Vanquishing Villains in the Dark
Aw, lawdy!You know you are failing to satisfy your readers when they send you a request to cover a particular topic.
So, Codename: Islander, this one is for you.
A person might wonder, from the singular and astounding tunnel-vision of the MSM, that this country has no bigger problems than professional atheletes and their medicine cabinets and the plight of one Florida woman.
Seriously! We have major problems with both Social Security and a Southern border that is more porous than a frat party gate is to drunk girls. We are a nation fighting a multi-fronted war, terrorists attempting everyday to bring the great infidel to it's knees, and what does our elected legislature busy itself with?
That's right! Passing emergency bills - federal bills - on the life and death of one woman. One woman. And...AND, having hearings and subpoenaing professional baseball players to testify about steroid use.
It is astounding! And Islander has every right to her outrage. I don't care where you stand on the whole Terri Schiavo drama. You can be pro-life or right-to-die, I don't wish to argue the merits. The fact of the matter is it is a personal decision. If you can't bother yourself to have a living will, well then, it is going to be up to your guardian. On the face of it, this poor woman has been suffering in this state for 15 years. 15 years. That's a long time. But, to add insult to injury, she has been turned into a political football. The media is treating it like a circus and every Tom, Dick, and Sally is finding their moment. In some cases, they have risked jail time in attempts to hydrate her. Congress meets in an all-night session, then gets the President out of bed at 1 a.m. to weigh in on the bill.
If only we could get this much media interest and Congressional Momentum on Social Security Reform!
It is the same story with Baseball-gate. For heaven's sake! Did they really need to make Mark McGwire effectively plead the fifth? What, if anything, was acheived by all of that drama? That's right! Not a damn thing! And yet, we wasted taxpayer money and valuable time. Time that perhaps would have been better spent in brainstorming ways to keep terrorists from pouring over the border with Mexico.
I'll tell you what. I don't give a rat's fuzzy ass about Terri Schiavo. To be quite blunt, my opinion doesn't matter! As it rightfully should not. Moreover, I don't care what this nation's top baseballers have been taking to enhance their performance. I have to have caffeine or I'm a zombie. They are adults. Adults make mistakes. It is not an issue for Congress, or at the very least, it belongs way way way down on the list of priorities. Just because some has-been wrote a book and wanted to provoke a few more sales with a touch of controversy...it is disgusting!
Why does Congress have to go pimping the national consciousness? I, for one, will not be a party to it! Shame on you, Congress!
