SOME, OTHER THAN MEDIA, ARE BEGINNING TO SEE SHADES OF GRAY

Yesterday I wrote about what may happen when everyone gets lumped in a group whether it fits a single profile or not. Today I read that charities and non-profits which tried to do the right thing and sign up as lobbyists are penalized for having done so. I applaud President Pbama for trying to clean up the disgrace detritus left after the past few years of lobbyists getting more and more powerful and increased in numbers.

AIG is finally taking a risk trying to make a differentiation between its top executives, and their obscene bonuses, and the workers in the company who have no say in policy but are just doing their job...not traders. It is heartening to see that some people see the collateral damage to innocents while the Media just continues on with its feeding frenzy to stir up their viewers and ratings. There seems to be little interest in calming the public down with realities...only firing them up with emotional matches.

While this kind of obfuscation of the real issues by the Media may work with much of the population, we have finally elected a President who, in his own words, can chew gum and walk at the same time. His multiple goals remain clear and he has wisely taken the Show and Tell part of his plan to the public himself. The Media may fuss and criticize but they have done it to themselves. They have forced the President to do his own PR directly with the people since the Media has proven itself to be unreliable for truth and lacking objectivity. He had 200,000,000 viewers while he did not have the cantankerous bullies trying to trip him up as they might have on any of the Media stages with far fewer people watching.

84 year old Maurice (Hank) Greenberg built AIG to the large International company it became. In 2005, he was forced out after an accounting fraud investigation, by then New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, cast a cloud over his leadership. All the criminal charges were eventually dropped, though some civil charges were still unresolved. For more on that, see this. Now we have Greenberg being interviewed while his objectivity is clearly camouflaged. People have already started saying the Obama has failed and the Republicans will gain seats back in the next election. I can only hope the bad losers of 2008 with vote with their logic, not their narcissistic injury for having been wrong, again.