Distracted
Turn on the news. It can be the evening news on any station, the dreaded Today show, local news. It doesn’t really matter. What do we see. Michael Jackson. The bug-eyed runaway bride. Natalie Holloway. All distractions. The Wacko-Jacko and runaway bride stuff is obvious, but some people say that the Holloway story is real news. Is it? How many people end up missing every day? I’m guessing hundreds. What about them? Is it because they may be black or not very pretty? What is it that makes it headline news?
I guess I believe it’s because the American public does not really want to know the truth. We say we do, but do we really? Jesus said, “The truth will set you free,” but he forgot to tell us that it would piss us off and scare us first. It’s kind of like freedom. People say they want to be free, but they really don’t. They want their version of freedom. An example would be, “I want freedom to practice my religion (which is the Truth,) but you can’t have an abortion because my religion (which is the Truth) says you can’t.” Or “We need to liberate the poor oppressed brown people of some God-forsaken land, but I need to tap your phones because you may possibly be a terrorist, even though I have no proof, other than the fact that you’re Muslim.”
When I want to watch the news, I’d really prefer the news, ya know? I don’t care about Michael, or ol’ bug-eyes. I do care about Natalie Holloway, but it’s not worth 30% of our evening news. I’d rather hear about the Downing Street Memo, or what Tom Delay is lying about this time. I want to know about which part of our environment Bush is planning on gutting next. How about a piece on how many war supporters actually enlisted to fight in Iraq, or encouraged their children to take up the “good” fight? Or would that be “unpatriotic?”
Hell no, it’s exactly what I’ve been asking for. What a morale boost Dubya could give the troups…the Bush twins, pom poms flappin’ in the Iraq breeze while they pass out the ground rules on the war-with-no-front-lines:
Make security and safety your first priorities.
• Help the Iraqis win - don’t win it for them.
• Treat the Iraqi people with dignity and respect. Learn and respect Iraqi customs and cultures.
• Maintain strict standards and iron discipline every day. Risk-assess every mission - no complacency!
• Information saves lives - share it and protect it.
• Maintain your situational awareness at all times - this can be an unforgiving environment.
• Take care of your equipment, and it will take care of you.
• Innovate and adapt - situations here don’t lend themselves to cookie-cutter solutions.
• Focus on the enemy and be opportunistic.
• Take care of yourself, and take care of each other.
The twins, see em? Serving our country, gods bless their souls…
Fuck it, me neither. Peace, b
boston said this on June 27th, 2005 at 1:03 am
It’s actually more like thousands of people go missing in this country every day. Or was it every year? Heck, I can’t remember, I heard the statistic on the T&T Show. Go figure!
Daisyhead said this on June 27th, 2005 at 12:15 pm