Saturday, September 30, 2006

Words of the Wise (Sept 29):Somebody do something news worthy!

I hope something really big, huge, happens this weekend, nothing bad (I'm cynical not evil), just something big. The reasion I am wishing for this; I am getting tired of there being no news. Each day I wake up and ooh, looks like the first female space tourist just broke the atmosphere! Guess what the astronauts rebuilding the international space station had to come back beacouse they forgot there hammer! The first female space tourist, saw a moon fly by on the left of the ship (or maybe it was just some space junk). The first female space tourist opened up a raspberry tart space pack, but it was actually one of the ice cream ones! And did I tell you there was a lady space tourist in space!
Ok, we get it there's no news, now you space buffs are saying "Travis, this is the best month of our lives", I am aware of this, but can we keep it off the front page, space stories are generally reserrved for 25a, I'm a computer buff, but you don't see me spreading lap-top stories all over the New York Times.
When there is no news, tabloids make there money;

"Wow hunny, there was a dancing monkey on Lettermen last night."

The young coupple reads the headline then turns to the tabloid section;

"Oh wow, a five headed man from Mars just caught Osama!"

Wich would you buy? Really every time there is no news big news companies must shoot them selves in the feet. It's not absolutly nessacary to make up a headline but if the only news was about that dancing monkey, what would you do?

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