This is the real McCoy folks; Conservative America for better or worst. Many of those talked about "fringe" of the right, they are alive and well in this southeast region of Kansas.

With no oceans in sight, finding myself smack middle in a sea of red, many liberals here are fighting just to keep their head above this body of drowning water.

Here we have an "official county paper" duly dubbed so by its very own "fringe" owner/publisher/reporter.

When an intelligent person seeks solid news reporting finds his or herself directed by a county news publisher to turn to Glenn Beck, FOX Network, or some right-wing web site for factual reporting, ladies and gentlemen - I hope you see this for the danger it presents and consider sharing your opinion with this feebleminded persuader labeling herself a reporter.

The following "Bully Pulpit" is one example why citizens of rural communities throughout Kansas continue to believe an extreme viewpoint. Too often, reading a hometown delivered newspaper is where small town Americans turn for their source of news. News printed in the paper must be accurate, right.

Written by Jackie Taylor, August 2009, for the Linn County News:

It's an attack on Conservative America

I feel like the old vinyl record, same tune whether it's side A or B. I knew the Obama regime was going to be a test, but what is beginning to come out is the "Chicago style" politics of man-handling your opponent until they go down in a ball of dust. Thank goodness for media like the internet, Fox News or independent groups because our national medias, ABC especially, are not doing their jobs in keeping the American people up on what is really going on.

It's a sad state of affairs when a broadcast system like ABC can be bought by a political team - rings similar to Hugo Chavez in Venezuela or Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran.

Locally, in these United States, we now have a group called the Color of Change, an African-American advocacy organization with close ties to the Obama White House, leading the charge on conservative, right-wing voices. Now under attack is Glenn Beck who is targeted by the Color of Change asking sponsors of his Fox News show to pull their advertising.

According to the conservative internet site Newsmax, "Even before the liberal boycott of Glenn Beck began this summer, the best-selling author and TV host had became a ratings superstar, with his 5 p.m. cable news program pulling mega prime-time viewership numbers. Beck also had become a lightning rod for liberal groups who didn't like his anti-Obama message and his staggeringly large audience. But now Beck's fame seems to be growing even more as a spontaneous, nationwide effort has sprung up among fans to defend their hero, including Web sites, Facebook groups, homegrown e-mail blasts, and individual telephone campaigns."

....It is appalling to me that a left-wing group formed through racial ties to a liberal president can try to force huge corporations to bend to the whims of an office that supposedly represents all people in the United States. The following is a letter that I received via email that I thought I'd share with you.

An Open Letter to President Obama

Dear President Obama:

You are the thirteenth President under whom I have lived and unlike any of the others, you truly scare me.

You scare me because after months of exposure, I know nothing about you.

You scare me because I do not know how you paid for your expensive Ivy League education and your upscale lifestyle and housing with no visible signs of support.

You scare me because you did not spend the formative years of youth growing up in America and culturally you are not an American.

You scare me because you have never run a company or met a payroll.

You scare me because you have never had military experience, thus don't understand it at its core.

You scare me because you lack humility and 'class', and are always blaming others.

You scare me because for over half your life you have aligned yourself with radical extremists who hate America and you refuse to publicly denounce these radicals who wish to see America fail.

You scare me because you are a cheerleader for the 'blame America ' crowd and deliver this message abroad.

You scare me because you want to change America to a European style country where the government sector dominates instead of the private sector.

You scare me because you want to replace our health care system with a government controlled one.

You scare me because you prefer 'wind mills' to responsibly capitalizing on our own vast oil, coal and shale reserves.

You scare me because you want to kill the American capitalist goose that lays the golden egg which provides the highest standard of living in the world.

You scare me because you have begun to use 'extortion' tactics against certain banks and corporations.

You scare me because your own political party shrinks from challenging you on your wild and irresponsible spending proposals.

You scare me because you will not openly listen to or even consider opposing points of view from intelligent people.

You scare me because you falsely believe that you are both omnipotent and omniscient.

You scare me because the media gives you a free pass on everything you do.

You scare me because you demonize and want to silence the Limbaughs, Hannitys, O'Reillys and Becks who offer opposing, conservative points of view.

You scare me because you prefer controlling over governing.

Finally, you scare me because if you serve a second term I will probably not feel safe in writing a similar letter in 8 years.

Lou Pritchett

We better wake up America. I for one believe that at the rate of speed Obama is taking away our civil liberties, that in another eight years we won't know what hit us and will be unable to do anything about it.

Jackie Taylor
Linn County News, Owner/Publisher
jackie@linncountynews.net

This barrage crosses the line. Letter author Lou Pritchitt, this message is for you: fear is a mighty force without the facts. What you truly should be "scared" of is the fact that you are not man enough to blame your fears on who they belong. You. Maybe if you attempted to fact check you might stop being so afraid.

Readers stay tuned. There is plenty more spews of hatred where the aforementioned article came from.

When you think of the question asked by one Thomas Frank: "What's the Matter with Kansas" look no further than the rural communities and the blatant lies spread by those with the mindset of a doorknob.