"I must of missed the presidents address. Which episode was that? When did the pilot air? "

"I agree generally that there is a real danger of civil war in today's politically polarized USA. And if that is what is happening in the Jericho series (as I suspect), I think it is especially apt that the series focuses on how a second civil war would affect real human lives and families. "

"I don't remember it ever being this bad. I can "feel" the "hate" when they talk about and to each other. It seems to be getting so much worse and so much more personal - even including the family members - who aren't even in politics. And the gap is growing even wider. "

"True! The media are a BIG part of the problem. They expose, blow up and continue or create the feud - for the ratings. (And bias) And the "innocent" suffer. AND so does the country! The polarization is going to destroy the country by making us seem to be unable to even get along with each other. How can others respect us if we can't even respect ourselves and others?"

"How true!

I personally have a nasty opinion of the media. They're too biased for anyones good. And (no offense to any democrats who read this), i feel papers like the NYTimes and San Francisco Chronicles and channels like MSNBC and NBC are so biased i don't see how it's barely legal in my books! I'll even admit, FOX news can be biased at times, especially when O'reily comes on.

Semper Fi

HJ"

"You are so right! But the media speaks to those who will bring them the greater ratings. If they can create conflict with the "news", it will draw in more viewers. Giving both sides of an issue only balances the scales. All forms of media will be on the same, level, playing field and the other media will grab as much of the ratings. So they have learned to use their own personal bias to relate to others who feel the same, knowing that if they can get enough of them to support them, ratings will increase. So they feed the division. "

"wow I don't know that it's possible to do that in todays climate, I know my generation has been just floating along and not really working for any type of a change. And too many in my generation are willing to just sit back and not shake the tree. The hope may come in my younger son's generation. (he's 17) They protest they vent they tend to not trust the goverment or the media in any way shape or form. Think of the 60's and 70's. If you don't trust the media and enough people begin to feel the same way then it will force a change. I think that now that the internet has become a household necessity they are really the first generation that has been able to go out there and find the truth easily for themselves. It will be interesting to see what they do with it. We have just gotten too complacent allowing the media to spoon feed us whatever it likes. Maybe they can force the change I really hope so."

"I read the comics..........."

"How true, how true

Semper Fi

HJ"