After watching "All The President's Men", it helped me understand just how hard investigative journalism could be and how two men could change the landscape of a country forever. The press and the American public will never have the same respect they once had for the Presidency. These two men went to great lengths and uncovered something they never dreamed they would when they started. I'm glad for the contribution they brought forth and I believe the press must watch politicians or they will get away with murder but it's ashame the trust factor has been leveled.

local

I recently watched the local news at 5 and it's been some time. I was under the impression that there would be more political segments. I was surprised there was really only one that was fairly long on John McCain and the resurgency in his campaign. It also discussed his endorsement but another prominent politician Joel Lieberman. Almost all the other stories were fluff or sad. I found out that insomnia is now being linked as genetic but what isn't these days. Unfortunately there was a tragic event in Long Island where a young boy died in a fire though the rest of his family survived him. I rather not watch fluff and especially not sad events that put a damper on your night. Though those are the things that seem to draw society in as opposed to political units of importance.

Rushing

Rush Limbaugh is a lunatic along with Al Franken. They both represent extreme sides of their perspective parts of the political spectrum. I've listened to Rush is the past and even though I'm a conservative the man is luney. He agrees with everything the President does regardless if he believes it to be true. Kinda fanatical for me but in a recent sound bite he suprised like never before.

He was talking about his own new set of Limbaugh laws for immigrants. They have to learn to speak the english language, no billingual ballots, and no speacial "government goodies" like healthcare and social security because Americans need it. There was no protesting, no flagwaving of native countries and no badmouthing the President or any governmental figure. Here's the kicker, he said if you don't like these laws immigrants espcially Mexicans you can go back to your country. The funny thing is these are actually Mexican laws. Then he asked how you say double standard in spanish- "no mas."

Class Critique

I read one of my classmates blog on Presidential candidate Mitt Romney and how he should not be penalized for his religion. I agree with her on that. He is an excellent leader and has remarkable credentials on his resume. Some of them are absolutely astoundin and have much merit. Yet I disagree with her that Mormonism is the new Catholic. I'm sorry Rebecca, in Moving Off but that is not the case. Catholics and Prostestants have found similar ground on many issues and to be honest one of them is deep theological errors with Mormonism. If Mormonism was the new Catholicism Mitt's dad, George, would of had an easier time winning the 1968 Presidential Election especially since it was after JFK, your Catholic comparison. This country is not quite ready for a Mormon President even if he is as qualified as Mitt Romney

Girls Next Door?

Look at those babes. Recently, I watched the reality television show, "The Girls Next Door" and was appalled. Yes they are beautiful but man does bimbo and dumb blond every hold a meaning. I cannot figure out for the life of me if they're actually stupid or they do it for the camera. Ohh wait, it's clearly the former. It must be hard to think, walk, talk and in their case look beautiful all at once. It was a Christmas special or should I say tis was a Christmas special that had the three girlfriends of Playboy creator Hugh Hefner. They had to reminisce about old times with the family and talk about what they were doing currently. Apparently it was hard for one to remember what she did for the last twenty some odd years of her life at Christmas. Another one who was more intelligent talked about how she woke up on Christmas and opened gifts then would listen to Mariah Carey.

I'm glad I grew up in a family that listened to Bing Crosby over Mariah. No offense but her Christmas album doesn't warm the cockles of my heart. Unfortunately, this show is having a large impact on girls today. Girls assume its ok to show large amounts of cleavage since the playboy girls do it. Why not act ditzy because who cares about getting a real job one day. It doesn't matter if I can't like articulate like myself and say like about one hundred times per hour. It's just ashame and most role models are getting worse and worse for females and to be honest as a guy I just don't like it. Maybe I should walk around in a bikini one day. That will turn some heads.

Wooley Mammouth Lies

Who is he kissing? Republican Presidential contender Rudy Giuliani shown at a recent speech where he probably "miscalculated" a statistic. Recently, through the help of a website called http://factcheck.org/ the New York Times have exposes some candidate blunders to inform the public. It's not only a Republican thing! Both Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama have been caught what I like to describe a public unawareness deception, commonly known as lying when you do no think you'll be caught. Both Democrats have blamed the current Bush Administration for certain issues yet have blown each out of proportion. The former first lady claimed that the National Institute of Health has decreased spending while in fact it has actually increased. Senator Obama claimed the National Debt has doubled yet in fact that is not the case. But let's not forget my pal Rudy. He boasts that under him New York City spending went down seven percent. According to one of his own memoirs, spending for the Big Apple grew an average of 3.7 percent each year. An aide quickly pointed out after that he meant to say it was proposed by him for a seven percent reduction.

Far cry from the truth. I have a funny feeling in my stomach that it was not his intention to tell the truth. Thankfully, there is a group that checks the statements made by politicians to inform the public or those who want to know the validity of their statements. Mayor Rudy also claims that he increased the police force from 28,000 to 40,000. That is very impressive.....except for the fact that he merged the Port Authority and that accounted for 7,000 officer increase. I guess that's a good job of a politician to not make distinctions like that. The problem is America really doesn't want to know. Only a certain few are concerned and when the others find out the lies some politicians told adversely affected their lives they often become angry but rarely does it provide a change. There is a great sheep's wool pulled over America's eyes and ears.

The Factor

For conservative pundit Bill O' Reilly, losing a verbal debacle is unacceptable and will not happen on his show. It's amazing how he can argue at the top of his lungs and in a split second resort to a calm demeanor, thank the guests and go to a quick commercial break. The show is a hybrid of the news, a political punditcy and sensational Hollywood gossip all wrapped up in an all encompassing debate. A story on the Nebraska mall massacre had on site reporting while a Houston man murdered two burglars who turned out to be illegal immigrants. Personally I agreed with O' Reilly that the man should go free since he was protecting his neighbor's house but he was ferocious debating with an immigration attorney and his style turned me off.

From there he called out Joe Biden for calling the President a liar and planning to march us to Iraq. He asked for an apology from the Senator yet that seems improbable. Then a segment that was instantly my favorite with Dennis Miller. They chatted about their lives briefly and then discussed the Hilary Obama feud. Miller gave his advice on what Obama should do to win the primary. As always, Miller was witty, quick and provided amusing and clever phrases to woo me and the rest of the television audience. Obama must develop ice in his veins and not falter under the pressure in order to win. Common sense it seems to me though I still liked the whole bit. Finally there were two short sensation segments on Barbara Walters for the ten most popular celebrities where they had playful banter. The other was a frivolous clip of Jenna Bush on the Ellen Degeneres Show. they were not my favorite parts and quite frankly I found them boring but it showed an opposite of O'Reilly a rather lighter side. Overall, I liked the show and plan on watching it again.