Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Hiding behind the news of the day.
The tragic shootings in Tucson this last weekend have the political world in an uproar. Talk radio is on the rage because the liberals are blaming them or at least implicating them morally. The politicians are either trying to upstage each other in their condolences to the families or their efforts to "find a solution" to this type of problem. Has anyone thought about the real problems? Not to make the tragic loss of life and senseless act of violence less important...it's very important to the people who are directly involved...but much less so to the country as a whole. By making this tragedy a national issue they are taking off the table the real national issues. China is testing a stealth fighter, getting ready to trade their currency in the US, and generally assuming the role that America once held unquestionably. National unemployment is sickeningly high and there are no economic indicators that it will change any time soon. The national debt (most of it held by China) is getting close to making our nation bankrupt. Our borders are a no-man zone running wild with criminals trafficking guns, drugs, and people. Our education system is losing ground to almost every developed country and most developing countries. This list isn't short and it's only getting longer as long as our politicians continue to make national issues out of isolated incidents. The news cycle on this apparently needs to make it long enough in the national story line for American Idol to start its new season. Then we'll be talking about Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez and the next William Hung and this national crisis will still be played out on capital hill because "something must be done" and with have a dozen proposals and bills waiting to be debated this is the perfect thing to "do" instead of the things that really matter.
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