For a President Elect who claims to sympathize with and is going to improve the floundering economy Barack Obama and his people are sure willing to waste a lot of moolah. As msnbc.com said, "Unemployment is up. The stock market is down. Let's party."
Despite the fact that the US economy is in dire straits, the Obama party is going to be record breaking, estimates reaching around $150 mil. I would be willing to shrug it off and say alrighty, it's his party he can blow a hundred million dollars if he wants to if it wasn't for the ridiculous hypocrisy surrounding this 'little' gala.
As you may remember, four years ago the Democrats, reeling from Kerry's failed bid for the Presidency, decided to call President G.W. Bush out for throwing an inauguration party. They whined and they moaned, stomping their feet in a tantrum, insisting that he must be frugal when throwing the party. Hmm, those practical people are making so such demands of President Elect Obama, and this is going to be a party to rival P. Diddy's.
Dems asked Bush to "show a little less pomp and a little more circumspect at his party." The Democrat camp insisted that excessive celebration would be inappropriate while our nation was at war. Well, dear Democrats and dissenters alike, THE NATION IS STILL AT WAR. And unemployment is ridiculously and terrifyingly high, Obama convinced Congress to release the second half of the bailout to try and rescue the banking industry...so this is the perfect time for a legendary gala, right?
The inaugural committee raised upwards of 40 mil to cover a fraction of the cost, Beyonce, U2 and Bruce Springsteen are set to entertain and there are to be a whopping 10 'official' inaugural balls.
Think about this...the economy is down the toilet and Obama has been preaching change since he first hopped on the campaign trail and he isn't exactly setting a good precedent in this respect. I'm all for changing up the govt, but I cannot approve of throwing a rock star party with Obama as the center piece. He is going to be the President of the US and people are treating him like the second coming and no one is wagging their finger at him for blowing off epic amounts of money, a chunk of which we the taxpayers will be responsible for.
His presidency is going to be historic, and his inauguration party is going to be equally historic...setting records for blowing off money. He won, he's the President and the media is madly in love with him. Barack Obama has all of this going for him, does he also have to throw his lot in with the movie stars by throwing a star-studded event?
Not only is it going to be a night for entertainment, the cost of security and transport...all of which is going to be placed on the taxpayers shoulders, will make the bill for this gala astronomical.
Obama's committee say that they will be "mindful of the times," and that they are "not worried people will see the FOUR DAYS of festivities as excessive." Hmm, why on earth would we say that four days of partying like we're trying for a reincarnation of Sodom and Gomorrah is excessive? "It is not a celebration of an election. It's a celebration of our common values." Well, it's well-timed, and I don't think anyone's buying that nonsense.
Change we can believe in...I hope President Obama starts practicing what he preaches after his overindulgent celebration. Another person from his camp said that the administration are "trying to be reflective of the climate," but it certainly doesn't sound like it. We could be on the brink of an economic depression and we are definitely in a state of crisis, this is neither the time nor the place for a $150 million dollar party.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28707475/
Monday, January 19, 2009
Friday, January 9, 2009
Jett Travolta Dies, the Media Thrives
Unfortunately I didn’t have power from Wednesday afternoon til late Thursday, so this is going up a bit late.
I’m not one to use the Internet as a soap stand, but this past week has been a particularly frustrating and irritating one. I am well aware of the freedom of the press and of speech, but I am sick and tired of the media’s blatant lack of sensitivity concerning the tragic passing of John Travolta and Kelly Preston’s son Jett.
The poor 16 year old boy who suffered from Kawasaki syndrome and is speculated to have been autistic was barely cold when the ruthless cutthroats in both television and newspaper were already rummaging through the facts to sensationalize the tragedy. Scientology, the religion to which both Preston and Travolta practice, has long since been regarded as almost a cult, and while the Travoltas are grieving over the devastating loss of their beloved son the media has been nothing short of malicious, insisting that the religion is to blame for the boy’s death.
Whatever happened to a sense of moral decency and decorum? As soon as it was reported that Jett passed away the media vultures saw this as time for a feast, not requiring evidence. All of this immediately fueled wild speculation that Scientology is to blame and that his parents are responsible, without proof or reason to believe so.
Of course the medical examiners and police detectives should pursue every avenue of investigation, but I can’t help but feel horrible for the poor family that has to dodge these rumors whilst grieving.
It’s a sad testament to the morality in our society that before the toxicology report or autopsy was even released the hounds were already out for blood. These parents just lost their child and there is no proof whatsoever of wrongdoing or neglect, in the article it’s reported that Jett was on Depakote for years, shooting down the pervasive rumor that the parents must not have medicated their seizure prone son.
No one knows exactly what happened to the late Jett Travolta, and while I am all for reporting the facts I think it is shameful how unscrupulous the media is acting. They should wait until the facts are in before printing devastating and baseless accusations. The poor people just lost their son, and instead of receiving the benefit of the doubt they were painted as brainwashed villains. This article is not guilty of this, it’s simply informative but from the news coverage this story has received it’s sickening the insensitivity that has been allocated to this misfortune.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/02/obit.jett.travolta/index.html
I’m not one to use the Internet as a soap stand, but this past week has been a particularly frustrating and irritating one. I am well aware of the freedom of the press and of speech, but I am sick and tired of the media’s blatant lack of sensitivity concerning the tragic passing of John Travolta and Kelly Preston’s son Jett.
The poor 16 year old boy who suffered from Kawasaki syndrome and is speculated to have been autistic was barely cold when the ruthless cutthroats in both television and newspaper were already rummaging through the facts to sensationalize the tragedy. Scientology, the religion to which both Preston and Travolta practice, has long since been regarded as almost a cult, and while the Travoltas are grieving over the devastating loss of their beloved son the media has been nothing short of malicious, insisting that the religion is to blame for the boy’s death.
Whatever happened to a sense of moral decency and decorum? As soon as it was reported that Jett passed away the media vultures saw this as time for a feast, not requiring evidence. All of this immediately fueled wild speculation that Scientology is to blame and that his parents are responsible, without proof or reason to believe so.
Of course the medical examiners and police detectives should pursue every avenue of investigation, but I can’t help but feel horrible for the poor family that has to dodge these rumors whilst grieving.
It’s a sad testament to the morality in our society that before the toxicology report or autopsy was even released the hounds were already out for blood. These parents just lost their child and there is no proof whatsoever of wrongdoing or neglect, in the article it’s reported that Jett was on Depakote for years, shooting down the pervasive rumor that the parents must not have medicated their seizure prone son.
No one knows exactly what happened to the late Jett Travolta, and while I am all for reporting the facts I think it is shameful how unscrupulous the media is acting. They should wait until the facts are in before printing devastating and baseless accusations. The poor people just lost their son, and instead of receiving the benefit of the doubt they were painted as brainwashed villains. This article is not guilty of this, it’s simply informative but from the news coverage this story has received it’s sickening the insensitivity that has been allocated to this misfortune.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/02/obit.jett.travolta/index.html
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