tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post4110693691193908440..comments2024-03-24T19:55:32.537-05:00Comments on The View from This Seat: The 14th Amendment, the “Second Constitution”LKSeathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-32378603716450017642016-07-22T14:26:21.808-05:002016-07-22T14:26:21.808-05:00Thanks for reading and responding, Larry. It was g...Thanks for reading and responding, Larry. It was good to hear from you again.<br />LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-79784516438576355282016-07-22T08:57:49.248-05:002016-07-22T08:57:49.248-05:00John Tim, thanks for the email, and I regret that ...John Tim, thanks for the email, and I regret that you are still having trouble posting your comments directly on this blogsite.<br /><br />I am not sure how your question is directly related to the blog article, but you do raise an important issue in this highly political year.<br /><br />Yes, as I said to you recently in response to another email received from you, I think the media does have an obligation to present factually true and politically unbiased information in their news articles or news programs. Their credibility depends on being accurate and trustworthy, so especially the newspapers seek to do this--although TV "news" programs can skew their programs to appeal to the base of their listeners. (There is far more choice when it comes to TV than there is with newspapers.)<br /><br />But from the beginning, and especially from the time of the Civil War, newspapers have taken editorial stances that were clearly in support of one party or the other. On their editorial pages newspapers have no obligation to be politically neutral--although they should be fair and accurate in what they say there, too. LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-54781939950286250312016-07-22T08:46:53.290-05:002016-07-22T08:46:53.290-05:00Thinking Friend John Tim Carr, my old boyhood frie...Thinking Friend John Tim Carr, my old boyhood friend who lived for decades in California and now resides in Oklahoma, sent the following comment by email. <br /><br />"The media is so obviously biased in this negative political year. Isn't the media suppose to be fair in its reporting and not so obviously taking sides OR does the media have the obligation to report the truth and allow us to come to our own personal conclusions?"LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-61937675719596221482016-07-21T11:23:31.990-05:002016-07-21T11:23:31.990-05:00The "torturous path" is all around us, w...The "torturous path" is all around us, whether we look at the church, where Jesus is telling us "Pick up your cross and follow me," at our national parks, whose torturous path to creation and continuation was eloquently described by Ken Burns, or the voting rights act, which has been hobbled by the Supreme Court and shamelessly undermined by countless politicians. <br /><br />In America we assume there is always a silver bullet to provide a quick and painless solution to any problem. Then there are real bullets, which painfully create complications faster than any solutions. There are knee-jerk solutions, like the war on drugs, that look inviting at first glance, but which actually create massive pain and failure around the world. Then there are the real jerks, who know all this, but peddle knee-jerk solutions anyway because they know how to profit from the chaos they create. Read "The Shock Doctrine" or "This Changes Everything" by Naomi Klein to see how this works.<br /><br />I have spent the last three nights watching the RNC. They make it clear that in their universe "blue lives matter" is much more important than <br />"black lives matter," with only Newt Gingrich (of all people) hinting that there might be the tiniest bit of fault on the police side. They raise banners proclaiming "Trump Digs Coal" even as they totally ignore the question of Global Warming, which they will not even honor with a rebuttal. If only we could get rid of pesky regulations on things like minimum wages and environmental protection, why we could have a capitalist utopia like Red China! Just don't drink the water or breathe the air, or look too long at the suicide nets surrounding factory dorms. It will be a long torturous path indeed to get to the point where I could respect Republicans again the way I did when I was young, and Eisenhower was President and people like Jacob Javits and Everett Dirksen were in the Senate. We live in a world gone mad, and this week the chief madhouse is in Cleveland. Not just the 14th Amendment, but all of civilization is at risk. Will the Democrats be much better next week? Probably. Enough better? Probably not. May God have mercy on our souls.Craig Dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00033176451913108084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-63579764234017182492016-07-20T11:15:18.966-05:002016-07-20T11:15:18.966-05:00Helpful to have a short powerful reminder of the t...Helpful to have a short powerful reminder of the torturous path to equal rights. Appreciate the recapAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04744110521881284318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-3066476814948822842016-07-20T08:34:31.863-05:002016-07-20T08:34:31.863-05:00Thanks for reading and for your affirming words, A...Thanks for reading and for your affirming words, Anton. It was good to hear from you--all the way from Epworth, Iowa! LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-80363439089931215242016-07-20T06:40:43.051-05:002016-07-20T06:40:43.051-05:00Terrific blog, Leroy! Thanks.
Terrific blog, Leroy! Thanks.<br />Anton Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17377655010541153458noreply@blogger.com