Give Me Back My TV!

How much longer will the airwaves be dominated by the death of a pedophile?

HE IS STILL DEAD, ISN'T HE?

I know he was at one time a talented musician, but PLEASE!

The GOM is BACK!

It's been almost nine months since the last post. Sorry 'bout that, but I'll try to keep up a little better now.

I've had six surgeries since the last post and have spent a total of 3 months in the hospital, but I feel now that I can do justice to The GOM Files.

WHERE DO I START?

Our country is in real trouble. The economy is in shreds, Israel is pissed, Russia is pissed, North Korea is pissed, Iran will have nukes by the end of the year, violence on our Southern border is encroaching on our soil, and all the administration and congress can do is spend trillions on nonsensical projects and programs designed to "spread the wealth". Capitalism is being attacked and our "representation" in DC is just going with the flow. 

How much are we willing to take? 

What atrocity will Obama have to commit before we wake up? 

Will it be too late? 

I'm afraid it already is.

News Editors: Are you guilty?

We might all send this to our local papers and TV stations, or at least get them to do a reality check.

 

For all news editors:

Making sense of spin in the news

by Dr. Michael Brown

copyright 1999

 

Guns are a sad fact of life in American culture and are a major topic in

modern journalism. A good Journalist has a duty to get involved and make

a difference in this important societal debate. By following certain

guidelines, the concerned Journalist can be assured of having the

maximum impact on this shameful problem.

 

The first principle to remember is that subtle use of terminology can

covertly influence the reader. Adjectives should be chosen for maximum

anti-gun effect.

 

When describing a gun, attach terms like "automatic," "semi-automatic,"

"large caliber," "deadly," "high powered," or "powerful." Almost any gun

can be described by one or more of these terms. More than two guns

should be called an "arsenal."

 

Try to include the term "assault weapon" if at all possible. This can be

combined with any of the terms above for best results. Nobody actually

knows what an assault weapon is, so you cannot be criticized for this

usage. Your local anti-gun organization can provide you with a list of

the latest buzz words like "junk guns," "Saturday Night Specials," and

"the criminal's weapon of choice."

 

Don't worry about getting technical details right. Many a reporter has

accidentally written about 'semi-automatic revolvers' or committed other

minor errors. Since most people know little about guns, this is not a

problem. Only the gun nuts will complain and they don't count. The

emotional content of your article is much more important than the

factual details, since people are more easily influenced through their

emotions than through logic.

 

Broadcast Journalists should have a file tape showing a machine gun

firing on full automatic. Run this video while describing "automatic"

weapons used in a crime or confiscated by police. At the least, a large

graphic of a handgun should be displayed behind the on-air personality

when reading any crime story.

 

Do not waste words describing criminals who use guns to commit crimes.

Instead of calling them burglar, rapist, murderer, or repeat offender,

simply use the term "gunman." This helps the public associate all forms

of crime and violence with the possession of guns.

 

Whenever drug dealers are arrested, guns are usually confiscated by the

police. Mention the type and number of guns more prominently than the

type and quantity of drugs. Include the number of rounds of ammunition

seized, since the number will seem large to those who know little about

guns. Obviously, the drug dealers who had the guns should now be called

"gunmen."

 

Political discussions on gun control legislation usually involve pro-gun

organizations. Always refer to these organizations as "the gun lobby."

If space permits, mention how much money the gun lobby has spent to

influence political campaigns and describe their legislative lobbying

efforts as "arm twisting" or "threats."

 

Gun owners must never be seen in a positive light. Do not mention that

these misguided individuals may actually be well educated, or have

respectable jobs and healthy families. They should be called "gun nuts"

if possible or simply gun owners at best. Mention details about their

clothing, especially if they are wearing hunting clothes or hats.

Mention the simplistic slogans on their bumper stickers to show that

their intelligence level is low. Many gun owners drive pickup trucks,

hunt and live in rural areas. Use these details to help portray them as

ignorant rednecks. Don't use the word "hunt." Always say that they

"kill" animals.

 

Don't be afraid to interview these people, they are harmless even though

we don't portray them that way. Try to solicit comments that can be

taken out of context to show them in the worst possible light.

 

Never question the effectiveness of gun control laws or proposals. Guns

are evil and kill people. Removing guns from society can only be good.

Nobody really uses guns for legitimate self-defense, especially women or

children. Any stories about armed self-defense must be minimized or

suppressed.

 

Be careful about criticizing the police for responding slowly to 911

calls for help. It is best if the public feels like the police can be

relied upon to protect them at all times. If people are buying guns to

protect their families, you are not doing your job.

 

Emphasize stories where people kill family members and/or themselves

with guns. It is important to make the public feel like they could lose

control and start killing at any moment if they have a gun in the house.

Any story where a child misuses a gun is front page material.

 

View every shooting as an event to be exploited. Always include

emotional quotes from the victim's family if possible. If they are not

available, the perpetrator's family will do nicely. The quote must blame

the tragedy on the availability of guns. Photos or video of grieving

family members are worth a thousand facts.

 

Most people will accept the assertion that guns cause crime. It is much

easier than believing that some people deliberately choose to harm

others.

 

Your story should include terms like "tragic" or "preventable" and

mention the current toll of gun violence in your city or state. Good

reporters always know exactly how many gun deaths have occurred in their

area since the first of the year. List two or three previous incidents

of gun violence to give the impression of a continuing crime wave.

 

Little space should be devoted to shootings where criminals kill each

other. Although these deaths greatly inflate the annual gun violence

numbers, they distract from the basic mission of urging law abiding

citizens to give up their guns.

 

Do not dig too deeply into the reasons behind shootings. The fact that a

gun was involved is the major point, unless someone under 18 is

affected, in which case the child angle is now of equal importance.

 

Any article about gun violence should include quotes from anti-gun

organizations or politicians. One quote should say that we must do

something "for the children." Anti-gun spokespersons should be called

"activists" or "advocates."

If your employer wishes to appear unbiased, you can include one token

quote from a gun lobby group to show that you are being fair. The

anti-gun statements should be accepted as fact. The gun lobby statement

can be denigrated by including text like, "according to gun lobbyist

Jones."

 

Fortunately, statements from anti-gun organizations come in short sound

bites that are perfect for generating an emotional response in the

reader or viewer. Gun lobby statements usually contain boring facts that

are easy to ignore.

 

Feel secure in your advocacy journalism. The vast majority of your

fellow Journalists support your activism. The nation will be a better

place when only the police and military have guns. Remember that you are

doing it for the children so the end justifies the means.

 

Eventually, the government will have a monopoly on power. Don't worry

about the right to freedom of the press, just contact me then for more

helpful hints.

 

Professor Michael Brown, School of Journalism, Brady Chair, Vancouver

College of Liberal Arts

 

Political Satire, copyright 1999, Michael Brown. May be reproduced

freely in its full and complete form.

Black Hurricanes

Sent to me today. I don't doubt it's validity. I'll bet the congresswoman is a Democrat.

Black hurricanes....

Well, it appears our African-American friends have found yet something else to be pissed about.   A black congresswoman, from Florida , has complained that the names of hurricanes are all Caucasian sounding names.

She would prefer some names that reflect African-American culture  such as Chamiqua, Tanisha, Woeisha, Shaqueal, and Jamal.   I am NOT making this up!

She would also like the weather reports to be broadcast in Language that street people can understand because one of the  problems that happened in New Orleans  was, that black people couldn't understand the seriousness of the situation, due to the racially biased language of the weather report.

I can hear it now:   A weatherman in Miami and Tampa says...

Wazzup, mutha-fukkas! Hehr-i-cane Chamiqua be

headin' fo' yo ass like Leroy on a crotch rocket!

Bitch be a category fo'! So grab yo' chirren, yo'

Ho, be leavin yo crib, and head fo' da nearest

guv'ment off ice fo yo FREE shit!

Chickens coming home to roost?

I realize this post may not be in the best taste. If it offends anyone, I'm truly sorry, but the media is really biased. This is the rest of the story. Tell it like it is...

Today, Ted Kennedy suffered what is first described as stroke-like symptoms, later diagnosed as seizures. I truly wish him well, as I would anyone with a similar condition, although my political views are quite different.

The reason for this post is that all the news coverage is expounding on his virtues and those of his family. They are a family of elitists, believing the law does not apply to them. A bit of a reality check is in order:

                                        http://tinyurl.com/4yec27

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Massachusetts), drove a car off a bridge on Massachusetts' Chappaquiddick Island in 1969 after a party. The accident killed aide Mary Jo Kopechne, and controversy over the incident effectively ended the Massachusetts senator's presidential aspirations.

His son Edward Jr. had his right leg amputated in 1973 because of cancer; his son Patrick, now a congressman, sought treatment for cocaine addiction as a teen-ager in 1986.

His nephew, William Kennedy Smith, was accused of rape in 1991 at the family estate in Palm Beach, Florida. He was acquitted. 

360 Degrees

Well folks, they have finally done it. We have now completed the circle back to segregation. Is Obama proud of himself for stirring up this shit?

I heard today the "black" national anthem. I guess this means "The Star Spangled Banner" is the "white" national anthem. The Rev. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson have finally done it. I guess we should go back to "black" and "white" restrooms and water fountains. Is this what Obama is all about?

Now, before you get your panties in a wad, I assure you I respect MLK and all he did for civil rights. All men ARE created equal. All men DO have equal rights.
But for the blacks to have their own national anthem is demostrative of how they are thinking. They want their own, separate country.

I guess the trend is for every ethnic group to want their own America. This is not what our forefathers envisioned, but it's what we have. Open the gates and let everyone in, just be sure you know how to feed and house them.

I'm glad I'm so old. I would not want to live in the USA in 20 years the way things are going. We will have a black army, a mexican-american army and a white army. The Southwest will be all Hispanic, the Northeast will be all black, and there will be a few white folks spread out throughout the Midwest and Southeast. The Northwest will be the new center of the whites. The white capitol will be Spokane or Seattle, the black capitol will be Washington, DC, the Hispanic capitol will be Los Angeles and Texas will still have Austin.

black national anthem... horseshit!

Hillary Steps In It!

Why did she do it?
Why did she lie about Bosnia?

John McCain really DID dodge sniper fire!

Just another example of character and lack of the same.

Obama and his religious leader are still in the news.

There is no end of material for a post, but it's almost overwhelming.

The DHS says it wants to eliminate the lucrative jobs in this country so illegals will stay home. I think our free trade policies have done that for them.

So much material, so little time.

Obama- American?

The GOM is voting for Hillary in the Texas primary! I'll vote differently in November of course, but Obama must be stopped.

I hate to admit it, but Bill was right. This guy is a joke. His rhetorical skills on on par with Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, his cohorts in this master plan, but his substance and character are certainly suspect. When he is giving a speech the words just flow. When he must think about what he is saying, however, he stops and stutters so much one wonders if he is even literate.

How can ANY American not be aware they are passing Dealey Plaza?

In an article in the New York Times:
“Right around the corner is the John Kennedy Memorial; everyone all around me was talking about it,” said Imogene Covin, a Democratic activist from Dallas. “In the back of my mind, it’s a possibility that something might happen because he’s something to gawk at right now. But you know why I think he will be safe? He has a broad range of people behind him.”
That afternoon, Mr. Obama’s motorcade passed Dealey Plaza and the Texas Book Depository building, where the fatal shot was fired at President Kennedy in 1963. Several campaign aides looked out their windows, silently absorbing the scene.
Not so for Mr. Obama, who later said he had not realized he was passing the site. And no one in his car pointed it out.
“I’ve got to admit, that’s not what I was thinking about,” he said. “I was thinking about how I was starting to get a head cold and needed to make sure that I cleared up my nose before I got to the arena.”
Copyright © 2008 The New York Times

A lady wrote the best letter in the editorials In ages!!! It explains things better than allThe baloney you hear on TV.

Her point:

Recently large demonstrations have taken place across the country protesting the fact that Congress is finally addressing the issue of illegal immigration.Certain people are angry that the US might protect its own borders, might make it harder to sneak into this country and, once here, to stay indefinitely.


Let me see if I correctly understand the thinking behind these protests.

Let's say I break into your house.

Let's say that when you discover me in your house, you insist that I leave.But I say, 'No! I like it here.

It's better than my house. I've made all the beds and washed the dishes and did the laundry and swept the floors. I've done all the things you don't like to do. I'm hard-working and honest (except for when I broke into your house).

According to the protesters:

You are Required to let me stay in your house
You are Required to feed me
You are Required to add me to your family's insurance plan
You are Required to Educate my kids
You are Required to Provide other benefits to me & to my family (my husband will do all of your yard work because he is also hard-working and honest, except for that breaking in part).

If you try to call the police or force me out, I will call my friends who will picket your house carrying signs that proclaim my RIGHT to be there.
It's only fair, after all, because you have a nicer house than I do, and I'm just trying to better myself. I'm a hard-working and honest, person, except for well,you know, I did break into your house and what a deal it is for me!!! I live in your house, contributing only a fraction of the cost of my keep, andthere is nothing you can do about it without being accused of cold, uncaring, selfish, prejudiced, and bigoted behavior. Oh yeah, I DEMAND that you learn MY LANGUAGE!!! So you can communicate with me.

Why can't people see how ridiculous this is? Only in America .

GOD BLESS AMERICA, for we need all the help we can get when we have politicians who are too stupid or crooked to do anything about an ILLEGAL immigration problem that seems too big for their small minds to solve.

-- "That whenever any From of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to affect their Safety and Happiness.".

Voter Fraud? Of Course Not!

While watching the Democratic caucus in Nevada today, the thought came to mind that it looked like the election of a third world country. What has this nation come to? Where is the dignity of a Reagan, a Kennedy, an Eisenhower, a Carter?

They needed interpreters to understand what was going on! Does that give you a clue as to what is coming in our election? To become a citizen one must learn English! This election will be nothing but a sham paid for by the taxpayers of the USA for the benefit of the government of Mexico.

WAKE UP PEOPLE!

I thought at one time that I would always live in the greatest nation on earth. If the people in this country don't take hold of this country and these politicians I will still be alive to see the fall of the USA. That is a sad thought. Even sadder is the thought that what we knew as the USA will not be here for our children.

Pet Peeve

The GOM has re-entered the world of commerce. Please scroll to the bottom of the page to order your sheet of stickers to place on the windshield of any cars you see illegally parked in handicapped spaces. The GOM will not rant on these idiots today, he might explode.