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The Day After

It is the day after Thanksgiving here in the States. I am too stuffed to roll over to use the remote to turn on the television. I figure it is just more of the same dumb down America junk from the previous day. The MSM( main stream media) seems to be working in overdrive to dumb down as many Americans as possible.

Case in point, Prince Williams's engagement. Should his engagement makeup 20% of a broadcast? I thought his mother to be a wonderful person but I do not consider his wedding to be of national importance. The Royals are token leaders from an outdated mode of government. We as Americans should be more concerned about the PM and Parliment.

Who will design her wedding dress is not as important as the security measures being taken at the airports. Our responses to the new security measures are more important. I laughed until I cried at the news of one airline passenger wearing a bikini. We need to discuss more on what this war on terror has done to our lives.

Who will attend the wedding is of little importance to me. I am more concerned with China's visit to North Korea after the recent attack instigated by North Korea. We should want to know the location of our ships in the South Pavific. We should clamour for more information on our 20k troops in Sourh Korea.

Let it never be said that I am against a good time. I have partied with the best of them in my lietime. However I am aware of what happens when one parties too much. We should not allow ourselves to be caught slipping. We need to demand a return to real news that we can use. We need to spend more time investigating the news we are given. We need to question why the tail is wagging the dog.



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