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Aug 17, 2005 21:06

I was jogging this morning, on the treadmill, and I saw something on the news that reminded me how much I hate certain photographers, on the plus, it made running much easier ( Read more... )

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I agree.. kshimmel August 18 2005, 22:01:29 UTC
This morning I walked into Starbucks to find the frontpage of the NY Times plastered with a woman being dragged from her home on the Gaza strip. The people pulling her away were in tears and I thought - I really have no right to be apart of something like this. Here are these people who are being forced to leave their homes under circumstances I really don't understand and yet the world is watching and looks onward as if we actually cared - no we don't care we want drama and high emotion. I don't know what side is right - if Israel even deserves to be there in the first place - all I know is that on NPR yesterday when the anchor was talking to a woman in tears - he said "sorry for your trouble" - and then calmly moved to the next question - no consoling - no "I can't imagine the pain of leaving everything you have ever known" just a sorry... and on next thing that will captivate the American people. It infuriates me that the media says "we have a right to know". I think sometimes the right isn't ours... it isn't our right to broadcast ( ... )

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