Cheesed Off by the Media and a Bit of My Random Bitching
There are many moments when I am embarrassed to be a communications major. I want to give some hard spankings to the folks who bring us the news be it local, world, political, or even entertainment.
Take the whole Vice President Dick Cheney hunting accident, for instance. It is what it is, which is nothing more than a hunting accident. The media, however, is going to make the Dick out to be a murderer, if his unfortunate victim's health takes a turn for the worse. Let us think about this rationally, folks. The Dick would never condone the murder of a fellow, white, good 'ole boy, hunter. Yes, he may get involuntary manslaughter, if the victim dies. Sure he will. The media will not shut up about the incident. Look, both men did not have the proper $7.00 hunting permit stamp that they should have had in the first place. Perhaps if either Dick or his victim had taken the time to get the upgrade, neither one of them would have been in the wrong place at the wrong time. Perhaps the quail made Dick shoot the guy. Yeah, yeah. That's it. I can see the headlines now, "Psychotic Quails in Texas Instruct Hunters to Murder One Another." It must be a slow news year so far.
I remember making a promise to my boyfriend that if Bush pulled this whole Iraq invasion off as easily as he said he could, that I would personally kiss President Bush's ass. I still stand by that promise.
I have yet to plant my lips anywhere near Mr. President's buttocks.
What did we really expect, as Hurricane Katrina goes? The local government of the state of Louisiana thought it would be less expensive to pray that the levy does not break in the event of a major hurricane, than to spend the money to do the necessary repairs. Wrong!
Moreover, the media reports that too many people did not do their jobs properly on all levels of government to prevent total chaos during and after Katrina. Is this a surprise to anyone out there? Is it not obvious that we Americans love to carry a title and cash in on it, but when it comes to carry out our job duties in times when we are most needed, we tend to quit or hide in a cave, or go quail hunting?
It is no wonder we in the United States look so stupid to the rest of the world--we are more concerned with the color of actors' poop, cannot speak or write with decent grammar, and we drive ourselves into bankruptcy, because we do not understand the simple economic principle of, "If you cannot pay for it, do not buy it."
We are going to lose our precious America, people, if we do not wake up and start making some informed decisions towards the elections of the people who are supposed to represent us to the world. It is time to stop throwing our hands up saying, "It's not my problem. Let someone else worry about it. I do not have time to think. American Idol is on."
Furthermore, let us stop blaming the majority of our problems on the government and take responsibility for our own lives. Let us be thankful that we do not have to worry about getting gunned down on the way to the voting polls or live in fear of a massacre while we sleep at night.
It could be a lot worse.
I love freedom of speech.
Take the whole Vice President Dick Cheney hunting accident, for instance. It is what it is, which is nothing more than a hunting accident. The media, however, is going to make the Dick out to be a murderer, if his unfortunate victim's health takes a turn for the worse. Let us think about this rationally, folks. The Dick would never condone the murder of a fellow, white, good 'ole boy, hunter. Yes, he may get involuntary manslaughter, if the victim dies. Sure he will. The media will not shut up about the incident. Look, both men did not have the proper $7.00 hunting permit stamp that they should have had in the first place. Perhaps if either Dick or his victim had taken the time to get the upgrade, neither one of them would have been in the wrong place at the wrong time. Perhaps the quail made Dick shoot the guy. Yeah, yeah. That's it. I can see the headlines now, "Psychotic Quails in Texas Instruct Hunters to Murder One Another." It must be a slow news year so far.
I remember making a promise to my boyfriend that if Bush pulled this whole Iraq invasion off as easily as he said he could, that I would personally kiss President Bush's ass. I still stand by that promise.
I have yet to plant my lips anywhere near Mr. President's buttocks.
What did we really expect, as Hurricane Katrina goes? The local government of the state of Louisiana thought it would be less expensive to pray that the levy does not break in the event of a major hurricane, than to spend the money to do the necessary repairs. Wrong!
Moreover, the media reports that too many people did not do their jobs properly on all levels of government to prevent total chaos during and after Katrina. Is this a surprise to anyone out there? Is it not obvious that we Americans love to carry a title and cash in on it, but when it comes to carry out our job duties in times when we are most needed, we tend to quit or hide in a cave, or go quail hunting?
It is no wonder we in the United States look so stupid to the rest of the world--we are more concerned with the color of actors' poop, cannot speak or write with decent grammar, and we drive ourselves into bankruptcy, because we do not understand the simple economic principle of, "If you cannot pay for it, do not buy it."
We are going to lose our precious America, people, if we do not wake up and start making some informed decisions towards the elections of the people who are supposed to represent us to the world. It is time to stop throwing our hands up saying, "It's not my problem. Let someone else worry about it. I do not have time to think. American Idol is on."
Furthermore, let us stop blaming the majority of our problems on the government and take responsibility for our own lives. Let us be thankful that we do not have to worry about getting gunned down on the way to the voting polls or live in fear of a massacre while we sleep at night.
It could be a lot worse.
I love freedom of speech.
posted by Jeni @ 1:51 PM
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