Current Events
I rarely comment on Current Events in this blog. For lots of reasons. The first is, tons of other people do that sort of thing… and very well, I might add. So, I don’t really see the need to make additional but poorly crafted comments. As well, my readership is what… maybe a total of 10 people? Most of whom see me regularly and they seem to think they already know what I’m thinking, why ruin the fun? And finally, most times, I don’t care. I mean, give me a break. The whole Arnold for Gov? Worse has happened. Like someone writing an amendment into the California Constitution that allows for a “recall” when whiny constituents don’t get what they want in the first round of elections. You see why I stay out of current events, right?
But I have to say that the Cubs losing streak bears comment. Or rather, the news coverage of the Cubs losing streak is bugging me enough to comment. Let me just say that, while I understand the pain of delayed gratification, GET OVER IT. That out, I’m disturbed greatly by the news coverage of the poor twenty-six year old who caught the stray fly ball in game six. Disturbing. Think about it. If the Cub fan had to be escorted out of the ballpark by security and if the police felt a need to give him around-the-clock protection at his home and place of employment, what makes a National News Organization (not to mention ALL of them) think it’s a good idea to show the man’s face and give his name? Yeah. Smart. And what makes the GOVERNOR of ILLINOIS think that it’s a good idea to suggest if the man was convicted of anything (which implies he’s a “crimninal”…) he wouldn’t be given a gubernatorial pardon? This is crazy behavior. Here, pour a little more fuel on the raging fire. Give a reason for some whack-job Cubs fan to meter out “justice” vigilante style on some poor schmuck who did what any one of us could have done.
What? You don’t think you would have grabbed for the ball? Hmmm… Ever reached out to grab something hot, like a cookie sheet, when it began to fall? How about the knife you knock off the counter? Or say, the toddler who stumbles in front of you at the mall? It’s human instinct to catch falling stars. It’s also human instinct to find a scape goat. And sadly, the Cubs have yet another Goat to blame for their losing streak, bad luck, or curse. I just hope the present Goat lives to tell about it.
And as for Governors? Well, I’ll take Arnold any day over a person in that much power who can so flippantly put another person’s safety into further jeopardy. But I live in California… and we’ve been to the World Series several times in the past 95 years.
