If you have read it, it must be true. Blogs spew extraordinary amounts of mis-information. Of course, those with a political point of view are trying to sell everyone their beliefs and write things that they know full well are lies or near lies. That is the folly of freedom of the press.
Thus we have the short piece in Newsweek’s April 12, 2010 edition titled “INDIA IS ANNOYED BY THE U.S.” The author, Sumit Ganguly, contends in red text “But the Obama administration, preoccupied with China and the Middle East, has left little room on its schedule for India.” Perhaps Mr. Ganguly was on vacation while we all saw the State Dinner for the Indian Prime Minister on every news show. If you will recall that was the dinner with the uninvited guests. The dinner received significant coverage by almost every news outlet.
Then there is Debbie Poochigian, Fresno County California Supervisor, and most likely a Republican. Her poorly researched commentary only reinforces my perception that people support a candidate just because the person is a member of their political party. On the Fox and Hounds blog she contends that Senator Barbara Boxer does not adequately support job growth in California. However the facts do not support her contentions. To the contrary when President Obama signed the recent jobs bill the Chicago Tribune quoted Boxer with these words, “This is a great day. Today, a million American workers — including 100,000 in California — know their jobs are more secure because we have renewed the transportation bill through the end of the year.” Further more Boxer voted for the continuation of the C-17 aircraft program even though Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, wanted to kill the project. 5,000 jobs were saved in Long Beach California as a result of this congressional action.
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