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An Open Letter to ABC Good Morning America & the NFL -- Boycott Them

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I’ve been a viewer of GMA for many years (over 30 – since Joan Lunden & David Hartman), but that ended Monday, Sept. 25, 2017 – a month ago.  While entertaining and somewhat informative (I rely on other sources for more balance), I have long put up with occasionally clear political bias.  But your coverage that morning of the NFL protests was too much to stomach, and drove me over my threshold for tolerance.  I could just as well watch MSNBC for that kind of coverage.  I have now been watching the CBS morning program, because CBS had the courage to fire a VP who made such despicable remarks about the Las Vegas shooting victims.  I will never patronize anyone who contributes to legitimizing those who dishonor or threaten those brave protectors of society, who for instance performed so well in the Las Vegas shootings.    I seriously doubt anyone at ABC will take the time to read or understand my reasoning because you are comfortable in ...

Hope and Change & the Mainstream Media (MSM)

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They've given him a pass for 45 days on the oil spill, too. As well as the Sestak deal -- more handiwork of that "Prince of Darkness," Rahm Emanuel. So much for another of his promises of change -- no more politics as usual. He seems to throw out occasional little token bones (verrry little ones) to try to pacify the center-right majority. Like a $100M cut drop in the bucket out of the trillion plus deficit -- like a bandaid when a tourniquet is needed (see a short video graphical depiction at http://www.wimp.com/budgetcuts/). Or the 1,200 "troops" on the border -- desk jobs, when at least 6,000 are requested and needed in the field. And he's politicized the Arizona illegal immigration bill to the hilt. Neither Holder nor Napalitano had read it but were very outspoken against it, though it basically is no more than existing federal law that they won't enforce. California & LA are not in the economic position to be boycotting anybody, or wasting ...