oh the humanity

Found myself yelling at the TV tonight. Not so much at the box itself but rather the images on it. First at the looters in New Orleans and their attitude of entitlement. Then at my own reflection in the glass for being so judgemental and for the emotional whiplash I sustained as I watched this horror unfold on my wide screen HDTV in the comfort of my dry, air conditioned house. I kept watching; and waiting, for that Anne Frank moment when the pestience of the press would feature the feel-good story of someone arising from the hunkering, hungry, hovel to shine a beacon on some single act of humanity. It never came.

There was still plenty of indignation left for the CNN reporter that started to argue with Mississippi Governor Hailey Barbour because the governor wouldn't answer the reporter's questions in the way that he had wanted to hear them. He had obviously already written and edited his story and now had to interrupt and shout down the governor so that he could present his point. Where is Herb Morrison when we need him?