Bias in Press and the Media - "Toxic Media"

Toxic Media - Toxic Decisions - Toxic Waste! Part I

Toxic Media - Toxic Decisions - Toxic Waste! Part I
by Edward Biamonte - Fujah Magazine - http://www.fujah.com

President Theodore Roosevelt stated "There are, in the body politic, economic and social, many and grave evils, and there is urgent necessity for the sternest war upon them. There should be relentless exposure of and attack upon every evil man whether politician or business man, every evil practice, whether in politics, in business, or in social life. I hail as a benefactor every writer or speaker, every man who, on the platform, or in book, magazine, or newspaper, with merciless severity makes such attack, provided always that he in his turn remembers that the attack is of use only if it is absolutely truthful."

For months I have been thinking about the Media, propaganda, the President of the United States, the Congress and Senate, so called independent voters, moderates, conservatives, and most of all the egregious reporting by 75% of the media destroying any accountability to maintain ethical standards for truth in journalism.

For most of us, roughly 70% of the population, we must adapt the premise there is an “urgent necessity for the sternest war upon them” the media must exposed.

For years I have held the premise many in media are nothing more than ideologues and propagandists. Disgusted by their lack of integrity and quest to promote Ideology - surrogates, puppets, elitist and power hungry Machiavellians are networking their politic and earning them the moniker “Toxic Media”. The media spin for many is so evident one wonders how so many of the public can accept such toxic rhetoric - propaganda, toxic waste!

As an Independent let me clearly state my presupposition - this OP ED is about the press. Concerning Obama - this article is about how the media covers him and not about him personally- but, that does not mean I have to like his policies or give him a pass because he is the media darling of the day. Being the independent spirit I am, because he is the media’s darling, the media has placed a bulls eye on everything Obama says and does.

As propagandist - the press is not doing their job. In Fact - had they done so through out the 2008 presidential election campaign - the current mess we find ourselves in - most likely - would not be happening. Clinton’s robust statement of her opponent “He - Obama - is not ready yet” was ridiculed and denied my many in the popular press. What we learned from history lessons to properly vet every politician - was ignored! When covering a political it should be about the facts - all the facts good or bad. There was such a Toxic difference, a protectionist attitude, in how Obama was covered versus all the other candidates allows us the - John Q Public - the right to point our fingers at the media and say “You Lied to us - You are responsible for everything that is going wrong in our country! Every person in the news or information media needs to be reminded (A) their job is to report the facts so we the people have (All The Truth). Toxic media produces toxic decisions.

From the voting primaries prior to the last election the sharks lost their teeth and the capacity for rational thinking; 75% of the media’s ability for truthful and rational dialogue - lost! The capacity to reason - gone for ever; because they sold their souls to protect Obama; their credibility - forever gone. When one person in the press loses the capacity to unbiasedly analyze and fact check the stories they’re spewing. The story can easily be rejected by truthful and fair debate through the revelation of facts in the media dialogue. One person’s propagated self interest and direct bias toward the country is simple pervasion. However, when 75% of the press media are mitigating for one politician over an other politician giving millions false impressions these elitist have created a Toxic environment. The current media mess begs the question - is it time for the public to rise up and demand a media revolution; demand the Media become Green - to coin another phrase - free of pollution. Time to demand they clean house, throw out the trash and stop spewing their rhetorical flatulence on the air ways!

Prevalent echos of shallow speeches past remind us that how speeches are delivered or how the politician is dressed should not be the most important commentary of the politician as though they are some kind of glorified thespian (super star) - which is really starting to make rational thinkers vomit. The “Hollywood Effect” is old and lately Mr. O is losing his cool as tensions reveal a sinister dark side of one who is thin skinned and likes to eliminate any form of opposition or disagreement to his agenda. However - many of the programmed Obama viewers are starting to wake up and reject the empty visual and oratorical bombastic cues lauded by the popular media.

Cool-aid drinking automatons who once closed their ears to the dissertation of facts are now opening their ears and breaking out of their cycles of personal and media propagated denial. Liberal Bill Maher: "I think President Obama makes a brilliant President. In the sense of a corporate President, not the kind that runs a country. He is great at making speeches, shaking hands and should be the PR rep for our country." As one colleague just recently admitted to me - “Obama looked and talked like someone I could be proud of, I had no idea every time he opened his mouth the economy and stock market would drop 300 points”. The pedagogic fluff of Obama is starting to roost in the minds of every moderate conservative that voted for him. Even moderate liberals are salting down their beers with their tears!

The White House must be hearing the drum beat for the call of Revolution against the ailing Obama administration. A recent Gallup poll revealed a huge fall off of followers. Thirty two percent of the nation are now claiming they are Democrats. Thirty Two percent Republican and a whopping Thirty Four percent Independent. Linda Douglass, former CBS News and then ABC News Washington bureau reporter until 2006, is a Barack Obama senior strategist. It is being reported that she “fixed a deal” for a two hour special for Obama on Friday June 18th 2009. Will this be a typical Obama Press fluff feast; another attempt to keep the life time campaigner in his media mode where he shines the best? As one reporter from the San Francisco Chronicle stated - “the liberal media and Obama should just get a room”. It really should be no wonder - ABC gave 55% more positive coverage for the Stealth Health Bill currently in debate than other outlets and during the 2008 campaign season ABC employees gave 80 % more money to the Obama campaign than any other media outlet said Fox News. Are they trying to ram their investment down our throat? Is it time to Boycott ABC, CNBC and NBC for unethical biased reporting?

The so called independent - rational thinkers - are finally realizing that many things were not what they seem or were told they would be. The so called “vote for Hope and Change” has revealed itself an agist political ideology that has failed in every form of adaptation by governments or states under the guise once again - for all the people - socialism. The face of socialism - redistribution of wealth, communistic reflections, degradations of our 2nd Amendment rights, silencing the voice of free speech, the - so called - Fairness Doctrine, the reversal of the freedom of choice act forcing hospitals who do not do abortions to do them. The limiting of brass for fire arm ammunition, spending money we don’t have, it leaves one pondering - what is happening - how can this happen in a country that prides itself on Freedom and liberty? How did the public become so numb?

History has one answer. It’s all about the information the public is given to process. The reference, propagandist- is the accurate term; the Toxic press coverage by the popular media and the Obama administration is propaganda. To understand the tactics of propaganda one has to look back 60 years to learn from the finest example of Toxic media. And - let me be perfectly clear - if the similarities are prevalent- if it walks like a duck it probably is. For the record - tactical similarities of a Toxic Tyrant - to use a modern phrase - changed the world forever. If the tactics worked for one political group the same tactics of getting the word out might work for another despite the differences of policy. The results are the same - Toxic problems! The popular and liberal press are now a political party - propagating Toxic waste.

Coming soon - Part II - Tyrannical Propaganda / Similar Tactics in the 2008 Presidential Election

Bias in the Press - Dissemination That Destroys Nations - Part II

Toxic Media - Dissemination that destroys nations - Toxic Waste! Part II
by Edward Biamonte - Fujah Magazine - http://www.fujah.com

If the tactics worked for one political group, the same tactics of getting the word out might work for another, despite the differences of policy. Tactics are tactics and can be used for positive, truthful dissemination. One can only ponder how many political groups used the tactics created by Hitler’s media machine that involved deception to a nation and the world?

The real issue - is the dissemination misleading the public? If the dissemination is not completely factual or truthful, the results from such information produces toxic outcomes - toxic problems! My perception, if the popular and liberal press are now a political party they have lost objectivity becoming subjective, opinion-biased, therefore propagating their agenda. While researching propaganda I found a very candid definition at Wikipedia / propaganda which utilizes direct quotes from Hitler's "Mien Kampf", "In World War II Nazi propaganda was institutionalized to create a perception of the Nazi regime– a perception just as the Nazis wanted and planned… Mein Kampf” contains the blueprint of later Nazi propaganda efforts..."

"Assessing his audience, Hitler writes in chapter IV: "Propaganda must always address itself to the broad masses of the people.” The following six paragraphs from the article describe the tyrannical intent to deceive the world and exterminate the Jews.


“All propaganda must be presented in a popular form and must fix its intellectual level so as not to be above the heads of the least intellectual of those to whom it is directed.”

“The art of propaganda consists precisely in being able to awaken the imagination of the public through an appeal to their feelings, in finding the appropriate psychological form that will arrest the attention and appeal to the hearts of the national masses. The broad masses of the people are not made up of diplomats or professors of public jurisprudence nor simply of persons who are able to form reasoned judgment in given cases, but a vacillating crowd of human children who are constantly wavering between one idea and another.”

“The great majority of a nation is so feminine in its character and outlook that its thought and conduct are ruled by sentiment rather than by sober reasoning. This sentiment, however, is not complex, but simple and consistent. It is not highly differentiated, but has only the negative and positive notions of love and hatred, right and wrong, truth and falsehood."

As to the methods, the tactics employed, he explains:
"Propaganda must not investigate the truth objectively and, in so far as it is favorable to the other side, present it according to the theoretical rules of justice; yet it must present only that aspect of the truth which is favorable to its own side.”

“The receptive powers of the masses are very restricted, and their understanding is feeble. On the other hand, they quickly forget. Such being the case, all effective propaganda must be confined to a few bare essentials and those must be expressed as far as possible in stereotyped formulas. These slogans should be persistently repeated until the very last individual has come to grasp the idea that has been put forward.”

“Every change that is made in the subject of a propagandist message must always emphasize the same conclusion. The leading slogan must of course be illustrated in many ways and from several angles, but in the end one must always return to the assertion of the same formula."

"Before World War II, Nazi propaganda strategy stressed several themes. Their goals were to create external enemies (countries that allegedly inflicted the Treaty of Versailles on Germany) and internal enemies (Jews). Hitler and Nazi propagandists played on the anti-Semitism and resentment present in Germany. Reaching out to ethnic Germans in other countries such as Czechoslovakia, France, Poland, the Soviet Union and the Baltic states was another aim of Nazi party propaganda. In Mein Kampf, Hitler makes a direct remark to those outside of Germany. He states that pain and misery is forced upon ethnic Germans outside of Germany, and that they dream of common fatherland…. Throughout Mein Kampf, he pushed Germans worldwide to make the struggle for political power and independence their main focus. Nazi propaganda efforts then focused on creating external enemies. Propagandists strengthened the negative attitude of Germany... Hitler, knowing his nation's disgust with the Treaty, used it as leverage to influence his audience. He would repeatedly refer back to the terms of the Treaty as a direct attack on Germany and its people. In one speech delivered in Berlin on January 30, 1937 he directly stated, “the Treaty makes Germany out to be inferior and “less” of a country than others only because blame for the war is placed on it…”

Wounded and angry from the 2000 and 2004 losses to G.W. Bush, and approximately three years prior to the 2008 election - media elites and liberal ideologues used every opportunity to hide, reject, abase, spin and degrade any positive stories or information concerning any conservative politic. The Democrats hired advertising firms to help them create a campaign that would appeal to the masses. Not that this is wrong - on the contrary it’s was very smart. However, the matter at hand is politic propaganda in the media. Was the coverage by the press of the political parties equal? The editorial process is supposed to be objective - non-biased so the public can get a factual understanding of current issues. Therefore, was the amount of coverage given to the Democratic party the same as that given to all other parties? The facts are egregious and problematic.

Eighteen months prior to the 2006 election I noticed a shift by the Democrats, they went negative about everything starting with the war in Iraq. Just as Hitler used “pain and misery is forced upon Germans,” it was evident Conservatives were responsible for the pain and misery suffered by the American people. This became normal political rhetoric as we moved closer to an election. The problem is how the rhetoric is assimilated and then propagated the by popular media. Did the popular media vet or investigate the rhetoric that was disseminated by the Democrats? It appears the opposite - popular media actually reinforced the information, propagated and disseminated the rhetoric. Research shows the average coverage by the popular media at large was largely in favor of one political party - the Democrats.

NCI Report stated, “Recent data from the 2008 election coverage Dominates PEJ’s First Quarterly… The 2008 Elections May 25, 2007 2008 Presidential Campaign Coverage Percent of Campaign Coverage (Time/Space) Devoted to Each Party Dec. 31, ‘06 – Mar. 31, ’07.”

Sectors: Mostly Democrats Mostly Republicans Both Parties
All Media 61% 24% 13%
Newspapers 52% 29% 16%
Online 67% 24% 8%
Network TV 63% 19% 16%
Cable TV 61% 24% 13%
Radio 72% 18% 8%”

Lexis Nexus database reveals the “Numbers of stories with Candidates names in the headline or lead paragraphs Dec. 31, '06 - Mar. 31, '07:

Giuliani Romney McCain Top 3 Republicans
Newspapers 177 205 196 578
Network TV 89 36 88 213

Clinton J. Edwards Obama Top 3 Dems
Newspapers 477 174 452 1103
Network TV 265 75 220 560”

The facts are in the stats. The first goal of the propagandist - as Hitler stated, “was to create internal and external enemies.” Hitlers internal enemy was the Jews. His media machine blamed the sons of Abraham for everything that was wrong, went wrong or could go wrong in Germany - sound familiar? The obvious pick for the Democrats and liberals should be Bush and the Conservative party. But the media taking sides is abhorrent!

Even though there were many successes by Conservatives and many negatives concerning the Democrats the press buried the negatives concerning the Democrats on the bottom of page 16 or 18 in newspapers. At the same time they were giving more coverage to the Democratic candidates. It appears that the tactic of media blitz was largess - very relevant for at least one political party!

The similarity per tactic to a tyrant over 60 years ago is shocking. Just as Hitler created a media blitz of Press, posters, films, cartoons and flyers that were seen throughout Germany, in 2006 The Left went to work on releasing anti-Bush policy and Iraq War films. Fundraisers began quietly by liberal elitist and non-American businessmen like George Sorros. The Left created liberal online media outlets that allowed donations to be registered by the likes of Mickey Mouse who used non-specific identity debit cards to donate multiple times. Non-profit groups like ACORN campaigned for the Left candidates. However, most noticeable was the free editorial coverage given to the Left by the press; seventy-nine percent of what the popular press covered in total for the month of June went to the Democrats.

Hitler went on a European media blitz starting Berlin “he pushed Germans worldwide to make the struggle for political power and independence their main focus.” He then focused on the world issues and how the world was for him or against the policies that the German people wanted and needed. Is it fair to say that Obama’s tactical planners did the same thing?

What was Obama’s agenda and message? A European tour starting in Berlin? His rhetoric began with "Hope and Change", then came the apologetics for America’s many sins and indiscretions. Then with a strong finish he brought the promise to change global perceptions. Conservatives outlets slammed Obama for posturing the laundry of the US for political gain and blatant political correctness, while the left wallowed in its mire. What was the media’s coverage of the Obama campaign during this period of the election cycle, great coverage without refutation. The pandering made non-ideologues vomit!

The “Total Percent of Campaign Newshole” - or the percentage of media time - coverage given to Obama versus other current issues:
Obama's Trip to Europe 51.2%,
Iraq War as an Issue 7.4
Press Treatment of Obama 6.9
McCain Vice President Search 3.6
McCain v. Obama Polls/Strategy 3.2
Other Foreign Policy Issues 3.0
Total Number of Campaign Stories = 402

“PEJ Campaign Coverage Index: July 21 - 27, 2008 Amid Charges of Bias, the Media Swarm on Obama Overseas…” Barack Obama’s July 24, 2008 speech to a crowd of about 200,000 in Berlin provided a startling campaign visual to punctuate a week of remarkable media attention. A story about the event on CNN.com, complete with video, quoted the network’s European political editor saying Obama “is one of those politicians who reaches parts other politicians don’t reach… Coverage of the trip consumed 51 percent of the campaign newshole for the week of July 21-27, according to the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s Campaign Coverage Index… The trip also helped Obama, for the seventh consecutive week, dominate John McCain in the contest for media exposure. The Democrat was a significant or dominant factor in 81 percent of the campaign stories studied compared with 53 percent for McCain. Interestingly, even with all the attention to Obama’s trip, those numbers dovetail closely with the weekly coverage averages since the general election campaign began in June. In that period, Obama has factored in 79 percent of the coverage with McCain at 52 percent.”

Conversely - information concerning coverage of Conservatives back in 2004 revealed coverage of the protagonist - the good guy - in the popular media was almost non-existent.

The 2004 Annual Report - Magazine Content Analysis Story Protagonists and Sourcing March 15, 2004- said,” President Bush was not the main protagonist much of the time in the news magazines. Indeed, “Time” and “Newsweek” were both more than twice as likely to be focused on an entertainment celebrity as on the president as a main protagonist. This was not the case at “U.S. News and World Report”, where one was about as likely as the other. Bush did not even dominate political coverage at any of the news magazines. The three publications were twice as likely to build their political stories around some other federal official or politician as they were around the president.”

The Facts are in the stats! As of June 2009 Newsweek has used Obama on the cover 19 times. NBC has done two White House Specials, ABC just did a two hour special to promote national healthcare and banned any balance by the conservative party to rebut or do advertising against the Obama plan. The NY Times- 73% positive coverage since the election; while other outlets revealed 42% positive coverage for Obama. Conversely, G.W.Bush only received 22% and President Clinton 27% during the same 100 day time frame says Fox News. The media is not being adversarial and they cover personality over policy. While some state the reason for this coverage as greed to boost ratings because Obama is liked by 60% of the public, it is the perception of many that there is ideology, exploitation and greed involved. The exploitation of the American public to blatant propaganda is only compounded by the greed factor making the press contemptuous to its public! The public needs to respond!

While there is nothing wrong with Hollywood or liberal elites supporting a candidate, which is their right as Americans, when the press becomes the machine that mitigates rhetoric they become propagandists which pervade the public with editorial perversion- ultimately eliminating editorial balance. When the press looks the other way concerning facts, the candidate they are protecting proliferates and every element that is wrong or false is propagated; the result? Everyone suffers! When only a few conservative news outlets or talk shows properly proffer information and report the falsehoods or problematic rhetoric to the public - the public is deceived. Seventy percent of the media turned their heads and did nothing to correct their actions.

The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press in June 2005 found that more than 70 percent believed that the press tended to favor one side of a political debate over another. Secular elites, propagandists, tactical planners, their abased workers prostituted by their unethical elitist handlers are polluting the editorial process in America, the greatest free-voice nation in history. To reiterate one of my earlier statements- I am disgusted by the popular medias lack of integrity and quest to promote Ideology. They are surrogates, puppets, elitist and power hungry Machiavellians networking their politic and creating Toxic Media.

The media spin for many is so evident one wonders how so many of the public can accept such toxic rhetoric - propaganda, toxic waste! The public must respond to this propaganda. The public can start by tuning the propagandist out - simply turning off any station that propagates bias. But how will they know? )Authors: Bernard Goldberg, Dick Morris, Mark Levin and Bill Oreilly are great sources for facts. They don’t mess around.) Also - The Pew Research offers quantitative stats on coverage. If it’s greed that directs the commentary the outlets will have to change to get ratings or find themselves at death's door as the once great NY Times currently finds themselves. Is it time to Boycott, to Tea Party the Democratic advocated media or Government networks? Toxic media propagates one sided direction that leads the public to make Toxic Decisions.

We have viewed histories most blatant abhorrence for the public and the techniques of how it happens; how can we allow complacency and denial control a rational and direct response? We the People - Can Not! Egregious reporting directed by deceptive Machiavellians in the 2008 election cycle compelled voters in the US to make toxic decisions. Coming soon - Part Three - Toxic Media creates Toxic Decisions! Transparency My …! The Outrages Deception by the US House of Representatives Majority (Democrats and Moderate Republicans) HR2454 - The Obama Energy Bill. You will be Shocked! By the way did anyone report it?

Cap and Trade - Deception by The House of Representatives concerning ACES HR2454

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Toxic Media Part III - Deception by the U.S. House of Reps - Toxic Decisions!
By Edward Biamonte - Fujah Magazine Http://www.fujah.com "Just Right"

Transparency really depends on what your definition of Transparency is... ? The issue at hand? The outrageous deception by the US House of Representatives Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Moderate Republicans concerning HR2454 - The Obama, Waxman, Markey, Pelosi Energy Bill. You will be shocked! By the way did anyone report it? Where was the press? This is a classic example of the media not doing their job. Had they reported in total about the lack of transparency concerning the Energy Bill HR2454 it would have never made it to the Senate. When the media fails to be objective and report the facts this is what will happen, toxic decisions. Remember from Mein Kampf, "Propaganda must not investigate the truth objectively and, in so far as it is favorable to the other side, present it according to the theoretical rules of justice; yet it must present only that aspect of the truth which is favorable to its own side.”

In retrospect, passionate about revealing the abuse (the Middle Class) suffered in 2007 at the hands of oil speculators in the commodities exchange, candidate Obama’s 2008 rhetoric included $5 for a gallon of gas was perfectly fine. From that point on I have had to hesitate at anything Obama and the Democrats would conceive concerning energy.

Fast forward to June 2009 and the day before the energy bill went to the floor in the House of Representatives. I decided to tweet concerning HR2454 to see how many people would respond. Aghast that the press and the public was more concerned with South Carolina Governor Sanford’s affair and tawdry details than an Energy Bill. I decided to go Nuclear. What is in HR2454? Because I’d heard that it would change America forever and cause every family in the US to pay $1,200.00 more in taxes. But no one really knew exactly what was in the bill at the time of the vote. Who was behind HR2454? President Obama, Congressmen Waxman, Markey and Pelosi.

Chairman Henry A. Waxman and Subcommittee Chairman Edward J. Markey introduced H.R. 2454. “The American Clean Energy and Security Act" is a comprehensive energy bill known as "ACES," that includes a cap-and-trade global warming reduction plan designed to reduce economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions 17 percent by 2020.

So who is Henry Waxman? As stated on his web site: “Representative Henry A. Waxman represents California's 30th Congressional District, which includes the cities of Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Malibu, Westlake Village and West Hollywood, as well as such areas of Los Angeles as Beverly-Fairfax, Pacific Palisades, Brentwood, Beverlywood, Topanga, Agoura, Chatsworth, West Hills, Canoga Park, and Westwood. In January 2009, Rep. Waxman became the Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. From 1979 to 1994, he chaired the Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, and served as the Subcommittee's Ranking Member in 1995 and 1996. A leader on health and environmental issues... and community rights to know about pollution levels.”

Representative Edward J. Markey’s web states, “Markey chairs the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming and the Energy and Environment Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee. Since Speaker Pelosi appointed Rep. Markey chairman in 2007. Rep. Markey's career of activism and effectiveness spans three decades, since he was first elected to represent Massachusetts' seventh Congressional district in 1976. In addition to chairing key energy and environment panels, Rep. Markey is a senior member of the Natural Resources Committee.”

Both Henry Waxman and Nancy Pelosi are representatives from California. Isn’t California the state that is currently bankrupt due to poor fiscal discipline? The state who is giving IOU’s instead of checks because they can’t pay their bills? Responsible for Green legislation that denies Second Amendment rights? And the home of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA? The Ninth Circuit is by far the largest of the thirteen courts of appeals with 29 active judgeships. The court's regular meeting places are Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Pasadena and is without any doubt the most activist with liberal area of jurisdiction.

So it apprears these brilliant socialists are going to tell the rest of the nation what are the best energy policies for the U.S? Why in Heavens name would any logical person want to support the Waxman - Markey Bill HR2454? Using the most popular form of current urban communication (Facebook and Twitter) I decided to find out, polling Fujah’s some-2,000 “friends and followers”. It was evident by the “posts” and “tweets” that only a handful of people new about HR2454 and what was about to take place in the U.S. House. Those who knew about the energy bill, did they really know what was in the bill that was being forced on the floor of the House by Madam Pelosi? No. Did the public know what the Democratic-controlled house was about to do? No. It was very clear the public had no idea about the Energy Bill or didn’t seem to care... The question is, why? Could it be the general public’s source for what’s happening, what’s bad, and what’s worse; could it be the press and the media did not tell them? Remember, “The receptive powers of the masses are very restricted, and their understanding is feeble. On the other hand, they quickly forget. Such being the case, all effective propaganda must be confined to a few bare essentials and those must be expressed as far as possible in stereotyped formulas. These slogans should be persistently repeated until the very last individual has come to grasp the idea that has been put forward.”

But that’s not all. It even gets more abhorrent. Waxman, Congresswoman Madam Pelosi and the Democrats did another stall and drop, a third one, at the last minute before the House of Reps was to go on Summer recess. The Bill HR2454, over 1,200 pages, was Amended the day of the vote at 3:09 a.m. The same tactic Pelosi used concerning the Stimulus Bill, (the one that’s currently under fire for spending abuses and not creating jobs it was mandated) was being used again for the Energy Bill. As I “tweeted” and posted I decided to watch part of the debate in the House of Reps concerning HR2454 and began to ask the public to call there Reps and tell their Reps to vote “no” concerning the “ACES” Bill.

Normally I don’t have the luxury of watching our House of Reps debate because like most Americans I’m out grinding away to make the next buck. Bitten by the bug of curiosity and no trust for the brilliance of Congress I decided to tune in on the debate. In doing so I was shocked, then outraged, then hopeful, then dismayed as the final tally indicted eight moderate conservatives who are now a part of the stench that denied the proper vetting of the Energy Bill HR2454.

The denial of any transparency concerning ACES and the awareness that a 300 plus page Managed Amendment had been added to HR2454 the day of the vote at 3:09 a.m. mandated complete media outrage. But where was the press? Only a couple of outlets brought the full story to the public while most made mention a new Energy Bill that was passed by the house and sent to the Senate as if it were a landmark of constructive policy. There was no mention of the lack of ethics and transparency by the Democratic controlled House of Representatives.

If transparency is supposed to be Obama’s ethical gold standard the current administration begs the question, what is your definition of transparency? In retrospect concerning the press, the media and the current administration, if hiding information worked for Obama in the last election cycle and the Stimulus Bill it might as well work for HR2454? Therefore, transparency really depends on what your definition of transparency is.

Question. Why wasn’t the press all over the ridiculous charade called ACES? Perhaps the press allowed the absurd pretense and intended to create a pleasant or respectable appearance by Democratic politicians in their reporting? After all the Dems were working hard, pressing the vote concerning HR2454... Another question I have is how the 1,200+ page bill that was amended by 300+ more pages, which had yet to be united into one 1,500+ page bill, could be voted on in the first place?

Shocked and floored at what I witnessed, that the last-minute Democrats, the House Majority, had failed to have a proper copy of the bill on the floor of the House of Reps so the bill could properly be debated, I watched with disgust as Waxman and his supporters stood with arrogant defiance, unrepentant for their actions that created this tragic comedy. Democrats shamelessly denied a copy to the Conservatives and pushed their agenda on the American people simply because they have a majority. So much for checks and balances? And where were our watchdogs? The press? Remember- "Propaganda must not investigate the truth objectively and, in so far as it is favorable to the other side, present it according to the theoretical rules of justice; yet it must present only that aspect of the truth which is favorable to its own side.”

Minority House Reps took the time to at least question the House Chair about where the 300+ page managed amendment might be? And, if they could get a copy. Around 5 p.m. ET, and to his credit, Minority Leader John Boehner began to read some of the 300+ page Managed Amendment that the House Democrats pushed to a vote. I just love to bring up the point- that no one was able to read the bill they all voted on! I really want this to sink way down deep into your memory and perhaps stir up a bit of emotion because you have every right to Scream - “What are you morons doing?”

Now - as John Boehner read parts of the managed amendment it revealed that the EPA will have full authority to make rules – that no one – not even the Congress could change concerning green issues which the EPA mandates. Example: For new houses or old houses, before they can be sold the house would have to meet current EPA standards held in California. Really, houses will have to be made according to California standards. And no State Legislation could change the EPA requirements mandated; therefore, removing any authority by the people to manage their affairs concerning energy or green issues. You can watch the "slap down" for yourself at:

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I became hopeful at this point, the points that Boehner the Minority leader was making were rational. No logical thinking person could vote to pass a bill that has no regard for the U.S Constitution and the Congress, logical – right? No one in their right mind would vote for a bill under these conditions if they wanted to be re-elected in 2010? No one could be that stupid! Unless you are a cool aid automaton that is a straight line party voter. Just as the realization that there was intelligent life in our Congress, my thoughts were turned to dismay as I watched the vote on HR2454.

Eight moderate Republicans voted with 211 Democrats for the comedy of the century. Here are their names and office phone numbers. Bono Mack (CA) 202-225-5330, Castle (DE) 202-225-4165, Kirk (IL) 202-225-4835, Lance (NJ) 202-225-5361, Lobiondo (NJ) 202-225-6572 , McHugh (NY) 202-225-4611, Reichart (WA) 202-225-7761, Chris Smith (NJ) 202-225-3765. The upside, 47 Democrats voted with the Republicans. This means there will be great pressure in the Senate on Democrats to defend the disaster called HR2454.

The Democrats tried to deceive the public and take away the rights of the states and the people, with a bill that was not properly vetted. This all-too-familiar tactic will bring great change in 2010 that should bring balance back to our government. Can anyone who voted for this bill possibly survive their decision in the 2010? Quite frankly their brilliance is beyond me. However, if their perception is that the media is the bag for them and if the public doesn’t get the whole, complete story, then they might perceive the chances might be in their favor. Yet, one has to know that their opponents are going to go to the tapes and show their constituents the brilliance they displayed concerning the people’s business with HR2454.

The reasonable news is, the Democrats barley passed HR2454 to the US Senate. Just to reiterate - a bill that the House of Reps or the public had no idea as to what is really in it. For you, it’s ok to scream at the Liberals and the press for their blatant disrespect and apathy to serve you without any proper ethical standard. However, the press, what should be done about the popular press? Tune them out and look for outlets that are bringing all the news, the facts, with no opinion commentary. News brings in a balance of both sides of an issue, and reports hard facts.

In final response, as an independent conservative, one of those Reagan Democrats that is totally frustrated with both parties, I want the House of Representatives to yell and scream at each other with proper cause and due diligence, aggressive and introspective review, concerning every bill. I want them to pore over every word that’s in a bill to be passed into law. And I want the press to be objective and do their job to make sure the government is being forthright!

What I saw was deception, hindrance and a blatant disrespect for the process of representative government - the House of People for the People was turned into a stage of comedic tragedy. It’s my perception the Democrats in the of House hid the truth to protect their agenda from proper criticism, which is both cowardly and unethical. Furthermore, the press was responsible for not taking them to task; yet, once again hiding the truth.

If the news outlet you watch has not reported on the egregious acts committed in the U.S House of Representatives, they just might be propagandist. “The receptive powers of the masses are very restricted, and their understanding is feeble. On the other hand, they quickly forget. Such being the case, all effective propaganda must be confined to a few bare essentials and those must be expressed as far as possible in stereotyped formulas. These slogans should be persistently repeated until the very last individual has come to grasp the idea that has been put forward.” - Adolph Hitler

It stands to reason, we as a country must move forward in all elements of energy refinement. We can start by accessing the trillions of metric tons in natural gas as well as the billions of barrels of crude oil, Clean Coal from West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and in so doing delete our dependence on foreign oil and energy. We can also use the money to pay off the $780 billion Stimulus Bill the Democrats rushed through Congress without proper vetting which, to date, is the greatest example of Toxic Waste. We can create electricity by bringing online new nuclear technology that runs our air craft carriers and half of France, as well as wind and solar. What is logical, the obvious – we must use every resource we can and in so doing make it as economically affordable to all citizens of the greatest and most giving nation on earth – the good old USA.
Coming soon Toxic Media IV - Examples of Toxic Waste.

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