>>I'm glad to see you're figuring out that most of the trouble starts with the liberal press like The Washington Post. Things are looking good... <g>
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>>If you understand that Rush us an entertainer - conservative no doubt but an entertainer - all will make itself clear. His primary job is to gain and maintain audience share. He does this by being himself - and darn good at it otherwise he wouldn't have some 20 millions of listeners. And that's at the same time other radios hosts have 4-5 million or so and are fawned over by the press. No media bias there.. Nosiree..
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>>Please pass the sand.. <g>
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>Yes, I understand that, and that is why I don't listen to him for news. My problem is with the Ditto-heads. They take his word as gospel. And to show you how distorted he is, on his web site today he has an article claiming Alan Greenspan is not God! Blasphemy < g >.
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>And by the way, with all the money pouring in that comes with having 20 million listeners, I still can't search his site. In a word: pathetic. What, does he have a bunch of VB programmers working for him? < g >

Chris,

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You know, Alan Greenspan has tremendous power. I've often thought that he's the real power in DC.

As far as Rush's accuracy goes I have to tell you that I've been listening to him sine 989 when he was only in Sacramento. He's been very cogent in his opinions and the information that I've heard him state has been really quite accurate. Those whom you call "ditto heads" actually are pretty independent thinkers. However, if you want to categorize folks in that manner I'd be careful as the 'mainstream' press is far more intolerant of differing opinions from what I've seen. Not a slam mind you but they really do run in a pack. Aham.. I agree with Rush in his analysis that the mainstream press is basically lazy and they've kind of forgotten how to do the old-fashioned 'donw & dirty' street level reporting and investigative work. While youmay not like him Matt Drudge has unearthed several 'first' as well. It's this digging for information rather than just swallowing the spin that I appreciate and I'm keenly aware that others make mistakes.

And.. As far as the expense of VB programmers.. Dunno.. Maybe they're still trying to create a real framework.. <g>