This is a 1946 video produced by Encyclopedia Britannica.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki-cbSrZB7s[/youtube]
While you were watching that you probably saw flashes of your political opponents in everything thhe guy said. I’m trying not to do that, so that I can see it clearly. What I see is a video produced during a time of severe racial strife, in the time of segregation. I see no minorities in the video, and hear no talk of how they’re treated. That has no party affiliation.
In the Respect section he talks about how you treat others based on their political views. Something we all should think about, and both parties’ faithful go too far. Though, I feel that liberals are more personal in there attacks on conservatives, imputing sinister motives, selfishness, and a lack of caring on every position. But conservatives are far from innocent of insulting liberals. We spend too much time calling them crazy, and not enough showing them why we think they’re misguided.
In the Power section he says that despotism is more probable when more and more power is concentrated to fewer and fewer people. Democrats will point to President Bush, and despite the fact that I disagree, we should be looking ahead. Barack Obama constantly talks about more and more things the government should be doing – single payer healthcare, mandated healthcare for employees and children, earlier entry into school with early childhood education…these things will concentrate more power in the federal government. All the while McCain is talking about getting the federal gov’t out of our way and putting the power back at the local level, which is what the founders intended.
The economic distribution bit is important, though I don’t think our middle class is in much trouble. I read a report that from 96-05 real incomes increased for every income level except the top 20%, which had a slight decrease. And the bottom 20% saw something like a 150% increase. This year will be hard on a lot of people, but it’s not an indication of economic oppression.
The information one is critical to me. The bit about training teachers struck a chord because at every level education is controlled by Democratic and liberal interests. No Child Left Behind is crap, but beyond that there isn’t a Republican fingerprint anywhere on the public education system. Conservative views are rarely welcomed in the classroom, and at more colleges than should be expected conservative groups are unofficially prevented from bringing speakers. Meanwhile all we hear is about how Sarah Palin fired a librarian because she wouldn’t ban books (which isn’t true, in case you’re only getting your news from HuffPo and Kos).
And the news media is so clearly in the tank for Obama. They send dozens of reporters to Alaska to investigate every rumor about Palin, but can’t be bothered to ask Obama to present a legit copy of his birth certificate? I don’t think anyone should have inquired about it in the first place, but now he just looks petty, and foolish, and like he’s hiding something. Palin had to tell the world that her daughter is pregnant, and so be exposed to the onslaught of blame and accusations, as though it’s her fault. While Obama gets to keep secrets and not be pressed.
Anyway, I’ve got bias, yes I do. But I’m pretty sure my concerns are legitimate.
