September 20, 2007
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The Daily News
1 You may have noticed the absence here of some big stories: O.J., Phil Spector, Britney, Mary Kate, Kid Nation, Iraq, Indonesia, etc.
2 Well.
3 For one thing, more people seem to care about any one of the first five items than they do either of the last two.
4 What's wrong with this picture?
5 So beginning with Indonesia, I'll make some comments, in reverse order.
6 Indonesia: Was recently hit with an 8.4 magnitude earthquake which has already claimed the lives of 73 people. A ten-foot tsunami crashed along the shores but nobody as yet was lost in that occurrence.
7 Not bad, really, all things considered. But on December 26, 2004 the same area was hit with a tsunami that took the lives of 131,000 people.
8 So last week's earthquake seems tame in comparison, yet one needs to wonder what is going through the minds and souls of the people sitting over there getting aftershooks over magnitude 6.
9 Iraq: On a daily basis we have people over there holding together, being brave, and suddenly standing in a hellish nightmare that is a part of Bush's war on terrorism. Most of them knew, but didn't know what the Hell they were getting into when those nicely dressed recruiters walked around their high school campuses and talked things up.
10 It isn't that which drives me crazy about Iraq, however. What drives me crazy about Iraq is that the soldiers just don't want to be forgotten in a war that has been kept relatively secret over here. And yet, they seem to be forgotten by a lot of people who they feel shouldn't be forgetting about them.
11 They just want to hear from you. More than anything. And they want to come home. Moreso than even they realize. But however or why ever they got over there, the most important thing to them is that people over here remember them and send them good thoughts and a lot of love.
12 It would mean so much, and it is so simple for us to stop our lives for a few minutes and send them messages.
13 Please do.
14 Moving on: You see? Serious things aren't fun to read. That's why people like reading about the other six issues in the first item in today's DN. But the serious issues are still there, and we all feel them as we hide behind the other stories that in the grand scheme of things, are really pretty petty.
15 So for the benefit of the troops and anyone else reading this drivel, here are my comments about those other important issues:
16 O.J.: Whether you believe he's innocent of murder or not, you have to agree on one thing: he truly is one of the stupidest human beings walking around. I was okay with his stuff until he wrote that idiotic book. And the Goldman's are no better at this point. Just all of you, go away.
17 Phil "Dickhead", Spector: He's a talented dickhead, but always was a dickhead. But a murderer? Who knows? Who CARES? Hasn't he been on trial for about forty years now? Love the hair. Looks pretty snazzy. Now go away.
18 Britney: Imbecile. But when I was her age, I was an imbecile as well. I just didn't come out of a cage and look like an imbecile in front of billions of people. Another Disney girl gone wild. What did they spike those Mickey Mouse pancakes with anyway, stupid serum?
19 Mary Kate: Ex-anorexic troll pencil has pie in the oven. Wouldn't it be funny if it were twins?
20 Kid Nation: Disgraceful! How COULD they! Who thought of a progam THAT horrid? RIDICULOUS! Abusive! Dusgusting! And every single week billions of us will say that, and then watch. The world's first living novel. William Golding is turning in his grave.
21 I'll be watching and reporting. The troops need something to goof on.
22 So there you have it.
23 A sampler of the real Daily News.
24 CSI/NY just popped on with the Who singing Baba O' Reilly.
Out here in the fields
I fight for my meals
I get my back into the living.
I don't need to fight
to prove I'm right
I don't need to be forgiven.
Don't cry
Don't raise your eyes
It's only Teenage Wasteland...
25 It somehow worked.
26 I guess that's it for today.
27 Send your love.
28 Peace.
~H~
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