Sunday, March 2, 2008 was the first day of a three-day voters' holiday. All during the ongoing telecasts, O.U.T.R.A.G.E. was encouraging employers to honor this holiday in the interests of good citizenship. While there was no law requiring them to let employees off to vote and then paying them for the day if they could prove they voted, it was anticipated that many firms would go along with the idea. In fact, in smaller communities, local Chambers of Commerce and other civic groups strongly supported the concept and called on their members to voluntarily participate.
From midnight on, O.U.T.R.A.G.E. members were holding televised "seminars" to explain and clarify each one of the twenty-five resolutions that had been introduced. Of those twenty-five resolutions, only Article XXI had been defeated as only 44% of registered voters had agreed with the "Freedom of Consent" proposed legislation. While O.U.T.R.A.G.E. members still wrote formal legislation for this resolution and planned to keep it on the March 4 ballot, there was little expectation that it would be voted into law by the citizens. O.U.T.R.A.G.E. members blamed its defeat on a poorly-written resolution that really offered no clarity or true sense of purpose. The resolution seemed vague and misguided. Still, with the help of stronger writing, the resolution would be included in the popular vote on March 4.
The use of 'split-screens' allowd television viewers to see two, three, and sometimes four images at a time. If viewers had a particular interest in one particular resolution, they could tune to a pre-designated separate channel to learn more about the proposed resolution and study the formal legislation as it had been written. A panel of O.U.T.R.A.G.E. members were on hand to take questions or offer explanations. If you wanted more information on Article XX, for example (the resolution to legalize drugs), you were instructed to tune to Channel 20. The whole purpose of this video exercise that went on day and night was to educate viewers before they voted on Tuesdy, March 4.
Due to its technological superiority, O.U.T.R.A.G.E. was also announcing that voters who were shut-ins, disabled, or sick, could call a special toll-free number and arrange for an O.U.T.R.A.G.E. representative to visit them on Election Day so that they, too, could cast their vote. Special voting booths were being set up in nursing homes and hospitals.
Every accommodation was being made to ensure that every legal U.S. citizen who wanted to vote could do so. Colin Powell and John McCain were the only two candidates on the ballot. This was not a vote about political partisanship; this was a vote to elect interim government leaders who would serve as the final authority in governmental matters until a formal election could take place in the fall. While some people believed this whole process to be illegal and unconstitutional, O.U.T.R.A.G.E. defended the need for such action under such extentuating circumstances. Others considered it to be a politically-biased elected since both Powell and McCain were registered as Republicans.
In July, 2006, a columnist for the 'Parade' magazine supplement that appeared in millions of Sunday morning newspapers across the U.S., answered a question from one of her readers. The reader asked, "Is it my imagination, or have we reached a point in this country where people either 'spin' right or 'spin' left, but no one gives it to you straight? I remember when there were politicians I trusted, even from the opposition party." Marilyn vosSavant's answer was to-the-point: "It seems that way, doesn't it? But a significant part of the apparent prolem is increasing citizen bias. For example, I have certain inescapable human waknesses, but otherwise I am as straight with my readers as I can get. Yet everytime I write about a controversial subject, no matter how exacting is my published reasoning, I get mail saying I must be a member of whichever political party is identified with a similar conclusion, regardless of its motivation or rationale, if one even exists. Readers don't realize such letters are evidence of their [own] bias, not mine."
vosSavant was right. Americans were polarized...paralyzed. And much of it came from the incredibly awful "talk show hosts" who disguised their programs as "news" shows only to aggressively shout their political beliefs to their audience of lamb-like followers who dumbly allowed themselves to be influenced by these hate-mongers instead of researching political issues and forming their own rational conclusions. Instead of reasonable, articulate debate, these programs were nothing more than crude verbal wrestling matches full of incivility, rude insults, barbs, and consistent interruptions. It was the political version of a televised boxing match where people clamored for blood and 'commentators' clashed using a barrage of iniquitous, evil language instead of gloved punches to an opponent's head. These shows on radio and Tv were America's variation of the old proaganda newsreels used by Hitler and Stalin during their respective reigns of terror.
O.U.T.R.A.G.E. had a number of priorities, one being to bring civility, honesty, and integrity back to the political process. The irony was that in order to accomplish such an objective, they had begun by inflicting untold horror on American soil. Most Americans remembered vividly where they were on November 22, 1963, when John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Millions remembered they were on September 11, 2001, when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center's twin towers in New York.
Few would ever forget where they were when thousands of American structures and tens of thousands of American citizens were killed on Thursday, January 17, 2008 - many of whom were listed among the "Who's Who in America" and Forbes' list of the "America's Richest People".
In an ironic twist of fate, news came from south Florida that talk show personality Rush Limbaugh's body had been found amidst the wreckage of his mansion. Dubbed one of 'America's most dangerous' people, his radio show had attracted millions of listeners during the 1990s as he lamblasted liberals and degraded Democrats. His "dittoheads" would have agreed with him if he'd have claimed Ronald Reagan had been named God. Rarely did Limbaugh ever say anything that could be documented as factual, and on unusual occasions when he was caught in a lie, he then reverted to the claim that his show was strictly 'entertainment' and not mean as factual political commentary. He spread his brand of hatred and bigotry to millions of gullible listeners under the guise of 'free speech'. At the turn of the century, Limbaugh got caught up in his own little scandal involving an addiction to prescription drugs. His addiction problems would never completely go away. To many, it was apparent that Limbaugh was a hapless, helpless addict, as much as those cretins whom he lamblasted on his show for not being able to fight their own drug addictions. The only difference was those cretins he so callously berated were the street addicts who had no money, no support system, no lawyers or doctors to keep them out of the legal system. Luckily, Limbaugh's million-dollar-a-week salary made it easy for him to continue his habit while avoiding serious infractions with the law. Limbaugh's body had been buried under tons of brick, mortar, and steel. He was seated on a toilet; in his hand was a bottle of Oxycotin. The medicine cabinet, containing countless vials of Vicotin and other pain relievers, had been twisted away from the wall. The long, tubular stainless steel overhead light has been separated from the medicine cabinet. Force of the explosion had forced the lighting fixture, which closely resembled the shape of a microphone, into Limbaugh's mouth and protruding from his left jaw. The 'mouthpiece of the Republican Party' had been freakishly silenced forever.
All day Sunday the television programs continued. Callers asked questions, debated issues, sent e-mails of support, studied final versions of legislation on which they would vote in two days, and criticized O.U.T.R.A.G.E. for the damage it had done.
Powell and McCain both had ongoing 'segments' wherein they explained their strategies for re-uniting the country. By using their remote control devices from the comfort of their own homes, Americans could tune into those topics or discussion, or issues, that interested them most. The telecasts continued all day and all night. New polls reflected an exciting fact: as of noon on Sunday, more than seventy-two million Americans were watching at least some of these broadcasts....almost a quarter of the entire U.S. population.
From midnight on, O.U.T.R.A.G.E. members were holding televised "seminars" to explain and clarify each one of the twenty-five resolutions that had been introduced. Of those twenty-five resolutions, only Article XXI had been defeated as only 44% of registered voters had agreed with the "Freedom of Consent" proposed legislation. While O.U.T.R.A.G.E. members still wrote formal legislation for this resolution and planned to keep it on the March 4 ballot, there was little expectation that it would be voted into law by the citizens. O.U.T.R.A.G.E. members blamed its defeat on a poorly-written resolution that really offered no clarity or true sense of purpose. The resolution seemed vague and misguided. Still, with the help of stronger writing, the resolution would be included in the popular vote on March 4.
The use of 'split-screens' allowd television viewers to see two, three, and sometimes four images at a time. If viewers had a particular interest in one particular resolution, they could tune to a pre-designated separate channel to learn more about the proposed resolution and study the formal legislation as it had been written. A panel of O.U.T.R.A.G.E. members were on hand to take questions or offer explanations. If you wanted more information on Article XX, for example (the resolution to legalize drugs), you were instructed to tune to Channel 20. The whole purpose of this video exercise that went on day and night was to educate viewers before they voted on Tuesdy, March 4.
Due to its technological superiority, O.U.T.R.A.G.E. was also announcing that voters who were shut-ins, disabled, or sick, could call a special toll-free number and arrange for an O.U.T.R.A.G.E. representative to visit them on Election Day so that they, too, could cast their vote. Special voting booths were being set up in nursing homes and hospitals.
Every accommodation was being made to ensure that every legal U.S. citizen who wanted to vote could do so. Colin Powell and John McCain were the only two candidates on the ballot. This was not a vote about political partisanship; this was a vote to elect interim government leaders who would serve as the final authority in governmental matters until a formal election could take place in the fall. While some people believed this whole process to be illegal and unconstitutional, O.U.T.R.A.G.E. defended the need for such action under such extentuating circumstances. Others considered it to be a politically-biased elected since both Powell and McCain were registered as Republicans.
In July, 2006, a columnist for the 'Parade' magazine supplement that appeared in millions of Sunday morning newspapers across the U.S., answered a question from one of her readers. The reader asked, "Is it my imagination, or have we reached a point in this country where people either 'spin' right or 'spin' left, but no one gives it to you straight? I remember when there were politicians I trusted, even from the opposition party." Marilyn vosSavant's answer was to-the-point: "It seems that way, doesn't it? But a significant part of the apparent prolem is increasing citizen bias. For example, I have certain inescapable human waknesses, but otherwise I am as straight with my readers as I can get. Yet everytime I write about a controversial subject, no matter how exacting is my published reasoning, I get mail saying I must be a member of whichever political party is identified with a similar conclusion, regardless of its motivation or rationale, if one even exists. Readers don't realize such letters are evidence of their [own] bias, not mine."
vosSavant was right. Americans were polarized...paralyzed. And much of it came from the incredibly awful "talk show hosts" who disguised their programs as "news" shows only to aggressively shout their political beliefs to their audience of lamb-like followers who dumbly allowed themselves to be influenced by these hate-mongers instead of researching political issues and forming their own rational conclusions. Instead of reasonable, articulate debate, these programs were nothing more than crude verbal wrestling matches full of incivility, rude insults, barbs, and consistent interruptions. It was the political version of a televised boxing match where people clamored for blood and 'commentators' clashed using a barrage of iniquitous, evil language instead of gloved punches to an opponent's head. These shows on radio and Tv were America's variation of the old proaganda newsreels used by Hitler and Stalin during their respective reigns of terror.
O.U.T.R.A.G.E. had a number of priorities, one being to bring civility, honesty, and integrity back to the political process. The irony was that in order to accomplish such an objective, they had begun by inflicting untold horror on American soil. Most Americans remembered vividly where they were on November 22, 1963, when John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Millions remembered they were on September 11, 2001, when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center's twin towers in New York.
Few would ever forget where they were when thousands of American structures and tens of thousands of American citizens were killed on Thursday, January 17, 2008 - many of whom were listed among the "Who's Who in America" and Forbes' list of the "America's Richest People".
In an ironic twist of fate, news came from south Florida that talk show personality Rush Limbaugh's body had been found amidst the wreckage of his mansion. Dubbed one of 'America's most dangerous' people, his radio show had attracted millions of listeners during the 1990s as he lamblasted liberals and degraded Democrats. His "dittoheads" would have agreed with him if he'd have claimed Ronald Reagan had been named God. Rarely did Limbaugh ever say anything that could be documented as factual, and on unusual occasions when he was caught in a lie, he then reverted to the claim that his show was strictly 'entertainment' and not mean as factual political commentary. He spread his brand of hatred and bigotry to millions of gullible listeners under the guise of 'free speech'. At the turn of the century, Limbaugh got caught up in his own little scandal involving an addiction to prescription drugs. His addiction problems would never completely go away. To many, it was apparent that Limbaugh was a hapless, helpless addict, as much as those cretins whom he lamblasted on his show for not being able to fight their own drug addictions. The only difference was those cretins he so callously berated were the street addicts who had no money, no support system, no lawyers or doctors to keep them out of the legal system. Luckily, Limbaugh's million-dollar-a-week salary made it easy for him to continue his habit while avoiding serious infractions with the law. Limbaugh's body had been buried under tons of brick, mortar, and steel. He was seated on a toilet; in his hand was a bottle of Oxycotin. The medicine cabinet, containing countless vials of Vicotin and other pain relievers, had been twisted away from the wall. The long, tubular stainless steel overhead light has been separated from the medicine cabinet. Force of the explosion had forced the lighting fixture, which closely resembled the shape of a microphone, into Limbaugh's mouth and protruding from his left jaw. The 'mouthpiece of the Republican Party' had been freakishly silenced forever.
All day Sunday the television programs continued. Callers asked questions, debated issues, sent e-mails of support, studied final versions of legislation on which they would vote in two days, and criticized O.U.T.R.A.G.E. for the damage it had done.
Powell and McCain both had ongoing 'segments' wherein they explained their strategies for re-uniting the country. By using their remote control devices from the comfort of their own homes, Americans could tune into those topics or discussion, or issues, that interested them most. The telecasts continued all day and all night. New polls reflected an exciting fact: as of noon on Sunday, more than seventy-two million Americans were watching at least some of these broadcasts....almost a quarter of the entire U.S. population.
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