Shhhh... The Surge Is Working

by Patrick Ruffini - February 24th, 2007 - Townhall.com

The media is chomping at the bit [to] tell the story of an America, bruised and humbled and exhausted, heading for the exits in Iraq.

But something interesting is happening on the way to the "new direction." Early indications are that the troop surge into Baghdad is working. It hasn't been reported on widely, but murders in Baghdad are down 70%, attacks are down 80%, Mahdi Army chief Moqtada al-Sadr has reportedly made off for Iran, and many Baghdadis who had fled the violence now feel it's safe enough to return. The strategy that Congress is busy denouncing is proving to be our best hope for victory.

There is an excellent reason to read the nations Internet "News-sites". It is the ony way you can read what is happening in the world without receiving a MSM (Main Stream Media) left wing biased "view" of the news. That does not mean there is not a modicum of bias in everyone's view of the news, but at least on the Internet, they will tell you where their bias is. Each site is easily identified.

One of the most amazing aspects of the New York Times is that they are convinced their far left bias is "center of the road". Bernard Goldberg reports that the left wing news reporters are convinced (since the only people they ever talk to are far left extremists) that they are in the mainstream of America.

The Internet does not permit them to maintain this delusion. The Internet is dominated by libertarian and conservative sites. However it includes a balanced representation of left wing sites. Thus it really does closely represent the actual proportions of the American populace. It is not desirable for anyone to be able to pretend that they and they alone represent the "truth".

What I call the extreme left, socialists, are approximately 20% of our population. They make up just over half of the democratic party base. Therefore they dominate the democrat voice. Moderates in the democrat party sometimes try and ignore this, but the current attempts to use democrat control of congress by a slim majority to shut down the war in Iraq make this clear.

In the news media of our nation, surveys indicated that over 70% of news reporters are socialists and have an extreme left view of the world. That means they are over-represented in the news media by 3-1/2 times their fair representation. The result is the kind of news blackout that is currently happening in Iraq. Nothing good is ever reported.

That is one reason that people need to read at least 3 Internet sites every day. A conservative site, like lucianne.com, a libertarian site like townhall.com, and a liberal site like democraticunderground.com.

We need more people in America to be cognizant of the complete dialog going on in our nation. Democracy only works with a well informed electorate. The MSM no longer serves this role in our society.