Nonsense, Nonsense, and More Nonsense
One bit of nonsense that is all over the news (I use the term loosely) is about Mel Gibson getting arrested for DUI and spouting anti-Semitic sentiments. Shame on him for both offenses, but really, this is hardly worth such national news hoopla. Why the media frenzy? Have we, the public, really come to such a low state that we want this type of incident to be the leading item on our news broadcasts for several days? Maybe we can email our news outlets and let them know this isn’t the kind of news we are interested in. Do you suppose if we do this repeatedly we might even get the news organizations to stop acting like tabloids and go back to honest-to-goodness journalism. What a concept!
Another silly session showed Donald Rumsfeld, at his calm and sincere best, proclaiming that you can find different definitions for “civil war� but he certainly wouldn’t use that term to describe what is going on in Iraq. A lot of secular violence, yes, but not what he would call a civil war. Let’s just take a look at Donald’s record on his assessments of situations in Iraq: First were his adamant assertions that there were WMDs; then his dogged insistence that he knew best the number of troops needed to control the immediate aftermath of the invasion (just look how well that worked out!); and don’t forget the repeated denial of mistreatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib; etc. etc. With a record like that, we surely wouldn’t question his new proclamation, now would we?
And then we have the story about President Bush’s absolute insistence that the promised hospital for children in Basra will be completed. Once again he seems undeterred by the facts. The building was supposed to be finished last December. However, between the contractor, Bechtel Corp. and the US Agency for International Development, the government agency managing the project, the entire $50 million budget for the project has been spent and the building is only 35% completed. I seem to remember the President making similar promises about the rebuilding of New Orleans and just look how well he followed through on that!
Comments
I am guessing that your first paragraph was designed to be provocative so I'll bite. Bigotry of any kind, under any circumstance, at any level, and by any person absolutely needs full spotlight and shame. Nothing little about it.
There was a time when you, Trish, would not be able to vote just because you were a woman, let alone post a public blog, but then, why would that upset the little woman?
That IS the kind of news I want to see. I want to see that bigotry is still unacceptable, even though it is still prevalent, and not just swept under the rug. Leave the gossip mongering to the tabloids, but let freedom ring loud and clear again and again until all can hear it!
Agree with the rest of your comments.
Christine Kerr
Posted by: Christine Kerr | August 4, 2006 12:51 PM