It finally became clear that the major reason I find the media so disquieting is that they treat the news like the previews to an exciting serial. There is rarely a finish, inevitable for most of the stories since there is no end to war, the recession, a bad economy, and fights among those who think they are empowered or are angling to become so.
Today, an anniversary of the Berlin Wall being brought down, brought out history as well as today's state of the world. Korea is fighting with itself; Pakistan is where Al Qaeda is but we can't fight there so we are fighting Bin Laden in Afghanistan, though we know he is not there and no one admits why we really ARE there still..
The Republican party is in danger of splitting itself off into two parts. (I remember my Latin telling me that 'All Gaul was divided into three parts!_The Republicans sure have gall. (gall 1 (gôl)n. 1. See bile. 2. a. Bitterness of feeling; rancor. b. Something bitter to endure: the gall of defeat.
3. Outrageous insolence; effrontery.) The few moderate Republicans still in existence are finally rising up and realizing that their party has been hijacked by total impostors though they haven't yet figured out what to do about it after eight years of just rubber-stamping Bush.
The Catholic Church is not staying out of Washington and politics; it is trying to dictate how the rest of us should conduct our lives. So much for separation of church and state. The Pro-Lifers (at least for life that has not yet started) are trying to dictate their way to doing away with Roe v Wade.
Members of the House are trying to legislate a group of new overseers to banks and the amount of 'bonus' they can dole out. I suppose it should be filed under 'Better late than never' that they notice how banks have been robbing the public and shareholders for so many years.
We need to figure out a new definition for Independent voters since Bernie Sanders and Joe Lieberman seem not to fit under the same umbrella. My block to remembering Lieberman's name was cleared when I finally was able to associate him to Quisling.
Rupert Murdoch had an employee who reports that Murdoch hired people to destroy Obama's presidency and make him a failure. This is the kind of man we allow to control so much of the media brainwashing on Fox stations and the rest of Rupert's media empire. We are, and have been for two of Bush's terms in office, experiencing a governmental malfunction. It will take more than hair pins and duct tape to put things back together.
The state of the world used to be anxiety provoking. Now it seems just another unbelievable soap opera. The desire to fast forward through the commercials is now felt through the entire show.
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