I despise news. Living in the eastern time zone you get a full 7 hours of it on one local channel alone. That is NOT including the early morning local news that comes on before the national news programs. It's too much. I don't need to know every little bad thing that is happening. I do, however, buy the Sunday paper just to get a recap of the 99% crap, and 1% important stuff that goes on. That I don't actually get to read it for a few days is another issue altogether.
So this Sundays paper brings me these headlines:
Indonesia quake kills 3,500(me here: How utterly horrible The US is sending support ($500,000), and sadly people will be up in arms about "We have needy people right here at home!". I understand that opinion, and believe it is valid. Yet, if we had not engaged in this war we would have the means to feed our hungry, and aid other countries as well. Provided, of course, that our president takes our hungry children seriously. Since he has yet to do anything worthwhile in that department......)
World is Failing Kids with HIV, group say (Edith Lederer-AP)700,000 children were infected with HIV virus in 2005....and 570,000 died of AIDS-one every minute. Less than 5% of HIV-positive children have access to the pediatric AIDS treatment they need......(Good God. Failing indeed. To donate please go here World Vision)
NSA invokes 'state secrets' privilegeJustice Department asks courts to block eavesdropping suits
Sunday, May 28, 2006
David B . Caruso
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — The Bush administration has asked New York and Michigan federal judges to dismiss lawsuits filed over the National Security Agency’s domestic eavesdropping program, saying litigating them would jeopardize state secrets. (Ah, just another day in the White House. Throw up a smokescreen, and hope everyone bites at it. "But, but, but he might, maybe, sort of, could protect us!" Good plan, good plan )
And then there are umpteenth many more pages on funding for ballparks (cant live without those, ya know!), crime, sports, crime, classifieds, and, of course, crime.
I want to be informed, not harrassed. What are the odds that will ever happen?