Two People Who Should NOT Be in the News and Why They’re There
My Buddha nature is in remission today. I’m bitter and despondent regarding my blog, the news and most everything else. As a result, the following is an unedited rant. You have been warned.
WTF!?! STFU!!! Whew! I feel better. The state of the nation SUCKS these days. I cannot believe we’ve fallen so far from grace as a country, a people and a culture. It’s disgusting. From the outrageous claims of a rogue Vice President to cronyism and incompetence in government offices, from belated oversight committees trying to sort out truth to political appointees committing perjury when not suffering from selective amnesia, the sorry state of our nations is abysmal.
So what do the news editors offer us? Paris Hilton and Anne Coulter. These two women should NOT be in the news. One is an anorexic, ugly, bleached blonde and spoiled brat drug addict, who would be dead of an overdose in a back alley if not for the privileges afforded by vast wealth. A non-wealthy, non-white person of similar age, childishness and physique would never be paid such attention. Who cares? How is the travails of a immature bimbo newsworthy?
And the other… Anne Coulter is an attention whore. I mean that literally. She will say anything to make money. There are no depths too deep. She makes money being outrageous, controversial, adversarial and hateful. She cannot possibly believe all she spouts; anyone who truly harbored that much sociopathic bile would have shot up a Burger King long ago. She’s a charlatan. The only reason she gets air time is to bolster media’s capacity to sell advertisements. Controversy sells. Outrage sells. Sensationalism sells. Anne Coulter should be ignored. By reacting as Elizabeth Edwards has, by caller her out in prime time, we feed the beast credentials. That’s the worst thing to do. Given that Coulter’s words helped raise cash for the Edward’s campaign, it’s clear political motivations abound on both sides of the issue.
What does this say about a culture that so worships the dollar we will condone any insanity to feed the Demon of Economy. Willow faux-blondes acting out will grab eyeballs for the media to shove adverts at. Money is the core of Ms. Coulter’s behavior; greed. Money is the root of Paris’ problems; unearned affluence. Money is the mechanism by which media outlets force feed un-newsworthy antics to us instead of handling the truly important stories.
But then, Money is behind all of those, too. The Iraq war, unarguably the biggest problem in our world today, is only a business deal. It’s just another phase in American global economic imperialism. But, that’s not newsworthy; that’s not even "news."