  The way back home. |
| The way back home. |
| Long ago in the early days of television, when screens were tiny and the colors were only black and white, one of the
networks was Du Mont and one of its programs was the New York Times Youth Forum. This once-a-week panel show
featured six students from around the country discussing national issues. On Sunday, February 1, 1953 the question was
"Can We Maintain Ethics in Government?" and one of the panelists was teenager Fred Gielow. He recalls, "I can't remember much about our discussion, but I vividly recall taking issue with the basic premise of the program. I questioned how ethics could be 'maintained,' if as I suspected, ethics were largely 'absent' to begin with. Such an attitude wasn't much appreciated by moderator Dorothy Gordon or special guest Ellis Arnall, former Governor of Georgia." That television debut and debate may have planted a political seed in Fred's subconsciousness, but if so, it certainly remained dormant for a long time. Long enough for him to finish school, get a job, marry, raise a family, even retire, before germinating. But now that seed has blossomed into a full-time interest as his appearances on local radio programs, his co-hosted public-access television interview show, his 1999 book, You Don't Say, and now his new 2009 book, I Can't Believe You Said That!, attest. "There are many sources of truth to refute what liberals and the mainstream media tell us," says Fred, "but you have to dig around a little to find them. If you really expect both sides of an issue to be fully and fairly presented in the major newspapers and magazines and on television, I'd say you've bought into the mainstream media scam. You're a victim of the "paleo-media." But, sadly, it appears you're in the majority. The paleo-media seem to be winning their clever con game." Fred continues: "I wrote this book to present a perspective that seems to go largely unnoticed in the U.S. today. It's a real tragedy when lies are regularly masqueraded as the truth. What's even more tragic is when a majority of the public buys into the big deception, or worse yet, when the public doesn't even care. "By using quotations directly from the mouths of liberals -- quotations often unreported by the paleo-media -- I think it's possible to demonstrate the kind of world our liberal friends wish to impose upon the rest of us. It takes but a few remarks, during rare, unguarded moments, for liberals to vividly and unambiguously show their true intent." I Can't Believe You Said That! is the result of over a decade of effort to find, organize, and now publish amazing comments by those on the left. Close to 700 quotations are included, from more than 300 liberals. This 400-plus-page book will surely have you saying, "I can't believe you said that!" |