News? Really? What is wrong with us?

Why are we still being fed the crap out of a certain western state with people who want to be on a reality show? I won't even justify the existence of these idiots by describing the stunt, their names or the state. But given the amount of coverage that these idiots have polluted our news, don't you think our news media should be ashamed of themselves? Once it was evident that it was a hoax by Anderson Cooper, they should never have been on any further news show. And then we wonder why our kids don't know any current world events? Shame on all the news outlets, or should we just call them media entertainment outlets?

A Pact to have Babies? What are they thinking?

Or are they thinking at all?? Doesn't sound like it to me. Today at CNN, I watched a video about 17 teenage pregnancies at Gloucester (Ma.) High School which has also been written up in Time magazine. I went to the Boston Globe to follow up the story, because I just don't get it.

The facts, 17 girls were pregnant this past year at the high school, the school board and the health clinic in the high school are debating whether to permit contraceptives to be given out. The story in the paper discusses the controversy of providing birth control, HELLO people, these girls WANTED to get pregnant. Wouldn't that be the problem in all of this? Whether or not a school provides contraception is a little out of place here, the problem goes beyond preventing pregnancy but the why, that these girls think that this is a good thing to do.

In my opinion, there's going to be 17 very needy children being raised by 17 very irresponsible parents. What really gets me upset, is that in the CNN video, which I am assuming was taken in Gloucester, the babies are paraded around town in high end carriages. I shudder to think of the financial burdens these mothers are going to have. That free daycare that they are getting in high school is not going to be free once they graduate. Hope that baby is still cute and wanted in six years when they are having their meltdowns in the mall. Made me think of the video below.

CNN headlines and sick humor

I am procrastinating...there are some chicken breasts that need my cooking creativeness and whilst (gotta love the fancy words) meandering around the internet, I decided to catch up on my news. And I kid you not, this is what I just saw for one of the headlines at CNN:

• Ticker: Cheney having heart procedure

Get it....ticker.....heart....

This isn't the first time and I can only imagine that there is a bored headline writer sitting in a cubicle, who tries to spice up the news for the rest of us without getting caught. I never realized that Dick Cheney was only 66, I thought he was ageless like Darth Vader.