Tannishblog

Most of my life I’ve ignored the guttural rumblings of the political realms. Young Americans are much too concerned with erections rather than elections, and so they blithely allow their elders to trash their legacy while chasing the hard facts.

Youthful exuberance aside, current events are boring. Night after endless night of the same dreck, ceaselessly regurgitated. How long are we to hear about Valerie Plame – two and a half years and still making “news?” This is about as fresh as the proverbial Christmas fruit cake.

Okay. The US and Japan are tenderizing the beef wars. Who cares?

Hilary steps a bit more to the right, is this really newsworthy? Is anybody unsure of her motives?

Let’s not forget the obligatory article about abuse in Baghdad. (yawn.)

Richard Pryor was – say again – “brilliant?” Nobody called him that while alive. Does no one remember the Bic lighter incident? O, yeah, and Eugene McCarthy…. Who? Bobby Kennedy we all remember; him we liked.

All this is a sorry excuse to grind out the daily product that is the daily news, while the execs and their underlings shop online during work hours or slip out of the office early. Lots of office-type workers take their vacations days this time of year, so production is ebbing for that reason as well. As most Americans go to the discount malls to emulate bison, buying their precious loved ones cheap crap, they’re not paying attention anyway.