Code of ethics, don’t think so.

There has been a bit of discussion lately in the blogosphere about having a standard to life up to, a code of ethics, if you will, no way, where would we be without the ability to say whatever is on our mind? That is the line separating blogs from the mainstream news, we say what is on our mind, not what some producer tells us we are supposed to say.

The days of the real news anchors of the 1950 and 1970 era are gone. In the past, when one of the real, honest to God, anchors told us it would all be okay, we believed them.

Today, we have blow-dried card readers who seldom get out of the station and track their own story down. Those of us who want the truth and want to know just what the person behind the story feels, we turn to the blogs.

There we can not only read what happened, but we can find out just what people like you and me actually feel about the issue. The Iraq war, here is an excellent example what I am saying. We are told by news services how badly the war is going and how badly the troops hate what they are doing and want to get out of there. You can turn to any military blog and you will seldom find one from active duty personnel who are saying the same things.

On the contrary, they are doing a job, they are volunteers and they believe in what they are doing, case closed.

Code of ethics, I don't think so, my ethics left me long ago, now, I could care less. If I am insulting in something I write, that is my feelings, no one else's.