STOCK MARKET WATCH - Wednesday, 22 February 2012

[AnneD]

46. Weaning yourself off controlled media....

During the Recession in the 80's-I discontinued the news paper and cable for monetary reason.

I did hook up to internet in the early 90's and watched regular tv and listened to radio for news. In the late 90's I moved to the mountians of NM. There was no reception save cable. When given the choice of cable or internet for budgetary reasons, I again chose internet and listened to radio for my news. Year before last I gave up listening to the radio (usually during drive time) for Lent. Funny thing was it turned out not to be a sacrifice at all. I seldom listen anymore. There is a small local station out of Tomball Texas that plays local musicians. I love it because they have a very long, very different play list (no more 32 years of Mrs. Robinson). I listen to our local Pacifica station for a good variety also, but many time my radio is off.

I don't like Googles new non-privacy policy so internet may be greatly restricted. Has all this lack of 'snews' made me an uninformed citizen? Quite the contrary. I can hold an intelligent conversation with anyone and folks that know me think of me as a very informed person. If you ask me about the flap surrounding Whitney Houstons death-I would be hard pressed to tell you, even though I met Bobby Brown when I worked in retail (I was unimpressed and had a poor opinion of him as a person after meeting him). I refuse to get all worked up about Royality on either side of the Atlantic or the goings on of the rich and famous. If I see another vampire anything I think I might commit sepku.

We are much the poorer for this consolidation of news and information. This consolidation along with the loss of personal liberty and rights via NANDA amounts to nothing more than the worst Fascist State....EVER. We are no longer at the precipice but descending down the slippery slope to a police state. Honestly, when the best news you get is from Comedy Central or the Russian Times and Al Jezerra, something is wrong with the media in this country