News Bias, Civil Disobedience, and John Adams’ Rule of Thumb

When big government has co-opted the "fourth estate" (journalism), then "we the people" are confronted with a fearsome master indeed News Bias, Civil Disobedience, and John Adams’ Rule of Thumb

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By Jim O'Neill  Saturday, July 23, 2011 “I heartily accept the motto, ‘That government is best which governs least;’ and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I believe—‘That government is best which governs not at all;’ and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which we will have.”—Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) From his essay “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience” 1849 “Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.”—George Washington (1732-1799) Well, now we know why the first President of the United States warned us that government is “a dangerous servant, and a fearful master,” do we not? And when big government has co-opted the “fourth estate” (journalism), as it now has, then “we the people” are confronted with a fearsome master indeed. Almost all of our TV “news” shows are unacknowledged, unchallenged, and unopposed Far Left to Moderate Left, pro-Big Government apologists. Occasionally they will make a daring foray out into the hinterlands of “fly-over country,” and run a slanted expose on what those wacky Tea Party people are up to, but mostly they stick with their schtick—smug, anti-American, elitist doublethink. Link                      I believe that the psychic/mental/emotional toll of constantly being exposed to the cognitive dissonance caused by liberal doublethink is steep. The constant use of hypocrisy and double standards as your leitmotif will exact a dear price sooner or later. As evidence for my case I point to your typical liberal. The prosecution rests. Link      Extreme left-wing bias in America’s “news” venues As has been glaringly obvious for some time, to all but the most thick-headed or indoctrinated (same/same), there is an extreme left-wing bias in America’s “news” venues. Have you ever found yourself watching a Left/“Right” debate on TV, and saying to yourself “I don’t agree with either of these idiots—neither of them is addressing the real issues we face.” “We the people” have been slowly and deliberately excluded from the “national conversation.” Mainstream America has been quite intentionally snubbed, and left without a voice. We have no skin in the game, so to speak. Link ********** Hey, See the Reader Responses on each article, they are gems in themselves! ********** ********** Gunny G: BLOGGER 1984 + http://gunnyg.blogspot.com and... http://gunnyg.wordpress.com/ ********** **********