WHO CARES??!!

If you're reading my blog in a reader, you have already seen this post because Blogger, for some reason, thought it should publish it Thursday afternoon instead of Friday morning, when I scheduled it.

I took it back down, but some of you read it earlier. Dammit.

From CNN yesterday:

Quick Vote

First lady Michelle Obama and Queen Elizabeth's embrace was:

Breach of protocol

Touching moment

Who gives a flying fuck

Okay, I admit I added that last one myself.
But seriously.
How can anyone find that of any importance?
Why does the media think we care?

Or here's a scary thought.
Am I the only person in the universe who really doesn't care who touches the Queen of England?

Do we not have more on our minds?
You know, important things.

Is anyone besides me absolutely horrified at the fact that our great-great grandchildren are going to be paying for Obama's "New Deal"?

That we're now a Socialist country and that things are really bad and getting worse all the time?

That the government wants to take over health care (and has two shining examples of how well they do it... Medicare and the V.A.)?

That we're giving billions to greedy assholes and that regular people are now getting TEN WHOLE DOLLARS more per paycheck on average?
(and I have to add here that those greedy assholes are Democrats. And Republicans. Greed is not a partisan issue. Just sayin'.)

I'm horrified. Are you?

Yesterday morning, I was sitting in a parking lot, waiting for Sunshine to bring me the week's receipts/checks. I live just down the hill from her, and had to go pick up our snack order at the office, so I just took the envelope for her.

While I waited in my car, I listened to the radio. The morning program I was listening to broke for 'news.'

First, they talked about the stock market. Up.
They mentioned a plane crash in rural Yamhill County. Down.
More than 600,000 people lost their jobs last month.
There were a few other stories, all received about ten seconds of air time.
Ten seconds each for the top stories of the day.
And THEN... I was treated to a three minute (I counted) rehash of the latest American Idol.

I got to hear a song snippet (my dog sings better) and an in-depth analysis of what Simon said and what the loser-du jour said in return.

B.F.D.

Three minutes of 'news' time was devoted to American Idol.

I long ago figured out that most regular media outlets are amazing magicians. They're experts at misdirection. This applies no matter which political asshole party is currently in charge. We're never fed the real story. Instead, if we want facts, we have to go find them ourselves.

Anyone who relies on the media for information is an idiot, just so you know.

We've all seen the magician and the almost naked assistant. The magician pulls doves and/or scarves from her while the audience watches, mouths open.

And just like the magician, no one wants you to see what's really going on.

That's why we've all been given something else to look at.
All the time.

Sort of like this;