Telling moment

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Saturday September 24, 2005 · 7:12 AM PDT

2005/09/24 · 07:12

Yesterday I was taking a break and having a smoke when a former coworker came by. We used to have engaged and meaningful debates about politics and economics. He was a steadfast conservative of the economic sort, but really believed in the theories so he was willing to actually debate them and listen rather that just towing the party line.
After salutations he asked me "What are we going to do about this guy? Bush sure isn't a fiscal conservative, is he?"
He told me his gal was laid off, he was concerned about the cost of the Iraq war, concerned with the lack of investment to protect NOLA, and concerned that real wages keeps dropping. He conceeded that the idea of raising the minumum wage would increase the spending power of all Americans by bumping up the tiers of income.
He felt his party had been hijacked.
A telling moment regarding the national political climate.

What the freepers don't want you to know

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Friday September 16, 2005 · 5:32 AM PDT

2005/09/16 · 05:32

Ok, my first diary, so forgive me for any faux paxs. I hope the title isn't overly sensational.

As a habit, first thing in the morning I check the MSM at YahooNews to see how it's "playing in Peoria." Over the past couple of weeks, I've noticed something odd. "Off the Wire" stories offer the abitlity to recommend them at the bottom of the page by giving a story one to five stars. What I've noticed is that anything resembling bad news from Iraq (which is almost all of it) has had consistently low marks from 250 to 350 people by the time I look at it around 6:30 to 7:30 AM EST. By the end of the day most stories end up with an average rating of three of five stars, which seems to approximate the political divide in the U.S.
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