"What Liberal Media?"

Find it almost hysterically funny for Fox news and their ilk to rail against the so-called liberal media; on a fundamental, existential level the media, which after all must pay the bills and provide enough remuneration for writers to live on oatmeal and Tang, must hew close to a mainstream view or else risk starvation., thus the Media drumbeat for war in the run up to the Viet Nam imbroglio--oops, meant Iraq but momentarily overcome by deja vu.

So, discerning news consumers must look far afield for heterodox views to challenge the prevailing orthodoxy: the great Orange Satan of Daily Kos which challenges everything, the Stay at Home Feminist Mom who challenges the patriarchy,  and the Field Negro who roots out racism and challenges all Americans to look in the mirror.

If we really had a liberal media, we might read stories about how tax cuts primarily benefit the wealthy:

A progressive tax program is designed to tax people very little as they are starting out and progressively increase their rates as they do better. 

Republican plans seem designed to do exactly the opposite: shift the tax burden off of the wealthy and onto working people. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/07/1229087/-15-things-everyone-would-know-if-there-were-a-liberal-media

Gandalf and Dumbledore Sitting in a Tree--Spelling Equality

Some of my close personal acquaintances who shall remain unnamed--Ron Roby--practically have a brain aneurysm over the idea of gay marriage.

Having attended too many solemn and stodgy weddings, hope some gaiety would happen regularly at weddings.  Then people need to discern the difference between marriage as recognized by the government and that found in the Bible.  The first has society legally recognizing a union of 2 people and which confers benefits such as tax filings, end of life decisions and such.  (Of course, some wags say marriage itself amounts to an end of life decision.)  Thus, conferring those benefits on same sex couples spelling Equality and so provides equal protection under the law as required under the US Constitution.

As for biblical marriage, that bearded, angry old white man who watches Fox News in heaven hates homosexuals and decries marriage of same sex couples, but he does have the perfect ensemble for a gay wedding, a heavenly purple tuxedo with matching purple bow tie and ruffled shirt, guess even He likes Prince.  Also, He thinks the Westboro Baptist "Church" all kinds of batshit crazy.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/07/dumbledore-and-gandalf-marry-and-vanquish-the-westboro-baptist-church.html

Perhaps the only time I ever agreed with Fox:

KMN (NL,J): Republican Hypocrisy

Kill Me Now (Not Literally, Jesus)


In an unremarkable newspaper story about the hypocrisy of the Romney campaign, 2 private business owners complained about Mr Obama correctly pointing out no company or person in the US works in a vacuum.


The business environment includes roads built by the government, a legal structure to regulate and enforce contracts, federal taxes collected and then disbursed to vendors working for the government, and even special status conferred by the government on firms owned by minorities including disabled humans.


Instead of actually considering the words of President Obama, at least one of 2 business owners preferred to take the words as taken out of context by Fox News and then went on to speak th most laughable words ever quoted on the printed page.


Last 2 paragraphs first:


[...Smith said she didn’t see it {Obama's speech}, only news reports on what was said.


“What becomes real in our nation is what people digest,” Smith said. “So if I want to react to what’s real, and I didn’t hear a conversation that occurred on the corner of Fifth and Main between two astute minds, does that mean I’m not able to address the idea, the overall intent of the conversation? I think not.”]

What becomes real in our nation becomes what blatantly partisan hacks blather about on Fox News?

Oh do the souls of Jefferson and Lincoln roll restless in their graves!

The article starts with overview of how government does help these business owners grow their companies.


[...The campaign held a morning event to highlight A.D. Morgan Corporation and Value Enterprise Solutions as Florida small businesses that became successful because of the pluck of their owners and the benefits of the free enterprise system.


Government, in other words, had nothing to do with it.


But the Romney campaign couldn’t have picked more puzzling examples. Far from not needing big government, the Tampa companies have embraced government and benefited from it.


According to its website, A.D. Morgan — a construction firm — has received at least $150 million since 1999 for work on government buildings, prisons, schools and libraries. The figure represents only the total from the fraction of news releases that included a dollar figure. The company lists more than 130 projects that it has completed; nearly all of them are in the public sector.


Value Enterprise Solutions —an information technology company — boasts strong government bona fides, as well. Its Facebook page describes the company as “providing value added service/education to business, local government, federal government, Department of Defense and industry contract organizations.” The Facebook page also describes the company as a “minority/service disabled veteran owned small disadvantaged business.” That’s a designation that gives companies a special status, so in some cases they can be a lone bidder on a project. But that designation is recognized by government, not the private sector.]  emphasis added to highlight hypocrisy

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/07/25/2912839/tampa-business-owners-who-criticized.html