Campaign Process

I have been watching the Presidential Candidates in their bid for being the GOP nomination.  I have been disappointed in the fact that a few of the candidates are showing their naivety to other races, ethnic backgrounds, and finally religion.  There are a few that are attacking Mitt Romney for being a Mormon, and they feel that Mormonism is a cult.  Well, if they would actually take the time to understand their opponent and his religious background they would find that Mormons are definitely Christians in all sense of the word.

I think that it is a weak tactic of a shallow mind and moral character to attach someone over something without getting the truth before hand.  This is a tactic of candidates that don't have solid ground to stand on, so they feel that if they can tell enough people a lie, then it must be true, or at least everyone else will think it is true, even if it is not.  I would classify this as "bullying"  We teach or kids that it is wrong for someone to bully another at school, we teach them that it is punishable....  So what mixed message are we sending our kids when we allow this to go on from the people we are about to choose to lead the greatest country in the world?

I really wish that we could just have every citizen that wants to participate, send in the one thing they are most concerned about for our country, and then after tallying them all up, put those to each candidate, let them respond separately and then all of that info would be made available to every citizen....  Not how to bash the other candidates, but an honest answer to each issue, what plan they have, and how they plan to execute that plan to create a solution.  I would like to see how they have voted in the past, what programs they have ran both successfully and those that might have been failures to some and why, what did they learn, what would they do different. 

I already know who I would like to have as a politician to run in the Presidential Election, but honestly, I still do not know for sure if that person is the best for our country now, cause I do not know for sure how this person has been able to execute plans that truly make a difference in the lives of those that were involved....  I still don't know the details on how this candidate plans to tackle the growing issues with our economy, illegal immigration, foreign policy, war, and a whole host of other issues we as Americans face in this day.  Just like in buying a medical plan....  I want to know what it is going to cover and how that coverage applies to me and my family.

Let's quit the bickering about religion, and let's get on with talking about the real issues that face Americans!

Is big money censoring coverage of certain events

The other day my oldest son and I were talking about an issue that he was finding disturbing...  the seemingly censorship of the events around the Occupy Wall Street event that is taking place in NYC.

I have to admit that I have really not seen anything about it on the news or in the papers and yet in social media by individuals there is some info getting out to the public.  When he mentioned it, I had not heard of it at all, and we pulled up some info online and there was info but only really on side social media sites.  Since then I have been seeing more and more posts about it either on FB (among the posts for how much people don't like the new FB..  lol) or other social sites.  I have become more and more concerned about this due to other issues that I have posted about before with the medias coverage of other events

http://kiss-politics.blogspot.com/2010/12/i-wish-some-people-would-just-grow-up.html

and also on FB...

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=129784867068601&id=1442156172

In these cases the media coverage was enormous and for what, a complete quack in my opinion trying to get his name in the papers and on TV for his own personal gain.  There was no sane reason to try and burn Qurans, only in the fact of getting attention.  It did no good, and only fueled the fires of hatred.  If you ask me, that is not the message that I was taught in Sunday School, and it definitely is not the message that I know comes from Jesus Christ, but in this event that was going to take place which didn't happen at that time, but good old Phelps did (and was covered) in order that Terry Jones did not get all of the spotlight, thank goodness.

I think that there is a problem with the way the media is handling events and news worthy issues these days...  are they being paid off, or not is probably the real question, among other things like illegal spying on people through phone hacking and other practices that are or should be illegal.

I do understand the need for papers to have "news" that people will read, and then there is censorship.  I know that in my posts about Terry Jones that I suggested the the media ban coverage of him, to not give him any outlet for his crazy and insane ideas, but isn't that censorship as well?  I guess in someway I fall into the same category, I feel that censorship for things that I feel need to be censored is justified.  Am I just falling victim to the same things as others are in not covering the Occupy Wall Street events, are they not justifying their actions in some way and that is the reason that they are not covering the events.

I did notice however, this morning on a local news station that there was a brief mention that some got arrested in a protest called Occupy Wall Street, they did not talk much about the event, but did mention it.

Tell me your opinions...  do you think that there is reasons to censor certain news events, and if so, why?