Why are Americans so fascinated by the most trivial things, why are we transfixed by the inconsequential?
From people morning the death of a race horse (A HORSE!!), to Bostonians running scared from giant light brights (and Boston's subsequent legal action over the "scary" moonmen), Americans needlessly get themselves in a tizzy over nothing.
Oh, and I don't care that Anna Nicole Smith died. Sure, her death was weird and random, but Anna Nicole was weird and random. We've established that she died as she lived, can we move on?
And let's not forget Congress' outrage that Nancy Pelosi asked for an expensive military plane to provide her with non-stop, California-to-D.C., flights (despite the fact that Pelosi didn't request the plane, but rather it was requested by the House sergeant at arms). It seems that even American politicians focus on things that don't matter, even when those politicians should be governing.
I also don't understand the news media. Never mind that the U.S. Senate couldn't get its act together to debate Iraq, the Gulf Coast is still a cluster fuck, killing in Sudan continues, and Indonesia just had massive flooding. Nope, none of that beats the chance to report about the bat-shit crazy, diaper-wearing astronaut.
I love this country, but seriously, what is wrong with us?
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