Radio daze

The rise in talk radio should give all of us pause and we should listen closely as to what they say. Too often way to often we ignore them, as well we should. Not because of personality but be cause their diatribe is racist, cl assist, anti women, or feminist and in general mindless. Which is why we need to listen to them!! I know that sounds like a glaring contradiction and to some who read it is!!! But the reason I begin with the negative is to show how easy it is to get caught up in the dismissal of their screed. The fact is this type of talk is spreading throughout the country. Not just Rush Limbaugh, or a Mike Savage or Glen Beck, but other lesser know individuals on the local radio level. In cities large and small talk radio especially from the lunatic right is growing and it has its basis in religion. Time and again this medium uses the controversial issues of the day to frighten Americans. They cite unemployment which is high!!! The "socialization and the take over of medicine" which is still undecided, cap and trade that attacks the climate and tries to preserve the enviorment all of us share. If you listen to these persons you would believe that Obama has taken the country down the path of perdition never to be returned. Case in point a radio personality said the other day that liberals abandon friends and do not want to admit this. He then used the conflicts in Viet Nam , Cambodia, and several South American countries to make the point. I bring this up to remind all of us especially those who were not born or aware that these issues should have never involved a United States presence. Our involvement was to counter attack a Soviet sphere of " influence" that has dematerialized. Yet listening to theses cogent arguments (and they are cogent) people become fearful and in their fears react to information that is misleading. I argue that we must engage their positions challanging the proof of what they believe. Only then can we plot a course that makes sense and can be built on. The issues we face are to severe to reinvent the wheel everytime anelection is held. This kind of slash and burn does nothing but retard our Nation's influence and give comfort to those who would do us harm.
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