The true problem with Canada and the west in general is that, even if a guy like me is starving and looking really hard for a job...any job...he still won't consider a journalist position or a writing position for less than $2000 per month. So the ranks of journalists get filled with the congenital underachievers, which will include the cowards and the nihilists.
What I don't understand is how the OWNERS of the media allow the treason, either in the USA or Canada. I live in Russia where the owners of the media are shot dead if they get too far out of line (treason regarding Chechnya for instance). I sleep at night thinking that the powers that be are actually promoting leftist journalism because they don't want the population urging them to overthrow the corrupt Saudi Family and their billions going partly into the pockets of all the politicians in the west. The idea is that, if you have lefties like Petronius thinking that democracy in Iran is a *bad* thing...if you have fools who think it was a *mistake* to liberate Iraq...there will not be any real pressure to deal with the real problem in Saudi Arabia. When I say that I "sleep at night" thinking this...it means that the powers that be *could* stop the leftists if they only wanted to...if it were only in their interest.
Basically, I think that the Bush Administration is just letting FReepers blow off steam while the forces of the left are deliberately strengthened to counterbalance us and let business go on as it did before 9-11.
You have suggested some very complicated things and I wish I had the time to think it through. One thing, there are certainly forces acting in this world of which we haven't a clue what/who they REALLY are and what their agenda REALLY is. It reminds of what Paul said in Ephesians 6:12 (King James Version) 'For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.'
You have suggested some very complicated things and I wish I had the time to think it through. One thing, there are certainly forces acting in this world of which we haven't a clue what/who they REALLY are and what their agenda REALLY is. It reminds of what Paul said in Ephesians 6:12 (King James Version) 'For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.'
Gee, that's swell! But here in America we have this irksome little thing called the 1st Amendment. What is it you're advocating exactly, roving death squads for all of us "lefties" who pine for a limited government in line with the vision of the founding fathers? Concentration camps for those of us who don't think the US should try to re-create the world in its own image?
I sleep at night thinking that the powers that be are actually promoting leftist journalism because they don't want the population urging them to overthrow the corrupt Saudi Family and their billions going partly into the pockets of all the politicians in the west.
You might want to keep your windows closed while you do all this entranced analysis. Maybe that idea came from your neighbour's dog (a la Berkowitz) or was beamed into your head via satellite. (Per Occam's razor, I'll just assume that L.S.D. is legal in Russia.)
When I say that I "sleep at night" thinking this...it means that the powers that be *could* stop the leftists if they only wanted to...
For a "conservative," you sure are fond of the good ol' "powers that be" surpressing free speech. Maybe a future Patriot Act, a Mega-Uff-Da-Deluxe Patriot Act will circumscribe that stuffy 1st Amendment for you. Why not start a preamble during your late-night musings, What Is To Be Done sounds catchy!