Keeping it real

In the Public life arena, can one be a Politician & honest, can we do their job objectively without bias? Seems this is proving difficult for a lot of Politicians, everyone looks at what they will get out of an issue then they align themselves in a winning corner.

Everyone? Well maybe just about everyone. The media also helps play the game, their interest are ratings, yes ratings. Being a keen news worm has shown me so many different issues on the numerous news channels out there. CNN, Fox & BBC are the top of my list, not because they are good, they just are there to watch.

With Politicians bickering at each other you would think that the media will help the people by “keeping the honest” as CNN Anderson Cooper says but it’s really disappointing that the media also has an agenda, good ratings. Not all news anchors want just the rating, some are really interested in the news & do their best but that only is true for so many.

Always the general public cannot do anything about all the rubbish that is fed to them & now the public cannot even turn to the media. In the generation of sound bites, we are sold what sells not the entire truth. Someone says something & the media take only the part that keeps us on seats edge, only that which sound good & have us glued to the news. It is disappointing, very disappointing that everyone who should look after the public has let them down.

Pundits have become the answer to everything; I wonder why the Pundits never run for office when they have all the answers. There there people, I am not saying that we should not have Political commentators, what I am saying is that the commentators have lost focus on how to report, it all about what they want people to know. The issues that matter to people have been replaced by rating, its all about the money & that’s what it’s always about.

I fear for future generations, we are eroding the simple things that make humanity great; we are taking away from their life the basic needs for civilization. To be civilized is to have the ability to interact with other human being in a humanly way that is acceptable. Now we give our own definitions to issues depending on what we want not what it should be.

In simple, money rules our lives now, we live for it & that makes it more difficult for us to be objective & stand for the truth. The love that we have developed for money is dangerous, I say back to basics, truth before fame & power.

Having an Opinion

My father has been an anchor in my life, he is not a men of many words but the few he has installed in me are life saving & worth a million dollars. The key advice he has always insisted that I know are:

• Respect your opinions
• Respect everyone opinion, even fools can make sense sometime
• No one person has all the solutions to life serve God.
• No one opinion is the best
• Examine everything & only make a decision when you have researched every avenue
• I will always be the sum total of my thoughts

I have always carried this with me, my fathers words have shaped my life, now I know I can never be single minded, I have to listen to all arguments in any situation.

I am neither Liberal nor Conservative; I am Liberal & Conservative on the various issues life throws in life. How can one afford to be only single sided? In politics one cannot afford to be just Liberal or of the right extreme or Conservative, the many issues we face & the many people that are affected, it does not help everyone being narrow minded.

Now more than ever the world is complex, we need to accommodate everyone & work together to achieve success in all that we do in this world. From Terrorism to immigration, these issues call for every perspective & opinion to reach an almost universal view. I can guarantee that no matter what decision Politicians make, as long as they are identifying with one side, the other side will always complain.

Being left or right winged has called for divisions, is has made us view anyone not in the same mind set as us as wrong & not important. That could not be far from the truth, every opinion counts, every opinion means something and can be the difference only if we can listen & tolerate each other.

First one is a citizen then a member of a party, we have allowed parties to divide people & yet what shocks me is the Politicians are always walking, sitting, eating & sharing their time together. While we all identify with a Party, Politicians appear to be against each other when in truth they care only about their success.

Be wise; listen to every opinion before drawing the line & closing the door on you decision about life issues especially Politics.