There were three men around the fire, with the smell of coffee and of bacon frying. It was a two-bit camp in mighty rough country, with three saddle-broncs and a packhorse standing under a lightning-struck cottonwood. "Howdy," I said. "You boys receivin' visitors, or is this a closed meetin'?" They were all looking me over, but one said, "You're here, mister. Light and set."
From "The Man From the Broken Hills" by Louis L'Amour


Monday, June 4, 2007

It's the capital of France, right?


Why are we so obsessed with this person?



This morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that Russia intends to aim missiles, probably nuclear, at targets in Europe.


Yesterday, Iranian President Ahmadinejad, was once again predicting and celebrating the destruction of Israel (remember, he's the guy who said that Israel should be "wiped off the map").


Today, the FBI announced crime statistics for 2006: over 16,000 murders and over 92,000 rapes.


And, don't forget the war in Iraq, shark attacks, tornadoes, the Democratic debates, the JFK Airport plot, GLOBAL WARMING, Oh my!


Sounds like a lot of important news, huh?


Why then, will every television news magazine, radio talk show, and Internet news source devote so much attention to this pathetic, wealthy, socialite who went to jail yesterday? (For that matter, why am I?)


I guess we're finally tired of talking about that other morally challenged celeb who recently shaved her head. I suppose that her hair is growing back, and she's not noteworthy right now.


At least for today.


Posted by DBro at 8:12 AM

1 comment:

Unknown said...

its a way to keep the sheeple occupied while the world is falling down around them. I mean if they knew their immenent destrution was near, dont you think attitudes would change?

June 5, 2007 at 12:24 PM

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)