There was a time when people looked forward to receiving the news of the day; unfortunately, that time has passed.  The written word was often given an extra printing when something big happened. The spoken word would generate program interruptions with a news flash. Today, the people who call themselves news outlets are nothing more than whores to advertisers and panderers of propaganda. Instead of printing an honest account of events, they decide what version fits their agenda and use their editorializing as if it were factual. There are two sides to every story and presenting only one side is equivalent to lying. It is called a lie of omission, in case you haven’t heard.

Political issues are polarizing. Your unabashed devotion to one particular side, prevents truth from surfacing. Your opinions should be reserved to the editorial section while the truth should be presented in its entirety. Anything less than that is prevarication. Your distortions create fantasy; and a dangerous fantasy at that.

Where were you when Brian Terry was murdered with a gun that our government allowed to pass into the hands of criminals? Where were you when four brave Americans were murdered in Benghazi while presidential staff watched in real time? Why have you not spoken out on these issues? Were you so enamored with the president that you could not see what happened? If that is true, than you are not a news outlet, you are a groupie. Newsmen tell the truth regardless of the fallout.

You were quick to tell the story of our presidents visit to New Jersey after super storm Sandy. Nice photo op. But you have not been quick to report that much of the funding that was promised, has yet to be delivered because the  funding bill had so many attachments to it that were not “Sandy” related. More absence of the truth. The president’s staff has openly declared, “never let a crisis go to waste”. And he doesn’t. Of course the kind of crises is decided by what would benefit his agenda. Brian Terry would not; Benghazi would not, any truth related to the growth of terrorist organizations would not.

We have been told repeatedly that we have to tighten our belts during the recovery process; but the belt tightening does not seem to apply to the president. He takes his family on lavish vacations while hard working Americans struggle to pay their bills. He is definitely not a good role model. Seems he feels entitled to ride on the backs of the taxpayers. Oh, that might be the problem, entitlements. I do not mean the entitlements that Americans were swindled into paying toward their social security which were subsequently stolen from the lockbox. I mean the entitlements that third and fourth generation welfare recipients are receiving. By the way, I am not against welfare, just its abuse. I am talking about the fraud and waste in these programs and the duplication of federal  committees. I am talking about congressional salaries and perks which should be addressed. After all, they are the ones who created this boondoggle of financial burden. And why are they not subject to the very same laws that we, as taxpayers who pay their salary, must endure?

If you want your customer base to increase, then start bringing the real news. Local airways will have the attention of people  who want to know what is happening in their neighborhood. And newsprint circulation will depend on people who clip coupons and those who have cats. Intelligent people will find real news elsewhere.

When our founding fathers developed the three branches of government, I’m sure it was meant to be a system of checks and balances to insure the safety and freedom of the people of the new republic of America. The legislative branch has, instead, evolved into a self-serving  entity unable or unwilling to protect the people; choosing to perpetuate the lifestyle of the rich and famous to which they have become accustomed. The laws they enact are mandated for the people while they exempt themselves from their own excremental dictates. When presenting new legislation, they parse their words to make it seem as if they care when the reality is that the only thing they care about is making sure they are re-elected to the post that requires less than a full work week and has so many perks that there is little they have to pay out of pocket. And STILL they cannot cooperate for the benefit of the American people who pay their salary plus expenses!!!

When I was young, I attended a small elementary school which taught grades K – 8. At recess time, all of the grades were released into the playground. The understanding was that the older children would look after the younger ones to insure fair play. It was, back then, a privilege to be considered one of the responsible ones. Congress has changed their responsibility into privilege; as in, I am better than you and therefore I do not have to abide by the rules. They have become a playground of irascible individuals unable to think what is best for the people. If you want to play ball, you have to give me your lunch or whatever else I want or I won’t let you play. Bully mentality! If this were to happen on a playground, in my day, a brave student would tell a teacher. Unfortunately, there is no teacher to tell, just the president, I mean principal. Go to the president, I mean principal, with your concern and he will say that he will take care of the matter. After you leave, he ridicules your concern sometimes behind your back but sometimes right in your face. None of this benefits our country. The executive branch is not a monarchy. It is not a dictatorship. There is such a thing as “abuse of power”.

Finally, I had a piggy bank when I was little. It had a slot to deposit coins but no way to remove the coins once they were deposited. I found that I could get a few coins out by turning the bank upside down and inserting a butter knife into the slot so the coins could slide out. This always made me feel like I had somehow cheated and so I made an effort to return the coins whenever I earned more. Congress has been sliding coins out of various lockboxes like the social security lockbox, and using the coins at their pleasure and with no intent to return them. This “rob Peter to pay Paul” attitude never works. There is never a payback but there is always a new piggy bank to  raid. Always on the backs of hard working American people but never at the expense of the political parasites who envision themselves above the fray. Try getting a real job you worthless incompetents.