Obama Making Friends on Fox?

Can it be?
President Obama having a civilized, watchable interview with Fox News? I was as surprised as anyone to see Major Garrett sitting down with the President and actually getting through an back-and-forth without the two of them interrupting one another at a nauseating pace.

In South Korea, the talk was jobs, economy, big automaker bail outs, and of course, health care. Pretty much all the pressing issues were covered. Obama seemed comfortable, but if there's ever been a cooler guy when out of his element, it's him.

Overall I think a good job was done on both sides. I also think Major Garret is the only reporter on the FoxNews payroll that could have made this happen, and make it where we didn't want to turn it off after the first question.

PART I





In part two, he asks Obama how critism has helped him. I don't care who interviews him, I want more like these.

PART II

Did Abdullah set Afghanistan back years?

In the wake of the Afghan (non)election, Afghanistan could be back to square one. When Abdullah Abdullah decided to drop out of the presidential runoff siting fraud and unfairness, did he consider the message he was sending to the people of his nation?

I know there are most assuredly legitimate and seemingly predictable fraudulent factors concerning this runoff, but is quitting and essentially giving President Hamid Karzai the election the best thing for Abdullah's strife riddled country? I also know that even without corruption, Karzai was projected to win easily, but Abdullah should have either known this and not run at all, or he should have stuck it out, strickly out of principle, something the proud Afghan people know all about.

By dropping out, Abdullah is sending a message to the Afghans that corruption and fraud will win out at every level in their country. How can this be healthy for a country that is already so deeply entrenched in controversy and seems desperate to find their place on the global stage?

Abdullah says he wants to remain in some sort of pivotal role in the new government, so why not go ahead and stick it out and finish his campaign? I know the security issue is a huge factor and dangerous explosions have occurred amidst the controversial election, but aren't there bigger fish to fry? Shouldn't the "leaders" in the region be trying to set a tone for years to come that would not allow such treachery such as corruption and violence? Shouldn't they show the people of their proud nation that evil will not win out every time?

It looks like business a s usual as long as no one will step up and be willing to take some heat for what they believe is right.

Graham on O'Reilly and Pundits

Senator Lindsey Graham appeared on O'Reilly recently to talk about Afghanistan. This interview quickly turned into O'Reilly grilling Graham on his comments about the media. Of course, it became a back-and-forth type deal with not much being said.

O'Reilly pretty much told Graham how it is, and how he and a select few are not like other outlets that fly off the handle, jump the gun, and say and print whatever they want, no matter the cost.

Not the most in-depth interview, but I found it interesting they did shed some light on how the media works these days. What do you think?

Take a look... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsiu-dlMwDM

"Do You Know?"

So I'm sitting here semi paying attention Fox News while a plumber is runnning some loud contraption repairing my kitchen sink. I decided to just watch (since I couldn't hear) the promos and commercials, as I'd rather do that than listen to Glenn Beck.

I'm checking out the tube when suddenly I see "Do You Know What Textbooks Your Children Are Really Reading?" That got me thinking about the media and how much of an influence they have on every demographic out there.

Do parents actually need to watch a news segment on the textbooks their kids have? Do the children not have homework, hence bringing their books home? Sure they do, but I guess parents can't actually see the materials their kids are reading. It's so much easier to simply check out a seven minute news piece telling us what to do.

There's a First Time For Everything

Alright, this is it. I can't believe I am actually blogging. Never, not in a million years, would I have thought I'd be keeping up with the cyber times, but here I am plugged in and ready to go...I think. Not only am I now officially blogging, I also have Twitter account. Check it out, I'm linking: http://twitter.com/mattnunnelee. I'm pretty sure I'm going to be linking these two up at some point. If it's as easy as setting up this blog, I might actually be able to pull it off. Kudos to you, blogger.com.

To be totally honest, the only reason I'm doing this is for my Mass Media and Politics class at Kennesaw state University. My professor, Dr. DeWitt(cool guy), is giving the class the option of creating a blog and posting things relevant to the course or writing a 12-16 page research paper. I think I'll choose the former. I'll be blogging a couple of times a week, give or take, on relevant political topics. It should be interesting.

Well, that's it for now. Riveting first blog, I know, but who knows? I think I might actually start to like this.