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I don’t know why I do it or how it began, but whenever I’m reading the paper or going to the cable news networks sites, I always scan their top ten ‘most viewed’ list.
It probably started with curiosity to see which were the ‘most viewed,’ and morphed into a semi-obsession to see just how curious or stupid most people are in what stories they opt for when they pick and choose what to be informed about.
You got it: The silly, inane, trivial win every time! The pack leaders are usually sports stories.
The below link to an Associated Press story about an alligator living in a Houston, Texas sinkhole is a perfect example.
Well yeah, I had to read it to know how trivial it is…except to the alligator, but it was one of my last choices…not my first.
And it gave me the opportunity to write a diary about just how dumbed down the American public is, and why they stupidly pick the candidates for whom they vote.
A perfect example is the toothless old crone who was quoted thusly and widely seen on TV and I suppose U-Tube after the West Virginia primary.
Quote: We've had enough problems from people with the name Hussein.*She bought the bullshit about Barack Obama being a Muslim. I guess she missed that whole Jerimiah Wright thing.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I must look up the Dodgers score from yesterday and see if the Angels whacked them again.
Now that’s important!
*You can quote me on that, because I lifted the entire two sentences from an email from a well-spoken friend.
