Buckshot Cheney

Rant Time!
Duck.

Before I get into the meat of the rant, let me just say that I understand the nature of the U.S. News media. I understand on a conceptual level why the Today Show can bring on a victim of the Columbine Shooting and still expect it to be relevant.

That being said, why the hell is the Cheney hunting accident still in the news?! Beyond the initial news break and possible short update on Harry Whittington's condition. Instead we get stuff like this:

Secret Service agents say Cheney was drunk when he shot lawyer
By DOUG THOMPSON
Feb 22, 2006, 07:35

A written report from Secret Service agents guarding Vice President Dick Cheney when he shot Texas lawyer Harry Whittington on a hunting outing two weeks ago says Cheney was "clearly inebriated" at the time of the shooting.

Agents observed several members of the hunting party, including the Vice President, consuming alcohol before and during the hunting expedition, the report notes, and Cheney exhibited "visible signs" of impairment, including slurred speech and erratic actions, the report said.

According to those who have read the report and talked with others present at the outing, Cheney was drunk when he gunned down his friend and the day-and-a-half delay in allowing Texas law enforcement officials on the ranch where the shooting occurred gave all members of the hunting party time to sober up.

Etc.

Please note the date. Today. Wednesday. Almost two weeks after the incident in question. The worst part of all of this seems to be the fact that the media is blowing thing out of proportion because they were snubbed. The biggest part of this news story seems to be that the media didn't get to it in a reasonable amount of time. It took fourteen hours for the story to break. Fourteen hours. It wasn't too long ago when the media was happy to get a story in fourteen hours. Then the media jumped down Cheney's throat, something I wish they would have done about his connections to Haliburton or any number of other questionable things that the VP has been involved in. They accused him of trying to hide the truth and launched a full scale effort to find some more incriminating material like the above article stating that he was drunk. Fortunately for us, an 12 year old has seen through the media blitz. In one of the most salient points that has been in the media in the last two weeks, I give you the point of view of a girl from Charlotte, NC.

Dani Wheeler, 12, Grandview Middle School, : I don't think they should be criticizing him for what he did because he is just a person and we make mistakes. Plus if it were an nonfamous person than no one would care about the incident. I strongly believe that the situation has been blown out of proportion.

From the Charlotte Observer
posted on Tue, Feb. 21, 2006

Thank god for children.

I would go on but I don't think I need to. The media has made an ass of itself in a way that rivals what John Stewart did to Crossfire a few years back. And that's ultimately where the problem is. The Media has taken the story and run with it and the rest of the world is just sitting back a laughing.

Written in Hate.
Lyrinoir

Tyger Tyger...

I have a candle. I got it for Valentines Day. Thank you for the candle. You know who you are.

The candle is not a candle. It has wax but no wick, flame but no fire. It is a candle of contradictions. It emits a pleasant glow but provides no heat. It will never melt but it will go out. The candle sits on my desk, next to my speakers. I turn it on at night.

It is, in fact, an electric candle. I was so delighted by its little contradictions that I promptly showed it to my Hall Adviser who promptly confiscated it. And then returned it, feeling very foolish.

There is probably some larger connection to be made here about the artificial nature of our society and how the candle is the perfect expression of the death of digital culture but I am far to entranced by it's novelty to care.

And to those people who didn't recognize the opening line of William Blake's poem, go read a book.

Muah!
Lyrinoir

Something else...

Well since I can't seem to get the stamina up for a full length blog, I thought I'd try a little one and get the ball roling again.

It's been a good couple of weeks. Classes are shapeing up great and I am having a great time. Everything seems to be going well. Not that you care. I've been reading a lot. Most of it ammounts to nothing but a few things have stuck out. A recent political movement in Sweeden has sparked my intrest. A man created a Pirate Party on the idea that music should be free. So we're talking information Pirates but pirates nonetheless. I look forward to where this party goes. I would like to see them in ofice. I've been focusing on fiction writeing recently which is why I haven't been bloging. I might post a thing or two in a more personal blog somewhere else but that also requires effort which is something I do not wish to commit too. Boo effort.

Well that kinda sums it up.

Muah!
Lyrinoir