Thank you, Mr. Moyers

Last night on PBS Bill Moyers produced a special on America's media. For the first time on TV - blogs have been detailing the media's stunning failure and duplicity for quite awhile now - Bill Moyers told the truth about how our media has not done its job. In fact most journalistic outlets have been bought and silenced by the administration in the White House.

It just plain sucks. It sucks because Bill Moyers and PBS will now be attacked by right-wing pundits who are scared shiteless that they will be forced to tell the truth.

But we all know that they won't be forced to tell the truth, because we have at least 4 types of Americans:

1) Religious fundamentalists who only feel comfortable when they are being scared to their rapture by their Authoritarian leaders. They need the lies to be fed to them by unethical pundits (ie FOX news) in order to justify their hypocrisy. They will always believe what is told to them and never trust the truth.

2) Americans who are desperately trying to self-medicate with shopping, vapid television, food, and any other other non-stressful distraction. They are working hard and have very little free time. When they do have free time they want to turn off their brains and not deal with the truth. The truth is simply too stressful.

3) Americans living in poverty. They don't have time to worry about corruption in government, a horrific war, or how our food supply is incredibly unhealthy. They are worried about getting food period. They are being treated the worst in our society and we ignore them. They don't have any power to demand the truth from our press corp.

4) Activists, progressives, liberals, war protesters. These people are fighting for the truth to be heard - yet they are portrayed as crazy. The only way for these people to have a chance of making some progress towards the truth is if group #2 & #3 support them.

We have all the evidence we need. Just this week Jessica Lynch and Pat Tillman's brother told us that the military lied.

How much more information does America need to hold our government and the military accountable? We are sending our sons and daughters to fight. Many are coming back in coffins or severely wounded. What is wrong with us???

Please try to watch the upcoming Bill Moyer's journals - Friday he is interviewing Jon Stewart.

Peace.