US media quality

[Andir]

MikeB said:

I have been to the States on multiple occasions, combined for about half a year. San Francisco is a very nice place to live, very European style. But already a very different mentality over in Sacramento (same state, couldn't even make a Bush joke there without faces turning red! That was in 2004.).

 Tell me about it.  My cousin married a "Quaker" (these still exist?) girl over the weekend.  No alcohol or dancing at the reception.  It was quite possibly the most dry and conservative weddings I've ever seen in my life.

The media of course caters to these people because they are the most outspoken and bring in ratings.  The rest of us just ignore it, though it probably puts a false image on the "states" as a highly religious place.  The fact is there is a fine line of fanatic religious freaks that seem to be the most outspoken from what I've seen and those of us that don't freak out over this stuff just don't make for good news.  But there are still those that firmly believe that a magical being controls the world and he/she/it could never, ever be forced to prove it's existance.  That would be blasphemy.  Have faith!  Just believe what I tell you because I said so.