Saturday, February 27, 2010

Tiger Who?

So for the past couple of weeks we have heard the reporters, and every news outlet go on and on about Mr Tiger Woods.  And after weeks of him hiding.  The search was been on to find Tiger.  Was he in South Africa?  Was he in really in sex rehab?  At some point a picture of Tiger was valued at $1,000,000.  A picture of some man who decided to "step out" on his "old lady" mmmmm.

So after 80 some days of being untraceable Mr. Tiger woods resurfaced on Friday 20th 2009 and held a press speech lasted 15 minutes. He controlled who  attended the press conference and no one could ask any questions.  And during the press conference the American stock market dipped to it's lowest daily trade and then picked up after the speech, showing that everyone was watching Tiger repent.

So I ask the question should the actions of one stupid man really impact our lives so much.  At the end of the day he does not pay a single one of our bills.  He does not care whether or not we succeed or fail.  Why should anyone care whether or not Tiger apologizes or not.  Who is Tiger, but some golfer.  Is this what our society has become that we thrieve on other peoples failures so much that even the stock market ceases to function efficiently, because Tiger is having a press conference to show how sorry he is.  Whether or not he apoligizes to his wife is that really anyone's business.  We should all mind our own business and deal with our own issues.  Just a thought.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Random Ramblings on Haiti

When the earthquake struck in Haiti, for atleast the first week, every news program reported on this terrible disaster. If you turned on MSNBC they were talking about Haiti, even Fox was talking about Haiti, at that time Haiti was the story of the moment. However, 3 weeks after the earthquake only a handful continue to report or even mention this tragedy, and one of them is the very knowledgable CNN's Anderson Cooper. I enjoy listening to Anderson because for the most part he seems objective, which is an extremely rare quality when you listen to some of these reporters.

However, yesterday when I listened to a report that Anderson did on the Haitian government's disregard of the bodies of those who died in the earthquake I was slightly disappointed. According to Anderson, since the earthquake the Haitian government's strategy, has been to collect the bodies from the street and bury them in mass graves. Granted, as Anderson correctly pointed out this is not the way any of us would want our loved ones to be buried and those who died deserved a proper burial. But, I think when you are not dealing with the circumstances, it is really easy to judge how everything is being done incorrectly. I pose this question: Should the priority be burying people with dignity or insuring that those who are still alive remain living. Should we not be asking why a plethora of supplies from NGOs and other countries are still sitting at the airport. Is the Haitian government ensuring that they bury people with dignity really the most important issue right now?

But what do I know, I just thought I should share my thoughts.

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