Daily radar and Beltway Blips posted a blurb by CNN with a link to the original article.  However, if you click the link CNN's webpage informs you that you have searched for something that does not exist.  So what?  Links break all the time, right?  Well yes, but a professional site like CNN generally is on top of fixing things like that.  This isn't getting fixed.  I suspect its because the story justifies Bush era interrogation techniques.  You could do us all a favor by following these links and giving CNN lots of feedback about their missing story.

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The premier right the founding fathers concerned themselves with while creating our Constitution was individual Liberty.
Chief among the frames of our culture is this freedom to speech and freedom to assemble.  We are a culture entirely dependent on this protection which empowers us to hold all entities, be they government, business moguls or cooperatives, or power brokering NGO's (nongovernmental organizations) accountable for their behavior.  One reporter/journalist was attempting to both hold other journalists up to a standard they claim for themselves and gather information to present to the rest of us for our consideration of the press' performance.  In the original video this journalist did capture, you can see this is one individual with two cameramen.  This venue did not have a crowd protesting the event, there were no crowds of any sort outside the venue.  The venue itself was not well attended.  For some reason though, the venue producers felt it necessary to set up a barricade against this one reporter with his two cameramen.  This took place on a UC campus so the security was provided by the campus police.  Through the entire video, there were no more than 12 people present outside this venue, 3 being John and his cameramen, 3 being security personnel, and at least two were members of the venue production team.  So we're not talking about an out of control situation for the security, nor are we talking about an abnoxious protester harassing people.  This was one journalist asking questions to people who were there to attend this event.  Nobody's path was being blocked, nobody's access was being blocked.  The plain fact is, the venue providers didn't like this man's message and acted to shut him up.  Catch the irony here?  A journalist is critical of journalists, and the journalists who purport to value freedom of speech above all else use the police to shut this journalist up.  And what was the event this journalist was critical of?  It was a Walter Cronkite award for excellence in reporting to Katie Couric for her interview with Sarah Palin last year.  What else can be said?  This behavior demonstrates the profound hipocrisy of the Main Stream Press.  They don't believe in freedom of speech.  They don't believe in their self proclaimed journalistic integrity.  They are worse than anyone has charged and many charges have been laid at their feet.  They are Utopian idealogues.  They are political advocates.  They are the highest form of hiporcrites.  They are the last industry on earth you want feeding you information.

And what was the event this journalist was critical of?  It was a Walter Cronkite award for excellence in reporting to Katie Couric for her interview with Sarah Palin last year.  What else can be said?  This behavior demonstrates the profound hipocrisy of the Main Stream Press.  They don't believe in freedom of speech.  They don't believe in their self proclaimed journalistic integrity.  They are worse than anyone has charged and many charges have been laid at their feet.  They are Utopian idealogues.  They are political advocates.  They are the highest form of hiporcrites.  They are the last industry on earth you want feeding you information.

Hat tip to SuperSparky

Aggregious examples abound of the advocacy journalism rampant in the MSM industry, but last week one CNN reporter was bald faced about it.  CNN is guilty as she is because this woman has worked this way in the recent past.  They knew she is an advocate rather than a journalist with integrity and continue to put her on the big news much less any political news, much less any news at all.  If anyone wants credibility, they will act in accordance with their own stated guidelines but this is a cancer through the entire industry.  Rare examples remain of journalists much less editors and anchors who do hold to the standards the industry has set for itself.  Michael Yon for example, funds his own way into battlefield areas to report on the conditions and progress of the war effort.  He criticizes and praises commanders and actions as they deserve.  He has criticized political leaders and presidents from both Republicans and Democrats.  You can find some very good sources online but I have thrown my TV out.  I wouldn't pay for a newspaper to line the bottom of a birdcage.  It might infect the bird's vocabulary.

Do you think the Tea Party people let that go?  Not on your life.  Did the CNN reporter include any of that coversation in her reporting?  Not on HER life.  KILL YOUR TV!!!

Hat tip to Acr0phobic

In my most recent article, I put to you the facts about the media control of our society using a form of lying without lies.  Today, I want to provide a clear example of how this is accomplished.  Any example I raise will, of course, be a controversial topic, so I'm not arguing the issue here.  I'm only presenting the issue as an example of a political position held by the media across the board and how easy it is to spot it.  That doesn't make it any easier to defeat because most people don't bother to look up the information for themselves.  That's the point.  We are dependent on the information industry to inform us, but they have chosen to abuse their positions and influence us. 

Over at the gunlaws.com an article placing the blame for disinformation squarely on the shoulders of media and journalists provides that clear and damning case against the information industry.  This specific example demonstrates how the industry is preventing the national discourse from addressing the real problems causing death and loss of property and wealth in our society.  They know they are causing death and destruction and use the same death and destruction to rile us up and demand action by our politicians for their own agenda.

Gunshot Demographics

While anti-rights activists speak emotionally about

"gun violence""gun deaths" "human tragedy" and saving lives,
what they refuse to say is this—

Homicide in America has demographic, geographic, social and economic factors
which, if acknowledged and openly discussed, would transform the debate,
and place blame where it really belongs:
on the causes and people that fuel the violence we hear about
(but rarely actually see for ourselves, except on TV "news") .

The real blame is hidden, because the truth is so painful.
Crime is not spread across the streets of America.
Crime, and crime using guns, happens in isolated areas
for well known reasons the media and politicians hide from you.

But, it's useful to blame guns instead of criminals,
and blame guns instead of politicians and social policies,
and blame guns instead of festering pesthole neighborhoods,
in the effort to disarm the public and transfer power
to the government and away from the people.

A picture is worth a thousand words.
Thank you, Baltimore Sun newspaper,
for posting the interactive maps
that define the problem clearly—at last
(blue is choking, green is blunt force, red is shooting,
black is stabbing, white is undetermined) :

BALTIMORE: All homicide victims, 2007

BALTIMORE: Black homicide victims, 2007

BALTIMORE: White homicide victims, 2007

Try the maps yourself:
http://tinyurl.com/6a4jkn

The "gun problem" is not about guns.
It's about people, select groups of people.
This isn't a stereotype, it's a fact.

These Baltimore Sun maps show a terrible problem
but do not clarify who the murderers are.
Police have those maps.

Public Enemy Number One Defined:
Many of these aren't "gun deaths" at all, they are "war deaths."
It's the endless fruitlesss government-run War On Some Drugs.
It's a declared war. Combatants in the war are killing each other.

End the war, declare a truce, call for an armistice—
Watch a large part of the "gun problem" fade away.
But that would hurt the effort to disarm the public,
so don't expect it to happen any time soon.

Thank you Chicago Tribune for doing the same thing:

CHICAGO MURDERS BY AREA, 2008
Chicago Tribune Data and Map

Public Enemy Number One Officially Identified:

In a story almost without precedent, CBS identified Chicago’s high murder rate as almost totally gang related and geographically isolated. In modern America, that identifies these as war deaths in the War on Some Drugs, and not “gun deaths” as the media likes to frame the argument (to vilify firearms and create public fear).

With surprising candor, CBS announced, “Gang and gun violence continue to be the dominating threat on our streets," according to a police e-mail to CBS. "Up to 60 percent of the shootings are gang related. More than 90 percent of the offenders have criminal histories and up to 80 percent of the victims have criminal histories."

It’s unclear how the police concluded that only 60% of these crimes are gang related, when 90% of the shooters have criminal records and 80% of the victims do too. It’s also a fairly typical police distortion to suggest gun violence is the dominant threat “on our streets” when these gangland rubouts happen on their streets (see map), and normal citizens who have fled the crime-ridden war zones only get to see it on the "news" from the “bad” neighborhoods. Just look at those maps. CBS compares Chicago’s rubout rate to the wars against islamofascists in Iraq and Afghanistan, which is just bad reporting.

And about that "War on Some Drugs"
Next time you get the chance, ask your elected leaders:

With regard to the war on drugs, is the war succeeding? When could it be declared a success, the expense of waging it cease, and the tax-based infrastructure surrounding it be decreased or dismantled? If it can't be declared a success, when might it be declared a failure and brought to a close? How do you respond to critics who say the war on some drugs is really just a federal-agent jobs program that provides price supports for the cartels? For more real questions the "news" media fails to ask, check out The Liberty Poll.

In this video, Charles Wiley explains the important role the media plays in our society to a student audience at UC Berkley.  I think its important enough to know how important that I'm going to transcribe his description word for word so those who cannot view the video can get that message.  Wiley- "The news media is the most powerful organization in our society  The news media is more powerful than the president or Congress or anybody else.  The news media decides what you think about.  They decide what you think about, what you talk to your friends, your fellow workers, your fellow students about.  The news media decide what problems we're going to try to solve, the order in which we try to solve them.  Not only do they decide the agenda and the priorities, but they decide, to a great extent also what is the framework to work within which we're going to hold the public discussion about the problems."

He goes on to define two kinds of reporters.  The Objective reporter and the Advocate journalist.  The objective reporter is trying to inform you.  The advocate journalist is trying to influence you.  There is a tremendous amount of advocacy reporting going on in the United States.

I have struggled with honesty.  I had such a secretive life prior to becoming a Christian that lies were first nature to me.  I would avoid blame at all costs and seek any avenue of convenience as long as I could avoid blame and condemnation.  Suffice it to say, I know the subtleties of lying.  It was a hard job overcoming this practice and once I learned the cost vs. benefit, I concluded the benefit far outweighs the cost.  But it required work.  I had to break patterns and habits and face consequences at the same time.  Through commitment to God, I did break them but it wasn't until the hardest part was done that I began to see the benefits.
 
A long term study was done with a class of kindergartners where the kids were all given cookies and told they could eat them now but if they waited a while they would get another cookie.  Of those who held out, the study concludes, as adults they proved to be more integritous and honest and had achieved much higher goals and many were known for their philanthropy.  On the other hand, those who held out less than a few minutes turned out to be criminals and very dishonest.  The study goes on to explain the consistent gradations between the two extremes.  So in psychological terms, I was getting negative feedback in the form of consequences immediately like the kindergarten kid in the psychology study was suffering the unmet desire but the promised extra cookie for me was the benefit of social trust if I waited. 

The last vestige of those habits and patterns was the practice of lying by omission.  You can speak a lie designed to misinform.  Everybody recognizes this as a lie.  While everybody recognizes and condemns it, many still continue the practice.  That is hipocrisy but we know how to deal with that.  You can also withhold all or portions of the storyline which allow the uninformed to draw the wrong conclusions.  The intent is the same and the results are often far more effective in convincing your audience but many do not consider this lying.  Its still a lie, you just didn't have to form the new story.  Well you do, but its a convoluted means of getting the recipient to invent for themselves a storyline or conclusion you desire them to believe.  In advocate journalism, there is a slight bend in this practice.  The self aware advocate uses this practice in full awareness that he is attempting to mislead his audience.  These are more and more numerous today.  But there is another kind of advocate I call the believer.  He is purposeful in his use of this tactic, but he doesn't believe he is misleading his audience and the result is often far subtler.  He believes he is telling them the truth without the muddling details which confuse the important conclusions we need to draw from his story.  This is the same means by which we dillude ourselves.  We begin to internally 'edit' what we observe.  Part of this process includes assuming excuses for your favored subject and assuming evil motivations for your disfavored subject, 'writing' them into the narrative. 

I am often accused of this in the commentary on my articles, but guess who makes these charges.  There is a verse in the Bible which explains who is able to correct this assumption narrative.  The blows of a friend are more faithful the the kisses of an enemy.  So let me encourage my 'friends' to please deliver blows to my articles and especially my dialogue in the comments.  I am not likely to accept the criticism of my enemies unless the criticism points to a glaring inaccuracy.  I mean, I try but the hardest part of recovering from a lying habit is this tendency to dillude one's own narrative.  (How's that for brutal honesty?  I'm sure I've just opened myself to being dismissed out of hand by my opponents.  But then, any use of this will only point to their denial of their own self dellusions.  Folks, everybody has them because everybody lies, but as a recovering liar I am accutely aware of this in myself)

These days, I am passionate about the consequences of lies.  I understand there is evil in the world and in no way do I expect this world to suddenly eliminate the evil of dishonesty and thereby usher in an utopia.  However, an industry we rely on more than any other has been largely taken over by lying advocates and the document which governs us all protects their abuse as one of our highest ideals.  This is a conundrum.  How do we protect the Constitution from the Constitution.  The only answer is personal integrity and responsibility to be informed.  Each of us have to be concerned about the power of this industry and each individual hold them accountable by rejecting their influence.  This is a difficult task and not one to be taken lightly.  Unfortunately, its not likely to be taken at all by the majority of our citizens and that means we are doomed as a culture and a nation.  Freedom is not free and every citizen must pay the price of eternal vigilance in order to maintain it.

I'm writing this on inauguration day because of my observation of the information industry and their performance over the course of the presidential election.  At no point through the entire cycle did the press perform their self described 'watchdog' service with regard to our current president.  Instead, they acted to counter the criticism of their candidate in the new media upstart on the internet.  Some of the old media's strongest critics began to refer to them as the right arm of the Democrat National Committee.  Their reporting of the 'dirt' on President Obama was naught unless that dirt had already made it into the national discourse via the new media and then we of the opposition were left perplexed with all the techniques I've described above and more, much of it glaring advocacy.  We were not perplexed by their efforts for long, but we were, and are perplexed even now at the absolute ignorance of the general populace.  Intelligent, learned people could not identify the vice presidential candidate for the Democrats.  They could not name a single accomplishment or identify one promise aside from the campaign slogan for 'change' in their candidate.  Most telling, they could not identify any of the controversial figures in their candidate's past.  This in no way reflects on President Obama but it is an indictment against the voters of our Democratic Republic who are passionately, emotionally invested but do not care enough to know what matters.  The habit of relying on the news industry for their information has created a vacuum for responsible Democratic elections which advocates have joyously filled with irresponsible Democratic influence.

A nation which prefers disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one.- Alexander Hamilton

It ain’t so much the things we don’t know that get us into trouble.  It’s the things we know that just ain’t so.- 19th Century humorist Josh Billings

That used to be me up there voting with all the intelligence of the couch potato. This is why I am so angry at the left. It isn't just the media, its the colleges and the high schools and now the grade schools as well. The nightly news has the biggest impact, but you can't find the truth even if you go to those supposed informed individuals. Michael Medved just released his new book "Ten Big Lies About America" and the issues covered are not anywhere near as obscure as "which party is in control of Congress right now?"

I'm not just mad about being lied to, I'm scared for our nation because I've been lied to since 1974 about our history and heritage in school, on the nightly news, and in our libraries. It took a major attack on our own soil to wake me up. It took looking into the history of the theopolitical religion of Islam to suspect that I'd been lied to. It took being a Christian and therefor a target of that media bias to wake me up. I have no mercy for people who still depend on the nightly news to be informed. I am so mad at the preponderance of misinformation that I unload on friends and family when they repeat some version of that crap.

Last night I unloaded on a blog neighbor because she told me her grandson had been diagnosed with ADHD, the made up childhood disease that had to be invented to explain boys' behavior which is naturally aggressive and energetic but does not fit in the 'sit still and pay attention' model of the modern classroom largely populated by women teachers. So they pump them full of psychotropic drugs for years on end and convince them they are abnormal and faulty.  Oh, and by the way, you can't play tag because we might be sued.

I am so angry at these liars born out of our colleges where the professors are convincing the pop culture that we, the US are the evil imperialists in the world and that success in business equals greed and evil. I am so angry that I was convinced of all that via the nightly news. Global warming, overpopulation, right is wrong and left is smart, socialist government cures evil, and a dozen other great big fundamental lies perpetrated over and over for 34 years that I have observed and who knows how long before that. No wonder the persecution of Christianity is growing in this nation. No wonder wisdom is rejected for pop anti-wisdom mantras.

I'm pissed off. Originally, enough so to go online and start writing about it. Now, enough so to take action, donate money from my meager means, join activist groups and parade around like the homosexuals acting a fool to get the milk toast voters' attention. Enough so that I call my idiot Congress people and inform them of their idiocy and demonstrate it publicly. And I am not done. I just get madder the more I observe this vast conspiracy to name good evil and evil good.

I actually daydreamed about leaving a little surprise for the major local paper and TV news. It took real consideration of the consequences to my ideals to get past that. Watching the gays undermine their own agenda with all this violence verified that decision was the correct one, but I am still and ever more pissed off at them. Even talk radio and especially Michael Medved is shrugging his shoulders at the thwarting of the constitutional requirements to qualify a candidate. Yes, this is a constitutional crisis and it cannot be ignored. To do so would doom our national ideals. We didn't create the crisis, the Democrats and the complicit media did. Now, now is the time to make that huge stink about the authority of that grand document. Now is the time to make them reconsider their actions. The people chose!!!! No they didn't. They chose an illusion, a major media rock star and this documentary proves it.

Fire the organized media.  Forbid them abdicating their national responsibility.  (To the press alone; checkered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.- James Madison)  Cancel your subscriptions.  Turn the idiot box off when the nightly news comes on.  You can't believe them anyway.  Its an industry geared toward entertainment, not information and the anchors, editors and producers have set out to make a king.  Seek out trustworthy venues of information.  My new TV is my computer.  I can get the entertainment alphabet soup offers online and I can choose my own information sources from anywhere in the world.  Who needs the MSM?  Hollywood isn't any better.  They dumped billions into movies that tanked because America wouldn't pay to watch movies that discredit our troops and their commanders across the world.  But they kept producing them because they either believed what they produced or just as likely wanted to convince you they were producing the truth.

Get informed and stay informed and then get out there on the street and inform others.  Picket the news agencies with blown up copies of their lying stories on your pickets and placards.  Demonstrate in their faces with the verified sources of information which refute their articles.  Get blown up copies of the studies demonstrating their biased coverage of the candidates.  Get the news out there, be the news.  Make such a ruckus the tv news have to do interviews with you criticizing them on their own networks.  In my last article I linked a video of a news anchor equating the victim of hate with the haters.  That is a prime example of what I'm talking about.  Hold the press accountable on their coverage of the candidates.  The studies are in, the evidence is clear, make them report on their own shame.

"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government — lest it come to dominate our lives and interests." — Patrick Henry

Through the last three presidential elections, we've witnessed a remarkable degradation of respect and maturity by the liberal populace.  From random individual attacks on political speech to personal attacks against Christianity in particular, and conservatism in general and not just at street level.  Noted in an article linked at the bottom of this body was the attempt via petition signed by 12,000 liberals which was intended to initiate a local proposition to rename their sewage treatment plant after President George W. Bush in profound and deliberate disrespect.  It seems there is nothing left the Left might do which would shock us.  We have come to expect this level of immaturity from them.  During this election we witnessed intimidation efforts by Black Panther members at polling stations.  We witnessed an upsurge in the trend in destruction of personal property all over the country.  We witnessed a politician's home spray painted with threats and in at least one case a home was shot up.  But the biggest sign that respect is disappearing was the media's conduct and treatment of the candidates they opposed vs. the treatment of candidates they favored.  80% positive reports for Obama and 17% positive reports for McCain.  The media are an important part of our society's success in that they are supposed to be a type of watchdog over our leaders' behavior.  Instead they've obscured the President Elect's history and record on all the controversial issues of our time and his many ties to actual criminals and open enemies of American ideals while literally sifting through garbage cans in the home states of Sarah Palin and John McCain and editing interviews to make them look as corrupt, weak and ignorant as they possibly could.  The media elites have lost all self respect for their profession in their advocacy.



• Matthews: 'I Want to' to Enable a 'Successful' Obama Presidency
• Chris Matthews Cheers on Hardball: 'The Excitement Begins!'
• Fineman: Obama's 'Excellence,' 'Changing Everything as He Moves'
• CBS's Harry Smith on Obama Win: 'I Wept Tears of Joy'
• Harris: 'We're Having Something of a National Moment' Over Obama
• Giddy on MSNBC: Olbermann Compares Obama Election to Moon Landing
• CNN's Frank Sesno Labels Rahm Emanuel 'Center to Center-Right'  

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• Matured by Choosing Obama,' Makes 'A More Perfect Union'
• ABC: McCain 'Distorted' Obama, Palin an 'Empty Designer Suit'
• Weir Glows Over Obama's 'Transcendent' Night of 'Communal Joy'
• CBS on Obama: 'New Era,' 'Privilege,' 'Breath-Taking,' 'Euphoria'
• ABC's Jim Sciutto: Obama Has 'Captured the World's Heart' a

Liberals have abdicated their role in this free society in favor of placing a leader who promises to take their responsibilities from their shoulders and place them on the ever listing shoulder of big government.  In spite of the fact that this is in direct opposition to the design the founding fathers agonized over for this country and in spite of the evidence of consequences to the design they desire, they will do anything it might take to get that design installed.  The liberals are quick to charge the conservatives of hate and quicker to demonstrate hate for the conservative.  Where is the evidence of the conservative hate mongering riots they charged?  There aren't any, but their are examples of rage by the gays in California where the proposition which defined marriage as between one man and one woman.

In such an environment, it is a requirement for our security to inculcate this society with a working knowledge and incentive to apply respect for the rights of others to free political speech.  I would encourage all my readers to begin initiating political conversations at every opportunity for the express purpose of getting these rules of conduct into the foreground.  Be prepared for angry responses.  It is a necessary part of the process of teaching immature adult people a mature approach to dealing with their disagreements.  It won't be until that anger has been tapped that we can demonstrate improper vs. proper behavior.  In the past we have been reluctant to deal with immature adults due to the fact that we expect their immaturity to spill into violent behavior. 

Listen; this is what we want.  If the liberal will not learn by your example of calm and reason, if he will not be ashamed of his immaturity and since adults answer only to official authority and the police can't do anything until someone becomes a danger to themselves or others, we have to escalate their behavior until it is correctable.  At the same time we must maintain the air of a mature responsible person to keep a good reputation and to be effectively changing the opinions of the audience that is sure to gather.  This means "NO bullying."  Think of it as your tithe, your sacrifice to build a better society.  Remember; Give me liberty or give me death!  Sounds remarkably like witnessing for Christ, doesn't it?  Probably because the responsibilities are pretty close to equivalent.


Teaching respect is exemplified in the same way we handle the immaturity of children.  Steve McChesney over at http://www.bullyfreekids.com demonstrates the way we do this for children.  I hope he'll pardon my liberty with his work.  I have adjusted it to fit the circumstances I've referred to above.

A respectful liberal takes care of belongings and responsibilities, and a respectful liberal gets along with conservatives.

How can you teach respect to your liberal?

Be honest – If you do something wrong, admit it and apologize.

Be positive – Don’t embarrass, insult or make fun of your liberal. Compliment them.

Be Trusting – Let your liberals make choices and take responsibility according to his ability.

Be fair – Listen to your liberal’s side of the story before reaching a conclusion.

Be polite – Use “please” and “thank you”. Ask his/her individual investment in liberalism before broaching your liberal’s issue.

Be reliable – Keep promises. Show your liberal that you mean what you say.

Be a good listener – Give your liberal your full attention.

Liberals may learn from anything we say and do. Make sure that you are modeling respectful behavior. Some of the things you can do are:

Obey laws – Follow rules.

Be caring – Show concern for people, animals and the environment.

Avoid poor role models – When you see examples of disrespect, discuss them with the nearest observing liberal.

When you set rules for use in discussing moral/political issues, explain to your liberal why the rule is important.

Teach your liberal to respect themselves. Self-respect is one of the most important forms of respect. Once we respect ourselves, it is easier to respect others.

Your opinion means a lot to your liberal. If you believe your liberal can succeed, they will believe they can as well.

Build their independence. Give them responsibilities as soon as they can handle them.

Help them set and achieve goals. Their self-respect will skyrocket when they see themselves achieving those goals.

Encourage honesty. Let your liberal know that they may be able to fool some people, but they can’t fool themselves. There is no pride in stealing, cheating, or lying.

Most importantly, show love! Explain to them your position is not to cause them or anybody harm but to bless them and help them live better.

If your liberal makes a mistake, remind them that they are still loved.

Maturity level affects liberal's respect. Liberals and conservatives deserve respect at every age. Here is a guideline based on maturity compared to children:

Babies – They are too immature to show respect but when you meet their needs, they learn to trust you. This helps as they mature because respect for authority is based on trust.

Toddlers – They are mature enough to learn to say “please” and “thank you”.

Preschoolers – This is a good time to teach rules and consequences.

Elementary school – They show the most respect for adults who make fair rules. It helps to let them have a say in the rules that they are expected to follow.

Middle and High Schoolers – Allow them to show independence, such as clothing or hairstyles, but make sure you have guidelines. They will appreciate the respect you are showing them. We respect you and the incredible job that you have, being a conservative.

Goodness knows, you may not get it. There may be days when you feel Rodney Dangerfield had nothing on you. You may even decide that getting respect is not a battle you choose to fight, or something that's necessary for getting things done. But just because respect is not forthcoming doesn't mean it isn't due. You are deserving of respect for your moral views, your knowledge about your society and its needs, your tireless efforts on its behalf, your faith and love in the face of tremendous challenges. If there are people in your life -- whether professionals or family members -- who don't pay you the proper respect, know that the shortcoming is theirs, not yours. Meanwhile, make sure you're paying yourself plenty.

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re⋅spect

   /rɪˈspɛkt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ri-spekt] Show IPA Pronunciation

–noun

1.	a particular, detail, or point (usually prec. by in): to differ in some respect.

2.	relation or reference: inquiries with respect to a route.

3.	esteem for or a sense of the worth or excellence of a person, a personal quality or ability, or something considered as a manifestation of a personal quality or ability: I have great respect for her judgment.

4.	deference to a right, privilege, privileged position, or someone or something considered to have certain rights or privileges; proper acceptance or courtesy; acknowledgment: respect for a suspect's right to counsel; to show respect for the flag; respect for the elderly.

5.	the condition of being esteemed or honored: to be held in respect.

6.	respects, a formal expression or gesture of greeting, esteem, or friendship: Give my respects to your parents.

7.	favor or partiality.

8.	Archaic. a consideration.

–verb (used with object)

9.	to hold in esteem or honor: I cannot respect a cheat.

10.	to show regard or consideration for: to respect someone's rights.

11.	to refrain from intruding upon or interfering with: to respect a person's privacy.

12.	to relate or have reference to.

—Idioms

13.	in respect of, in reference to; in regard to; concerning.

14.	in respect that, Archaic. because of; since.

15.	pay one's respects, a. to visit in order to welcome, greet, etc.: We paid our respects to the new neighbors. b. to express one's sympathy, esp. to survivors following a death: We paid our respects to the family.

16.	with respect to, referring to; concerning: with respect to your latest request.

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Origin:
1300–50; (n.) ME (< OF) < L respectus action of looking back, consideration, regard, equiv. to respec-, var. s. of respicere to look back (re- re- + specere to look) + -tus suffix of v. action; (v.) < L respectus ptp. of respicere


References:

A tutorial for teaching respect to kids.
Jeffrey Scott Shapiro with the Wall Street Journal online

The treatment President Bush has received from this country is nothing less than a disgrace. The attacks launched against him have been cruel and slanderous, proving to the world what little character and resolve we have. The president is not to blame for all these problems. He never lost faith in America or her people, and has tried his hardest to continue leading our nation during a very difficult time.

Our failure to stand by the one person who continued to stand by us has not gone unnoticed by our enemies. It has shown to the world how disloyal we can be when our president needed loyalty -- a shameful display of arrogance and weakness that will haunt this nation long after Mr. Bush has left the White House.