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Steven Bird

Male. Born on November 28, 1973. Is married.

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Just a husband and father who writes, flies, and farms while trying to do my best at each of them.

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December 16, 2020 9:01 am

Reason #459,012,001,278 why we can't have honest, open, intelligent conversations today: Because some people think the media (the source of their prescribed opinions) isn't biased, and reports the tr... View MoreReason #459,012,001,278 why we can't have honest, open, intelligent conversations today: Because some people think the media (the source of their prescribed opinions) isn't biased, and reports the truth, even when an actual sitting congressman, and member of the house INTELLIGENCE committee, is messing around with an actual CHINESE SPY, and your media source either won't cover it at all or covers it dismissingly simply because it would make the party they are beholden to look bad. To make matters worse, that very same Chinese spy was associated with numerous members of that particular party. If that's not a story worth reporting, what is? All partisanship aside, no matter what side of the party lines I found myself on, any politician who compromises our national security in such a way should A: be stripped of any and all security-related clearances and committees, B: resign. C: be investigated. Just imagine if an active duty member of the military intelligence community was found to be dating a spy. What do you think would happen to them? This isn't a "sweep it under the rug" kind of event. Yet, in the name of politics, some people think it's okay just to look the other way and let such an infiltration happen, because, well, that's what the news told you to think, right? Until people with all views and opinions of public policy can be intellectually honest about such issues, we're doomed to suffer the consequences of a world where people's opinions are prescribed and not formulated from their own free and independent thought. Thinking such a thing isn't a big deal lends credence to the quote from Sir John Dalberg-Acton that "absolute power corrupts absolutely." For a political party to think this isn't a big deal shows one of two things, that they are complicit, or corrupt (or both). And corrupt to a level where they feel the truth doesn't matter and that there are no consequences for their actions. Back to the media, the original point... in today's world, a critical component in achieving absolute power is to have an equally complicit and corrupt media who are willing to polish your shoes and cover up your crimes. This is why I won't argue with people who merely post links to biased articles or recite talking points, and generally why I don't post links to articles to back up my own opinions, because my opinions are formed, not prescribed.

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