Bloomberg on the move again

NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg is looking ahead to his post mayorial career in a big way. He has spoken to some of the country's top journalists to research a wide array of topics and see what the people of the world think...and to find out what he himself thinks on some issues that, even after changing political parties twice, is still undecided on.  When this project actually begins Bloomberg News will disseminate the information in columns and a couple of opinion articles by Bloomberg himself everyday.  What he plans to do with the information besides for simply publishing it has many people speculating...  Heres the article for anyone interested.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/nyregion/01bloomberg.html?hp

Hiding behind Big Bird

As if PBS couldn't get pathetic enough, a group of Democratic congressmen held a press conference in which they tried to use characters from kids shows, who historically have pushed a liberal agenda, to gain sympathy to get a bill passed that would bring in more funding for PBS.  If you don't believe me that people would actually stoop so low as to pull off such a stunt like this here is the article from Politico:http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/49651.html

Battleground: Radio

With television and all the instant news on the internet, who wouldv'e thought that in the 21st century some of the hottest debates over free speech and the media revolve around the radio?  Shortly after Obama was elected, and after the assassination attempt on Gabbrielle Giffords (which was blamed on the radical right wing) liberals have been calling for reinstatement of the Fairness doctrine which expired under President Truman.  Conservatives have called it a blatant attempt to silence right-wing talk show hosts who have dominated talk radio in the past 15 years.  Legistlation was introuduced by congressmen Mike Pence and Greg Walden pre-emptively to prevent the FCC from forcing talk shows from giving equal time to opposing views on issues.  Meanwhile on the otherside of the aisle, the new budget revealed no funding for National Public Radio angering Liberals.  This story should be closely followed because assuming there is no Fairness Doctrine and NPR goes off the air, Conservatives would have an even larger monopoly on talk radio.  But of course there is always the chance that momentum swings the other way and somehow the FD gets passed and NPR stays on the air, it would cause a stalemate on the radio waves giving Liberals a huge media advantage since they dominate TV, internet, and newspapers.

Catch-22 in Egypt

Unless you've been under a rock for the past two a half weeks, President Honsi Mubarak who after thirty years of rule, has been ousted from power in Egypt.  After a failed attempt to boot Ahmedinejad in Iran and a successful outing of Zine el-Albidine Ben Ali in Tunisia, the most populous country in the Middle East has prevailed in outing their dictator.  To the poeple of Egypt, Mubarak was a cruel dictator who ruled with an iron fist and needed to go since his election after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.  However to western style countries, most notably the United States and Israel, he was if not a staunch ally, at least some what of a friend in an otherwise hostile region.  Mubarak appeared to be one of the few Middle Eastern politicaian in favor of supporting Israel and now that he is gone it leaves big questions on Egypts stance toward Israel and America.  During the recent protests signs in Arabic could be seen that when translated, had statements such as "Death to America" and "Death to Israel".  Also, talks of perhaps the Islamic Brotherhood who even though claim to be toned down, have historically been against the state of Israel.  So even though the people of Egypt are happy to be free from the regin of Hosni Mubarak, what does that mean for Egypts relationship with America and Israel?