The Sky is Falling

Be careful what you do in public. CNN has cameras everywhere. We have CNN on in the background at work, and on any given day, there are at least 15 "Developing Story"s and "Just In"s. And they have footage of each one! It's not just some talking head reading a prompter. It is actual video of the event - blown plane wheel, car chase, school shooting, mall shooting, church shooting, church burning, wildfire, you name it. If it's sensational, they're covering it. And, hopefully, it will go on all day. For example, if something is wrong with an airplane in the air, they will cover it non-stop until the plane lands. We have seen quite a few of these recently, and the plane has always landed safely. And even though we don't have the sound on, you can almost hear the cries of disappointment from the comentators when it doesn't go crashing off the runway in a ball of flames. Oh well, maybe next time! It is just terrible. What kind of society looks forward to bad news they way we do? Something's wrong there. No matter what the story, it is presented in such a way that if something's not done immediately, we could all die. This Avian Flu pandemic has them all excited. And when the earthquake hit near Fiji yesterday, they were like Pavlovian dogs waiting for the tsunami. Again, just like with the planes, you could feel the wind come out of their sails when nothing happened. There's no real purpose to this post - just to vent....and to let you know that I haven't forgotten that I do have a blog. I will get caught up here shortly. I promise!