According to the mainstream media’s picking on the Conservatives, President Bush, and Sarah Palin I would’ve thought the majority of the country was Pro-Choice and every Pro-Lifer was some right-wing nut job. My guess would’ve been 75% Pro-Choice and only 25% Pro-Life. According to polls by the right-leaning Fox news and the left-leaning CNN/Gallup that is not true. Interestingly both polls resulted in almost the exact numbers.
The Fox poll has it 49% of Americans are Pro-Life, 43% are Pro-Choice and 8% are undecided.
CNN/Gallup has it 51% of Americans are Pro-Life, 42% or Pro-Choice and 7% are undecided.
Thus, if you weed out the brainless undecided’s it’d be 53-47 in favor of Pro-Life for the Fox poll and 55-45 in favor of Pro-Life for CNN/Gallup. Wow! The majority of people with brain enough to pick a side are Pro-Life. This is not accurately depicted by the mainstream media that leads one to believe only a few right-wing crazies are Pro-Lifer’s and if you’re not a Pro-Choicer then you’re a crazy unenlightened person too.
Fox News Poll
CNN/Gallup Poll
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
London Newspaper says "sorry"
Maybe many of our American newspapers should follow suit.
London Newspaper says 'sorry'
It’s a valiant attempt though for the new owners.
Many in the news business forget "news" is also a BUSINESS. Like any business you need to cater to the needs and wants of your potential customers. While providing a variety for ALL you also have to cater to specific customers. Near our house we have two Wal-Mart’s. There’s one closer to our house but the one I prefer is a little bit further away. They carry some different items from each other and even have different prices on the same items. It’s called “zone pricing”. The two stores are in different zones. Example; the new towel set we just bought are all 50 cents higher per piece at the one near our house but cheaper at the one further away where we bought them. Each store has a slightly different clientele so they have differences in their product offerings and their pricing.
Whether it’s print or television News people tend to want to push their agenda rather than aim the news (a.k.a. their product) towards what their customers want. Rupert Murdoch (a Democrat who hosted fundraisers for Hillary Clinton) saw a niche for his Fox News network and catered to it. It was purely a business decision and NOT ideaology. He saw a base out there that had no news to watch so he created one for them. He’s now laughing all the way to the bank.
Maybe the new owners of this newspaper in London are thinking along those lines. It sounds like they’ve done some research into what their customers like and dislike. Only time will tell if a newspaper run like a business can still be successful in today’s tough news market.
London Newspaper says 'sorry'
It’s a valiant attempt though for the new owners.
Many in the news business forget "news" is also a BUSINESS. Like any business you need to cater to the needs and wants of your potential customers. While providing a variety for ALL you also have to cater to specific customers. Near our house we have two Wal-Mart’s. There’s one closer to our house but the one I prefer is a little bit further away. They carry some different items from each other and even have different prices on the same items. It’s called “zone pricing”. The two stores are in different zones. Example; the new towel set we just bought are all 50 cents higher per piece at the one near our house but cheaper at the one further away where we bought them. Each store has a slightly different clientele so they have differences in their product offerings and their pricing.
Whether it’s print or television News people tend to want to push their agenda rather than aim the news (a.k.a. their product) towards what their customers want. Rupert Murdoch (a Democrat who hosted fundraisers for Hillary Clinton) saw a niche for his Fox News network and catered to it. It was purely a business decision and NOT ideaology. He saw a base out there that had no news to watch so he created one for them. He’s now laughing all the way to the bank.
Maybe the new owners of this newspaper in London are thinking along those lines. It sounds like they’ve done some research into what their customers like and dislike. Only time will tell if a newspaper run like a business can still be successful in today’s tough news market.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Pelosi Knew
So, she DID know.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/12/pelosi.waterboarding/index.html
Ok, let’s assume for a moment that Pelosi is telling the truth (a bit of a stretch but I still leave cookies out for Santa and the Easter Bunny too). If she’s telling the truth then she’s incompetent. Thus, she was either informed and uncaring or incompetent and oblivious.
When these “techniques” were discussed, which she admits to being party to, what did she think they were going to do with them? She never asked? She never inquired about the administration’s decision on whether they were going to actually use these “techniques” or not? She was the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. That’s INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE. Shouldn’t she have known SOMETHING?
If she knew about their usage then she’s an accessory to the crime and if she didn’t know then…well she’s still an accessory to the crime since it was her job to know and she failed to find out. Ignorance is no excuse for the law.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/12/pelosi.waterboarding/index.html
Ok, let’s assume for a moment that Pelosi is telling the truth (a bit of a stretch but I still leave cookies out for Santa and the Easter Bunny too). If she’s telling the truth then she’s incompetent. Thus, she was either informed and uncaring or incompetent and oblivious.
When these “techniques” were discussed, which she admits to being party to, what did she think they were going to do with them? She never asked? She never inquired about the administration’s decision on whether they were going to actually use these “techniques” or not? She was the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. That’s INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE. Shouldn’t she have known SOMETHING?
If she knew about their usage then she’s an accessory to the crime and if she didn’t know then…well she’s still an accessory to the crime since it was her job to know and she failed to find out. Ignorance is no excuse for the law.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Testing Obama
Here’s an article about Obama being tested so far. It’s pretty good. It’s not making any accusations or conclusions. It’s just laying out the tests thus far that Biden promised and how only time will tell if he’s passed the tests or not.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22370.html
Most of these are lose-lose situations. They’re pretty hard to deal with no matter who you are. But, the problem is that these tests shouldn’t have happened. Many of these tests have occurred because the villains in these cases are not gaw-gaw Europeans in awe of our Celebrity in Chief. They view him as weak and do not respect him. It’s not how many people like and respect Obama that matters. It’s those who don’t that we have to be concerned about.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22370.html
Most of these are lose-lose situations. They’re pretty hard to deal with no matter who you are. But, the problem is that these tests shouldn’t have happened. Many of these tests have occurred because the villains in these cases are not gaw-gaw Europeans in awe of our Celebrity in Chief. They view him as weak and do not respect him. It’s not how many people like and respect Obama that matters. It’s those who don’t that we have to be concerned about.
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