No, I am not serious. I have had it up to my ears with the upcoming election. Several times a day I turn on the cable news channels just to see what is happening. Apparently, nothing of any importance is happening besides candidates spewing political crap. CNN, CNN Headline News, FOX,and MSNBC cover this stuff from every possible angle and even some angles that I didn't think was possible!! Caucus after caucus, its the same story. Political "experts" predict who is going to win this caucus or that. When they are wrong, they can't figure it out, so they talk it to death and try to predict the next one. We are going to be know as the generation who talked themselves to death. A generation of news anchors and reporters that look like Chatty Kathy dolls with a pull string on their chest, that they pull by themselves. Blah, blah, blah...(pull string again) Blah, blah blah (pull string again) etc, etc.
This is the information age. All we need is an Internet connection, even a slow dial-up will do, to find out all the information we need to decide who to vote for and why. What we don't need is cable news turning it into a drama of some twisted kind to entertain us. I don't need to be influenced, I can make up my own mind, thank you. I don't care how hot Robin Meade is or how cute and funny Sheppard Smith is or how rude and nasty Bill O'Rielly and Keith Olberman are. By the time November 8 rolls around, I am so sick of hearing about it that I would vote for Brian the dog just to shut them up and get them to go away!!
Now, on the other hand, I sure don't want to hear another story about Britney Spears and her drama du jour. For the record, I predict that she will be found dead before the year is up, either by suicide or accidental overdose, but that's another story. How about some storys that center on what we Americans care about. Lets see, maybe having someone explain to me why it takes $25.00 to fill my Toyota's gas tank? Did I mention that I don't have a Toyota SUV, but rather a small Paseo with a 1.5 liter engine and an 8 GALLON TANK!!! Man, it wasn't that long ago that I could take a $10 bill to the gas station, fill up the Toyota AND fill the gas can for my lawn mower!! Spend a day trying to explain how we got into a situation like that and I'll watch the news all day long. Aww, who cares. I'd still end up ticked off and yelling at the TV anyway. I think I'll go find someones dog to kick.
3 comments:
hey Mike, you want some cheese with that last post? :)
I totally agree. The thing is, I would like to know what a candidate is all about, but I don't trust a news channel to be honest. They all have a bias and knowing that makes it even harder to believe what is said. I watch Fox news more than anyone else because at least they make an attempt to be fair and balance. But...just like you said....even in their fair and balanced news they don't talk about the issues. To make matters worse, I'm not sure we should even believe what's on the internet. Accountability is not America's strong suit any more. People lie without a thought and hurt others without provocation. That's makes it very hard to decide just who should lead this country.......I pray a lot!
How will kicking an innocent dog lower your gas prices? what did the dog do?
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