<HTML><HTML>In a message dated 11/1/2004 10:30:= 31 PM Eastern Standard Time, deanmay@pianorebuilders.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Listen to the testimony present= ed before the Congressional committee </BLOCKQUOTE>      Usually, people who are too buzy working cannot fin= d the time to investigate hours long Congressional hearings. Therefore their= 's is an uneducated vote on election day.       Its easy and less time consuming to just turn= on Dan Rathers and let him "report" it in a little, few minute clip that pa= sses by the TV screeen so fast, that theres no substantial information for a= viewer come away with. That way, the viewer, (who has to get to bed to get = up for work OR has kids to pick up from volley ball and or other chores they= cant do while at work)  can get on with their life.      Major network news is anemic. It leaves me with mor= e questions than answers. The answers take time and investigation fro= m ALL news sources and books. People just dont have the time to read or watc= h long hearings. Not only that, their minds are on paying bills, how their y= oung'ns are doing with school/social upbringings and, home repairs, auto mai= ntenece/worries.....etc. How could they have their thoughts geared on what t= he government is doing? Julia, Reading </HTML>