Can EYE Rant?

Warning, I am over due for a righteous rant, so what I write today might offend some (not to be confused with all) of you.  All I'm going to say is if the shoe fits....wear it.

And they want us to sing Sweet Home Alabama?  No.  No.  And Hell to the No.

I am convinced Alabama is stuck on stupid because it's citizens are fed a constant stream of misinformation. They ride around in their cars and trucks,  listening to so called News Talk Radio all day, then go home and sit in front of their flat screen TV's and watch Faux News distort what they decide, with all spin all the time, unfair and unbalanced. I am trying to figure out when it became the job of the media to keep the the right wing bigots in line, and not report on the crooks and liars?  I repeat, until and unless the fairness doctrine is restored, this state, and this country will continue to be controlled by those who hate President Obama, democrats, liberals, and the ACLU, more than they love themselves.   Sweet Home Alabama has plenty of money to buy military equipment,  but not one penny for teachers (not to be confused with state superintendents), and refuses to expand medicaid.   And that's sad.

RedEye Over and Out....for now.

You can think the goverment shut down is about health care if you want to

It's about race and class.  It's about wanting the first African American President to fail.  It's the media.



  All gloves should be off now.

 "There is a mean spirit on the lose, not only in Alabama, but in America and that's what makes this election so important." Alabama State Senator Hank Sanders (D. Selma)

If It's Sunday, it's time to meet The Pest!

It's all Darryl Issa and Fast and Furious all the time, UN fair and UN balanced among all the  Sunday Talking TeeVee Pundit Heads.

I have to hand it to the Republicans, they can make a scandal out of nothing. Literally, nothing. I am gobsmacked that the Republicans have actually concocted this elaborate "Obama-wants-to-take-your-Second-Amendment-rights" conspiracy out of thin air. The proof of this dastardly plan? That he HASN'T DONE IT YET. And yet more proof that the traditional media is completely beholden to the GOP and not at all interested in informing the public, they're going along with it instead of laughing at them and mocking their absurdity as they so richly deserve.

But hey, what else can they talk about?  They certainly can't talk about jobs, the economy, health care reform, education or any of the issues facing 99% of the American people can they?  Thanks to the media we have republicans are still delusional.

Dear Beltway elite: both sides do not do it. Republicans are crazy.

The Supreme Court who gave us Bush and Dick, Citizens United, and who has access to quality affordable health care for life, is now poised to strike down the Affordable Health Care Act.  Although the Talking TeeVee Pundit Heads are claiming it will be a huge defeat for President Obama, if they strike down part or all of the Act, NOTHING WILL HAPPEN.

WTH is the diversity in the Sunday Talk Shows?  The only cable outlet, other than MSNBC with black face(s)was Fox News Sunday of all outlets.  CNN's stab at diversity was black conservative Amy Holmes putting a black face on what they really want to say.  Black folks need not apply to host cable talk shows. No wonder the republicans feel as if they can spurn the NABJ (National Association of Black Journalist).

The Republican National Committee and the putative GOP standard-bearer, Mitt Romney, have ceded the National Association of Black Journalists convention to the Democrats, rejecting invitations to send speakers or panelists that the Democrats eagerly accepted.

 The lack of diversity  is evident in the Blogosphere too.  Did you hear the one about the black guy who works for Politico who got suspended for telling the truth about the white man?

POLITICO reporter Joe Williams has been suspended pending review of recent controversial comments he made on television and Twitter, POLITICO editors informed staff late Thursday night.
On MSNBC today, Williams made a remark suggesting Mitt Romney was only comfortable around white people. The video was first flagged by conservative website Washington Free Beacon. Breitbart.com ran the video and also flagged a series of tweets Williams had written that made fun of the Republican candidate, particularly in regard to his wealth.
"Regrettably, an unacceptable number of Joe Williams's public statements on cable and Twitter have called into question his commitment to this responsibility," POLITICO's founding editors John Harris and Jim VandeHei wrote in a memo to the staff. "His comment about Governor Romney earlier today on MSNBC fell short of our standards for fairness and judgment in an especially unfortunate way."

Psst Joe!  I feel your pain.  Really I do.

I knew you wouldn't believe your change in status had nothing to do with your support or lack of it for a gubernatorial candidate and everything to do with the content of your comments and other posts. But that's the truth, end of story.

You won't hear it from the Talking TeeVee Pundit Heads of course but there were so many private jets at Mitt Romney's Republicanpoolza looked like an Air Force base. 

This is the Media we have instead of the Media we wish we had~edit

I am not a professional journalist.

I don't get paid to report the news, or for my opinions.

I don't have access to people in power.

I do know the difference between reporting and editorializing .

The front page is reserved for what is known as straight reporting, also known as the 5 W's-Who, What, When, Where, and Why.

The editorial page is reserved for the opinions of the editorial board and columnists.

To insert opinion in the guise of an objective report is the definition of editorializing.

If there were any doubt The Huntsville Times tells the public what they want us to know, instead of what we need to know in order to make informed decisions about the public school system, look no further than Sunday's front page, banner headline 'COMMAND AND CONTROL' Wardynski's first year, complete with a 5 column, half page color picture of the Commandant, I mean superintendent, and two side by side articles anointing him King.  All they couldn't squeeze on the front page continued on the top half of page A6, with a  3 column black and white photo of Wardynski, and the full page on A8, complete with a color picture of the Super surrounded by students of color at Lee High School.  Snark

Let The Huntsville Times along with the Mayor, chosen board members and even the Huntsville Representative of the Alabama Education Association spin it, Wardynski just can't understand why the system is still under a desegregation order, is retoring fiscal responsibility the district, he listens to recommendations of the Huntsville Education Association, and the children is learning now that the dreadful Dr. Anne Roy Moore is no longer in charge.  Snark.  

If you want know know what's really going on in the school system,  log on to the internet and click on Geek  Pavaler, Merts Center Monitor, Havealittletalk, RedEye's Front Page, or even Left in Alabama.  The Huntsville Times caters to the segment who want to operate and  maintain  segregated public schools because black children lower the test scores, because they are well....black, which in turn lower property values, and God knows that wouldn't be fair.  Snark.

"Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe"~Fredrick Douglas

Casey you have to break the mold and prove you're not afraid of minorities, democrats, liberals, aclu types and the entire entitlement crowd! Do that, and you'll be doing the job you were hired to do! Oh yeah, not to mention striking down all racial transfers. And that includes allowing not allowing whites to racially transfer either. If you don't like where your child goes to school, move to where they can be zoned into a school of your preference, that's what I had to do!~allin13times

And much of the public buys into the message thatour schools are finally being run by people who do things the right way, who follow the rules, who don't just put their friends, regardless of their inexperience or incompetence into highly paid positions of power.~Geek Pavaler

It's too late, the contracts been signed, and nothing I say is going to change anything.~havealittletalk

The public gives us their two most precious resources; their children and their taxdollars.  We must protect both to the best of our ability.~Casey Wardynski

Today's Must Reads 
"The State of American Journalism 40 years After Watergate"
Biased "Reporting" not Technology led to the steep demise of the Birmingham News
Wardynski Alone Educates Kids

Most Alabama/Mississippi Voters refuse to believe President Obama is a Christian

I wonder why? 

Maybe it's because they ride around in their pick up trucks listening to a steady stream of News Talk all day, then go home and watch Faux News all night.

Maybe it's because elected officials haven't seen his birth certificate.

Maybe it's because Ronald Regan repealed the Fairness Doctrine.

Maybe it's because Bill Clinton signed the Media Consolidation Act.

Maybe it's because the media is liberal.

Maybe it's because Alabama is # 1 in education.

Maybe it's because the public airways are being used to mis inform the uninformed.

Maybe it's because of the lack of diversity in the mainstream media.

Maybe it's  the Media  making us Stupid Part II.

Artur Davis, I Hereby Revoke Your Black Card~Update

Regular readers know former Alabama Congress Critter Artur Davis ripped his drawers with me and showed his natural born ebony donkey  a long time ago.  I suspect my pointing out he was named the Field Negroes' House Negro for the day for voting against the Health Care Reform Act is partially responsible for my ebony donkey being booted off the front pages of Left in Alabama.

Attention Republicans, the mainstream media and other white folks!

Artur Davis has no credibility.
Artur Davis had no credibility.
Artur Davis will never have any credibility.

Stop playing the Artur Davis Card.

 End of story.

Must Read
Fattening Black Frogs For Corporate Snakes

A “small herd” of rightist Black politicians is seeking statewide office, further mangling Black politics in the process. In practice, this trend allows white voters “to decide which kinds of Black politicians rise to state and national prominence.” Among the latest entries is Congressman Artur Davis, running for governor of Alabama. Rep. Davis is consistently ranked among the worst members of the Congressional Black Caucus – which is the source of his white, corporate appeal.