Did you have a subject in grade school called “Current Events”? While I was mucking stalls this morning, gazing out over foggy fields and mulling over the days headlines, a fond memory floated in. Me..clipping articles out of the Staten Island Advance for my “current events” assignments in Mr. Rowans and Mr. Fiores class. I can still smell the white sticky paste with the accompanying brush I used to put the clippings in my marble notebook. I loved that part of our school day, because we were talking about the stuff that was occurring right outside in the real world. To this day I know for certain I should have been a journalist. Not the kind that sensationalizes or falsifies to -get a story- that will sell. But one who uncovers truths and helps set things right, brings attention to issues that need the attention, etc.
Anyway, we’ve got all kinds of news out there right now, controversy everywhere. Want to discuss? Hang on tight, I’ll ramble here a little and you let me know what you’re thinking on one or more of the subjects if you’re so inclined. You don’t have to agree with me or any others, but please keep it respectful.
Don Sterling… Congratulations to the NBA for making a strong statement – racism will not be tolerated in their league. They said it as strongly as the law will allow, and I applaud the decision. Racism should be a thing of our shameful past, and yet it still exists. I’m glad one more assh*le has been called out on it and will pay a dear price, even though he’s 120 years old and won’t really feel it for very long. Especially since he stand to gain approximately $500 million in the forced sale of his beloved mostly black team. Ironic, isn’t it?… that his mistress is of african american and hispanic heritage. And he chose to own a team in a sport that is predominantly black and has made much money off the efforts of his hard working team. This is filed under the category of – Things that make you go Hmmm…… – That being said, perhaps it is a bit disconcerting that we can be recorded and judged by things we say in our own home, in what we believe is a private conversation. I struggle between the two issues, because what he had to say, his attitude, was so vile to my ears I love to see the guy suffer publicly. I don’t like to think we have lost another right to privacy. It was also said by a friend of mine that people like Al Sharpton get away with racist crap all the time, and I agree! However, THIS guy was called out on it, and I feel every ass that is caught and exposed is one more ass that didn’t ‘get away with it. Better than nothing.
The Hunt For Flight 370. Is this getting utterly ridiculous now, or what? They hear pings, they don’t hear pings, they get satellite recordings, they don’t have satellite recordings. There is some oil slick discovery, it’s not an oil slick discovery. There are pieces of what might be a plane on sonar, it’s not pieces of a plane on sonar. Another plane discovered possibly, but not that one. There might be some wreckage from the flight, it’s not wreckage from the flight. The search narrows, the search expands, the search changes direction, the search continues… and continues… and continues. I feel so badly for the families who would really like some answers, but I want to tell them to please not look at the ridiculous news coverage anymore, it must be driving them crazy, quite literally. It seems bizarre that in this age of so many ways to track something, we have no f-ing clue what happened to that plane and it’s people or where it might be located.
A Botched Execution . Well, what to say here. I believe in the death sentence for violent criminals with a long history with the law who commit horrible crimes such as rape and subsequent murder. The Boston bomber? No remorse even?… give it to him. The most recent botched execution involves a man who no doubt died a miserable death, but his victim did too… raped and buried alive, therefore murdered. Her killer didn’t worry about being humane when he brutalized her. So how much concern should I have for his death being humane? But again, I’m conflicted, because two wrongs don’t make a right. And I find it hard to believe that we can’t figure out how to humanely euthanize our Death-Sentence citizens if we’ve decided we are indeed going to execute them. Is it really that hard?
The Weather Whew! Safe topic. I hope you are all staying warm and dry – looks like the sun is trying to burn through the fog here and the rain has stopped. We have flooding in low lying areas and my husband is cursing prolifically this moring as he makes his way around the job sites witnessing the water distruction and work that will need to be redone, repairs to be made. Prayers to those who have been affected in a big way and have suffered terrible losses due to the tornado and flood issues across the states… scarey deal, this extreme weather trend in recent years. Makes you wonder how far it will go.
It’s a new day, all. Try not to say anything offensive in your private conversations because your soon to be ex or 50 years younger mistress or boyfriend might be exacting their revenge. Try to be in range of a storm cellar at all times if you can help it, be on the lookout for plane wreckage wherever you may be, and steer clear of any criminal activity that might land you in the execution chair, because they don’t know what they’re doing yet and it might get a little ugly, apparently.
*sigh* – Just sayin.