Hi John,

I don't know about down in your part of the World, but here in the States there is a fairly simple answer to your Question.  Either through Complacency or just plain laziness, the majority of people chose to get their Information from the Liberal Controlled Media, rather than doing any research on their own and trying to find the real truth.  My opinion of the value of the vast Majority of Broadcast News can best be summed up by the following...

 

Sad But True!!

Have A Great Week My Friend,

Phil

 

Yes mate, most of our info comes via Government "spin doctors".

Phil

Couldn't of said it any better.  A picture is worth a 1000 words.

Talk about lazy??  Did you know when they take a vote from the internet  1 response count for 12,000 people?  becasue tehy figure there are that many lazy peoplein the world!!

Figure that one out Wonder who brain child that  one was??
 LOL

 Jannette

This  is too true to be funny. 
>
> The  next time you hear a politician use the
> word 'billion' in a casual manner, think  about
> whether you want  the 'politicians' spending
> YOUR tax money.
>
> A  billion is a difficult number to comprehend,
> but one advertising agency  did a good job of 
> putting that figure into some  perspective in
> one of  its releases.
>
>
> A.
> A  billion seconds ago it was 1959.
>
> B.
> A  billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
>
> C.
> A  billion hours ago our ancestors were
> living in the Stone Age. 
>
> D.
> A  billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two  feet.
>
> E.  
> A  billion dollars ago was only 
> 8  hours and 20 minutes, 
> at  the rate our government
> is  spending it.  
>
> While  this thought is still fresh in our brain...
> let's  take a look at New Orleans ...
> It's  amazing what you can learn with some simple  division.
>
>
> Louisiana Senator,
> Mary  Landrieu (D) 
> is  presently asking  Congress  for  
> 250   BILLION DOLLARS
> to  rebuild New Orleans .  Interesting number...
> what  does it mean?
>
> A.
> Well... if  you are one of the 484,674 residents of  New Orleans  
> (every  man, woman, and child) 
> you  each get $516,528.
>
> B.
> Or...  if you have one of the 188,251 homes in
> New Orleans , your home  gets   $1,329,787.
>
> C.
> Or...  if you are a family of four...
> your  family gets  $2,066,012.  
>
> Washington,  D.  C  
>
> <  HELLO!  >
> Are  all your calculators broken??
>
> Accounts  Receivable Tax
> Building Permit Tax
> CDL License Tax
> Cigarette Tax
> Corporate Income Tax
> Dog License Tax
> Federal Income Tax < BR>Federal  Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
> Fishing License Tax
> Food License Tax 
> Fuel Permit Tax
> Gasoline Tax
> Hunting Licen se Tax 
> Inheritance Tax
> Inventory Tax
> IRS Interest Charges (tax on top  of tax)
> IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
> Liquor Tax
> Luxury  Tax
> Marriage License Tax
> Medicare Tax
> Property Tax
> Real  Estate Tax
> Service charge taxes
> Social Security Tax
> Road Usage  Tax (Truckers)
> Sales Taxes
> Recreational Vehicle Tax
> School Tax 
> State Income Tax
> State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
> Telephone  Federal Excise Tax
> Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax 
> Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
> Telephone Minimum  Usage Surcharge Tax
> Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax 
> Telephone State and Local Tax
> Telephone Usage  Charge  Tax 
> Utility Tax
> Vehicle License Registration Tax
> Vehicle Sales Tax 
> Watercraft Registration Tax
> Well Permit Tax
> Workers  Compensation Tax
>
> STILL  THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
>
> Not  one of these taxes existed 100 years ago...
> and our nation was the most  prosperous in the world.
>
> We  had absolutely no national debt... 
> We had  the largest middle class in the world... 
> and  Mom stayed home to raise the kids. 
>
> What  happened?
> Can  you spell 'politicians!'
>
> And I still have to 
> press '1' 
> for English. 
>
> I  hope this goes around the  
> USA  
> at  least 100 times 
>
> What  the heck happened??