A Little Runaway
It was the strangest thing yesterday. I could not find a Sunday Sun-Times at any of my local haunts. Freaky. I finally finished watching the ending of "Must Love Dogs". I liked the ending. Unlike Ethel I won't tell you how it ends. Go see it for yourself.
It is such a very gloomy day outside. Thunder is heard in the distance. Did anyone follow any New Year's traditions. I ate my black eyed peas. The band is okay in small doses. I tried a new tradition involving a pomagranite. This should be interesting. Yes I'm a goofball but you know what, that's okay.
Did the Rose Bowl game get moved to January 2 or is this a new development? I'll admit the only game I watched yesterday was when the Bears were pounced on by the Minnesota Vikings. We so could use another Super Bowl win.
The rich kid adventurer made it back to the States in one piece.A sixteen year old American-Iraqinan took his parents credit cards and took off for the Middle East to allegedly get a better understanding of what's going on his country. His little punk ass was so lucky the only bad thing that happened to him was that he got jonesed out of two hundred dollars for a cab ride. He claims he got the idea from a teacher at his private school who was an advocate for "immersion journalism".It's reality tv-like idea. That idea defeats the purpose of traditional journalism in the sense that you lose your objectivity of your story. Your bias is the result of becoming involved with the subjects of your story. The media has portrayed the parents as having a laissez-faire attitude. I didn't understand why the parents didn't fly over there immediately upon discovering his disappearance. It's suspicious that they didn't take the expected route of concern and fly out immediately to go get him. They need to be held responsible for his actions.
It may be harsh but this kid not only took a risk for himself. The minute he's in dangerous territory, our troops have to get into the act.They have more than enough to deal with than having to find and escort some little snot nosed kid back home. If that kid had gotten hurt you know damn well that finger pointing around the world would go to the troops for not taking care of him. Also what if troops had gotten hurt trying to protect him. If this kid was so wanted a better understanding, why not apply for Junior Peace Corps? The funniest quote about this story came from some official who said, "If he wanted to see Iraq, all he had to do was enlist." I could care less if he wanted to run with the bulls in Paploma. Go be Hemingway but no one should have to cover your candy ass.
It is such a very gloomy day outside. Thunder is heard in the distance. Did anyone follow any New Year's traditions. I ate my black eyed peas. The band is okay in small doses. I tried a new tradition involving a pomagranite. This should be interesting. Yes I'm a goofball but you know what, that's okay.
Did the Rose Bowl game get moved to January 2 or is this a new development? I'll admit the only game I watched yesterday was when the Bears were pounced on by the Minnesota Vikings. We so could use another Super Bowl win.
The rich kid adventurer made it back to the States in one piece.A sixteen year old American-Iraqinan took his parents credit cards and took off for the Middle East to allegedly get a better understanding of what's going on his country. His little punk ass was so lucky the only bad thing that happened to him was that he got jonesed out of two hundred dollars for a cab ride. He claims he got the idea from a teacher at his private school who was an advocate for "immersion journalism".It's reality tv-like idea. That idea defeats the purpose of traditional journalism in the sense that you lose your objectivity of your story. Your bias is the result of becoming involved with the subjects of your story. The media has portrayed the parents as having a laissez-faire attitude. I didn't understand why the parents didn't fly over there immediately upon discovering his disappearance. It's suspicious that they didn't take the expected route of concern and fly out immediately to go get him. They need to be held responsible for his actions.
It may be harsh but this kid not only took a risk for himself. The minute he's in dangerous territory, our troops have to get into the act.They have more than enough to deal with than having to find and escort some little snot nosed kid back home. If that kid had gotten hurt you know damn well that finger pointing around the world would go to the troops for not taking care of him. Also what if troops had gotten hurt trying to protect him. If this kid was so wanted a better understanding, why not apply for Junior Peace Corps? The funniest quote about this story came from some official who said, "If he wanted to see Iraq, all he had to do was enlist." I could care less if he wanted to run with the bulls in Paploma. Go be Hemingway but no one should have to cover your candy ass.
posted by Starla Spaulding @ 10:07 AM
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