http://politicsdecoded.com nothing I say may be true, but that’s exactly how things are Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:59:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The recent Henry Louis Gates arrest escalated the already tense issue of race relations and more specifically the issue of racial profiling to a national level. The situation has been exploited by the media to the point of dubbing it the end of the pre-racial Obama administration. Upon closer examination ... http://politicsdecoded.com/2009/08/14/the-henry-gates-situation-a-comedy-of-errors/ Although many don't concur about the Swine Flu's handling from the world media, there is no dispute that its overall topic has assumed a lot more attention in the political and technological community than expected. And as the H1N1 flu virus seems to take a back seat in the media's ... http://politicsdecoded.com/2009/05/08/swineflu/ What Rush Limbaugh truly means to the Republican party is a question that is becoming more and more impossible to answer.  Former Presidential candidate Mitt Romney recently joked in a CNN interview that his Republican colleagues, and in specific -- Sarah Palin "aren't that cute." This was a quote Mr. Limbaugh didn't seem to ... http://politicsdecoded.com/2009/05/06/limbaugh/ The main stream media has never acquired a story with more fuel and endurance than to criticize its own colleagues. Countless papers and analysis have been written, achieving a complete political dissection of the topic -- but does it actually accomplish anything? Fox News' Bill O'Reilly recently delivered his "talking points memo" detailing that starting ... http://politicsdecoded.com/2009/05/05/mediabias/ Political contribution reform and all of its due glory has its ups and downs, but like other things, when manipulated it will become exactly what it is seemlingly posed against -- partisan warfare. Enter the Democratic Congressional and Senatorial Campaign Commities. In what has exploded throughout the political world, a June ... http://politicsdecoded.com/2009/04/29/opinion-piece-fake-reform-and-its-negative-effect-on-washington/ Washington is a very confusing place.  In the past week, the public has seen the story of waterboarding explode into literately hundreds of pieces. President Barack Obama and his cabinet have almost fatally contradicted themselves and the main stream media's supposed unbiased analysis of the waterboardings have flown hand in hand -- and ... http://politicsdecoded.com/2009/04/25/torture-its-effect-on-the-media-and-all-of-us/ June 5, 2008. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich publishes a piece on the upcoming presidential election in Human Events – the self described headquarter of the conservative underground. It is titled: “My Plea to Republicans,” and ties the recent loss in a Louisiana Congressional election to what he warns could ... http://politicsdecoded.com/2009/04/22/tactical-piece-rebuilding-the-gop/ Recently, after a quiet few months on the subject, President Obama ordered the Department of Justice to release memos on interrogation, and of course -- the infamous waterboarding. Many of the the liberal media outlets cried out to exploit the supposed unconstitutionality of the Bush administration, while the conservative media spoke ... http://politicsdecoded.com/2009/04/21/waterboarding-what-is-the-limit/ Measuring a person's right to express themselves is constitutionally guaranteed, but one thinking quite radically may cite some minor flaws.  In the wake of one of the worst recessions our domestic economy has ever experienced, one might expect the inevitable -- a grassroots political rally that uprises middle and urban America to ... http://politicsdecoded.com/2009/04/20/opinion-piece-tax-day-tea-parties-the-wrong-step-in-every-direction/ Published as guest post on Involuntary Fury In a growing age of overpaid and overworked cinema that seems to be angled exactly in the path of money, it is never a bad idea to walk outside and take a breath of fresh air. And essentially, with that, I have summed Kevin ... http://politicsdecoded.com/2009/04/19/movie-review-state-of-play/