The Sun is still rising in the East and setting in the West, so all must be well. I have to wonder, regardless of how hard we try, if we, as people, are capable of actually destroying the world and civilization as we know it.
Jim Madison, this morning, blamed the press for the shape the country is in. Very perceptive, no arguments here. The biggest problem he and I have is education, well not education, institutions, well not institutions, football programs, well, not programs like the ones you sell in the stands .... well, he is an Ohio State fan, which I used to be, and unfortunately, he is not perceptive enough to see what has happened in Columbus, and he is still, blindly, an OSU fan.
His viewpoints on football in no way interfere with his perceptive comments in his blog.
It did get me to thinking, though, I think I will add "the press" to my "list" ... Politicians, Coaches, Evangelists and now, the press. I think the "government" is somehow involved with them. For example. In Columbus, Ohio, three main TV stations, over the years they have greatly expanded their weather departments, most now have four or five "experts" on weather, 24 hour coverage on TV. But, as soon as severe weather threatens, the first thing to go is our TV. I can imagine, at each station, the weather department, when severe weather is pending, they are sitting around, arms intertwined, huddled together, waiting to hear the all clear, which someone else will trigger.
And ONE of the things that the newsmen do, irritates me to no end .... "We have received a tip that there is a large bomb, here in the city, which could kill thousands, we have found out where it is, and we will disclose the location, right after these messages." And the ones I have always wondered about, "Bank robbery, tonight at eleven." How do they get such tips, and how is it that so many "events" .... newsworthy ones, happen at eleven?
A Fall day in Ohio today, a little chilly, walked Caleb and needed my sweatshirt, first walk was barefooted, feet ached a bit after the walk. May have to start wearing shoes .... it's that time of year.
