Am I a diversion?

I'm sorry, but I am a diversion? Or, are too many electronic outlets for news and blogs, a diversion?

In an Obama commencement speech, he said, "With iPods and iPads and Xboxes and PlayStations, -- none of which I know how to work -- information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than the means of emancipation."

For a man who used the Internet and on-line releases during his campaign, he now is feeling the heat of those who will question him, those who will disagree with him, those who write about is every move and decision.

A "distraction"? A "diversion"? Oh ... wait ... let not the public be distracted and diverted with news, information, and critical debate....Just believe any ol' thing the great Obama tells you!

Awww...bt some pweple disagwee wit da pwesidwnet....

Well if information is becoming a distraction, then maybe someone needs to ask the real question, "Why?" And "distracting" to whom? This president, more than ANY OTHER president I can remember in my 60 years, has done nothing but push HIS agenda, and campaign for those agendas, since he took office.

EXCUSE me pres....but aren't you suppose to be president of ALL Americans? Yet, you totally ignore at least HALF the country! (The health care reform bill polling averages were more than 54% against!)

And HEY! MEDIA!! Wake the hell up!!! Where are YOU? Why is it that bloggers and on-line story outlets have to report on what YOU WON'T? Where are YOU? The so-called major media has failed America, by giving this president (and Clinton too, for the most part) a pass on almost everything? Is he really THAT perfect to you? You can't find ANY fault to shine a light on?

But THAT is why bloggers, and other on-line sources of news and commentary, have grown. They (dare I add, me?) at least bring debate to the forefront. They at least bring a magnifying glass to the abundance of crap coming out of Washington.

But, because they generally DON'T agree with Obama, Obama has targeted them and wants people to stop reading, listening, and writing about HIM. Obama means to squash any opposing views, by what ever means he can get away with. Demonize the Tea Partiers. Demonize objective, or at least critical, media outlets. Demonize talk radio. Demonize ANYONE who would dare be critical of the great Obama. How dare they!

Thank God for the 1st amendment, and our forefathers who feared this type of growing government, or Obama would surely shut us all up!

Well I will NOT go silently into the night. I'll keep writing, if for no other reason, than to at least speak up! Ask questions. Raise a debate. Be critical.

Dan