Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Our Latest Op Ed
Fools Don't Matter
- By Rudy Takala
I was attempting to watch the news a few days ago, which isn't something I use a television for particularly much. Unfortunately, I quickly recalled why I don't use the television for that purpose. On MSNBC, Joe Scarborough had a thrilling lineup of stories planned; namely Natalee Holloway, Michael Jackson, and Tom Cruise. On Fox, Greta van Susteren was talking about Natalee Holloway, Michael Jackson, and a serial killer. How, precisely, these tales of pedophilia, drunkenness, free sex, and whatever else the stories concern are pertinent to our society, I'm not sure; but they certainly do a good job of detracting attention from issues that actually matter.
One issue of significance to our nation is the life of an actor, Tom Cruise. He's thinking about getting married for the third or fourth time. His current girlfriend was twelve years old when he married last time; evidently, he was just using his other wives to pass the time until this one was old enough. As he explained to Oprah, "Honestly, I haven't [had this kind of experience before]."
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the International Criminal Court recently announced, "We are... beginning an investigation into crimes against humanity - war crimes, and possibly crimes of genocide" in the African region of Darfur. Unfortunately, American news agencies don't have time to talk about that.........
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- By Rudy Takala
I was attempting to watch the news a few days ago, which isn't something I use a television for particularly much. Unfortunately, I quickly recalled why I don't use the television for that purpose. On MSNBC, Joe Scarborough had a thrilling lineup of stories planned; namely Natalee Holloway, Michael Jackson, and Tom Cruise. On Fox, Greta van Susteren was talking about Natalee Holloway, Michael Jackson, and a serial killer. How, precisely, these tales of pedophilia, drunkenness, free sex, and whatever else the stories concern are pertinent to our society, I'm not sure; but they certainly do a good job of detracting attention from issues that actually matter.
One issue of significance to our nation is the life of an actor, Tom Cruise. He's thinking about getting married for the third or fourth time. His current girlfriend was twelve years old when he married last time; evidently, he was just using his other wives to pass the time until this one was old enough. As he explained to Oprah, "Honestly, I haven't [had this kind of experience before]."
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the International Criminal Court recently announced, "We are... beginning an investigation into crimes against humanity - war crimes, and possibly crimes of genocide" in the African region of Darfur. Unfortunately, American news agencies don't have time to talk about that.........
Click HERE To Read On
# posted by Publius @ 6/14/2005 02:00:00 PM 
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