Where are the journalists?

Last time I was sitting in for Bud Hedinger, I had a guest on the show who I thought was extremely important. He is Professor Mike Foley from the journalism department at the University of Florida. Really the only thing I wanted to know was where are our journalists?

I was concerned about what schools like UF were teaching our future journalists because right now they are missing in action. You see the problem is not the answers to the important questions, the problem is that the questions are NOT being asked in the first place.

Not only are they not asking the questions, but then you get someone who I truly believe is a decent man - Charlie Gibson - telling the world he had not heard of the Acorn story. Does that mean he just turns up and reads the news or does that mean he is just not interested in what is going on in our country?

We are ALL Americans and what is taking place has an effect on us all. How can ANY AMERICAN be OK with an organisation getting a potential $8 BILLION of tax payer money on the one hand, while trying to help people find a home to use for a brothel to be used by 13 year old illegal immigrant hookers? Anyone???

And how can ANY AMERICAN be OK when eight members of that organisation who do not share a single political view with me say to Acorn's leadership "wait a minute - we want to see the books" only to be cast out? Anyone want to argue that one?

And how can ANY AMERICAN be happy with a vetting process that allows self-avowed communists; ex-cons; people who believe in FORCED ABORTION and sterilisation; people who think freedom of speech and of the press (those of you born after 1970 will have to look in the history books to find out what a free press looks like) is not all that important - HOW can these people (and there are MANY MANY more) be allowed to get close to the President of the United States? Again - anyone?

We are headed to a very dark place as a nation. The ONLY way to combat it is with the truth. Shine a light and expose the truth. THAT is the most powerful weapon anyone needs. And if there is a truth that you feel needs exposing, then please let me know. E-mail me at simontalkshow@gmail.com

And finally to those of you NOT wishing to ask the questions or discuss the issues - If you ultimately win, unfortunately there will be no one left to defend you when they come knocking. And they will.