Alec Baldwin on WABC

Occasionally other news gets my attention. This is one such event.

One recent Sunday evening, Alec Baldwin was guest hosting with Brian Whitman on WABC Radio in New York. Part way during the program, Sean Hannity and Mark Levin called in and confronted Baldwin with prior statements he had made against our current president and vice-president. The exchange has been widely reported on right wing blogsites, with both transcript and audio. After listening to the complete audio a few times, and getting a good feel for how the ENTIRE exchange went down, I wanted to see who accurately reported the news. I bloggled (kind of like 'googled' but using the Blogspot website) 'Alec Baldwin' and found several websites talking about the heated exchange - most of them were in support of Hannity and Levin. The one liberal one that I found, http://frankwarner.typepad.com , had portions of the exchange but they were not in sequential order. The author of the blog had taken the liberty to rearrange the dialog to suit his agenda. Surprised? I guess the answer depends on whether or not you find yourself on the left or on the right.

Note to those who find themselves on the left side of politics - always, always, ALWAYS go to the source!! Do not settle for someone telling you the news, or giving you snippets of the news. Those of us on the right listen to the entire broadcast, and prefer to listen to it live. The moment something goes in for editing - whether right or left - we, the people, lose out. The left often charges those of us on the right as being manipulated, but after years of watching the news (CNN, CBS, MSNBC, NBC, C-SPAN, ABC, FOX) , listening to the news (1010WINS, WABC, WCBS, NPR, Air America) , and reading the news (Newsday, The New York Times, USA Today) I can honestly report that those stations and print media outlets leaning to the left do NOT give the public a full and accurate picture of the world.

And another thing to note, not all of us on the right hate those of you on the left. I read your websites, your blogsites, I watch your TV programs, and listen to your talk radio. I have a fairly good idea of how vitriolic the hate is for those on the right...and you are WAY off base. The hate isn't justified. The pied pipers of the leftist media have you guys totally twisted. I really, truly feel sorry for those people on the left because when confronted with an opposing view, all the left can do is spit out the hate they have been filled with. Do people on the right spit out hate? Yes...some of them do. Some people on the right say some horrible things about people on the left. I don't condone this. A jab here or there, that is okay and within everyone's tolerance level. We have to be able to laugh at ourselves, or see ourselves from the other side of the aisle. However, debate is best when it is done with facts...not cutting insults, or someone else's warmed over ideas. People who resort to name calling should not be involved in a debate. People who lump all people on the left or all people on the right together are missing something. That something can be summed up as follows. In this great and wonderful country, we need both sides - we both keep each other in check.

This left / right balance works internally, but once we step outside our borders - we have to have a unified message. There are far greater dangers in the international world, and our internal struggles should not become fodder for those that would destroy us.

What is the world truly like? In the movie, Independence Day (Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum), there is a very telling scene. The alien that Will Smith's character brings back to Area 51 has killed Dr. Odem and is using Odem's voice to communicate with the president.

[Paraphrasing]

President: I know we can live in peace. There is much we can learn from one another.
Alien: Peace? No peace.
President: What is it that you want us to do?
Alien: Die. Die!

The alien then does a bit of mind control on the president, and the president sees the entire plan of the aliens laid bare before him. The alien continues with the mind control, trying to kill the president through thought waves.

Head of security: Is this glass bulletproof?
Lt. Mitchell: No, sir!

Lt. Mitchell and others with guns shoot through the glass and kill the alien as the president speaks of how the aliens are like locusts moving from planet to planet, destroying world to support their race.

Who's who?

President: Left
Lt. Mitchell: Right
Alien: Enemies that would destroy our country just because we exist.

Now, those of you on the left will think that the alien represents the US government...surprised that I guessed that? Don't be - I know how your handlers think and what they have taught you to think.

From the time of WWI onward, the policy of the U.S. gov't. is to liberate countries and return them to the people of those said countries when the region is once again stable. The aliens of the movie are only interested in full scale destruction.

The leftist president wants peace. Hey, left-wingers - we ALL want peace...but the right seems to be the only side concerned with the terms. When a peace does not include peaceful coexistence, it is NOT peace.

So, to wrap this up for all of you - always get down to the source of the news...when people repeat mantra's (whether left or right) they sound empty headed. Always think through your arguments for yourself...be original.