tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post2053945478990085854..comments2023-06-08T05:24:02.622-07:00Comments on oldjudgesays: YOU’RE FIREDThomas E. Brennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04074239891233597277noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-14561911689740342632017-02-18T03:09:59.724-08:002017-02-18T03:09:59.724-08:00"Big surprise, They lost the election. They l..."Big surprise, They lost the election. They lost the Electoral College vote.<br />They have lost the confidence of the nation."<br /><br />It"s more like, Trump has captured 35% of the nation.<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix4fSdvuQrU&sns=em<br />Al Cannistrarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03940035848226117137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-75222264450269800162017-02-17T07:13:33.316-08:002017-02-17T07:13:33.316-08:00The WSJ headline did not comport with the contents...The WSJ headline did not comport with the contents of the article. The headline was meant to attract attention, but it was very misleading. Just to repeat the headline was "Spies Keep Intelligence from Trump".Bob Applebyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10761904841434949736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-29964524792389327052017-02-16T07:49:56.133-08:002017-02-16T07:49:56.133-08:00Judge, I like reading your posts, they are thought...Judge, I like reading your posts, they are thoughtful, cause me to evaluate and sometimes re-evaluate my thinking. I focus not on whether we agree, places that have one stream of consciousness are totalitarian - this country's foundation is just the opposite.<br /><br />I have one exception to your current post relating to the idea of the "mainstream media". With the current political climate drenched in hatred, the attempts to discredit the media is simply stifling thoughtful discourse, evaluation and re-evaluation. This is a totalitarian ploy to control the media by drumming into the populist that their plight in life is caused by someone, something that they should rail against - history is replete with examples. What is frightening is when people fall into the trap of shouting down the media that questions the government because the government and their surrogates foster this hatred, which leads to the government controlling of the media - totalitarianism. <br /><br />The irony, the "Mainstream Media" is out front, we know who they are, we can discern their bias and we can contest their position; but we cannot challenge their professionalism. <br /><br />The new media by contrast is a webpage, unaccountable and produced in haste --- it is a sound bite, its attempt is sensationalism, it is the weakest of journalism, which has produced a new term, "alternative facts"...which, at best, might be a half-truth, which logically must be a half-lie, which to me is simply a lie; a fraud. If we want to fear the media, I suggest we start with "new media"; the digital tabloids, the 140 character types.<br /><br />We can and should disagree on matters of policy - there are few absolutes, but disparaging a media as liberal is lacking a fundamental understanding of U.S. History .... I dare say the Constitution was born of a liberal mind-set; at least King George III must have thought so.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14342664053703682605noreply@blogger.com