I've been listening to Al Gore's "The Assault on Reason" audio book and its eery how much he hits it on the head about the media. Why are we so preoccupied about a washed up football player more than we are say,

1. the erosion of our civil liberties at the cost of the "war on terror"
   
   
2. no one really caring that our country is really in a war
   
   
3. that britney's ex-husband has a hit out on him

Ok, I was just making sure you were still reading. Seriously though, I enjoy my daily dose of inane pop culture as the next person...but its when I'm standing in line at the supermarket browsing the magazines, or when I purposely surf to sites like popsugar or TMZ. It shouldn't be a leading news headline when I turn on CNN or watch NBC/ABC/CBS's nightly news where journalism is supposed to be holding itself up to a higher standard.

There is something wrong when there is more news coverage about Obama making some remark about what Hilary Clinton is wearing rather than the actual public discourse on what these people represent and do they possess true leadership and vision to lead our country.

And of course, the reality that voter turn out in this country is pretty miserable. So much apathy. And yet, we care so much about whether some guy we'll never meet or truly care about, on whether he'll go to jail or not.