I should speak in tongues.

Walter Cronkite hangs out in these parts, he is quite a local hero. They don’t make men like him much anymore. Once I was seated next to some (apparently) old friend’s of his in a restaurant, and overheard a discussion regarding his righteous indignation of Bush’s transgressions. It was interesting, to say the least.

You’re right, Indigobusiness…we really need to rise above the deception and disinfo. And I want Walter Cronkite back at the news desk…seriously.

I think of the nature of debate when the Constitution was being drafted. Of how, amidst bitter disagreement, there was honorable debate. The cesspool of our current methods slimes us all.

We only see the tawdry conduct of Rove etal, and the absurd enabling by the eggshell walking punditry, because we allow it. We are wagged by it. We have become a laughingstock because of it.

One thing I noticed when living in Latin America, was the stark, unspun nature of the news. We live in a gilded third world.

Apparently bad weather in the Washington area has a bunch of flights backed up. Meanwhile, I’ve been here for 8 hours, and every 5 minutes they broadcast a message to keep strangers out of your bags, and report any suspicious activity to the nearest law enforcement officer, etc., etc., and then every now and then they call out an Arabic name and tell them they have a message at the courtesy phone…boy, I’m beginning to wonder if the Bushco fear mongers have programmed the airport’s announcements for the day :-)

Later…
JoeC