A great story. Trapped in a flood
of sewage on a luxury liner. Even
without actual video, word pictures did wonders to make the story work. I mean
having Sanjay Gupta call it a 'floating petri dish.' Dang. Now
that's visuals. I watched CNN's
exclusive video of a non-moving ship at sea. I watched Fox News lacking the
budget to actually send a reporter to the scene, depending on studio hosts
talking via cell phone.
I bought the story and watched the
reunions. I got sucked in hearing
how bad things sucked. I wonder if
many politicians and the media were glad to have us distracted. From what I gather, our leaders would
much rather have us pay attention to stories of poop in the hallways then know
what is going on in Des Moines and the world.
Wait, another passenger is talking to CNN: “We walked through…well, stuff that had overflowed…but the crew never stopped smiling…”
Oskaloosa (Iowa) republican Guy Vander Linden reading from his party’s talking points, did admit this week that his party is pushing through a voter id law. He wants to make sure that our fair legal elections are altered to assure that some are excluded. Well, that’s not what he said but considering there were few (or no) reports of voting irregularity in Iowa, or America, what other motivation could there be?
"Oh, the crew went above and beyond..."
Campaign finance reform is on the
table. Thanks to DM Register for a fair and balanced story. (seriously) Few have more to lose if
such reform is passed than the media.
One billion dollars were spent on the last election. Republicans vow to kill it. We could join 20+ states that have introduced some form of common sense campaign finance reform. It is no wonder that 4 of 5 Supreme Court
justices that voted for Citizens United didn’t show up for the state of the union
address. They know how much they
injured the state of the union. Do
the media really want campaign finance reform? The people that own the media have so much to lose if such
regulations spread.
"We give thanks to God and the crew."
Since I got back from Thailand on
February 1, the price of a gallon of gas has gone up 24 cents. No reason except an improving economy
makes oil speculators more optimistic that we will travel more, hence price
gouging. Oh, you want an update on
returning luxury cruise passengers?
OK.
"Conditions were deplorable,
food was scarce a couple of days but the crew was fantastic."
Yes, I was among the
distracted. Passengers are
safe. What I learned from that
story is that the crew did great work.
Time to get back to our world.
