Who put them in charge?

I watch way too much television, kind of like being stuck in the commute with only PBS to listen to - makes one's mind twist a bit too far from normal. See I didn't say Left or Right - just from one's normal. All of us have differences, and NONE of us fit perfectly the stereotype of what group we consider ourselves, we all have a name that is unique and an identity as an individual.

I have a point, since I caught the President Obama telling his interviewer that "Sarah Palin was not an expert on Nuclear Arms" or some such, and the interviewer gave him a by - since she didn't ask when he had become and expert on Nuclear Arms. Having had my personal experience with Nukes I am sure I am, by President Obama's criteria, more of a Nuclear Expert than either of them and I should have had the opportunity to negotiate with the Russians. But then I am not the President.

But I keep remembering the phrase "Controversy creates Cash" and the media continues to cover whatever it can, and slants the news so you think there is a problem where there might not be one. The President doesn't have to answer anything about Sarah Palin, his proper response would have been the Russian President has more to do with America's nuclear programs and policies than the American media or Sarah Palin. It is the media I have a problem with, I don't really think the President is smart enough to give answers that would make me happy.

I think I am tired of the media defining the Tea Party movement, the Gun owners positions, the state of our schools, the ability of our countrymen to do what is right and good more of the time than not. Story today, homeless boy gets into West Point --- okay, there is so much wrong with that story I am amazed. When I saw the pictures of the bright healthy young man, with diamonds, big ones, in his ear lobes,
I wondered why he was homeless - could probably get a job and work for an apartment for his family, whatever size it was. Honest, one can do work, and rent a place to live at sixteen. Not easy, but it beats wearing glitter in one's ears by a mile. They really expect a young man, labeled by the media, as being homeless to attend and graduate West Point and go out and lead soldiers in combat and bring them all back after accomplishing the mission. Good luck, hope he has really great platoon sergeants that busted their butts helping their families keep a roof over their head and food on the table. I do wish them all well, but if the media is going to hound them for coverage of the miracle (which isn't really), I hope what West Point has to offer is absorbed by the young man, he could be a great General someday, first he has to get beyond entry and four fine years of education.

Just the media has a funny way of looking at the world. They really think if they didn't report it, investigate it, and explain what it really means - I couldn't understand what is happening around me. But I do, I turned the Korean News on, and I don't understand that at all, and I am much smarter for the time spent there.