Media Gives America a McCaining

"Class, Class, Class, Shut up!!!!"

Am I the only one who remembers Sister Mary Elephant? As a teacher I have witnessed, even indulged in, ramping up the decibels to gain control of a rambunctious room full of "free thinkers." There was a time when the master could deal with unruly students by giving them a "good caning". Beaten bloody; the delinquents would fall in line and accept "direction". I get a guilty pleasure out of hearing the anger and shrillness in the voices of our masters in the media. They desperately squeal to get our attention; to get us back under their sway. The indigent opiners in the New York Times op ed pages, the condescending anchormen of the once "major networks", the NPR snoots, and the finger wagging chat groups on the C Span seminars; I watch them all and grin. The members of the third estate grown purple with indignation, embarrass themselves with shouting rages. They condemn Fox News for reporting stories "unapproved", they mock talk radio hosts for listening to ordinary people on the phones, and as for the AMATEUR journalists on the weblogs!!!! - it’s, "shut up, sit down, and listen to what we, your masters, have to say!!!"

When did the free press come to be defined as News Papers, T.V. Networks, and College degree waving journalism majors? Where did Thomas Pain get his degree in newsworthiness? However did they managed to legitimize themselves? There was no ballot box - not even free enterprise. NPR begs shamelessly for money while advertizing the support they receive from such liberal agenda driven bias benders and the ACLU and Amnesty International. Dan Rather and his ilk are propped up by violent fantasies and soft core porn. As for the New York Times - it’s Moveon.org. Like public school teachers, and Bar certified lawyers, they make up their own rules of membership and scorn those who have not jumped their hoops. And so now that the "students" have gone restless, our instructors in the media are heading to the hickory thicket to cut themselves a switch.

Its worked before - They beat poor Richard Nixon to death with a switch called Watergate, leaving America misled for four years by Jimmy the C. Communism spread like foot fungus and radical Islam sank its roots into the fertile soil of Iran and the West Bank. After twelve years of Reagan/Bush the Media ginned up Ross Peroit and we got stuck with Bill Clinton, who never won a majority of American votes, but whose misgovernment sheltered the liberal agenda, brought relativism into practical power, and convinced Osama that America would cower before the might of a new Islamic Empire.

And when the majority of American grew tired of the farce that was Clinton/Gore the "press" went and cut a cane to keep us in line, John McCain. John McCain was and is every bit as much a media concoction as Clinton or Peroit. The Media needed someone to challenge George Bush - to sap off his resources and divide the Republican base. It had worked before. McCain was never a serious challenge to Bush - look at the final vote, but he was the Media’s darling, their bludgeon to keep us all in line.

The media still has great power. Convinced he was not their man, the media deserted Howard Dean and the Democratic Party dutifully recited the recitation that put Kerry on the ticket. But the flaw in their discipline is that it no longer extends past the liberal brown-nosers of the class. The rowdy free thinkers will not fall in line like the teacher's pets on the left. So once more the media go for their big switch, Mr. McCain.

There are some in the alternative media who think that McCain is using the media to keep his name before the voters, positioning himself for the 2008 campaign. Bunk! The media mainstream has cut him out of the thicket, trimmed his leaves and cracks him like a whip. The only way McCain gets used is to thrash those who have disrespected the talking heads that have long been our masters. McCain could give a speech a day in support of the liberation of Iraq, the Secretary of Defense, or the President and he would be left blowing in the wind. It’s only when he cracks out their tune that the media masters will use his biting words. When John McCain snaps look at the hand holding the whip if you want to see the truth.