Charlotte Observer Views

If you read the Charlotte Observer (and I know there's fewer and fewer people who do), you should at least understand the people who are determining what you read, and how they decide to cover news and events. One good way to see that is to view what the editors of the paper decide is important.

The Observer just published their State of the Environment report -- showing exactly what the editors determine is important. They are illustrating here exactly what their agenda is, and how they will determine what and when to write about in the coming year.

Pay close attention if you want a detailed look into the minds of the people who work at the Charlotte Observer as I outline and detail their "Top 10" issues.

1. Global Climate Change

Yes, the #1 issue facing the government of North Carolina today is global warming. The Observer is strongly biased on this issue -- always keep that in mind when reading any reports from the "newspaper."

They are strongly, 100% convinced that the coastal waters of North Carolina will rise 20 feet 19 inches in the next 5 minutes 20 years. And, they are just as strongly convinced that only the North Carolina government has the power to stop that rise.

And of course, as with the whole global warming crowd, the Observer is also completely convinced that man and automobiles are the entire source of this global warming. When reading the Observer this year, keep in mind they believe that if the people of North Carolina would all stop driving their cars that the coastal waters of North Carolina would recede.

2. Water

Analyzing the last few years, the Observer has concluded that North Carolina is getting drier. The "summers are drier and falls are wetter." Therefore we don't have enough water.

The solution? Spend more money for government agencies and stop all development. Seriously. The Observer believes that no one should be allowed to develop any more land so that we can have "good water quality."

3. Inappropriate growth

Just the title there should send shivers up your spine. To say that there is "Inappropriate growth" shows that the Observer thinks that there is such a thing as "appropriate growth" -- which is to be defined by they and other socialists.

They're calling for more and more controls on all sorts of growth and development. Oh, they want the people to come to North Carolina so they can take their taxes -- the Observer just doesn't want them to own any land or build any buildings.

Sprawl is NOT BAD. Sprawl is GOOD. The only people who don't like sprawl are those who are opposed to freedom and property rights. And the Observer HATES sprawl.

4. Coastal overdevelopment

What's the difference? That's three in row, three of the top four "top issues" facing North Carolina where the Observer complains about property rights. Keep that in mind when reading -- they really, honestly, do not like people to own property AT ALL.

5. Energy

In this category, all the Observer does is complain. They don't like high gas prices, they don't like oil drilling off the coast, they don't like natural gas. Their solution all the energy problems in North Carolina? Hybrid cars.

6. Fish and shellfish depletion

Not only does the Observer not want anyone to be able to build anything in the state, they also support a moratorium on fishing! That's right, they actually want to ban fishing in the entire state.

7. Waste disposal

They don't like or want landfills. They want to eliminate hog lagoons. How? They don't say, but I'm sure they're hoping that the environmental loonies have shoved expensive recycling down our collective throats so much that we will just make the natural connection.

8. Loss of scenic landscape

Well, they did manage to include a couple of items on the list that do not support government ownership and control of all land. This was not one of them. In addition to removing all private ownership of land, with this idea, they want all "ugly" telephone poles replaced with insanely expensive underground wiring and fiberglass poles and signals.

9. Ecosystem management

Protecting the environment takes money -- lots and lots and lots of money. How much? MORE.

10. Loss of natural areas

That's the sixth item on their list of top 10 major issues facing North Carolina that demands government take all rights of property ownership from citizens.

So, as you read the Charlotte Observer in the coming year, keep in mind that these are the opinions of the people who decide not only what stories are actually printed in the paper, but how those stories are worded.

The Observer is openly hostile to private citizens. The Observer honestly hates private ownership of land. The Observer wants all land in the state to be owned and managed by the government, because they do believe that government knows best.

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