Voter Apathy in America Unprecedented

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COLLI January 19, 2012 10:03 am (Pacific time)

You could not be more on-target Tim! We are on the cusp of entering a nightmarish Never-Never land where news once meant to keep people informed is tailored by much of the media. Rather than elucidate, it obfuscates. Pertinent facts are either glossed over or omitted. Facts that make the politician in question look good are published with a glowing halo surrounding them and facts that make that shed a negative light on that same politician are veiled, omitted, or collaged with meaningless drivel in such a way that at best, the reader leaves the article confused. I am happy to say that Salem-News works diligently at publishing all of the facts. The opinion pieces it publishes are clearly opinion pieces meant for individual consideration and are not published as fact. Sources are identified in articles published by Salem-News.com and every attempt is made to assure that all of the facts are published and that the reader has a real chance at making an informed decision. Thank you Tim and Bonnie for keeping at least one channel open where truth might prevail.

Anonymous January 19, 2012 9:31 am (Pacific time)

Tim have you seen any of those segments lately regarding "street interviews" of different subjects? Seems that people are just more concerned with local events rather than anything happening overseas. I saw one interview where they asked people to ID different people. A picture of both VP Biden and even JFK were not recognized by about half those quizzed. The Occupy movement has actually angered far more people than getting sympathizers as most polling shows. Not a lot of sympathy for those who break the law and attack cops, even those very rare times that police strike back. You have probably gotten to the point that what you think is important news just does not register with the majority. People are looking at the economy, the price of gas, and seeing leadership that is not performing, so yeah 2012 will be a bad year, maybe even WWIII will happen. You stop wars and domestic violence through no-nonsense accountability for bad behavior. When Iran threatens us with sinking our ships, they have no respect for weakness, and that is what Obama projects, as well as liberal mayors and governors. Obama just stopped the Canadian oil deal saying it needed more study. It has been studied for years. We have literally tens of thousands of miles of various pipelines carrying different petroleum products all over America. Now here we have a chance to create thousands of jobs while getting a needed energy source from an ally. No way can Obama continue in leadership, a truley evil individual along with his handlers, the zionists, and that is what they are.

Tim King: Always interesting, you are anti-Zionist and anti-Occupation, am I reading that correctly? The Occupy camps haven't attacked cops, the evidence is thick, oozing across YouTube, it is a good thing to swallow the bitter pill of reality.

Anonymous January 17, 2012 2:33 pm (Pacific time)

I sometimes wonder if people woke up too late. As a person who has been shouting this for over a decade, all I can do is hope its not too late, but the true reality? People are waking up too late. And they are going to wake up, only to experience a nightmare.

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Voter Apathy in America Unprecedented

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