Dallas Cowboys

My team, the Dallas Cowboys, are lame.  Just wanted to go on the record.

Two opposing forces

This afternoon, as I ate my lunch, I decided to catch up on the "gossip" and pointless rhetoric that has threatened to turn our political process into a sham worse than the economic plans of our prospective Commander in Chiefs-to-be.  

I got EXACTLY what I came for - nothing.  Neil Cavuto, FOX News, brought on a liberal former governor, who did nothing to uphold his end of the "discussion," and berated the man about the head and shoulders.  I flipped over to MSNBC and got more of the same.  A relative no-name reporter "questioned" a former Edwards advisor and a former Bush advisor.  This line of questioning quickly became a two-on-one attack of the Bush aide.

Bringing me to my point.  Media is clearly not biased and has no agenda other than to create a circus of our political system.  How could either of these anchors hoped to gain anything from their amateurish line of reasoning??  Nothing of substance was said, but people remained glued to the set, along with those "undecided" voters, hoping that the mighty media will tell us who to vote for....... I am so excited!!

Birth

Macson Harmer, my nephew, born this morning at 7lbs 4 oz.

Bias.......

Liberal bias in the media?  My morning commute usually consists of whatever flavor Vitamin Water I have chosen and a dose of the morning talk-show on WFNC 640 AM.  This morning, the topic was the media's liberal bias.  I react less to the bias of the media as opposed to their misguided notion that they are the guardians of truth, the beacon of light shining in our corrupt world to bring us the news.  Please - they sell ratings, just like everyone else on television.  The news media benefits from stories because people watch them, and they can sell advertising slots. I felt like calling in, but didn't have the time, as my commute is rather short.  So I chose the next best option.

Columbus Day

Controversy, imagine that, reigns supreme yet again on the blog of our fearless champion. I traversed the globe all the way down to Atlanta and was inspired by the legendary blogger Seth Godin to continue giving my thoughts a voice on a daily basis. Today, oddly enough, is the day that I have picked to start afresh and it is the day that we recognize Columbus' discovery of the Americas. I say controversy only in the sense that some refuse to embrace the holiday and have decried it as a racist celebration. I was privy to such a "conversation" (if you can call a blog a conversation - I suppose it is a rather detached way to engage) earlier in which individual A commented, rather derisively and sarcastically, that individual B was wrong to mention this racist day-off and proceeded to elaborate on all the "racist stuff" surrounding this holiday was nonsense.
While I do give credence to the idea that some of the criticism is blown out of proportion, I was preparing a response when my son shut my computer down and so I avoided potential nastiness. He is now taking a nap and I have chosen a less combustible medium than the blog of said individual A to expound.
It is odd to me that whenever the matter of racism is brought up, caucasians tend to respond with defense and proceed to downplay/justify every point being made. In this case, instead of allowing action to speak, individual A chose the cheap option of posting and completely missed the point - which I will make, now.
Bottom line - Columbus' discovery of America should be recognized for what it was - a discovery. Issues beyond that - treatment of natives, greed, etc - are genuine grievances and give us an opportunity to reconcile. If you don't have anything to reconcile, then don't get involved, if you do - own up and move on. If you have a grievance and someone begs forgiveness, grant it. Simple stuff, right??