Every Monday I run cute dog pics, sometimes dog messes, sometimes dogs with kids, sometimes big dogs, sometimes dogs and water, dogs in costumes, etc. This is my FIRST time posting “Dog Shaming” a new trend by owners on the Internet. I don’t think it does much to change the dog behavior, but perhaps it has a cathartic effect on the owner to get their frustration on paper and picture. Let me know if you would like to see more of these, or if you think I should not post dog shaming pictures.
Category Archives: Humor and Observations
Wild Western Festival – Book Signing
I will be at the Wild Western Festival, at Sahuaro Ranch Historical Park, this Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 am until 5 pm signing copies of The Travelers’ Club and The Ghost Ship and Twisted History. Copies will be available for $10 and $5 respectively, which is about a 40% discount off the retail price. Look for me at the Arizona Steampunk Society booth. And yes, I WILL be in costume, so you can’t miss this opportunity to gawk at me in my Stetson. Those who know me know what color it is too – Black.
Here is the link with all the information:
http://www.wildwesternfestival.com/
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Government Declassifies Flying Saucers
The truth isn’t out there … it’s been stored in a warehouse for 56 years.
The National Declassification Center in College Park, Md., opened one of more than 100 cardboard boxes from the Air Force recently and came across a 114-page document from 1956 sure to interest the tin-foil-hat crowd: a document describing a secret program by the Air Force to build a flying saucer.
“These records have been classified probably since their creation during the ’50s,” Neil Carmichael, director of the declassification review division at NDC, told Popular Mechanics
, which first posted news of the complete document. “It’s like somebody went into somebody’s office, emptied out a filing cabinet, stuck it in a box, sealed it, and sent it off to the federal records center. It was deemed permanently valuable at some point in its life and that’s why we have it today.”
Last week, the group posted a few images and a brief blog entry on the program, which was estimated to cost just $3.2 million, the report said. But an NDC representative told FoxNews.com that the group is “in the process of digitizing” the entire document and has not yet released it onto its website.
Carmichael told FoxNews.com this document is just a drop in the agency’s bucket.
‘It never ceases to amaze me what we find in the records.’
– Neil Carmichael, director of the declassification review division at NDC
“We have about 400 million pages to get through the executive order President Obama signed in 2009,” he said. “I tell my techs, ‘If you find anything interesting, let us know.’”
And every once in a while, they find something good.
“Some of these reports are kind of interesting,” he told FoxNews.com. Talk about an understatement!
The newly released documents, not yet posted on the website of the National Declassification Center, offer details on a Cold War-era plan to build a round, vertical takeoff and landing aircraft that can only be described as a flying saucer.
The disk-shaped craft — which comes complete with an ejector seat and was powered by a “ram jet” — was designed to reach a top speed of Mach 4 and reach a ceiling of more than 100,000 feet, according to the lengthy document, which is titled “Project 1794, Final Development Summary Report” and dated 1956.
It reveals that the Air Force had contracted the construction of the craft to a Canadian company, Avro Aircraft Limited in Ontario.
“Six Armstrong Siddeley Viper turbo-jet s — 1,900 lb. thrust, 22.0” overall diameter, 525 lb weight each — are mounted radially in the wing, exhausting inwards; and used as gas generators to drive a pair of contra-rotating centrifigual impellers by means of a radial inflow turbine,” the document says.
Much of the 114-page document is devoted to detailed descriptions and schematics of the propulsion system, as tested in a scale model seen in a series of photographs. But the report appears to conclude that the flying saucer was better in concept than actual execution.
“The efficiency of the airframe at supersonic speed appears good and that of the engine reasonable, so that a long supersonic cruise range is also forecast,” it said. But in testing, the craft — essentially a glorified hovercraft — simply didn’t work as hoped.
“Apparently, as it gained in altitude, it would start to wobble uncontrollably,” Carmichael explained.
The report notes a followupplan to develop weapons suitable for the saucer, to allow it to be used as for reconnaissance, as an interceptor, or as a tactical bomber. Still, the concept of the U.S. Air Force attempting to build a flying saucer at the height of the Cold War is captivating, leading some to posit a connection between the rumors of a crashed saucer at Roswell, N.M., and the public fascination with Area 51.
After all, the Air Force dubbed it Project 1794 — rearrange those numbers and you’ll get 1947, the year of the Roswell incident.
“I’ve been doing this for 20 years and it never ceases to amaze me what we find in the records,” Carmichael told FoxNews.com.
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Who Is Better to Lead the Free World – WITHOUT talking about the two current candidates!
Forget Obama, Romney and other candidates. Forget conservative and liberal. Forget Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Green Party, Independent, etc.
Here are the questions: Does a person’s cultural and financial history matter to you for President? If so, what is the perfect mix?
1) Does it make you more inclined to vote for someone if they are the same race, the same gender, from the same state or city? Why? I have voted for a whole spectrum, none of that entered my mind, but I have heard others say it matters. I voted for Alan Keyes, a black Republican for President eight years before Obama ran. I am glad we overcame the hurdle of electing a black man to office less than 50 years after people died in the Civil Rights movement for their equality. But should I care he is black and be happy? Shouldn’t we be color blind and not remark on his race?
I grew up dirt poor, white trash. We grew our own food, sewed our own clothing, even gathered wood and nails from old collapsed barns to make our own lean to house to live in. My father was permanently disabled when I was around three, so we got free USDA crap cheese and milk, social security checks and lived like crap. My father and mother abused me and my brother and sisters terribly. My brother abused me as well. I went to school with bloody pants from being whipped. My father died when I was 15, my mother took off to another state shortly after that. I raised myself through high school. I went on to the US Air Force, then achieved degrees in electronic engineering, computer science and economics and finance. I worked like a banshee and made six figures. Now I have “retired” to be a novelist.
Am I better as a leader because I was poor and abused? Am I worse as a leader because I was a CFO and CEO and a 1%er? Does it matter I served in the military? Does it matter I served in public and private sectors, that I made payroll and developed jobs?
What if I was born with a silver spoon? From birth I hobnobbed with power, like the Kennedy clan, or the Rockefellers. Does that make me out of touch? Or would that make me a better leader because I know how to use power, who has it, how to play the game to achieve goals. I would be comfortable in the halls of power and be experienced at the landmines?
If I was poor and struggled and achieved… Does that mean I am better? What if I get to Washington and have no idea what to do? I only know my small group from my home town to call upon. I don’t understand how to get things done in the big time and get frustrated?
These issues are shown to us in beautiful films at conventions, images on our screen, pundits and propagandists, charts, jokes, pretty much everywhere. But do they really mean something?
2) Having read the above… Who is your perfect candidate? No names. Describe their life. I would appreciate if you feel comfortable answering here, but even if you just think about it yourself, hopefully this has been thought provoking.
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Five Failed Auto Accessories
Feature failures: 5 of the silliest automotive features ever
By Rob Sass
Published October 13, 2012, Hagerty
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Occasionally, automakers get it right in the new feature department — seat heaters? Good. Back-up camera? Good. Intermittent wipers? Really good. Self-parking? BMW’s iDrive and Ford’s Microsoft Sync? Let’s just say the jury’s still out. The market, however, decided quickly on the list below, which contains automotive gimmicks that range from not-very-useful to patently absurd.
- Record Player: Offered by Chrysler from 1956 to 1957, it was the auto industry’s first attempt at making pre-recorded music playable in a car. While engineered for the rather bumpy environment of a moving car, the player wasn’t immune to skipping and scratching the records, which weren’t the standard-size LPs or 45s but a smaller proprietary format that required owners to buy all of their music again. Those of a certain age who have owned Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” on 8-track, vinyl, cassette, CD and MP3 can sympathize.
- Front-Mounted Horse Head: This turn-of-the-century accessory was meant to make early internal combustion cars less frightening to horses. More than just a freakishly large hood ornament, it literally consisted of a not-very-convincing, life-size fake horse head that could be mounted on the front of the car. It could also be used as an additional fuel tank, pre-dating the Pinto, (the other exploding equine) by some 70 years.
- Swamp Cooler: Numerous companies from the 1930s through the 1960s marketed these ungainly contraptions that looked like the offspring of a jet engine and a canister vacuum. The device attached to the window of the car and contained a few gallons of water, which used the ram air effect created while the car was moving to force humidified air inside. They were minimally effective in hot, dry areas. Practical and relatively inexpensive auto air conditioning put an end to their use. Occasionally, auto swamp coolers can still be seen as odd period accessories on classic cars.
- Rear-Facing Seats: Car sickness occurs when the brain receives conflicting signals about whether the body is in motion or not. Rear-facing seats were a common source of this type of cerebral confusion, yet they were standard as the “back, back” seats in so many of the classic station wagons that baby boomers grew up (and threw up) in.
- Semi-Automatic Transmission: Both Porsche and Volkswagen used this obscure bit of technology to allay the fears of clutch-o-phobes. It was essentially a conventional manual transmission without a clutch pedal. The device was actuated when the driver put his or her hand on the shift lever. Unlike today’s shiftable automatics, there was no fully automatic mode. You had to move the lever through each gear. Porsche called it “Sportomatic,” and VW called it “Automatic Stickshift,” even going so far as to advertise it with a chrome badge on the back of the car. They’re heartily disliked by collectors who often replace them with conventional manual transmissions.
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Where Did The Universe Come From?
This is from a regular science column I write in order to break down complex scientific theories down to a level where the average sci-fi fan without extensive scientific training can understand them. Please forgive where I over simplify.
Where Did The Universe Come From?
by Michael Bradley
Mankind is the only known species that spends time dwelling on how we happen to be here and do we have a purpose. Beliefs both in science and in religion permeate every human society even in prehistoric times. This primer will only deal with the astrophysics theorems as they have altered over modern times.
The atomic age brought in a theory that everything in the universe is composed of atoms. These were classified on the handy Chart of Elements, protons and neutrons counted, electrons counted, rings of electrons and atomic mass all classified. Unfortunately, this atomic theory fell apart as proof of dark matter appeared. (This is discussed in an earlier article.) Scientists, using Doppler theory, radio transmission and the red-blue shift now vary in believing atoms represent only 2% to 17% of the universe. It is like standing in a dark field where 1,000 people have flashlights across from you, but maybe only two turn them on. So we thought there were only two.
The rejection of atomic theory led to a radical theory called string theory. That our universe basically is like a violin string that vibrates in ten dimensions. This would explain many things, but it could not explain the beginning of things, the quantum singularity which many refer to as the big bang. Also, string theory broke into five different theories instead of one. Another group of theorists, the heavy gravity crowd believed that there were in fact 11 dimensions, not ten.
These two groups merged after fighting for years, and developed string theory using 11 dimensions, and suddenly the mathematics began to work and the five collapsed to one. However, there were still problems. The weakness of gravity is one problem. Gravity might seem strong as it keeps things in orbit and keeps us from flying off Earth, and yet a weak child can pick an apple off the ground and toss it into the air. Electromagnetism on the other hand can hold that same weight of ferrous material quite tightly.
Theorist began to wonder why gravity was weak. Is it leaking out of our known universe? Then someone came up with M theory, that instead of strings vibrating in 11 dimensions, that there is a membrane like object quivering in 11 dimensions. If there were also other membranes, or P-branes, they could all co-exist and each have radically different laws of physics. Perhaps gravity does NOT leak from our universe, but leaks INTO our universe from another P-brane consisting of nothing but gravitation?
The more the M theory explored these alternative universes, the more it made sense. Basically, we are all intertwined membranes with unique series of attributes. So what of the big bang? Theorists now believe the membranes come in all sorts of sizes, flat, donut-shaped, and more. As they move around and they shimmy and wiggle, they can run into each other. A collision of membranes would not only explain the beginning of our universe, but also why clumps of it move differently, and why there are so many varieties of galaxies. They were each made separately as individual wrinkles in wiggly P-branes collided multiple times.
It is the first modern theorem that can go beyond the quantum singularity of the big bang and explore what happened before. If you picture a room filled with bubbles, floating around and sometimes touching, sometimes popping, sometimes combining or bouncing off each other, then that is one way of visualizing the infinite P-branes of which our M universe is one random bubble formed by collision and proximity with others and we each leak into and out of the others, forming our own unique laws of physics.
Religion or Science? Astrophysics does not disprove or prove a greater power. The more we explore the complexities and find just how beautiful and complicated existence is, the more each side has ammunition. Believers will say that if you found a Swiss watch in the Sahara desert, keeping perfect time, would you think it evolved there, or that someone designed it and made it? The more complex the design, the more it implies a designer. However, most believers also acknowledge that this Creator will not give us proof, that we have to take a leap of faith.
Non-believers in the world of physics are looking for a single mathematical formula that will explain EVERYTHING. M theory combined with P-branes and alternative universes co-existing in dark matter, all bumping together and affecting each other is the latest theory. They believe there is NO Creator, despite the inclination of humans throughout history to build shrines and worship a Creator.
In the end, if an answer is ever definitively theorized, tested and proven, it will still leave one question unanswered. Did it all just happen? Or, did some Creator set it in motion?
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Awesome Vehicles – If you Could Only Choose One…
Here is a mix of driving, flying and floating vehicles. If you could only choose one, which would it be:
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- Stretch DeLorean, not sure if it has a flux capacitor for time travel
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- Party boat
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- Purple flake paint
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- Gold Plate Audi
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- Anti-zombie Tank
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- HMS Victory
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- Tron Grid Motorcycle
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- Hover Boat
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- Pink Tank
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- Skeleton bike
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- Advanced Tie Fighter with Ejection Seat
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- All Solar
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- My car now.
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- Italian Monster Tank 1912
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- Thunderbirds!
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- Wienermobile
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- My first car.
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- James Bond Aston Martin
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- Shelby Cobra – drool…
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- Real life Hot Wheels Car
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- Hover car
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- Auto Union Racer – All Aluminum 250hp made in 30s
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- AT-AT
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- Alien bike
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- The smoker.
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- Batman tank.
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- Glitter Smart Car
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Town Appears from Alternative Universe
Draft Back Story…
TOP SECRET – DEPARTMENTALIZED CLEARANCE ONLY – DESIGNATION WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT
NEED TO KNOW ONLY – DESTROY COPIES – FILE NUMBER 42-ECHO-ZULU-107
TOPIC: TIME SPACE VORTEX QUANTUM SINGULARITY CONFIRMED
CODENAME DESIGNATION: H.G. WELLS
The occurrence of a class 5 time space vortex quantum singularity has been confirmed in the environs outside of Tucson, Arizona. Codename HG Wells has been assigned for all communications.
In accordance with sealed Presidential Directive 8-b, the area has been cordoned off to prevent entry or exit from the area. The vortex is limited to an area of approximately three square miles. So far quarantine protocols have been effective, however, the longer the vortex remains unclosed the increased danger that the overlap in alternate universes will either expand, or our own universe will diverge from its natural path.
On or about two weeks ago, the event started with a strange rumbling and the appearance of blurred lights outside of the City of Tucson. In the middle of an undeveloped area of the Sonoran desert, an entire town materialized. Initial analysis shows that while the town is consistent with those found in America during the nineteenth century and the inhabitants appear in many ways to conform to Victorian and Wild West periods of our universe from around 1830 to 1890, there are significant variances.
The people of the town are unaware of our modern world and have technology created on advanced steam theory and machinery not available in our own timeline. While we have long theorized through astrophysics of membrane theory that multiple universes exist and occasionally bump or influence each other, this is the first visible proof. For reference purposes our universe as we know it is designated Alpha One. The people and town that have appeared have been designated to be from alternate universe and timeline Beta Two. They appear to be in most respects human and unaware of their transposition from Beta Two into Alpha One.
Initial investigation has led to two working theories: 1) A device with technology unknown to us accidentally transported the city to this universe and broke, leaving it unable to reverse the process; or 2) someone intentionally used the device to move the city and has hidden the device or disabled to prevent their return. Our investigators have been unable to determine the location of the device or how to return Beta Two citizens to their own parallel universe.
The problem is that to reveal our existence as Alpha One citizens may endanger the safe return of Beta Two citizens and cause irreparable harm to both universes. Dr. Moriarty J. Verne, Professor of Astrophysics, has studied this phenomenon and came up with an unusual yet workable plan on solving this problem.
His plan is to provide a cover story that the Beta Two town is in fact the site of a “steampunk convention” and a movie set. The Beta Two residents will be viewed as “actors” immersed in their part. Guest will be invited to help “investigate” thinking they are simply having fun with a convention gimmick. Professor Verne believes that while most of us Alpha One residents are blinded to the truth of the situation, that steampunk fans have a special connection to Beta Two thinking that will allow them to get to the bottom of what happened.
Professor Verne feels their may be some cross-universal psychic connection that has imbedded the desire to dress as “steampunk” characters in certain psychically sensitive free thinkers in the Alpha One universe that is directly related to the parallel Beta Two universe. By allowing these people to visit the town, he believes they will succeed where non-psychically connected investigators have failed.
The cover story includes creating a Steampunk Convention entitled, Wild West Con 2 at the Old Tucson Studios. Ticket buyers will then circulate amongst the Beta Two inhabitants, dressed similarly so as not to raise suspicion or interfere with the timelines. Each will be asked to “investigate” in exchange for prizes. The results of their inquiries will be turned into Professor Verne, dressed in disguise to blend in. After the three day event, these investigative notes can then be used to solve the mystery and return the Beta Two inhabitants and their city back to the appropriate universe.
If all goes well, no one will ever be the wiser. If it fails, we have prepared a special compound in Area 51 in which to forcibly relocate the Beta Two citizens and their town.
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Free Tweet Fiction
Tweet fiction is a story written in less than 140 characters or less. That is correct, not 140 words – CHARACTERS. It is a mix between haiku like poetry and a story. I have included below some of my tweet fiction, seven of which were published in various publications. Here they are presented to you for free. The title follows each in parenthesis. The reason is, given the short length of the story, the title I believe gives away too much if given first. Enjoy!
Tweet Flash Fiction
by Michael Bradley
Soaring through the wild blue, air in my face. The sun is warm, then terror, my chest a burst of pain, I plummet. The ground rushes up, I hear, “Go get em’ boy, good dog.”
(The Hunt)
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The face in the mirror looked old. Lines, gray wispy hair, tired milky pupils. It was a reverse Dorian Grey. Inside I still feel young, but my reflection bears the truth.
(Reflection)
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The swells crest, the boat surges, nothing left to vomit. Twenty days, no fresh water now. We few look at each other with hunger. Will rescue arrive in time?
(Lifeboat)
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Salty spray, crisp wet breeze, seagulls crying in triumph as they catch a fish. Crunchy sand between my toes and my pretty bride splashing. The good life.
(The Good Life)
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Warm and secure, deep beats. Bright light, pain, I scream. Boring classes, finally done. Never fast enough for the boss. Cast aside and old. A hand clasps mine as the last breath escapes.
(Lifecycle)
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Morning! Hooray! Outside to the bathroom. Ooh! Back inside for my treat. Lap some water. Sleep. Oh, they threw that toy, run, run, run. Time for bed…sigh.
(My Dog)
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A spot hmmm. Strange place for a spot, still there. “Doc, need something for my cold. By the way, got a strange spot.” Spot cut off. Phone rings later, “Cancer.”
(Out Damned Spot)
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Words on a page. Do they suck? Read them to family and friends – good comments, they don’t ask for more. Read them to others – edits. Words on a page. Do they suck?
(Doubt)
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Brainwashing Yourself
As I see the political posts and commentary online and on Facebook, and see the reaction to the Presidential Debate, it made me think about why things are as they are. At first, reactions did not make sense, until I took a step back.
When I was young there were only three channels – ABC, NBC and CBS. That is if your antennae and bunny ears on your set could get all three. There was no cable, dish, tivo, dvr, netflix, etc. In fact, there were not even beta or dvd at the time. You went to the movie theater or you could watch that movie three years later on the “world television premier.” Back then, the major networks had News programs that were left wing biased. On average, about 60-65% of them voted Democrat. However, the whole country watched them, so to keep complaints down, they had more balanced news. Their “commentators” were left, but their “news department” was only slightly left. Most people heard the same news. Radio was mostly AM and played music. Talk radio was mostly Christian channels. This led to a certain “shared basis” for debates. People were passionate left and right, but not polarized on facts.
Today, we have the Internet, cable, on demand TV, so, so many choices. We have talk radio, tons of stations. ABC, NBC and CBS, especially MSNBC are only watched for the most part by the left. A recent poll showed over 95% of the staff at their news departments support Democrat only candidates. With the right wing audience going to talk radio, the Internet, or FoxNews, the left biased has grown until watching those channels is impossible for right wingers. At the same time, FoxNews has dual programming. It has news – with maybe a 55% right bias, but it has commentators like O’Reilly and Hannity, that are 100% right wing. Most casual observers don’t distinguish between their news segments and their commentator segments.
Left Wing Propaganda
Right Wing Propaganda
Talk radio is mostly right wing. There is National Public Radio (NPR) called by the right wing national pink radio due to its left wing bias. However, most left wing politicos now get their news from far left Internet sites like Daily Kos, The Huffington Post, The Daily Beast or Moveon.org. Right wing politicos go to FoxNews, the Heritage Fund, The Blaze, Michelle Malkin, Rush Limbaugh, etc. The news coverage by these sites are night and day. They describe two entirely different realities.
So, the Presidential debate. Everyone agrees Obama faired poorly. My liberal friends had two chants – 1) Romney lied; and 2) Obama was not to blame. Although they said Romney lied and “acted” it did not seem that way to me, and they were short on specifics. Obama was either too tired, the air was too thin in Denver, Jim Lehrer did bad, Kerry did not prep him well, and so on. None said, Romney won and Obama blew it. So, I wondered, why?
When I was CFO for the Department of Health Services, our Chief Psychiatrist told me, when someone says something, no matter how much you disbelieve it, start with the premise that they think they are telling the truth. So, I put myself in a liberal’s life. If all I do is go to left sites for my news, then Obama is the second coming and is the most polished and brilliant speaker ever, very inspirational and smart. Romney is waging a war on women, wants to kill off old people by getting rid of Medicare, and wants to give banks and rich people tax cuts.
This explains it. In that environment, Obama had to have some outside reason for debating poorly, it could not have been his fault. Romney must be lying when he says he is not cutting rich taxes and not cutting Medicare. Because liberals have heard he is over and over.
As a conservative, I hear all the time about Obama’s mistakes and I hear Romney’s actual positions. I watch the debate and see a President who is not used to anyone questioning him or calling him a failure, so he does not know how to respond. After four years of adoration and a loving mainstream media, to be challenged by Romney is shocking and beneath him to respond. I don’t think Romney is lying, because Romney is saying the same positions I have heard for over a year. Not the ones my liberal friends were told by their news sources, but the ones Romney has posted on his own website and has consistently stated.
This I believe is a dangerous side effect to so many choices for information. We seek out those who only agree with us. I do not watch Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh. I agree with much of what they say, but they are propagandists for the right. For the same reason, I encourage my left wing friends not to listen to Kos, Daily Beast, MSNBC or Moveon.org. They are propagandists for the left. We all need to listen to the candidates themselves, to their websites, and make our own decisions. The polarization of information is making us into left and right wing robots unable to intelligently discuss items with each other. We no longer have any common facts or information. We each do a disservice to ourselves when we “brainwash ourselves” by listening to only one side.
I spent 20 years as a professional in politics. Seven years as a senior staffer for Democrats, seven years as a senior staffer, including Chief of Staff for the Speaker of the House for Republicans. Six years I spent as a lobbyist and campaign consultant for both parties. I know both sides well and have written talking points and made charts and graphs for both. I continue to look for information and try to make up my own mind, not let either side “spin me” as I have spun others for two decades.
Why am I right wing? I am a Christian Evangelical Fundamentalist (Church of Christ), I served in the military, and I have an advanced degree in Economics. I am inspired by the writing of Adam Smith, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, The Federalist Papers, Paine’s Common Sense, and Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. I discard Keynesian economic theory and instead believe in monetary policy of Milton Friedman and supply-side economics, though I disagree with Art Laffer quite a bit. Growing up, the split between God believers in the Democrat and Republican parties was roughly 50/50. Today, over 90% of believers are conservatives, over 90% of atheists are liberal. Pro-military – again used to be split, now conservatives. Pro-capitalist, anti-Keynsian economics – now almost 100% conservative. I have been pushed over to be conservative by those three fundamental beliefs.
Still, I worked for Democrats as well as Republicans because I still believe in the individual politician, their viewpoints, beliefs and integrity over party. Please join me in always listening and learning both sides. Know why you believe what you do. Don’t just soak up the propaganda from those you agree with. Don’t demonize the opposition, say they are stupid, racists, or ignorant. The country is split roughly down the middle. I don’t for a minute believe half the people are stupid or racist. I do believe that about 80-90% ONLY get their news and information from propagandists on one side or the other. Don’t brainwash yourself.
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Michael Bradley - Time Traveler 