Done With The News

I am very close to giving up on the news all together and sticking to things that are safer like music and sports; with sports at least you still get the drama but very rarely does anybody get killed and when someone loses their job you know that they are going to get hired somewhere else or they made enough money that they will be alright for a while, shoot, even Wade Phillips will get picked up by somebody by next season.

The final straw came for me today with two stories on the front page of the Dallas Morning News (or Liberal Rag as my dad calls it), the first story, with a large color picture, was about how Dallas is trying to cut down on it's stray population and is euthanizing most of the captured dogs. The picture is of a dirty stray being wrangled by one of those dog catcher nooses with the dog attacking the pole like any frightened, hungry animal would do. Now, I live in ignorant bliss about somethings and this is one of them, I know that there are strays out there and I know that a lot of dogs are put down due to any number of reasons but there isn't a whole lot that I can do about it. I got my dog for free from a family that had a stray wonder up on their land pregnant, I don't frequent pet stores that sell dogs and plead with anyone that I talk to that is thinking about getting a dog to go to the pound or a rescue society first before going to a breeder. I also don't want stray dogs running around either since most nights my wife or I are taking our dog for a run and I must admit I need motivation to get out and run especially during the winter but being chased by a crazed dog is not the kind of motivation that I need.

The other story has to do with, of course, the bailouts and how banks are not only refusing to release information as to where the tax payers money has gone but can't track the money. The AP called 21 banks all of whom declined to disclose details as to their spending. This is another one of those articles that I figure all you can do is throw up your hands and say this is way bigger than me so once again the american public get shafted by the rich and powerful. I have been having that exact thought go through my head alot more often lately and have started to wonder if anyone is for the little guy anymore.

So I think that I will stick what's safe for a while, that being the sports page and the comics.