Comments on: Election Fallout: Race, Media, Taxes, and Gay Marraige http://www.whiteeyebrows.com/election-fallout-race-media-taxes-and-gay-marraige/ the universe is shrinking Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:43:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Erin http://www.whiteeyebrows.com/election-fallout-race-media-taxes-and-gay-marraige/comment-page-1/#comment-2031 Erin Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:32:01 +0000 http://www.whiteeyebrows.com/?p=1063#comment-2031 Hear, hear!! Hear, hear!!

]]> By: big bro http://www.whiteeyebrows.com/election-fallout-race-media-taxes-and-gay-marraige/comment-page-1/#comment-2027 big bro Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:10:41 +0000 http://www.whiteeyebrows.com/?p=1063#comment-2027 when I read the Grapes comment It makes me think of a comment I made to my wife when watching the crowd in Chicago responding to Barack's election/speech. I said well we now have an "American Idol" president. what triggered my comment was watching all those people crying and acting so "star struck" in his presence. I think we have evolved into an overstimulated, entertained society. correct me if I am wrong but it seems people are easily manipulated and moved emotionally to get them to do certain things. It seems a lot of people do not want to detach from their emotional experineces to look at things from a logical and objective perspective. I think 'Brows had a good commentary on this phenomenon in his blog "<a href="http://www.whiteeyebrows.com/and-thus-we-were-manipulated" rel="nofollow">And Thus We Were Manipulated</a>." Quoting: "I’ve really picked on my church here in this blog, mostly because they’re an easy target based on my long history with them. But these same principles apply to all media out there. As a society, we consume media too much like we consume fast food - without any care as to its actual contents. "I get sick of TV shows and films which require me to think or feel a certain way. The extremely didactic Michael Moore documentaries and a plethora of other TV media come to mind. "So my plea? Don’t be a blind consumer of media. Don’t just sit back and bottom feed on whatever sludge is thrown your way, no matter how much you trust the source. Become a fine media connoisseur, just as you might become a connoisseur of fine foods. Don’t settle for mere table scraps. Don’t allow yourself to be manipulated by something. Question it. Poke at it. Ask it if it’s being honest with you and the universe." when I read the Grapes comment It makes me think of a comment I made to my wife when watching the crowd in Chicago responding to Barack’s election/speech. I said well we now have an “American Idol” president. what triggered my comment was watching all those people crying and acting so “star struck” in his presence. I think we have evolved into an overstimulated, entertained society. correct me if I am wrong but it seems people are easily manipulated and moved emotionally to get them to do certain things. It seems a lot of people do not want to detach from their emotional experineces to look at things from a logical and objective perspective.

I think ‘Brows had a good commentary on this phenomenon in his blog “And Thus We Were Manipulated.”
Quoting: “I’ve really picked on my church here in this blog, mostly because they’re an easy target based on my long history with them. But these same principles apply to all media out there. As a society, we consume media too much like we consume fast food – without any care as to its actual contents.

“I get sick of TV shows and films which require me to think or feel a certain way. The extremely didactic Michael Moore documentaries and a plethora of other TV media come to mind.

“So my plea? Don’t be a blind consumer of media. Don’t just sit back and bottom feed on whatever sludge is thrown your way, no matter how much you trust the source. Become a fine media connoisseur, just as you might become a connoisseur of fine foods. Don’t settle for mere table scraps. Don’t allow yourself to be manipulated by something. Question it. Poke at it. Ask it if it’s being honest with you and the universe.”

]]> By: booger http://www.whiteeyebrows.com/election-fallout-race-media-taxes-and-gay-marraige/comment-page-1/#comment-2023 booger Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:21:27 +0000 http://www.whiteeyebrows.com/?p=1063#comment-2023 Wonderful post. It is the reason I read the blog in the first place. Level headed and clear. I loved the "Barbara Streisand" poke! Got to give "The Grape" the thumbs up on the education spending consideration. I know that we don't spend enough on our schools. In the end I'd bet you're really more concerned about how much the schools can be trusted to manage that money as opposed the the extra money itself. Either way, it sounds like it is a done deal. Wonderful post. It is the reason I read the blog in the first place. Level headed and clear. I loved the “Barbara Streisand” poke!

Got to give “The Grape” the thumbs up on the education spending consideration. I know that we don’t spend enough on our schools. In the end I’d bet you’re really more concerned about how much the schools can be trusted to manage that money as opposed the the extra money itself. Either way, it sounds like it is a done deal.

]]> By: The Grape http://www.whiteeyebrows.com/election-fallout-race-media-taxes-and-gay-marraige/comment-page-1/#comment-2021 The Grape Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:00:08 +0000 http://www.whiteeyebrows.com/?p=1063#comment-2021 Hay Brows, thanks for the post...pretty darn good. Yes, life goes on and I suppose that America will be what we American citizens work hard to make happen...involvement in community and civic affairs. One note, I think we have to say thanks to the black race vote for the results of the Cal. prop. 8 measure outcome. It appears that they oppose the gay and leisban movement more than the white race. Time will tell and everyone needs to be positive as we move forward to face the future of America. A second note, on taxes for better education, we don't think anything about spending $100 or more for a broadway show or professional sporting event, but go crazy when they raise property taxes $100 a year to help cover the cost of said education. Just a thought. Hay Brows, thanks for the post…pretty darn good. Yes, life goes on and I suppose that America will be what we American citizens work hard to make happen…involvement in community and civic affairs. One note, I think we have to say thanks to the black race vote for the results of the Cal. prop. 8 measure outcome. It appears that they oppose the gay and leisban movement more than the white race. Time will tell and everyone needs to be positive as we move forward to face the future of America. A second note, on taxes for better education, we don’t think anything about spending $100 or more for a broadway show or professional sporting event, but go crazy when they raise property taxes $100 a year to help cover the cost of said education. Just a thought.

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