Rational Nation USA

Media-Crafted Controversy This is traditionally a bad season for our sensationalistic, controversy driven 24/7 noise machine known as the "news" media. It's mid-August, and Americans are trying to enjoy what's left of summer. We've unplugged for the summer, so media profits are sagging.  They respond by inventing stuff to get us back and basking in the glow of their corporate-sponsored cliffhangers. So PEW conducts a poll and a news-hungry media is all over it like a pack of rabid jihadis on a cartoonist. 18% of Americans believe President Obama is a Muslim! So what??? The Same poll reports that only 46% of Democrats believe Obama is a Christian!  By their own standards, half of all Democrats are kooks.  20% of adults believe space aliens live among us in disguise 33% believe 911 was an inside job "If Bush ran the car in the ditch, Obama and the Democrats went on a drunken joy ride and drove it the wrong way down I-70, caused a two-tho...

Aaqil Ahmed, BBC's newly appointed executive has stated with respect to religion: "I think all the faiths should be treated in the dame way. I don't believe in treating any faith differently." He went on to say he disagrees that the BBC is marginalizing religion. He claims the statement is on oversimplification and argues that Christianity is already well covered. Britain, a nation with an overwhelming majority of Christians, has seen the volume of religious programming drop twelve percent over the last twenty years. Church leaders have been especially concerned that two popular and respected religious programs, Everyman, and Heart of the Matter have not been replaced leaving just two programs remain. Ahmed, the networks first Muslim, said when asked about the future of Sons of Praise Ahmed replied, "Who knows what's going to happen in five years, ten year? I won't be here." I don't want to take this leap, but I can't help but think ...