My previous post bemoans how the Religous Right so narrowly defines the “morality” they espouse. Their two BIG issues , abortion and homsexaulity, I identify as practically the only componetns to this “morality” platform. As I have pointed out before, I don’t have a problem with opposing abortion. It is , for me, like war, only to be used in extreme conditons, in self-defense, as a regrettable last resort.

That the Religious Right hammers on this topic is not where I am concerned, but it is in the almost total neglect and oppostie position they take from “Sanctity of Life” on almost ALL other issues, such as war (which certainly kills thousands upon thousands of innocents). TO me, the Democratic party espouses far more concern for “quality of life” than do the Republicans. The Republicans are also the preference of the companies who consider it a threat to be regulated in any way, for that COSTS them far more than having free reign to “do their business” without having to be OVERLY concerned about environmental impact or having to deal with the actual PEOPLE’s needs who work for them. If people wouldn’t complain so much about work conditions, their businesses could make a larger profit. Republicans are increasingly becoming the “free ride” and “all obstacles overboard” party, and are raking in massive political contributions from the corprations, and rewarding them with government positions regulating the very issues for which they lobby (and contribute). The FCC guy they have in there now is a dream for the big media owners and shareholders.

Bill Moyers, in Moyers On America (see my previous post), which I am now reading and finsihing up, is understandably appalled. His insightful and revealing media studies such as God and Politics, The Public Mind, and The Religions of Man (with Huston Smith), and his news shows such as the one he has now (“NOW”), have been sources of inspiration and information for me. I hope that PBS will drop the prices of their DVD collections of such shows ($59.95 a per show, and so each of those series’ may run as much as $400 and up? Come on! I just bought OUtfoxed for $10. Productions such as this need to get into the public and be the springboard for some actual discussion and dialogue about how Mainstream Media is siphoning off real debate (for me, it’s Mainstream Media, not “Liberal Media”. The Mainstream Media’s problem is chasing profits, when we need “Prophets” who alert us to the backroom discussions, polling, and bottom-line analyzing of the impact of stories, political issues , and the like.