0n (21 Apr 05) WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote to CINDY HAGLUND...

-> Is anyone having any trouble finding any news that hasn't got a pope
-> in it?

 WC> News? What news?
 WC> Nothing but crap on T.V. anymore I no longer listen to the "News."
 WC> It's all media pandering to to the public's lowest common
 WC> denominator base instincts.

 WC> Where's Walter Cronkite when you need him?

 Yeah... So what I have been doing which okay may not be the best
thing to and may be cheating in fact (somehow feedback is cheating?)
is look for people's opinions on issues of interest instead. Seems to
work for me anyway. More interesting in most cases. The news as given
by the media is boring.

Have you noticed a news article will repeat the background info of an
event several times throughout the article? And it seems like you have
to wade through a ton of that to get to 'what / how/ when/where/why?"
And then of course many a time there's never a follow up report? bah.

-> When does this crap blow over? YOu'd think the whole entire
-> human race were catholic.

 WC> I couldn't care less about the pope.

 Me either. As a matter of fact up til now I never paid any attention
to that crap. The Star Telegram here in FW has finally moved on today.
Whew! But with their reporting on it ; the huge pictures and positive
outlook you'd think the second coming had occurred. Gee I thought
xtians were supposed to idolize their god, not their appointed
middlemen. hmmm. Well guess a guy in robes looks better and sells more
papers than something you can't take pictures of and only guess at the
nature of (ascribing human characteristics to as they suit the ones
doing the ascribing.)

 WC> I do however find it funny all those people standing around in the
 WC> square just torn up in emotion over nothing at all.

 Same here. Maybe they've never lost a close relative, friend or pet.

Cindy

... Ethics is not necessarily the handmaiden of theology.

--- PPoint 3.01