French President Nicolas Sarkozy Snubs Lesley Stahl and CBS's 60 Minutes

Finally, an international, political figure that stands up to the ridiculous and inappropriate questions of an American reporter (and I use "reporter" loosely here while referring to Lesley Stahl).

Read the article here. Watch the video here.

What amazes me in this video is the expression on Ms. Stahl's face when the President removes his earpiece and leaves. She seems surprised, as if she fully expected the French President to answer and discuss personal aspects of his life, even after his Press Secretary had stated "no comment" to questions of this sort.

This degradation of our 'news' in America is a national epidemic. We seem as a society to be more interested in the personal aspects of our Leaders than we are their actual professional acts. Case in point: Hillary Clinton is currently under investigation with a pending case in the state of California for campaign finance fraud, but has the American public been given any details on this matter? Of course not - that's not 'news'. But what does fill the headlines of magazines and newspapers across our nation are details of Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolene... as if details of these people's personal lives somehow enrich that of the average American. Sadly, most Americans thrive on gossip headlines such as these as many Americans are morons and dweebs, seated before their television every night watching criminals play football in the NFL or watching imbeciles on 'Survivor' degrade and humiliate themselves before an international audience... and somehow we are lead to believe that this enriches our lives?!?

A Message to the American People: You need to get a life! And that life should be outside of your television set and national sports affiliations. Any of you actually read a book this year? this decade?

Here's a suggestion for an alternative activity: Try finding out what your elected officials are voting on in Washington. You might just stumble onto this fact: last week, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved HR 1955, a bill that GROSSLY impedes on our constitutional rights as American Citizens... don't believe me? Read the text here and look to see which of your House Members voted in favor of the bill here. Now if the passing of this bill isn't news, I certainly don't know what is. Yet there was not one peep from the mainstream media on the passing of this bill. Makes you wonder why, doesn't it?

Bottom line: American's have come to believe that they have the right to delve into the personal matters of anyone they want: Presidents, Celebrities, Public Officials - anyone in the eye of the public. But on matters of true interest, things that actually impact our lives, we know very little, if anything at all, and don't seem to care that our mainstream media provides no substantive content to its viewers.

I'm almost ashamed to call myself an American given the facts of our degrading societal whims and pleasures. We place our trust and faith in NFL and MLB stars that use drugs and break the law yet we care not when a Presidential Candidate is being accused of fraud in a state court.

I'll once again repeat my suggestion to boycott the mainstream media by seeking out independent news sources such as NewsWithViews.com and FreeMarketNews.com. And for some real perspective, check out PrisonPlanet.com... if you check out these sources along with others, you'll finally get a chance to read REAL news that has the ability to greatly impact your life as a free citizen of the USA...

It's time for change in America. Be a part of that change - don't accept the status quo regarding the mainstream media's lack of providing clear, objective and relevant news. Demand something different; settle for nothing less.

For Freedom,
-- Kristin

Ron Paul Treated Unfairly at the CNBC Debate - Proof From the Transcript

Read the full article here.

This reaffirms my last blog post - the Republican Party does not want their own candidate to win... what a disgrace.

Band together America - and let the big guys know you aren't taking their CRAP anymore...

Support Ron Paul for President!

For Freedom...

-- Kristin

NBC Fails the American People in GOP Debate

Last night, watching the GOP Debate on CNBC/MSNBC, I felt a deep sense of despair growing in my heart. The candidates obviously did not get equal face time on camera or direct questions. Senator McCain hit the nail on the head when he made his comment about the “cheap seats” on stage. He couldn’t have been more right. This was simply a propaganda display for the elite, mainstream candidates, with Senator Thompson, new to the campaign trail, featured front-and-center.

Everyone now knows who NBC, or better GE, wants the Republican Candidate to be – either Fred Thompson, Rudy Guiliani or Mitt Romney, and they will be the only candidates you'll see on NBC and its affiliates.

Given my tireless work to support candidate Ron Paul, I feel I’ve been slapped in the face by GE, a company that regularly touts in their TV ads “We Bring Good Things To Life”… oh really? And what good things would that be? It’s not factual reporting or fair and equal time on national television.

And why do you think a company like GE would own one of the major broadcasting stations in our country? I don't think it’s because they want to bring fair and balanced news to the mass audiences they “serve”… no, I wager a bet that the reasoning is more in the lines of their wanting to manipulate the information that is presented to their audiences. The GOP Debate last night on CNBC/MSNBC is a clear example of that.

Don’t believe me? Then grab a stop watch and a note pad, just like I’m going to do and (re)watch the debate. Record how many direct questions were asked to each candidate; record how much face time in minutes/seconds each candidate was given; record the time given to each candidate for rebuttal. When complete, review the results and decide for yourself if it was really a "debate".

Finally, if you really want to see GE’s bias provided via their owned and operated affiliates of NBC, watch the post-debate interviews. As I watched Chris Matthews make his comment “I won’t be voting for you” to candidate Ron Paul, I knew in my heart I could never trust the national news to let me make my own decision about what is best for our country.

And you shouldn’t either.

I highly encourage you to find alternate and independent sources of news both for domestic (local/national) and foreign interests. I’ve been surfing independent news now since I experienced the news in Europe several years ago, where the coverage seemed more objective, less “emotional” and provided more obvious presentation of facts. It was refreshing and I’ve searched for the same in America ever since. I’ll be posting some of my favorites in my Links section in the very near future.

The bottom line is this: If you want accurate, unbiased, objective and relevant facts presented to you that enable your ability to make a clear and educated decision, do not watch NBC, CBS or ABC. Don’t watch any of their affiliates on broadcast, cable or Internet. Avoid them completely. This will be hard at first, but once you get into this habit, it will become easier and easier to find REAL news and I promise you, you’ll never go back.

Finally, write to your Government representatives and tell them you don’t think it is good for our national broadcasting to be monopolized by three multi-national corporations and they need to do something about that or you’ll be voting for their opponent next election.

For Freedom…

-- Kristin