*shakes head*

[conuly]

I have to laugh. It's not even funny, but otherwise I'd be crying right now. I've long since realized that the vast majority of my patriotic sensibilities were pretty much entirely tied up in the concept of freedom of speech, including freedom of the press. And every time I think that's taken a blow, it hurts. It really does.

Just yesterday, I read an article about how in polls, the fear Americans had of terrorist attacks was the lowest it's been since 9/11. I thought about posting about it, decided not to because I figured I'd spammed youse guys all enough :)

And today, I go to CNN to look up some stuff that woodface had been talking about, and what's on the front page?

High risk of attacks with WMDs within a decade. Most likely a nuclear attack by terrorists.
A special report on terrorism.
A video on security fears on the Mississippi, a popup on "the nuclear club".

Maybe they just got the news now. *shrugs* Of course, my inborn cynic tells me that it's probably more like they're trying to make people scared again. Or maybe I'm just being paranoid again.

Comments

[sporks5000.livejournal.com]

I think that what the nation needs right now is a periodical that covers various topics, showing all (or at least a good number) of the slants tha tthey can be viewed through (pretending that there's just "right" and "left" is a joke)

We get X number of biased journalists for each topic and one who attempts to remain completely unbiased and just report facts, and then all of them are able to add footnotes to each other's articles on the same subject pointin gout where they're biased and offering counter points.

Wll the articles and foot notes are color coded and provided with a key showing which color represents which person's political views.

I think that the most practical way to do thiw would be HTML, which means that no one would give a toss.

*sigh*

[sporks5000.livejournal.com]

I also ought to point out that WMD's aren't terrorist weapons. Terrorists (and I'm pretty sure that this is by definition) use small weapons and small ammounts of danage and mostly controll people through fear, paranoia, and terror - thus the name.

[woodface]

And the lesson we learn here? Don't listen to me ;o)

[sporks5000.livejournal.com]

I think that what the nation needs right now is a periodical that covers various topics, showing all (or at least a good number) of the slants tha tthey can be viewed through (pretending that there's just "right" and "left" is a joke)

We get X number of biased journalists for each topic and one who attempts to remain completely unbiased and just report facts, and then all of them are able to add footnotes to each other's articles on the same subject pointin gout where they're biased and offering counter points.

Wll the articles and foot notes are color coded and provided with a key showing which color represents which person's political views.

I think that the most practical way to do thiw would be HTML, which means that no one would give a toss.

*sigh*

[sporks5000.livejournal.com]

I also ought to point out that WMD's aren't terrorist weapons. Terrorists (and I'm pretty sure that this is by definition) use small weapons and small ammounts of danage and mostly controll people through fear, paranoia, and terror - thus the name.

[woodface]

And the lesson we learn here? Don't listen to me ;o)