" THE NO-SPIN ZONE" --- TIMES HAVE CHANGED

Bill O'Reilly mentioned something the other day that got me to thinking: " it was a different world."
      Amen. That's been gnawing at me. I was raised in the 40s grew up during the 50s and 60s. Different world then.  Back then, I didn't know anybody with a gun. Now, I don't know anybody who doesn't own one.  Back then, the girl on the block who was " easy," was known by all the boys. Today, the virgin on the block is known by every boy and she probably doesn't get asked to the dance.
      Back then in south Philly, everybody avoided the mob and their influences like the plague. Today, young kids like to dress up like them, carry stilettos, and make fun of their names, like "Snub nose Frankie."  Way back then, if you were depressed or in the dumps, you went to the ball game, bar or saw your girl friend for the night. Today, the single most popular perscription drug in the Pacific Northwest is Zoloft. They hand the stuff out all over the country like candy.
      When I was a kid, a girl who got pregnant and wasn't married practically got drummed out of the neighborhood. Today, she gets a movie contract or her own Reality TV show.
      In times gone by newspaper reporters, (Huntley/Brinkley?), doctors, POTUS, and others were considered among the more trusted by the public. Today they rank at or below used car salesmen according to nationally acclaimed credibility research foundations.
      The times, they are a changing. So, that leaves us with - whom do we trust?
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GEORGE STEPHANOPOLOUS - BETRAYAL

 The major network news anchor is supposed to announce and analyze news of the day to an obviously gullible American public.
       George, the former high echelon aide-de-camp of Bill Clinton when he was president, has apparently donated $75,000 to the Clinton Foundation, the war chest used by Bill and Hillary much in the news lately.
        In an age today where the mere appearance of a conflict of interest invites a hangman's noose over a tree branch, Stephanopolous begged the usual mea culpa publicly. Howsomever the media brave enough to call a spade, more than a shovel are digging deeper into the story.
        George is being bumped off hosting the February presidential debates since at this writing the obvious "conflict-of-interest" of having him referee a contest between a Republican and Mrs. Clinton (someone who he patronizes with large sums of cash) would be a disaster.
        At this point in time, public knowledge of the above SHOULD pull down the wrath of everyone on the duplicitous behavior on Stephanopolous, and the Clintons for trying AGAIN, to pull a fast one on the American public. It is, in my opinion, a betrayal of the trust of Mr. Stephanopolous' viewers, the organization he works for, a veil of shame for the Clintons for they had to have known this, assuming America is that stupid.
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