With all that is wrong in how politicians use the media to get out there word, and gfain support for their ideas. There are few topics that seem to hit the heart that topics that relate to the dumbing down of the american citizen in schools. Some media personalities attempt to try and target this topic, but unfortunately it seems to fall on def ears. So I thought I would bring into light an article that signifies how bad things are getting in our educational system today.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/education/30educ.html?sq=october%2030,%202009&st=cse&adxnnl=1&scp=1&adxnnlx=1259589805-XUMqp80PXChM+BUauIPlPQ

Government pay or private pay?

Being someone who has served in the military, I will tell you, there are aspects that were nice in government pay. I always knew I was going to get a pay check, as long as there were no issues with Congress, and it was always predictable as to when exactly the money would get there. That was nice, but there are many grave concerns that I have when it relates to the private sector. Personally I believe that private pay in the private sector should be determined by those who run or control the company, not by politicians. This is something that is starting concern me, and yet again I refer back to a New York Times Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/business/22pay.html?scp=2&sq=october%2022%202009&st=cse

Even CNN Money is getting into this story:
http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/21/news/companies/feinberg_compensation/index.htm?cnn=yes


This is not something the government should be doing as it relates to the private sector. Personally I do understand the resoning behind this, however it is the fault of the government for wasting the money of the tax payers and giving it to these companies. The economic resources of this country will have straightened itself out, even without the meddling of the government. Yeah some jobs would have been lost, and some companies would have failed. But wait, I think we are there right now. The media has started to cover a little portion of this matter, but it should start covering this matter a whole lot further.

Politics and our lives.

Remember not too long ago, during the campaign of 2008, how we were all told about that old stimulous bill that had to be passed. We were told that it was a necessity to prevent this nation from slipping into a depression, and wre told that the money would go out almost instantly to pay for shovel ready jobs. Well I know I have already beaten that story up in the past, and I don't want to go through that again, however I did think that this story fit in nice with that one.

This is from an article in the New York Times "State workers in Georgia are taking home smaller paychecks. So are the tens of thousands of employees in California’s public university system. The steel company Nucor and the technology giant Hewlett-Packard have embraced the practice. So have several airlines and many small businesses. " ( Louis Uchitelle, October 13, 2009" http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/business/economy/14income.html?scp=1&sq=october%2014%202009&st=cse

This is a matter people should look and examine as well to determine whether or not the stimulous bill is or has been effective. It is also a matter where the media should be getting more involved in before deciding to tell the mass public that the economy is turning around and improving. Unless and until this country gets back on track in relations to those with or without jobs and the pay starts to come back, there can be no true economical improvements.

What is going on in Politics today?

While there are many times in a politicians time in office, where he or she might regret having certain affiliations with people or organizations, it is becoming quite evident that today anyone associated with the community group Acorn is shunned. This all stems from an series of episodes that Fox News and Hannity ran, showing Acorn members giving unlawful advice to individuals. The problem comes into play as to whether or not this is a matter that should have been raised in the media. There have been several people that I have spoken with that have said they do not agree with the media covering this matter as much as they have, but at the same time they seem to understand the importance of the need for the people to be informed as to the relations that their particular elected officials have with this organization.

So is it right that there has been so much coverage on this matter? Personnaly I think the media is covering this matter pretty well. We as citizens and tax payers deserve to know that those organizations that are receiving our money, are using that money in legal and for legitimate purposes. Those that are not, should be delt with by legal means.

Still focused on community news

As we all saw last week, the coverage this week in the local news has been more relevant to local issues, instead of national issues. The floods are the talk of the state, and rightfully so. This is what some have referred to as an "once every hundred year flood." I for one will be happy to be done with this, and hope we never have to go through it again. However, to give an idea as to why the media has focused on this as a relevant issue, instead of national issues, I decided to pull a quote from an article from the Atlanta Journal and Constituion. "Nearly 60 roads are closed in Douglas County, according to Douglas Department of Transportation Director Randy Hulsey. At the height of last week's flooding disaster, about 170 roads were closed in Douglas." (October 2, 2009 Publication: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The (GA) Page Number: B3 )

This has in fact played more of a national factor than many would have previousely thought as well. Especially since CNN and The Weather Channel are based here in Atlanta, most of the nation got to see what it was we were going through here.