Month: December 2007

Professor’s Weekly News UpDate

This past week has been nothing but worthless crap in the media. From a tiger, to a family slaying, to a overturned train, to ……….on and on.

This week has been worthless for news
Definitely nothing one could use.

1–Steven Spielberg puts $14,000 fish into pond and it is eaten by a raccoon……now that is good stuff!

2–Old man Hilton will leave 97% of the Hilton fortune to charity…..maybe Paris will use her time honored quote, “It’s not fair”!

3–CEO of Goldman/Sachs will get a $68 million bonus–is anyone worth that kind of money? Is Goldman/Sachs intwined with the sub prime mess?

That is about it for the week. Hopefully, next week and the New Year will be a better outlewt for news—but, I doubt it.

Political Quote Of The Week

IMO, the media is in control of the people’s thought process. Opinions are molded by the media to retain control of the elite over the people.

The hand that rules the press, the radio, the screen and the far-spread magazine, rules the country. – Learned Hand

Never a truer statement has ever been made.

Bhutto–They Got Her!

Sad that the death of Benazir Bhutto had to replace all the crap in the news like tigers attack, car crash, plane crashes, yada, yada. This could be disastrous for the country of Pakistan. Ms Bhutto was shot twice and then her attacker blew his ass up, killing many with him.

Pakistan is basically, 4 countries within the borders of one. It is slowly falling apart. Musharaff has a couple of options….my choice and prediction is he may declare a state of emergency–again. This will be an attempt to quieten down his opposition.

My personal opinion is that this was an inside job….but of course to keep the funds flowing it will be blamed on al Qaeda or some similar organization. The problem is that Bhutto was far from the saint that she will now become because of her death. But will she be deified in her country…Bush and most of the candidates will say what a great leader she was and that she will be sorely missed.

I will not jump on the bandwagon and turn her into some martyr. Her push for more democracy in Pakistan was motivated by greed and ambition, her ascension to power would be a replay of her days as PM.

Yes, her assassination was a tragedy and may be a step backwards for Pakistan, but what will it bring to the table in the Bush war on terrorism?

When A Mitt Attacks

Mitt attacks Huckabee in Iowa……Mitt attacks McCain in NH….what happens when a Mitt attacks? He is looking more and more desperate as the primary season progresses. Since Mitt has started losing ground to several of his opponents, he has chose to attack the people directly with the hope of winning back some of his lost support.

Will it be successful? IMO, NO, not in Iowa or NH, Huckabee and McCain seem to be holding their own against Mitt in the first two….there is the possibility that as the election moves on, he could get a bit stronger. Mitt is worried–he must have a good showing in the early days or he can kiss his butt bye bye when Feb 5th comes around. Rudy is banking on successes in that primary cycle. If Mitt fails there he is all but gone….or maybe just plain—GONE!