Here We Go
Okay, I got up this morning intending to get something constructive done today, but while reading the news with my coffee I knew I had to stop and pose a question to the world. What the hell are we becoming in this country?
Two things. First, the Tiger Woods accident. Tiger Woods had a wreck in front of his house and was injured. Leave it at that. Why do we need to know where he was going? Why does the media need to speculate on marital problems? If he broke a traffic law, give him a ticket. If not, then drop it and let his insurance agent take care of the rest. Since when did the LACK of evidence of wrong-doing become "charges pending"? Have we gotten to the point that we MUST discredit and destroy everybody simply because it makes a good story? I think that every "news" reporter should provide FULL DISCLOSURE of every breath they have taken since birth. At the very least, they should provide us with one unseemly detail from their own life every time they write one of their hopeful smears about a private citizen. Just because Tiger Woods is a celebrity doesn't give anyone the right to speculate on wrong doing. If there is evidence of him breaking the law, fine...that's public domain. If not, then shut up.
The couple that "crashed" Obama's state dinner should be given a major award. They performed a service to the American public. They clearly indicated how much we have actually gained by spending billions of dollars beefing up security in this country. Why can't the Secret Service simply say they screwed up and didn't do their job? Instead we are going to learn every sordid detail of the lives of the "uninvited guests". Apparently if we totally trash them, we'll feel a lot better about ourselves.
Do you see a common theme here? Its the "let's do our damnedest to bring down others so we can see how good we are" syndrome. This is what we've become, a people more interested in pointing out the bad in others (true or not) than improving ourselves. Some people think it's human nature. I think if you can identify it, you can change it. Measuring yourself by other's accomplishments, or the lack thereof, makes you a complete failure every time. So if Tiger Woods has some dark secret or the party crashers eventually get arrested, won't we feel smug?
Two things. First, the Tiger Woods accident. Tiger Woods had a wreck in front of his house and was injured. Leave it at that. Why do we need to know where he was going? Why does the media need to speculate on marital problems? If he broke a traffic law, give him a ticket. If not, then drop it and let his insurance agent take care of the rest. Since when did the LACK of evidence of wrong-doing become "charges pending"? Have we gotten to the point that we MUST discredit and destroy everybody simply because it makes a good story? I think that every "news" reporter should provide FULL DISCLOSURE of every breath they have taken since birth. At the very least, they should provide us with one unseemly detail from their own life every time they write one of their hopeful smears about a private citizen. Just because Tiger Woods is a celebrity doesn't give anyone the right to speculate on wrong doing. If there is evidence of him breaking the law, fine...that's public domain. If not, then shut up.
The couple that "crashed" Obama's state dinner should be given a major award. They performed a service to the American public. They clearly indicated how much we have actually gained by spending billions of dollars beefing up security in this country. Why can't the Secret Service simply say they screwed up and didn't do their job? Instead we are going to learn every sordid detail of the lives of the "uninvited guests". Apparently if we totally trash them, we'll feel a lot better about ourselves.
Do you see a common theme here? Its the "let's do our damnedest to bring down others so we can see how good we are" syndrome. This is what we've become, a people more interested in pointing out the bad in others (true or not) than improving ourselves. Some people think it's human nature. I think if you can identify it, you can change it. Measuring yourself by other's accomplishments, or the lack thereof, makes you a complete failure every time. So if Tiger Woods has some dark secret or the party crashers eventually get arrested, won't we feel smug?
We've become The United States of Negativity.
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