[DollyCali]

Well, it's late morning SOMEWHERE in the world!

[Common Tator]

One of the things that always irked me was the media's claim that they were the people's watch dog. They claim to be the force in our society that stops government from doing things it shouldn't and causes government to do things it should. The media does this, it says, by informing and influencing the public.

Yet the history of media tends to show it publishes the sensational to meet the goal of attracting audience. In short, if it bleeds .. it leads. That goal has little to do with preventing the bad and encouraging the good.

The media's watch dog claims got me thinking about the media's roll in the disaster that is New Orleans. What would a real public watch dog have done. And if the media is not really a watch dog.. what kind of of animal is it.

Click here for the 'tator take on the blame game

[dutchess]

Well, it's late morning SOMEWHERE in the world!

LOL Dolly I like that!!!!

Great weekend thread sistah! I guess I never truly understood the whole Labor Day background. BTW, YOU deserve a great big Labor Day break having done double (triple) duty this week.

Need to get back to work but will try to get back here after work and bump the thread. ((((dolly)))))

Continued prayers for our Katrina victims and relief workers!

[Billie]

What a wonderful job you did on this, Dolly - the opening, the pledge, the welcome - all so well-coordinated and informative, and pretty, too! Your attention to detail does not go unnoticed! 'Preciate you, Sistah Dolly - don't know how you find the time to put these together so thoroughly (and Wednesday/Thursday thread in such a short time!), but

Thank You!!!

[Issaquahking]

Say "Hello Dolly"! Great day to be alive and enjoy another hot day. It's hot where I'm at trust me on that, if not click here, bout ready for the temp to be less than a hundred everyday.

Used to be a prospector for mineral, thanks to the *%$@&* greenies, I changed careers to remain working in America. I've been in the electrical industry since 1978, starting with the Navy. What I love about my profession is that it is continuously changing, and is never repetitive from one job to the next!