Think About It. Spin. A family member noted in the local paper that “Elvis Sneathern was injured when hit by flying glass.” Since at age eight I had never been in a bar, nor known about the results of drinking alcoholic beverages, I didn’t get the joke. Mother had to explain that her brother was obviously bashed in the head with a beer bottle accurately aimed by a fellow pub patron. Was the bottle spinning or was it only the news? I hear there are doctors for that. Not the injury. The news vortex?
There seem to be lots of ways to do it. I’m not certain why the obfuscation, but a skilled White House apologist said that there were some unintended consequences from the use of our “overhead assets”. The comment in a TV interview was to explain deaths of non-violent folks in the neighborhood by bombs dropping from drones. Get it? Control the spin and control the thought.
MSNBC talking head Chris Matthews’ current promo provides a history lesson that Jefferson, Adams, Hamilton and other early patriots were proud liberals. He fails to mention that classic liberalism intentionally stressed individual rights now defended by the libertarian philosophy. Today’s name spun from liberal to progressive to socialist and back to liberal in my lifetime. The revolutionary fighters would not recognize the current practice of the historic idea.
Fox News “fair and balanced” offerings by Bill O’Reilly et al, seem more than slightly skewed, perhaps to spin the truth toward a would-be conservative view. Any doubts? Bill claims to be a registered Independent. Like many pundits of all stripes these days, he claims to offer some allegiance to libertarianism. Interestingly the definition of “conservative” once carried the weight of moderation, not legal prohibition of drinking, gambling or smoking the weeds sprouting between the country’s corn rows.
In a recent well-buried story there was a dizzying ride around the truth found by genealogist Judy Walkman while researching her family tree. On the back of a picture of her great uncle was the note: ‘Remus Reid, horse thief, sent to Montana Territorial Prison 1885, escaped 1887, robbed the Montana Flyer six times. Caught by Pinkerton detectives, convicted and hanged 1889.’ Seems he was also the great-uncle of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Asking the well-known politician’s staff for background, she probably experienced vertigo from this practically double helix reply: “Remus Reid was a famous cowboy in the Montana Territory. His business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable assets and intimate dealings with the Montana railroad. Beginning in 1883 he devoted several years of his life to government service, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroad. In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the renowned Pinkerton Detective Agency. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic function held when the platform upon which he was standing collapsed.” Fact or fiction, Uncle Remus is indubitably enjoying in his grave a real political Spin. Think About It.
There seem to be lots of ways to do it. I’m not certain why the obfuscation, but a skilled White House apologist said that there were some unintended consequences from the use of our “overhead assets”. The comment in a TV interview was to explain deaths of non-violent folks in the neighborhood by bombs dropping from drones. Get it? Control the spin and control the thought.
MSNBC talking head Chris Matthews’ current promo provides a history lesson that Jefferson, Adams, Hamilton and other early patriots were proud liberals. He fails to mention that classic liberalism intentionally stressed individual rights now defended by the libertarian philosophy. Today’s name spun from liberal to progressive to socialist and back to liberal in my lifetime. The revolutionary fighters would not recognize the current practice of the historic idea.
Fox News “fair and balanced” offerings by Bill O’Reilly et al, seem more than slightly skewed, perhaps to spin the truth toward a would-be conservative view. Any doubts? Bill claims to be a registered Independent. Like many pundits of all stripes these days, he claims to offer some allegiance to libertarianism. Interestingly the definition of “conservative” once carried the weight of moderation, not legal prohibition of drinking, gambling or smoking the weeds sprouting between the country’s corn rows.
In a recent well-buried story there was a dizzying ride around the truth found by genealogist Judy Walkman while researching her family tree. On the back of a picture of her great uncle was the note: ‘Remus Reid, horse thief, sent to Montana Territorial Prison 1885, escaped 1887, robbed the Montana Flyer six times. Caught by Pinkerton detectives, convicted and hanged 1889.’ Seems he was also the great-uncle of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Asking the well-known politician’s staff for background, she probably experienced vertigo from this practically double helix reply: “Remus Reid was a famous cowboy in the Montana Territory. His business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable assets and intimate dealings with the Montana railroad. Beginning in 1883 he devoted several years of his life to government service, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroad. In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the renowned Pinkerton Detective Agency. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic function held when the platform upon which he was standing collapsed.” Fact or fiction, Uncle Remus is indubitably enjoying in his grave a real political Spin. Think About It.