Firecrow & I stopped watching television over a year ago during which we vowed only to turn it on when Extreme Makeover:Home Edition played on Sunday nights. We call it our crying show as he & I spend the entire show passing kleenex to each other.  These individuals are doing some wonderful good in the world.  Obviously, ABC would not continue showing this unless it was making a pretty substantial profit; we try not to focus on that.  People must be watching and supporting the project.
Not viewing TV does not mean we live in a bubble, with no world information. We have the internets:the tubes.  And no commercials:the best part.  The obscene nature of blaring commercials is enough to cause my blood pressure to rise.  Even viewing the one show we do watch, we have to mute the commercials when they come on.  It's all buy, buy, buy--but that's a diary in itself.

 
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The war in Iraq is without doubt the most critical issue we face as a nation.  There is, as all regular Kos readers know, a vocal minority that vilifies anyone and everyone who voices dissent or even questions President Bush.

I speculate that one reason the righteous right noise machine is so prevelant and strident is that there has been so much approbation from those who are like thinkers (Limbaugh's ditto-heads, for example), and so little voice from those of us who differ.  Granted, it is often difficult to get the attention of the MSM, or to get a right-wing outlet to air a contrary view.  Nonetheless, It seems to me that every little effort to get a rebuttal out will contribute, and if there are evough of them, perhaps would either weaken the right-wings rants or encourage the emergence of a progressive equivalent of the noise machine.

To this end, I have decided that my contribution is to challenge ideas put forth by wingers in our local weekly newspaper.  Below the fold is the second letter I have written within the last month.  It's a small thing, but I hope you would consider using some of your considerably writing talents to reach out beyond the friendly confines of DailyKos.

So this is it. It's finally my first diary. I went back and forth all week about what to talk about in here. Then it occured to me that the one thing I have been saying through out the week has to do with making a difference.