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Feb. 28, 2006 Talking points...yeah, that is the power of talk radio, which has long evolved past the point of providing commentary and soliciting reasoned discussion based upon the topics produced. It has now become a hyperbolistic, polarizing, personality driven industry that seeks to keep people 'riled' up on the pro or con side of an argument as opposed to really making people stop and say, "What is this problems we are facing, and what are the real solutions?” Talk radio has now become, "Those who are outside OUR special view of the world have nothing legitimate to add to the discussion and IF YOU LISTEN AND FOLLOW WHAT THEY SAY YOU WILL ULTIMATELY BE DESTROYED". Those of you who listen to Rush Limbaugh feel what I am saying, where the art of demonizing alternative views has made him a Picasso amongst finger painters in the radio business. But what can you expect ultimately in a system that rewards the ability to acquire the maximum amount of people listening and therefore the maximum amount of profit through advertising dollars. I suppose from a purely theoretical level of supply and demand, there is nothing wrong with the way 'talk radio' has evolved. In fact, there are Rush' and Mini-Rush' want-to-be's everywhere. Is he not the politico defacto emperor of talk radio to be emulated? I suppose that at the end of the day, in reality, I am not upset with the supply and demand of political talk radio. What I am upset at mostly IS YOU. Yes, you, the RADIO BULIMIC, or we could also call you the RADIO REGURITATURE, if you like. You know you, who have no legitimate talking points of your own but have crafted a personal doctrine based exclusively off "RUSH SAIDS", "HANNITY SAIDS", and “O'REILLY SAIDS". You listen to the radio, then run into the metaphorical bathroom and stick your finger down your throat and barf back all of the platitudes, truisms, and hyperbolistic rhetoric that you just heard, look at it in the toilet and tell everyone else to come because, "THIS IS RIGHT GUYS, YOU NEED TO SEE IT". As you wipe the puke stains off of your shirt, in glowing admiration of your ability to regurgitate in uncritical thought, rhetoric THAT IS SOLD TO YOU to make a profit, you think…yeah, you really think, that what is packaged specifically to make a buck is legitimate discourse that will fix the problems of this nation if applied. The pressure of your finger in the back of your throat and the concurrent heaves no longer fazes you, and the contraction of your stomach muscles as they squeeze to force the bile back up and out of your esophagus is now routine. Damn, but that vomit floating on the gentle waves of blue toilet bowl water is salvivic in nature though, isn’t it? And you can't wait to turn on the radio from 9 to 1 tomorrow, feed, and then run to the bathroom again. Reminds my of a bible scripture from the book of Proverbs, "As a dog returns to his vomit, so does a fool return to his folly". Hummmmmmm....Right. ------------ About the author: Dell Gines is a columnist for the Omaha Star, Nebraska’s only black newspaper, and blogs at www.dellgines.com. Email: dellgines@yahoo.com Comment on this article here! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com. Please link to this article rather than copying and pasting it onto your site (which would be unauthorized and illegal). |
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