Our nutty media

To the Corporate Media: “You people are really nuts” said by Anita Esterday in Iowa. She is a waitress that served Hillary Clinton, and had made the casual statement that she did not get a tip. Clinton’s people claimed they tipped when paying the bill, and that it did not get to the waitress.

Regardless, as this practical waitress has shown, it is a ridiculous thing to get worked up about, but that is what our corporate media does. And it does it regularly.

And the reason why they make such non-news items into “news”? Well, it has something to do with being lazy – there is no work at all involved in this story. But it mainly has to do with turning a profit for their corporate masters. Profit is ALL, the end ALL and the be ALL of their existence. If they started really informing people, then a whole lot of their profit would just dry up. Think about that the next time you see Lockheed Martin advertising it’s jets on CNN and making it all look so patriotic to bomb the snot out of civilians in foreign countries. That last fact never gets mentioned.

So, we should all carry signs that say – To the Corporate Media: YOU PEOPLE ARE REALLY NUTS when we go to our next major rally.

And I am thinking about this for a sign for the upcoming SOA Watch rally: PEDIATRIC AUDIOLOGIST ASKS CONGRESS – WITH ALL THE BLOOD YOU HAVE ON YOUR HANDS, HOW CAN YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT?

This call to action came from Code Pink: Call the Pakistan Embassy (202.243.6500) and tell them the international community is watching and expects the rule of law to be restored. Contact the State Department and say "Stop sending military and security funding to Pakistan until the constitution is restored and free, fair elections are ensured." Call 202.647.6575 and press 1 to leave your comment. Let's use our people power and voice to end this tyrannical coup. Say it loud, "no more US-sponsored dictators!"

The picture above was taken from the car as I was going up the mountain from Old Fort. There is lots of color this week in the area, but it does not seem as vivid as usual.