But lately, there’s been a slow burn underneath all of that is a slow burn that was submerged but has been growing exponentially. I realized a few days ago that this burn is reserved specially for the MSM. How can this be happening? How HAS it happened? There’s no way to really fight this. These are private enterprises, and despite big ratings losses — much as the NY Times circulation, it continues unabated.

Like Tim, I try to talk to those who will listen. But fact is, so many people don’t want real information upon which to make an informed decision. It’s this guy, or that guy, and which one they LIKE better. Regarded more as entertainment than serious stuff with huge consequences to the future of our lives. Then, too, I probably am a bit overwhelming, which is a mistake I know (neo wrote an article about pursuading others some time ago), but my frustration about people NOT knowing so many things induces me to try best as I know how to give them real facts. (Then I get back: but I saw this on TV or read that in the papers…….and I know my efforts are wasted).

McCain…I haven’t quite figured out. I’m guessing he was wagering on the fact that most of the country would be so tired of the divisiveness of the last 8 years, the poison that has been spewed, and miscalculated that the folks would appreciate the noble politician with a code of ethics and morality. Obama initially presented himself this way, too. Holier-than-they (all the others); above partisan politics. And the MSM was only to happy to amplify this imate. Once story after story began surfacing about his long association with a stream of shady (at best) characters, the mask was off and so on the stump he abandoned such pretense. He rightly gauged that if he attacked first, and hard, it would be a distraction from the unsavory details of his recent past, not too mention his lack of experience. Also, he could define McCain negatively by fanning the flames of Presidential hatred and creating a fiction that McCain is another George Bush. (Ironically, one of their few likenesses is their strength of character and love of country — as it is.) (If he is successful, which I fear he might be, would that he receives such treatment in spades — and he very well might, because his acolytes are more the “fair weather fan” type. Their loyalty is not based on principle, but on hatred. And there is no discounting, as well, the power that victimization brings to people — all that’s bad in your life is not your fault; it’s the big bad govt. and those evil greedy guys at the top. This is one lesson he learned well from Reverend Wright.

Sadly, I have started to feel just what Tim P. said:

“the cold empty feeling of defeat has been slowly seeping in and this subject has been on my mind lately….”

But I’ll still keep hoping until the end. Because that is who we are. We believe in our principles and we love our country and appreciate the privileges it affords us, even when imperfect. We believe in good and bad, and right and wrong, and trust that good will prevail. (Much as we believe that bringing democracy to other nations is good, and brings so much to other people). Maybe we’re naive. But that’s who we are. Or that’s who I am. And truth is, I like that part of who I am.

I’ve always thought of the Republicans as being, more or less, the party of responsible adults while the democrats, generally, the party of the petulant teenager. I hope the adults can restore sanity but its difficult when the teenagers claim to know everything and drag you down to their level of discourse in order to “reason” with them. I dont know how we do this when they “own” the means to disseminate information.

What’s Soros saying? The markets are melting down. He must be orgasmic. His dreams are all coming true.

So some degree we’ve done what lefties do when it comes to charity. We left it to the experts (like the campaigns). That didn’t work.

I used to be a ‘Signs and Portents’ kind of guy.
But that gets old. Chris Hitchens is right: there’s no there there.
If I were still superstitious, however, I’d make a big deal out of the fact that exactly one year ago today, I …

Consider this: there are only 500 Fortune 500 CEOs. Even if you got ten million dollars each from them in taxes (which you won’t) that’s only five billion dollars, a drop in the bucket when it comes to the nation’s budget and the tax burden on the ‘average’ individual.

The press is supposed to be the guardian. The press is aiding and abetting.

What would happen if bloggers could get on the various Public Access channels on television? Of course, in some places their lives might be in danger, but it would be a crack in the dam. With good production values (like those on PJM-TV) it might make a difference. And if the local listing actually said “Pajamas Media” people might tune in expecting, well, something else … and stay for the iconoclasm.