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Who Is Reporting On The Real Scandals?

By Theresa Fritz Camoriano

The reason we started JeffersonReview.com was that the mainstream media frequently ignored the news or slanted it to support its own agenda.  Our goal was to provide an alternative source of information and analysis.  While there are more outlets for information now, unfortunately, the need for a source that is unbeholden to the powerful interests, continues.  For example, while politicians and the press continually distract us with “scandals” of little consequence, like revealing the “secret identity” of a woman who worked at a desk in Washington or firing some government employees in Washington D.C. or Frankfort, Kentucky, the real problems and scandals continue with little mention. 

National security – Many members of congress do lots of posturing about the war in Iraq, but they take no responsibility.  If they want to end the war, they should take a real stand -- vote to cut off funding and take the heat for their decision.  The scandal is that they want it both ways.  Similarly with border security and amnesty for illegal aliens.  The real scandal is that our elected officials refuse to stand up and take responsibility.  We did not elect them to collect their pay, cozy up to lobbyists, and go to Washington parties.  We elected them to make the tough decisions that need to be made for the good of our country, and it is a scandal that they are ducking that responsibility.

Education – Our elected officials continue to sell out our children’s futures to the powerful teacher’s unions.   This is a horrible scandal, but all we hear from the media and from our elected officials is that we need to give more money.  Of course, the wealthy politicians are able to escape the disastrous system they have created by sending their own children to private schools, while middle class children remain trapped.  In Kentucky, there is a proposal to allow parents to use state money that already has been allocated for special needs students to provide scholarships for those students to use anywhere they choose.  These students might achieve great things if given half a chance, but the bill was not even given a hearing.

Health Care – The more government takes control of health care, the worse it gets.  The scandal at Walter Reed Hospital http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/dpatton/2007/dp_03121.shtml  is a perfect example of government health care, but that scandal would never have been aired if it had not served as a way to attack the Bush administration and the war.  The real scandal is that, despite the repeated, persistent failure of government programs, and the fact we know these force-based programs can never perform as well as the competitive market, the elitists continue to call for more government control over our health care.  Soon, we all will be paying top dollar in taxes to have rats running around at the foot of our hospital beds, just like the folks at Walter Reed.  Why isn’t the press demanding that candidates take a stand on this issue so we will know whether they want to move us upward, toward more freedom and competition, or downward toward more government control over our lives?

Politicized science – The way science has become politicized is another scandal.    Scientists are supposed to provide honest data, without spin, and scientists who care about the truth are supposed to do their best to interpret that data, appreciating the benefits of honest disagreement and debate.  Instead, we are given much data that is skewed and twisted, as well as many outright lies in the name of science, and politicians threaten anyone who challenges the “science” supporting their agendas.  The current lying and skewing is being done in the area of “global warming” and climate change, the effects of second-hand smoke, stem cell research, and the effects of various types of fats in our diet.  Thirty years ago, we were treated to false “data” about the number of women who died from botched abortions.  Sadly, public policies are made based on these lies, and the public, educated in the government schools which teach obedience to authority, continues to be duped.  Where are the courageous journalists who will shine a light on these scandals?

Race relations – Government policies that favor one race over another continue to be a scandal and to foster divisiveness.  Ward Connerly, a leader in the fight for racial equality, spoke to a standing-room-only crowd in Louisville, urging a dialog on this issue http://www.jeffersonreview.com/articles/2007/031207/civil.htm , but the local newspaper did not even cover the event.   

We continue to hope that the truth will come out, but, meanwhile, the trumped-up scandals continue to keep most people distracted from the real scandals, so the entrenched powers can continue their plunder and our elected officials can continue to escape their responsibility to serve the public interest.

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