Open thread for Sunday, January 5th: New Dress

  Here is the open thread for Sunday, January 5th; please feel free to post links to interesting articles and to discuss whatever issues arise during the course of the day. Nothing is off-topic here.

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  Undoubtedly many of skipped through my standard intro to the post in order to find out what the title of this week’s open thread meant and so here goes. I have written before that when the media is covering a story we must look for the story it is not covering for most likely that is the more important story. The media provides cover for the Democrats and will focus Americans on what they want us to focus on and not what we should be focused on if needs be.

  The latest example of this was the Phil Robertson diversion; while America debated Duck Dynasty the Congress debated, and passed, a new NDAA bill with even more intrusive spying, yet nary a mention in the media besides a few blogs.

  So here is a song called ‘New Dress’ by Depeche Mode all about the media. The versus go on to list many of the horrible things happening in the world at that time, and the chorus is about how the media is reporting on Princess Di’s new dress as the important story. The chorus goes on to say “you can change the facts, and if  you change the facts, you can change a vote.”

  Perfect!

Princess Di is wearing a new dress

Jet airliner shot from sky
Famine horror, millions die
Earthquake terror figures rise

Princes Di is wearing a new dress

You can’t change the world
But you can change the facts
And when you change the facts
You change points of view
If you change points of view
You may change a vote
And when you change a vote
You may change the world

In black townships fires blaze
Prospects better premier says
Within sight are golden days

Princess Di is wearing a New Dress

You can’t change the world
But you can change the facts
And when you change the facts
You change points of view
If you change points of view
You may change a vote
And when you change a vote
You may change the world

Princess Di is wearing a New Dress