T-Minus 10, and Counting.

Hey folks,

That’s right, we are in the T-Minus Ten countdown. I started looking around to see more "October Surprises," to my surprise, it’s pretty quiet. I see WPTV25 here in South Florida is still talking about Foley. {Sigh} but for the most part. I see other news. I wasn’t so sure that there WAS other news out there.

So I started looking at polls and trying to see why so quiet. What did I find? I saw this graph in USA Today giving the Republicans retaining the complete control of the House and Senate. The graph shows,

Senate R 52 (-3) D 45 (+1) O 3 (+2) , House R227 (-1) D173 (-2) O 4 (+3), Gov. R 20 (-8) D 30 (+8) 0 (0). I looked at the Ramussen Reports, and find that they have the Republicans ahead or dead even in most area’s.

Then you have to take THIS in to consideration. Millions of Americans have ALREADY voted. Early voting is a major trend. Right here in South Florida you can go to certain designated Libraries and vote right now. If you have that ability in your area, you may want to take advantage of that. This way, you will not have to stand in line in ten days.

Now of course you still have some of the Mass Media Drones towing the LWL party lines. "They have already won." "It’s a guarantee." "The Republicans are in trouble." Do not get me wrong, this is far from over. Ten days can be an eternity in politics. A lot can happen. Ether side could still win. It’s up to YOU. This is why I say, get informed as to who it is in your area that best represents your beliefs, get ready, GO VOTE.

Speaking of getting informed. As I pointed out to you before,

"Now the latest. The LWL, otherwise know as the Democratic leadership is protesting a SIGN. That’s right, they are threatening to sue if the polling places attempts to let voters know that a vote for Foley will be a vote for Negron. LOL, of course, that would defeat their attempts."

Also when this political pawn of a judge ruled in their favor, I said,

"So telling people that a vote for Foley is a Vote for Negron is illegal electioneering? Will cause "irreparable harm" to the voting process? Are you kidding me? I am way overtime here and have to go, but a quick search turned up nothing on this judge."

Well, according to the Congressional Quarterly, sanity prevails,

"A Florida appeals court on Friday issued a ruling that appears to resolve the dispute over whether state officials can inform voters that Republicans have chosen a replacement candidate for resigned Republican Rep. Mark Foley in the 16th District — even though Foley’s name remains on the Nov. 7 ballot, because he withdrew too late to have his name removed."

Democrats argued that this procedure would be unfair to their nominee, businessman Tim Mahoney, the well-funded underdog challenger to Foley who surged into serious contention after the scandal erupted. Arguing that the procedure would equate to promoting Negron’s candidacy at polling places, the Democrats sued to block it and won a lower court ruling."

So the signs are going up. They voters will be informed. This will most definitely also be grounds for they LWL to sue over if they lose.

Then I saw this, From The Christian Science Monitor,

"With newspapers across the country scrambling to respond to the loss of readers, ads, and revenue, the Los Angeles Times's re-invention project is a window into the struggle of an American newspaper industry that is colliding with the Internet and other news-delivery options.

"What is going on with the L.A. Times is going on in newspapers everywhere," says Tom Petner, a journalism professor at Temple University in Philadelphia.

He and others cite steady news of layoffs at papers across the US in recent months capped by announcements last week that 101 jobs will be eliminated at the San Jose Mercury News by December and the announcement of imminent layoffs at The Philadelphia Inquirer."

This has been happening for a while. The "New Media" has put a major crimp into the whole monopoly of the Mass Media. The Guru has a somewhat limited reach now. Gone are the days where they can say or do anything they want. They tried in 2000, 2004, and are still trying now, to get a message out that they want you to believe without question. But the problem is that there is now news outlets, be it cable news, radio, blogs, etc. that actually tell you the truth, and back it with facts.

"The title, [Manhattan Project] is telling because it sounds nuclear and urgent," says Mr. Petner. "Everyone is trying to figure out where their audience is going, what they are reading, where, and how to reach them."

Newspapers have faced a steady decline in subscriptions as people - particularly younger generations - shift their news habits to TV and the Internet.

Newspaper revenue has also fallen off as a result of fewer classified ads, some of which are now posted on websites. And department stores have consolidated or cut back on advertising. The Los Angeles Times has been hard hit by fewer movie ads in its pages.

The Times has also been pushed to pursue higher profit margins to boost the stock of its parent company, the Tribune Co., which lost nearly half its value since it bought the paper in 2000."

The rest of the article talks about why they speculate this is happening and that it is happening all over. I just, and have, already told you. Get caught lying, falsifying photos, misleading facts, and clearly politicking for only one side, people are going to stop trusting you. If noone is reading, Advertisers will stop paying to advertise to noone, and start going where the people are. It really is that simple.

T-Minus Ten and counting. Get Informed. Get ready. Go vote.
Peter

Sources:

Me,
USA Today- "Long list of laws headed to voters"
Christian Science Monitor -"L.A. Times's epic battle to retain glory - and profits"
Congressional Quarterly-"Fla. 16 Voters Will Be Informed of Foley’s Ballot Replacement"