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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (97049)	7/27/2002 6:27:24 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Respond to of 132070

To All, Media mini-review. 1. Great contrary indicator. The Fox program, "Bulls and Bears" had 4 contributors and a moderator. All bulls. This is what Fox refers to as "balanced reporting." <VBG> Well, on political news, I know they are to the right of Orville and Wilbur, and get a chuckle watching them. On money, though, I didn't realize that if you're a right winger that you have to be a bull. So, I could still get a chuckle, but they really ought to rename the show if they aren't going to include at least one bear. We realists (currently bearish) don't expect and never get fair representation, otherwise contrarianism wouldn't work. But then they shouldn't use the name of bear in their show to upgrade the IQ points for advertisers. <g> 2. "Cashin In" was much of the same. The usual bear, the guy from Capitalist Pig, was pretty tame this week and sounded more neutral than bearish. The rest were totally bulls. Trapper John (Wayne Rogers) said he considered Sandy Weill a financial genius. Someone else said that Citigroup had many high-priced lawyers and that this expensive legal talent would get them out of their current difficulties. I want to hear what Radar, Klinger and Hawkeye have to say before I make up my mind. 3. Singer Steve Earle has been boycotted by patriots. They have their rights and Steve gets on my wrong side now and then, but he is one great song writer and protest songs are as American as Republicans rigging or trying to rig elections. Shoot, I remember when Phil Ochs sang the lyrics, "Pledge allegiance to the flag and the bomb for which it stands," back in the mid 60s. Or when Richard Farina penned "It was the Red, White and Blue making war on the poor, Blind Lady Justice on a pile of manure." I just get uptight when somebody tells me that there is only one way to think if you're an American. Diversity of thought is what makes us creative and innovative. Samethink won't do that. Hmmm, Farina died in a mysterious motorcycle accident and a crazed assassin tried to strangle Ochs. He became so despondent on the strangulation destroying his singing range that he committed suicide. It looks like our Homeland Protectors keep better track of singers than they do of terrorists. <VBG> 4. Barron's wasn't so hot this week. Abelson was o.k., but not really at the top of his game. The rest of the issue, ex some great letters, was pretty dull.