The Book of Merle

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20th April 2008

7:00am: leaving the news out of the news
One of the big "news" stories yesterday was that one of Bill Clinton's people came out and said he would support Barack Obama instead of Hillary Clinton. All I could think to say was "uhm, okay, so what?".

Let's see: it has been at least eight years. I would hope people would evolve slightly different political beliefs over such a span of time. But the main thing that makes this not news is that it was a supporter of Bill, not Hillary. People are different, even if married. As a five year old I knew that my grandmother hated sports with a passion, and my grandfather loved them. If sports were a big issue in the upcoming election (And why not? "American Presidential Nominee Gladiators", we could call it. It would, of course, be a "reality" show...), siding with one of them would mean siding against the other.

Not only was this not news, but it was not even the slightest bit important. Unless the news industry wants to bash Hillary by trying to sway those with the reasoning ability of four year olds. Which, now that I think about it, was probably their strategy all along...

Current Mood: disappointed
Current Music: Til' Tuesday, "Voices Carry"
11:00am: ground zero
Since when did "ground zero" start to refer to things other than bombs, especially nuclear ones, that go off on the surface of the earth? It confused me to hear that the Catholic pope was visiting ground zero today, but that he was still in the United States. Probably I have just been living under an enlightened shield of media ignorance for the last few years.
Current Mood: confused by rhetoric
Current Music: Machines of Loving Grace, "Bikini Atoll"
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