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| Thursday, July 19, 2007 |
| Something I keep thinking about ... |
Last weekend, I was at the gym, and a news show was on one of the TVs. In this news show, some pundit (Democrat, I'm sure) was complaining at the Iraq government is going on vacation for the entire month of August. They're adjourning. Apparently, Bush's response was, "well, it's really hot there in August, sometimes 118 degrees." [Oops, I found it in print, it's actually 130 degrees. See the story here.]
To which another person responded - and our soldiers? who aren't in a government building in summer attire, but rather in the streets, lugging pounds upon pounds of equipment, and likely wearing masks as well as uniforms? Can they, too, adjourn for the summer "b/c it's hot"?
Every time I hear a story about Iraq since I saw that segment, I picture some poor young boy sweating to DEATH in a uniform and a mask, lugging guns and equipment all over the place, hoping he doesn't get shot ... in 130 degree weather.
That is all.Labels: iraq, news |
posted by Zuska @ 10:14 PM   |
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| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 |
| I would like a definition of the word "news" |
Why, can someone please explain, did I have to find out about an absolute bloody mess in Iraq today from Aljazeera English? And why did I hear about the absolutely heartwrenching Supreme Court decision from my school's internal bulletin board? Despite the fact that I check CNN.com and a few other news sites on a regular basis (which for me means every 5 minutes)
Because the major news sites were busy letting me know at exactly what time the VT killer wiped his damned ass on Monday morning - that's why.
There is information I would like to know about what happened Monday. I think it's really important to how everyone views what happened to know that this boy had a "manifesto," and that he was clearly a very sick individual. Sick as in - needed treatment.
It does not, however, have to come with an entire website's worth of links into a timeline, and interviews, and video clips of mourning students, and hypothetical explanations, and finger pointing, and speculation, and and and and.
170 people were killed in Iraq today. I'm sorry - it's now 230.
The Supreme Court thumbed its nose up at medicine and at women in general. George Bush commented on the decision:
The Supreme Court's decision is an affirmation of the progress we have made over the past six years in protecting human dignity [like this ... and this .... and this] and upholding the sanctity of life [like here .... and here]. These things are also important. Yet, they have absolutely no airtime.
I see no justification for this deluge. None whatsoever.Labels: iraq, media, politics, Supreme Court |
| posted by Zuska @ 11:11 PM |
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