I guess I have a propensity to want to talk about the in excess of the 90% who are still employed and that they and their companies deserve some visibility.

My point is the media certainly is not going to spend one millisecond accentuating the positive. That is my point.

And I guess 'W' is doing a good job the last couple of days since oil is down and the market is up!!!!!! Just kidding, but since he gets credit for the downside....who gets the credit for the upside. I really don't care about ones plumbing (male or female), dem or republican, black, yellow or tan or in between. Just a fair shake on the facts.

There is no confusion if one only wants to dwell on the statistical minority status of almost any subject.

Foe example (again) the foreclosure crisis.....it represents less than 2% of total mortgages.
It does include those who bought second homes when they were not qualified to do so and the permissive pacifist mentality is dawdling with how to bail them out. How about those struggling every day and making their commitments as signed up for. What do they get......furthering the media inspired crisis is how the media focuses on the significant increase in foreclosure rates ....up 52% over last year. It totally ignores the 98% who are not in foreclosure. The sub prime market is less than 1% of the total lending that is in place, but to listen to the media one would have to conclude we are all in jeopardy.

That is what I mean about media induced....of course we can drop down to the individuals who have innocently been caught in the manipulating by the lenders and the borrowers taking advantage of the booming market.

The media is not telling the public who should not worry and why about their bank deposits...they only focus on the individual who may be caught in a given situation because it sensationalizes the issue....has nothing to do with the masses.

My references have no partisan bent what so ever.....I detest putting the party first.
For me it is country first party and all else distant seconds.....AND THAT IS NOT WHAT THE MEDIA PEDDLES!!!!!!!

My $9.35 worth (two cents adjusted for media induced inflation).

BTK