American Ramble
Posted by Jamie Hutson | Filed under Life
Alright, I was watching CNN today during lunch and they were discussing the “Obama Children-On-TV Story.” While two panelists where discussing the incident (which couldn’t be less important to anythingI), I noticed “Iran conducts missile tests, intl community worried.”
So the ring leader of the “Axis of Evil” with a president who doesn’t believe in the holocaust, launches a missle tests and says “Our Finger is always on the trigger” and we are talking about whether or not Barak Obama bringing his children on an interview during his daughters birthday party is good for his electability. No wonder the news is losing its credibility. These people were having a serious debate over how Obama’s children will affect his public perception, while one of the biggest issues in the middle east became even bigger.
Iran is testing long range missiles to shoot at Israel and we are concerned over the vanity of who is on TV. That is what is wrong with our country, we have no idea what is going on and the majority of us get our information from major media outlets. The media has its own agenda - the people making news have their own agenda. The news media should just be reporting what happened - all of it. I watch MSNBC because I like their point of view; I listen to conservative talk radio because it gives me a middle ground to compare to the liberal news. But what about the people who only listen to one. Is it so ridiculous that some of our opinions might be slightly biased?
Jon Stewart made a good analogy to our current outlook in Washington. If we are addicted to drinking and we are all out of alcohol, getting more alcohol doesn’t solve the problem - it makes it worse. We shouldn’t be concerned over getting more oil and destroying our native earth to get more oil - even thought it won’t matter for 5-10 years - we should be concerned about fixing our problem: inefficiencies. Its the same with newspapers, its the same with oil, its the same with just about every struggling industry these days.
Stop trying to hang on to the old way and embrace the new way. And seriously America, lets take a look at what is really important to us - I love this country.
