04.23.07
La-de-freakin’-da!
Folks, I get so frustrated with the media stories that seem to dominate our debate and draw our attention.
Students, parents, and their loved ones at Virginia Tech just went through a tragedy so disgusting that it defies all logic and ought to outrage and hurt all of us.
Much to my dismay, the senseless, cowardly acts of a deranged and pathetic individual appear - in our mass media - to somehow be on par with a squabble between Karl “MC” Rove and Sheryl Crow at a hoity-toity gathering of Prima Donnas under the guise of a “Correspondents’ Dinner.”
I have to disclose that I have almost equal distaste for politicians and Hollywood activist wanna-be’s. I’m almost embarrassed for even making this an issue. My philosophy is that the best way to remove mindless, irrelevant “news” from the public discourse is to simply ignore it until it goes away. But if you’ll indulge me, I’ll make a few points.
1) Sheryl Crow should stick to making music. It’s a gift she has.
2) Karl Rove should DEFINITELY stick to NOT making music.
3) Nobody should care about the fact that Sheryl Crow allegedly “insulted” Karl Rove. He should be used to it, and everyone should recognize that Hollywood “activists” are largely attention-grabbing malcontents in need of fulfillment.
4) Karl Rove, to his credit, is a public servant. Sheryl Crowe is an entertainer (and a good one at that). She should either stick to entertaining, which has an incredible amount of value, or she should throw herself into public service before shooting off her mouth to a public servant.
This is NOT news, folks! Ignore it (even if I haven’t!).
Lastly, I would like to know where the funding for this “White House Correspondents’ Association” dinner originates from. If it’s privately funded, so be it. If it’s taxpayer-funded, it’s not only a waste of time, but an absolute scandal. Particularly when we can’t even afford to provide our soldiers with the proper gear to avoid spilling blood in defense of correspondents, politicians, and Hollywood loonies who gather each year for frivolous and utterly silly dinners.
