My respite provides a fresh breath...

This entry is going to surprise some of you.

First, I've been pretty busy so I've dropped out of things for awhile.  No Rush, no Hannity, no O'Reilly.  No Dobbs, no King, no Olbermann.  No Nancy Grace - ever.  Please...

So, I come back into it last night to find out that there's a military murder by a convert to Islam, Obama's in Egypt and that controversial abortion doctor from Kansas, Tiller, has been murdered.  Plus David Carradine is dead which sucks beyond all other suckage of the day.

It was a great opportunity to get caught up on all sides.  I watched Fox News mostly because I really like Bill O'Reilly.  I do believe that he is one of the most balanced voices out there.  I think he is fair to both sides and although he interrupts too much, he does a nice job as devil's advocate to both parties.  He asks a lot of questions.  I respect that.

 I really don't like Hannity, but I watched Hannity as well because of his interview with Rush Limbaugh, with whom I agree about 75% of the time.

I also flipped over to CNN for "No Bias No Bull" and "AC360".  Here's what I found.

While I really can't stand the mainstream media's "slobbering love affair" with liberalism and Barack Obama, I was disappointed that Fox News commentators like Hannity only showed the portions of Obama's speech to Islam that they could harp on.  While Hannity is arguably less fair and balanced than the rest of the network, it does not suit the conservative movement to only show half of what gets said.  No matter what party one follows, it's not fair to exclude important information from talking points.  I don't want so much spin, from either side.

So, while the snippets that Fox News showed of Obama's speech really pissed me off, the snippets that AC360 aired were much more complete and gave me a little more to decide on.  As usual, Obama was overly apologetic.  He was soft.  He was pandering.  BUT, I did appreciate his pointing out his Christian faith and asking that America be judged more fairly by Islam just as Islam should be judged more fairly by America.

I disagree with much of Obama's posturing.  His spending is irresponsible and selfish.  His apparent seizure of industrial America is a socialistic abomination, particularly if his plan is to wrest the companies back into the eager hands of the unions rather than its ownership.  But, he wore his American flag pin, he's trying to open doors than have been closed for a long time and he's got his work cut out for him.

He does need to stop apologizing for America and bowing down in humility.  America is a strong, good country and he should be telling people that a lot more.

...and that's the way I see it.