Soapbox: Political Engagement: Liberal Media

I joined the Blogging community in the Fall of 2009 with CanadianSense as an outlet to express some of my thoughts regarding the political landscape of the Liberal mind and the liberal media.

My political leanings naturally gravitated towards the Blogging Tories community. As a Conservative, a concern and protection for the environment has been an important consideration. The community of Blogging Tories has a wide range of views and for the most part are not prone to censorship or comment moderation for dissenting views.

The left of centre suggest they are open minded but my own experience finds them less tolerant of views that are in conflict with their views of a just society.  It reminds me of Nancy Pelosi characterization of citizens engaged in calling for less spending by government. (Astro-turf)

In the thirteen years the Liberals were in power including majorities, free votes for MPs were not tolerated. Many Liberal MPs that chose to express the interests of their own constituents were effectively removed from caucus. It is interesting after the most recent experience with this history, an analysis of The Anatomy of the Liberal Defeat to hear Liberals continuing to ignore the facts.

• Conservatives have MPs in all regions of Canada and fell ten seats short of a majority.
• The last Liberal Majority was a result of an NDP collapse and a split right.
• Voters in larger numbers in rural, suburbs and cities vote Conservative, Democrat, Green.
• Visible minorities and many large communities of faith are no longer supporting the Federal Liberal Party.

The Liberal Mind:

On the Madness of Modern Liberalism:

The egalitarianism and welfarism of modern liberal government are incompatible with the facts of human nature and the human condition. But the rise to power of the liberal agenda has resulted from the fact that the people of western societies have irrationally demanded that governments take care of them and manage their lives instead of protecting their property rights. This misconception results in massive violations of those rights while permitting government officials to act out their own and their constituents’ psychopathology...

 

How do you explain the reaction of liberals, the liberal media to pushing the victimization of the protesters (activists)? Police Chief Blair is a political appointee of David Miller, Mayor of Toronto. Dalton McGuinty is the Premier of Ontario.

How do Liberals defend and explain their attacks on the left of centre parties and the Conservatives without accepting criticism for their mistakes and failures?

How much time was spent by the Liberal media highlighting environmental damage, bird mortality by 'dirty oil' while ignoring the same mortality as a result of embracing the Green Energy industry?

 

The Green Energy Act enacted by the Ontario Liberal government majority has effectively removed any local input in reviewing or halting the conversion of land for use by energy companies to install Giant fans and their supporting infrastructure.

 

The Mayor of Toronto, left of centre councillors have not imposed the same environmental solutions to address the waste, energy consumption generated on their own citizens. Why are the suburbs, rural citizens being asked to accept refuse and energy consumption needs of the residents of Toronto?

Why does Toronto NOT follow their own sustainable development for the alleged benefits of the Green Agenda? The transmission lines would be much shorter and the City of Toronto could demostrate the merits to the smaller communities that are not convinced of the economic, environmental benefits. The impact of not having trucks haul garbage outside the city, reducing the airshed quality of the neighbouring cities would seem environmentally sound.

 

On the flip side the comment moderation or censorship practices on the Liberal blogging community is very interesting.

Feedback, comments from the hosts of these  Conservative or Liberal blogging sites that have turned on comment moderation in order to protect their site from ad-hominem attacks. After a few weeks the moderation policy would no longer be necessary?

I am curious if the bloggers who originally joined this self-publishing exercise in order to express their opinion, share ideas have found a consensus regarding a need for an alternative voice. SunTV is just another activity by those who don't feel their voice is being heard and an opportunity to earn a profit.

From my perspective, the panic, fear,  from the voice in the left, are concerned with competition ..researchers turned their attention to television news alone they found that coverage by the CBC was most harsh against conservative positions ...Ryerson University professors Marsha Barber and Ann Rauhala ..The researchers found that the news directors, whom they describe as the people "with the most direct responsibility for programming the news on any given day," were more politically and socially liberal than the rest of the Canadian population. Broken down by network, those working for the CBC were the most left-leaning.-2003 Donner Prize-nominated book, Hidden Agendas: How Journalists Influence the News

Chris Selley succinctly sums up everything wrong with the Federal Liberals since Ignatieff took over the helm of the Liberal Party. One thing he did not do wrong.

Eyes Wide Shut: Activists, Environmentalists, Media

Good Americans vs. Bad Americans

Where did all those anti-american activists go in Canada? Actions against Imperialist War and Aggression. The communist-marxist in 2008 were getting some great press coverage in rallying against the "evil American Empire" a few years ago did they retire to Boca-Raton?

"It is against the will (of Canadians) that the government has decided to extend the military presence (in Afghanistan) until 2011," said Raymond Legault, a spokesman for the anti-war group Collectif Echec a la Guerre.

Mission Accomplished, the two conflicts are over. Did I miss the memo?

George Bush was in power in the U.S. for eight years. He was framed an oppressor, climate denier by American, International and our own Canadian media. They had a passion for reporting and telling us how bad the Republican Executive Branch in the United States was on a regular basis. The Democrats had majority of seats in the Senate and Congrees for the last few years of his presidency. Very few Democrats opposed military action in Afghanistan.

Winds of Change in 2010

What has changed for these environmental activists, anti-war protestors in the U.S. or Canada? Is this Democratic President bad for business?

The Canadian government led by Stephen Harper has aligned himself with the Democrats in adopting a North American solution. The Obama administration has been reluctant along with China to sign onto the COP treaty.

We have the largest spill in history, larger than the Exxon Valdez currently taking place. We have BP contract employees with U.S. Coast Guard banning the free press on public beaches trying to report on the oil spill.

We still have two active conflicts in Iraq , Afghanistan and the anti-war protests gone.

Environment

Media concentration to Green, social justice stories a potential for a blind spot.

Do we have secret deals being negotiated in Ontario with large Energy Companies, foreign countries in Ontario by a Liberal Premier with his majority? Some think so but coverage is limited to almost non-existent. Is the Canadian media blind to the warning signs in Europe around the Green Jobs Myth?

Canada accounts for 2.3% of the contribution of Carbon emissions worldwide. If you watch our Canadian media you would be unlikely to find a story that reinforces that fact. In 2008 the majority of Canadians did not support the Green Tax Agenda of the Liberals, NDP, Bloc or Green. The second place party Liberals had over 75% voters reject their platform. The NDP had 82% reject them. In Quebec over 62% rejected the Separatist party but through our system were able to capture 65% of the seats in Quebec. The Green Party with more votes than the separtists were unable to win a single seat.

Europeans are starting to push back on spending and in the cases of General elections many socialist parties and liberals have seen their votes and seats shrink for the last few years. The Global recession has increased tension and nationalism in protecting jobs at home.

Poland is threatening to veto a new EU climate-change accord unless restrictions on its coal use are eased.. WSJ December 10, 2010.

Three months later: President Lech Kaczynski and scores of other senior Polish figures have been killed in a plane crash in Russia

Activists, environmentalists, anti-war protesters, competing media outlets were united in their criticisms against "FOX" being biased in the reporting of the G.W.B administration. Oil soaked seabird washed up on May 21, 2010 on Grand Isle in Louisana.

How does this compare with today with the Obama administration: how does the American, Canadian, International media in reporting or examining the war, lives lost, environmental actions by the Democratic majority in Congress, Senate and executive branch today?

Has anyone seen a scathing report from the CBC, CTV, Global regarding the inaction on the Carbon Emissions, the environment, war mongering from our American neighbour to the south?

I remember the blame being squarely put on the Executive branch in delaying progessive legislation when a Republican President was in charge. Today the criticism is to lay blame on a minority of Republicans who won't get along with the democratic majority.

What party is delaying the progressive legislation to fix it, are they also in the pocket of Big Oil, the Defense Industry?

Wildlife being killed by Windmills is under reported or ignored by the media, but if a bird is covered in oil it newsworthy for weeks. Is just me that notices the blind spot for the environmentalists, news media from the U.S., International, and Canada in being critical and reporting with the exception Fox News?
Do you think the bird really cares how it is killed?