Heroes and Zeroes

The week began with what is absurdly called a “debate” and ended with a clear example of the grit, decency, and inventiveness of ordinary people and the sloth, idiocy, and incompetence of our government in the face of a devastating hurricane in Appalachia.

I didn’t watch the debate and like the great Iowahawk (David Burge) I consider this one of the worst lies told concerning them, “here is our panel of undecided voters.” If you are undecided at this stage, you are a moron and shouldn’t vote, or a liar. The second lie about them is that the moderators are informed and neutral and will keep their promise not to “fact check” the Republican or stack the questions to promote the Democrats’ agenda rather than exploring the issues voters in survey after survey indicate are their priorities. Paul Sperry, to take one example, reveals that CBS moderator Margaret Brennan, who was rude to J.D. Vance, had been a strategic advisor to the anti-Trump Lincoln Project. Her husband, Yado Yakub, donated to the project, and was a foreign policy adviser to Biden in 2000 and 2001. Moreover, Yakub, a Muslim, wrote a paper arguing that sharia law embodies “justice and tolerance.”

Really, should we expect more of the network that brought us the Mapes-Rather concoction about GW Bush’s military service or faked car mechanical failures on “60 Minutes”? Good for Trump in refusing to do a “60 Minutes” interview until Lesley Stahl apologizes for having made fun of his claim that the Hunter laptop was genuine and not Russian disinformation in an earlier interview of him.

Despite all this nonsense, the moderators could not make Tim Walz look good enough. Hence they fell back on demanding that Republican candidates denounce former president Trump for insisting that the 2020 election was rigged.

How did it get to the point where there are none of the MSM networks worthy of being trusted?

It has been that way for a long time. It is being fully revealed now, because of technological innovation which broke the ability of the Media to control the narrative.

It started with the Progressive philosophy that the Constitution was outdated and ways to "work around" its limitations on government power were necessary.

Coupled to this was the belief that only the "wise progressive elite" should be allowed to direct then nation, because common people were too stupid and ignorant.

Over time, the Christian morality of the 10 commandments was seen as too restrictive. Christianity was ditched by the "elite".

Without the constraints of Christianity, there was no reason for people in power not to lie, commit adultery, murder, steal, and take advantage of anyone with less power than they.

The Media came to be controlled by the "elite". No Christians need apply. Anyone who did not carry Progressive water was weeded out.

This accelerated quickly from about 1965 onward, especially after the Progressive media learned they could drive a US senator from power. It was cemented with the Media Coup called Watergate, where the Media drove a popular president, who the Media hated, from office.

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