Seems wrong to me...

[Ronin13]

You are correct, some of the news and the blogs are even more biased. But I prefer a system where there are more voices rather than less. This ages saving grace to counter act the fact that most all the major news sources are owned by too few people is the internet. I just hope that people start to ask more fundamental core questions about bias and who pays their bills for the smaller sights. Many of them appear to be small and independent but are again paid for by big interests.

I just hope people educate themselves more and read from all sides.

As far as general media bias, there is no better example than the 2008 Presidential Elections. No major new org did much of anything to expose Obama and his BS, but they sure loved to go after Palin- and that is why I hate Katie Couric. Obama said some pretty bad things back in the day (like saying things to the effect of "socialism is a better way to go"), but they didn't care because a gun-loving, freedom idolizing, hockey mom who just happened to govern Alaska put a big shock into the status quo mainstream media had enjoyed earlier. Now she's labeled as an idiot (which she is most certainly not), a gun nut, and ditz. Whoops, media out there plugging people into the most insane BS. Hence my stance: "There is no news in the truth, and no truth in the news."

[sniper7]

nynco why don't you move down to ATL and live next to CNN. Then their bullshit can at least cover it when you spew it out all the time.

as to the article, seems fair to me that the SS has to pay to rent a building. Whether it is the VP's or not doesn't really matter. I imagine he could rent it out to some crazy libtard that likes him for 5 times more than that.

[nynco]

Sniper7, why don't you stop being a jerk......... If you are going to bitch about me at least have the common sense to do it on an issue where you don't agree with me. Why not put your political stuff aside and look at common ground rather than just attacking to attack.

[cstone]

Renting property is routine for the USSS. It was done on the Eisenhower farm in Gettysburg, the Nixon house in NY, Carter's home in GA, etc.

Most protectees do not live in low cost areas and the USSS personnel often work out of glorified closets or storage sheds. Very glamorous working conditions

[Ranger]

When I think of what the USSS has to go through, I think of that movie Guarding Tess. I have no doubt that the detail is about that crappy.

[hollohas]

Very glamorous working conditions

Yeah, I know they have to suck it up sometimes. I worked in Glacier National Park for a while and at one point I had to visit a back-country cabin that Laura Bush and her girlfriends had just stayed in the previous 4 nights. They had left lots of left-over food and adult beverages behind. The girls left nice French wine...what did the USSS have left-over? Ice House beer...yuck!