Wednesday, June 09, 2004

Posted here Wednesday, June 09, 2004 at 9:32:35 AM     Worth reading Fact Check  http://www.campaigndesk.org/ Who Do You Trust? No one, if a new poll by the Pew Research Center is any indication. Howard Kurtz reports on the poll in this morning's Washington Post, highlighting this surprising finding: While 45 percent of Democrats polled find CNN credible, neither Democrats nor Republicans found Fox News Channel credible. The actual numbers aren't very encouraging for either outlet: Democrats favor CNN (45 percent) over Fox (24 percent) as a credible source of news, while Republicans trust neither, with only 29 percent trusting Fox and 26 percent trusting CNN. And goes on to give low numbers for everyone, including c-span, which is hard to understand. Best interpretation: what feels real to people  is not getting into the news, not being explained. Actually showing citizen wisdom. ********

Posted here Wednesday, June 09, 2004 at 8:26:29 AM     The real tragedy in Iraq is the larger picture, the things not done, such as energy independence, and limiting arms trade. The darker questions of Pakistan and the central Eurasian republics.. Then there is the question of hi tech war and such low tech suffering and confusion, and we might say the same in other places, like the food supply, and the huge number of bad jobs, such as meat rendering plants, we need to have the super clean supermarkets. Dee Hock, who put together VISA, once said, "the function of business is to separate the consumer from the realities of production." We all need to consider ourselves separated, and realize that some folks are on the dark side of that separation. Bush in 2000 had a major opportunity, but instead, based on character, talent  and education, took us back to Teddy Roosevelt and the killing of the buffalo, the endless war as a great distraction while real money consolidates its monopoly position. Another seminar I was at yesterday compared bush 1, falling economy, and the positive impact (for a while) of the first Iraq war on the economy, and the realization that Bush 2 (Rove) clearly saw that the economy would be weak and a major jolt would be needed, and this war is Keynesian for many American communities, just as the tax cuts give part of the GNP growth to the top. ********