Is there ANYTHING newsworthy anymore??

Lindsay Ho-han. Paris Hilton. Nichole Richey. Miss USA. Britney Spears.
Why is it that every news channel wants to run these story in fifteen (or less) minute intervals?
Do we really care? I mean, honestly...I'm tired of hearing about these idiotic, pampered brats running around pantyless at their AA meetings, "blinging" out their Sidekicks (tm), and which dog they carry in their expensive bowling handbags. Give me a break.
How is that helping the world at all? Why is the media so obsessed with these girls???
Sure, maybe they've got big boobs, daddy owns a hotel chain (and a crappy one at that), daddy was a famous singer (again, a crappy one at that), or maybe it's the "washed up teen pop star trailer trash" thing. Or hey, wow, that skinny girl does cocaine!
(Yeah, if she shows up to a pageant with white powder under her nose, you should either fire her make up artist, or get a drug dog in the room.)
And maybe these women should consider dying their hair something other than blonde...I'm noticing a trend...(except with Ho-han, but her hair color changes every day, apparently).
It's so sad when a few of the top stories read "Lindsay Lohan bruises her legs practising for her new role as a pole dancer in her upcoming movie!" or "Miss USA's platform went to anti-drug abuse to 'Don't take my **** tiara or I'll eat something.' "

Maybe I'm just adding to the attention they're receiving, but I don't want to hear about them again until they eat something other than the (gluttonous binge, mind you) olives at the bottom of their martini glasses. THEN that might be news worthy.

Something else that keeps reappearing on the news in about five minute spells.
(It's sad, it really is, and my heart goes out to the families, but, I still have a problem with it.)
The "Mt. Hood Climbers." Ok. Ok. Doesn't this sort of thing happen all the time? I mean, sounding incredibly insensitive and heartless, but willing to take that risk, why does the whole nation have to be on a lookout search for these men? It seems to me that this is more of a family/search team matter--and the press would only be hindering, not helping. I certainly wouldn't want cameras all over me if one of my family members were trapped on a mountain--most likely dead.
I realize that it's the family's call, and I'm not in the situation yadayada...but, why pick this story out of all the other people disappearing on mountains?
I shall parallel this to the Natalie Holloway "case." (Disclaimer: I am in no way saying that anyone deserved anything that happened to them, so don't even try that.)
Natalie left her hotel room unsupervised, really late at night/really early in the AMs. She left to go to a bar, where she was probably drinking something...and then left with strange boys (from what I understand, of course). Everything you do has risk involved. Especially when said place is known to be dangerous (ex. Mt. Hood--a mountain--which tend to get the "dangerous" labels, if you will--and Aruba, known for kidnappings, etc.), why take extra risk? Or, continue with your "plans" fully knowing the risks?
I went around that in a complete ambiguous circle to say: If you're going to climb a mountain, charge your cell phone, carry a lighter...do something. I don't see how people are SO suprised that "oh my gosh, the snowy mountain!! It's DANGEROUS??!?! Poor climbers, they must not have known!" or "Poor Natalie Holloway...She must not have known that leaving her hotel room unsupervised in a different country could be dangerous!"

With that said....moving on to politics.
Hell-ary Rod-ham (Clinton).
"Oh, well, I guess I'll run for president in 2008...*giggle*...I bet no one was expecting that!"
*rolls eyes*
I almost forsee Hellary and Obama as running mates...that would be a scary world...*witholds mean stereotypical, borderline "ad hominem" rant.*
Obama's support group has been running ads of him, and he is "entertaining" the idea of running. Yep. Just like Hellary was for...oh...TWO years (+/-).
I am almost willing to put money on Hellary's and Billy Rodham-Clinton's divorce if she becomes the next "Resident."
What the heck does she have to run on other than a stained blue dress and a horribly written book? "Burn your bras, we're taking over!" ???
Sorry, ma'am/sir/it, I like my Victoria's Secret.

It's not like the "Republican" ticket is any better. Giuliani? McCAIN???? Great. Third party ticket, anyone?
Sure, big names big names, but the Dem. ticket seems to have actual representations of their party. (AKA: Feminist and Muslim.)
2008-2012 will be in the hands of a complete social liberal, no matter which party "wins."
I'm almost thinking the Green Party might have a tempting candidate...the legalization of the green stuff seems like the lesser of evils so far (totally kidding, guys).

"ABC show regular Joy Behar stuns audience by suggesting former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is 'like Hitler.'"
How did you back this up, Ms. Behar?
Well, then again, she is the same one who, after Sen. Tim Johnson's brain surgery said:
“Is there such a thing as a man-made stroke?" she asked. "In other words, did someone do this to him?”
Those EVIL Republicans! They'll stop at NOTHING to get their priceless Senate back...they must not have liked those beautiful blue curtains that were hanging in the room...They MUST have gotten some chemicals or something and created a stroke in Poor Mr. Johnson. Down with the Republicans!!

Oh, the View. Right up the donkey's rear. Beautiful, just beautiful.

The women on that show make me almost as sick as Ho-han, Spears, Richey, and Hilton..and probably almost as sick as they make themselves after eating that horrid olive--must. throw. up. (bulimia...you know..)

OH, and I have a little bit of news.
March 1-3, I shall be in DC....meeting Ann Coulter (who is always first on these lists), VP Dick Cheney, Sean Hannity, Giuliani (What is he doing at the CPAC? I know, right?), and scores of others....so, if you have any of these "rich, white, bald republican male" friends....send them in my direction. We can use a wee bit of funding.

It has been a while since I've really written anything...so I'm still kinda rusty.
That's pretty much all that's coming to mind right now.
Oh, besides that..I dislike Ted Kennedy very much.


--Acorn.