Not to belittle his death, but he was already dead when they beheaded him. And, why did he insist on staying in a war-zone after he was repeatedly offered flights out of Hell? It is akin to an american wanting to "visit" Nazi Germany in 1944 and refusing to take a paid excape route.
Really? Didn't know the dead could scream that loud!
Thank you for the post! I would like to be corrected by anyone here on this forum, if I am wrong in any of the views below.
There are two major parties in the USA today: Democratic and Republican.
The base of the former consists of: fiscal liberals, religious liberals and atheists, academia, government employees, gay and lesbian communities, black Americans (95%+ vote democratic), other minorities, minority immigrants, Jewish Americans, some big business (Macdonalds, Coca Cola, Pepsi Cola, etc.); lots of women across the board, people of non-Christian faith, etc.
The base of the latter is: fiscal and religios conservatives, entrepreneurs, educated non-academic types and professionals, white males, some big business (HMOs, Tobacco, medical companies), millitary personnel, lots of Christians, smaller percentage of women, European immigrants of Christian faith.
What they want:
1) Democratic base:
fiscal liberals: more taxes for more social programs;
religious liberals and atheists: abortion rights, less interference of religion with state and politics;
academia: these think they are exceptionally smart and wise and want higher sallaries; more money for educational programs, hence more money for them; they are unwilling to undertake risks in life (e.g. starting a new business and applying their knowledge there), but prefer cushy jobs with no risks and higher sallaries;
government employees: Democrats=higher taxes=more salaries for bigger and bloated bureaucratic aparats;
gay and lesbian communities: more freedoms such as: free manifestation of their sexuality (so that they can recruit more people like themselves), marriages (so that they can have estate planning and tax deduction for living with their "significant others");
black Americans (95%+ vote democratic) and other minorities: these want higher taxes "for the rich" so that there will be more money for social programs, which will be used for their benefit;
some minority immigrants: coming here without language and education, these depend desperately on social programs for them (i.e. higher taxation of the rich);
Jewish Americans: these I simply do not understand why they vite democratic, may be because a democratic president fought against Nazis during WWII, I do not know;
some big businesses: (Macdonalds, Coca Cola, Pepsi Cola, etc.): please tell me why;
lots of women across the board: these want more education and healthcare for their kids;
people of non-Christian faith: these feel threatened by the right-wing Christian base, which is mostly associated with the "evil white male"
2) Republican base:
fiscal and religios (Christian) conservatives: no abortion, more (Christian) religion in schools;
entrepreneurs: less taxes, less governmental bureaucracy, educated non-academic types and professionals: same as the entrepreneurs;
white males: same as above, as they are mostly well-educated, self-sufficient and depend less on social programs;
some big business (HMOs, Tobacco, medical companies): less taxes (less subsidizing of social programs), less law suits, more government orders (mostly weaponry, machinery manufacturers), Tobacco companies - less harassing lawsuits, etc.)
millitary personnel: disciplined well-meaning people, who get paid more and get equipped better by Republican administrations;
lots of Christians: mostly whites, educated, self-sufficient people;
smaller percentage of women: strong, well-educated women, who can take care of their kids without dependency on social programs;
European immigrants of Christian faith: same as other Christians;
The above lists are far from complete and probably far from being accurate, but this establishes a starting point for my analysis of the kind of society I live in. I want to be corrected in my analysis, please do that!
But my big question is: why is the media so predominantly leftist? It has tremendous power in shaping public oppinion and can affect the direction this country is being shaped.
Once we understand why is media so leftist, the next question will be: Is this good ot bad? I guess the answer is: for some, it's good, for some, it's bad.
Then the last question will be: for those, for whom the leftist media is bad, what should they do?
My answer: contact the Republican base, raise money and create a counter-part for the leftist TV stations with enough number of conservative TV stations. FOX and consrvative radio stations are not enough to balance the leftist TV stations.
I am sure that society will benefit from balance in the extremely unbalanced, leftist, media field.
Your interpretation of what you perceived is in error.
Dead people don't scream like that.