What Is That Whining Sound?

 What's that sound I hear? 

It's not bells on bobtails. It's not the crunch of footsteps in new fallen snow. It's not the vibration of the filament in Rudolph's nose. 

It's the Voice of America. Voice of America, or VoA. is an international broadcasting state media network funded by the federal government of the United States of America. Not to be confused with National Public Radio, or NPR, which is a bunch of radical leftists discussing the next Delicious Dish. Which all right thinking Americans know is just radical leftist propaganda to ween us off McDonald's. 

Think of VoA as "state radio." The "state" in question here is the United States, and for more than eighty years it has been the Voice that folks in other countries have heard when they needed to hear some good ol' American common sense. There are those who insist that the Voice of America was part of the erosion and eventual fall of the Soviet Union. 

That, and blue jeans. 

With the installation of the second Trumpreich, it is certainly important for us to maintain our foothold in the ears of the rest of the world, so picking the right person to head up this endeavor is a big ask. Which is why the former game show host picked the only person who has contested more elections than he has: former TV host Kari Lake, fresh off her "triumph" in the senatorial race in Arizona. 

If you're not familiar with Ms. Lake's resume, she was the lead anchor for KSAZ-TV for more than twenty years. She bailed on that job in 2022 to run for governor of the Grand Canyon State. She lost. Not that she would admit it. She followed the convicted felon's denial playbook and argued that verdict right up until she made another run, this time for Senate. She lost that one too. 

But because she's such a good little MAGAt, the man who kept endorsing her to no particular avail picked her off the heap to lead The Voice of America. The fear from inside VoA is that the voice of freedom might sound a little different when strained through the limited vision of one of the "president" elect's most ardent followers. It could, dare I say, start to sound a lot like the propaganda that the Voice of America was created to counteract. You might be wondering how the rest of the world's opinion of us could sink any lower. 

Me too.