“I Don’t Think Osama Can Win. First, He’s Black, and Second He’s Muslim”

Evenso, muslims still like him.

"MUSLIMS FOR OBAMA"

http://blog.beliefnet.com/godometer/2008/02/muslims-for-obama.html

While it's true that Fox news is often accused of spewing skewed rhetoric, it and the other news networks don't solely rely on the popularity of their reporting. In fact, I have seen much more negative than positive reaction to what people have termed the "conservative propaganda." As for it being the only source of information that some viewers depend on, well, I can't quite say that the reporting agencies are to blame for the ignorance of certain members of the public, as they surely don't report that Obama's name is Osama, nor that he's a muslim.

Sequestered and ensconced in a secluded and isolated corner of the universe, busier in their specialized vocations than in the pursuits acquiring a firmer grip on the state of world politics, some people slip through the nets, so to speak, and don't get the full gist of what is actually going on.

It would indeed be merciful for the rest of us who need to know and need to discuss such things if they could just get up to speed rather than speak where they shouldn't. I endure so many conversations such as these to get my fellow speakers through this infancy of sorts, to break that mold and yet keep their interest intact, and let them have their semblance of respect so they won't be daunted out of furthering the current information in future discourse with other groups. Sometimes I'm unsuccessful, or even only partially successful, but that type of progress is required, because these people are at risk of accidentally voting.

So, go forth, improve the world, and realize, it's a formidable task. To do otherwise would be promoting their insular attitude. Realize that if you know more, you are obligated to teach it to the point where you are either believed or disbelieved, yet you've been heard.

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It's true that CNN and the other major networks are similar to Fox News, but Fox is still king when it comes to attracting non-thinkers.

"I think I have the answer: they seem to be so lazy that they just latch on to whatever ideology makes them most comfortable. And the Fox News narrative makes lazy, ignorant people VERY comfortable."

Yeah, so does CNN and any other news network out there. Hard right wingers and Neocons watch Fox and absorb it. Hard leftie's and MoveOn type people feed off of CNN. Hardly anyone does their own research anymore and is just to quick to accept what they are spoon fed.

That mentality translates to a large reason why Ron Paul didn't get more support. People WANT to be sheep. They WANT to be taken care of. They DON'T want to have to think. But I digress...

A few weeks ago I heard one of my coworkers tell another coworker they heard the Obama won't say the pledge. I knew the source of this rumor, and I knew how to debunk it. I e-mailed him the snopes article that covers this legend. I said to him, "If Obama refused to say the pledge, don't you think this would have come out about a year ago and he'd have been long out of the race?" He agreed with the logic and admitted that it wasn't true.
On another topic, I refuse to say the pledge. It's against my religion to put any faith in material things.

Maybe they were talking about Osama so the only wrong thing is stating he is black :-)

I do wish people would apply the same amount of skepticism to all news casts as they do Fox. I also hear people parrot back all sorts of things they hear on the news without thinking.