Ever watch a dog try to catch a laser pointer? Or a cat bat around a plastic mouse? That's what it looks like to me when I see what passes for "news" these days. This week some of the most momentous events happened and no one said boo. It was all "Look over there, a princess getting married to a prince." OHHHHHHHHHH. Or, "Obama was born in Kenya and I have the photoshop knowledge to prove it." AAHHHHHHHHH. ARGHHH is more like it. A big thumbs up to Dan Rather who wrote a scathing article this week, condemning news content as being about nothing when so much is actually going on.
I can't believe people are still examining Obama's real birth certificate as if it were the Rosetta Stone and the prize was a million dollars in gold. Do we really have nothing better to do with our time? Incidentally, everything you've heard about the certificate being faked, and I do mean everything, has a logical answer for. Mostly, it's conspiracy nuts playing with shiny things. There is no basis for any claim they are making. The name of the hospital, race, typeface, "photoshopping" nonsense can all be explained and I don't have the time or patience to do it here. Look it up if you are so inclined.
This could all be a very shrewed way for Obama to guarantee a win in 2012. Polls show that the only group remotely affected by any of this are Republicans and even they are sharply divided on the concept. Both Dems and Indys think the whole thing is stupid. A candidate actually running on this concept is going to have a losing battle. Donald Trump here is either a hero or chump depending how he plays this. I'm hoping he's doing all of this for free publicity and walks away when it's time to start campaigning. He'd be a modern day PT Barnum. If he actually runs he'll get eaten alive in a debate. I'm hoping smart businessman not delusional fool.
The big story missed this week is the Supreme Court ruling that effectively did away with class action lawsuits. South Park actually spoofed this on their show Wednesday, albeit unintentionally, but for at least the second time in their history, the creators are remarkably accurate with their predictions. See it in reruns this week if possible, It's really grotesque but really funny. It will require a strong stomach though.
But yes now every time you take a job, get a credit card, buy a house, you will be at the mercy of arbitrators who will drag out the proceedings for years and never render any kind of usable verdict as the plaintiff doesn't show half the time and there's really no law compelling them to. Sounds awesome huh? This country is going away and people have spent the week watching pretty colors, or tornadoes depending on part of the country you were in. Anyone fighting for their life this week has an excuse to not know what kind of danger the Supreme Court has put us in. The rest of us better get cracking because now your life is worth nothing to every corporate entity out there. Think they have your interests at heart? 70 years of worker gains done away with the corporate control of the Tea Party. Read what the group was about before it was taken over by fascists. Even it's creators are disgusted with it now. We need a new party, one that will encompass all. One that will do away with corruption and greed. One that will save this country and, OOHHHHH shiny thing.
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