I have stopped watching the “news” and listening to my XM Radio in the last month. I just can’t stomach the inane prattle that passes for coverage of the Presidential campaign. There are no voices on the television or radio that are speaking to me, the disenfranchised freedom lover.
Rather, all the voices saturating the airwaves belong to shrill sycophants pretending that there are significant differences between the two finalists. And maybe there are. Neither of the two candidates is interested in actual freedom though, and that turns me off. I don’t care what the two bobbleheads have to say anymore because I have a hard time believing anything either one of them says. They both sound about as sincere as a telemarketer to me.
I’m boycotting the mainstream media. I’ve started listening to a podcast called Free Talk Live. Free Talk Live is entertaining, with a lot of pseudo-psycho callers. The show is oriented on talking about free markets and freedom thinking, and I suppose that when you create an environment hawking freedom, you’re bound to attract a lot of people who are marginalized by our current societal acceptance of authoritarianism.
I hope the show continues to find and challenge new listeners to think about whether or not the status quo in the United States is taking this country to places where we want it to go. I think next year I’m going to cancel my XM subscription and put that money into supporting Free Talk Live. I don’t agree with 100% of the show’s positional statements but I am excited about the freedom activism and think it’s healthy to expose myself to the ideas being exchanged. And I love it when Paula calls in and talks about how she is getting “Washington” to take care of various doomsday problems that she’s discovered.
Mark and Ian broadcast from Keene, New Hampshire, which long term, is the state I plan to move to.