Obama vs. Fox

I am very fascinated by the Obama/Fox news controversy. As I mentioned in my ap language class forum, i think it's a argument of definition. All the sudden we as an audience begin to wonder "what is news?" and my big question "is someone wrong just because they disagree with Obama?" I know that Obama's famous line is that he 'welcomes the tough questions', but if so, i have to ask, why is it that the orginization which is asking tough questions the one that Obama attacks?
It doesn't add up to me.
Its also sort of frustrating to me that he and his administrations point of attack was to declare that fox operates like a "talk radio". Here again, argument of definition. I believe this is a dangerous thing for a president to do, because historically as a people American's have accepted or at least highly considered a President's opinion as truth. Much different than Bono or the Jonas brothers saying that they think Fox is like talk radio, a president is in the dangerous position of people really believing what he says, simply because he says it. Or simply with "great power comes great responsibility".(spider man yess)
and while we're at war, home sick with swine, losing property value and our jobs, aren't there better ways a president can spend his time than to attack Fox?

working bibliography

Mallory Searcy
Research Paper Bibliography
10/24/09


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Myers, Joseph. Organic Community. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2007.
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Miller, Donald. Blue Like Jazz. Colorado Springs: Thomas Nelson, 2003.
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Caputo, John. What Would Jesus Deconstruct?. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2007.

Wuthnow, Robert. After Heaven. Los Angeles: University of California Pres., 1998.

Webber, Robert. The Younger Evangelicals. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2002.

Newbigin, Lesslie. Proper Confidence. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1995.

Brewin, Kester. Signs of Emergence. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2007.

McLaren, Brian. A New Kind of Christian. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001.

the 23 psalm

The 23 psalm

Sometimes words flow out
In streams. Like jets of water
From the hoses by the track
Icy. Grass flavored on my
Sweat
Like creeks of peace
Making rivets in my face
He restores my soul

Other times, words are beats
Drum drum drum
Stop. Stitch. Short.
Staccato dreams, like incoherent
Phrases. lost in my head or trapped in
Inexpressibility.
Being trampled at breakneck speed.
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow

Then there is
Summer in a sailboat
Stung by jellies in the
Alive places. Where dolphins
Are too shy to admit they
Stop. Start. Stop. Start.
Stucatto. Come when we sing
Sailor songs at the top of our lungs.
Now we are at the
Smoother melody for

The lord is my Sheppard. I shall not [wait till the
hose water taste and the dolphins wink]
I shall not want.