Timothy Birdnow

Yesterday was a banner day! I witnessed not one but TWO real acts of journalism yesterday evening, it what must be considered one of the rarest of events, far more rare than the upcoming total solar eclipse, on a par with seeing the Loch Ness monster playing pinocchle with Bigfoot.

First, the Fake Media's venerable old program 60 Minutes did a report craftily entitled "Your Fired" which actually was not about Donald Trump (although the title was intended to make people think Trump is the guilty party) but rather about the abuses of the h1b visa program.

The show spoke with a number of Americans who were canned solely because the companies they worked for could hire foreign labor for cheaper - and they were then forced to train their replacements before leaving! While this has been going on for some time (Disney is particularly guilty of this) it is never reported by the Mainstream Media, which wants as many foreign settlers in the U.S. as possible. Almost all of these people (largley coming from India where the h1b is concerned) will wind up voting Democrat.

And this played no small part in the election of Donald Trump, who recently proposed major reforms to these visas despite howls of protests from corporations and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. It was amazing to see a report that didn't slam Trump and actually took the side he has taken.

It is a total disgrace; those visas were never intended to be used to take American jobs away, but rather to allow companies who simply couldn't find qualified people to bring them in. The Y2K scare led many companies to insource Indian or Chinese computer people temporarily, and yet the temporarily has turned into permanently.

Americans are becoming second class citizens in their own country.

Second (and less surprising) Sharyl Attkinsson did a report on Congressional fundraising. I was shocked; I never knew that you had to pay dues to the Party for committee assignments and whatnot. The higher you go the more you have to cough up. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan has to pay $20 MILLION dollars for the privilege! No wonder we can't find anyone good to take the Speaker position! And all this is done through cold calling, like an annoying telemarketing firm.

Tom Daschle was interviewed and he said Congress comes back on Tuesday, works through Thursday, and spends at least a third of that time on the telephone trying to solicit donations. No wonder America is sliding into the abyss!

And, as a former GOP congressman said, if you fail to meet the quota you will be publicly called out for it, and perhaps lose your committee assignments and possibly even any help from the National Committee to retain your seats.

In short, Congress is a brothel and our representatives and Senators are call girls. (By the way, John McCain is one of the worst, devoting almost all of his time to fundraising.)

Does anyone still wonder at the hatred for Donald Trump? He's actually demanding these people do their jobs. And it also explains why the GOP are so afraid of doing things like eliminate Obamacare; they are beholden to this big money to such an extent they would rather infuriate the voters than the donars.

America is in great peril and the election of Donald Trump has made that clear.

At any rate, it was shocking to see not one but TWO stories that actually did some real journalism. I feel like a lucky man today.

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