Michele Bachmann and energy independence

"That's what Barack Obama has done to this country. He's put his reelection over adding jobs and making the United States energy independent. I would have made the decision as president of the United States, we would put Keystone online immediately. "


Michele Bachmann at the 15December Republican debate in Sioux City Iowa talking about Obama's delaying  the Keystone Pipeline.   I was amused by her mention of energy independence in relation to the pipeline.  Apparently she is not aware that Canada is a foreign country.  I'm thinking the Republican ticket in 2012 should be Bachmann/Palin.  If anything it would make for an amusing campaign season.

The Anthony Wiener media circus

The founding fathers knew that freedom of the press was a powerful weapon in the fight against tyranny, that's why it is protected by our Constitution.  But Freedom of the press in the hands of idiots is as dangerous as giving a loaded gun to a toddler.  

We have just seen how mob hysteria stoked by the clowns in the American media have circumvented our democratic process.  Anthony Wiener was an elected official from a New York Congressional District who just resigned because the media created such a circus that it was supposedly a distraction to our entire political process.  This type of nonsense belongs in the supermarket tabloids not in the mainstream media. Why should I even care that he was flirting on facebook and twitter with women other than his wife.  That is between him and his wife and no one else, and once the story went public it is up to his constituents whether he stays in office and no one else.  If i was in his district I would be disappointed in him but furious at the media for blowing this so much out of proportion that my choice of who represents me could be over ruled. 

 For all those people that claim we can no longer trust him because he lied, what rock do you live under? Politicians lie to us on a weekly basis and daily during the election cycle, and over far more important things. Why is it that we let it slide when politicians lie about taxes or health care (things that actually impact us) but we get all bent out of shape if it involves sex.  Are we such a puritanical society or are we just a bunch of hypocrits?

 If the mainstream media would spend half the time calling out the continous BS coming out of Washington as they did on this story, we might actually see our politicians shamed into getting something done.  But hey, why talk about real issues when there is something unseemly to talk about?  So congratulations CNN and all the rest, my opinion of you has hit an all time low.  Does anyone know of a professional news channel in this country?  If so I'd like to hear about it.

And no, I am not a fan of Anthony Wiener, I am just tired of all the nonsense when we have so many serious issues in this country.