AM 790 KABC (http://www.kabc.com/home.asp). If you are ever driving and want to listen to a little political discussion, this is the channel to be listening to. If anyone is interested in listening a little through you computer, all you have to do is go to the link I gave above, make a login name, and listen to the live broadcast. Some of the people that are on throughout the day include Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, and Larry Elder.
Anyways, the reason why I decided to blog about talk radio, is because I really feel that it is AWESOME. I have heard some of the best points made on a variety of politically heated topics and radio also offers a lot that TV news lacks. Since the host of the show gets to determine a lot of what they talk about, there are tons of times where you can listen in and hear about something really important or absolutely baffling, that the TV news has decided not to present, for that exact reason. I guess that this all comes back to the point that it is important for all of us to make sure to get the "facts" from a variety of sources and different places. Talk Radio, especially, offers the chance for listeners to learn about things sometimes not discussed on TV and also to call in and give their input. This is a great chance to hear different sides of the argument and form your own opinion about the topic being discussed. It is not only really interesting to be listening to these topics, but also important to form those opinions.
I watch the news a lot, but mostly listen to talk radio. Specifically I listen to AM 790 KABC (http://www.kabc.com/home.asp). If you are ever driving and want to listen to a little political discussion, this is the channel to be listening to. If anyone is interested in listening a little through you computer, all you have to do is go to the link I gave above, make a login name, and listen to the live broadcast. Some of the people that are on throughout the day include Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, and Larry Elder.
Anyways, the reason why I decided to blog about talk radio, is because I really feel that it is AWESOME. I have heard some of the best points made on a variety of politically heated topics and radio also offers a lot that TV news lacks. Since the host of the show gets to determine a lot of what they talk about, there are tons of times where you can listen in and hear about something really important or absolutely baffling, that the TV news has decided not to present, for that exact reason. I guess that this all comes back to the point that it is important for all of us to make sure to get the "facts" from a variety of sources and different places. Talk Radio, especially, offers the chance for listeners to learn about things sometimes not discussed on TV and also to call in and give their input. This is a great chance to hear different sides of the argument and form your own opinion about the topic being discussed. It is not only really interesting to be listening to these topics, but also important to form those opinions.
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Post 13: Cardinal Roger Michael Mahony
I was listening to talk radio on Wednesday trying to find a topic to discuss on my blog for this week. This is one of the topics that came up, and I am really glad that it did because too many people in the religious community play it down. So, the story goes that awhile back Cardinal Mahony admitted to helping out priests that were getting caught molesting people. What would happen is that people would get suspicious or catch them, and then he would simply transfer them to a different area so they could continue to practice.
This past Monday, according to the radio, Cardinal Mahony announced that this past summer, he was badly beaten by someone that was upset with him for all the priests that he was letting get away with molesting. The reason why no one knew is because he decided not to press charges because he wanted to just, "forgive them." Let’s be honest. He did not want the publicity and for the whole priest thing to come back up.
This is basically why they were talking about this on the radio (Larry Elder, 790 KABC, 3-6 pm Weekdays---GREATEST radio show). I had forgotten about this whole priest ordeal so I was really upset by it. What made me even angrier was when some poor man called in and said that he had been molested as a kid.
He said that this was the first time that he had talked about it and that not even his family knew. What made it even worse was that the priest that had done it to him 20 years ago was still practicing. I am a Christian, but this is horrible. What are we supposed to do when the holy people we are supposed to look for guidance, are being found to be molesters?
This past Monday, according to the radio, Cardinal Mahony announced that this past summer, he was badly beaten by someone that was upset with him for all the priests that he was letting get away with molesting. The reason why no one knew is because he decided not to press charges because he wanted to just, "forgive them." Let’s be honest. He did not want the publicity and for the whole priest thing to come back up.
This is basically why they were talking about this on the radio (Larry Elder, 790 KABC, 3-6 pm Weekdays---GREATEST radio show). I had forgotten about this whole priest ordeal so I was really upset by it. What made me even angrier was when some poor man called in and said that he had been molested as a kid.
He said that this was the first time that he had talked about it and that not even his family knew. What made it even worse was that the priest that had done it to him 20 years ago was still practicing. I am a Christian, but this is horrible. What are we supposed to do when the holy people we are supposed to look for guidance, are being found to be molesters?
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