I got bored after the first few paragraphs - not because he's not an interesting character, but because I don't really care why he blogs. Besides, it goes on and on and on.
But my point (at this point) really is that we all blog because we think we have something interesting and/or informative to convey.
I haven't been blogging because whatever I have to say about anything that going on in which I'm interested - which would be the presidential election - would be entirely skewed.
Do you need my opinion?
Well, judging from all the watching of cable news I've been doing, and all the comments on other blogs and online editorials I've been reading, people crave reading other people's opinions.
It's all sort of unsettling to me.
Why haven't people made up their decision about who to vote for? Don't people realize that all of the news outlets are playing for the news, not just one particular candidate?
The media, which is largely owned by conservatives, is not "liberal." It's focus is making money, just like any other corporate entity.
It makes me laugh - or would if it weren't so inherently sad - to hear all this talk about "greed on Wall Street and in Washington."
Everyone is greedy. Who amongst us does not want to live the best life possible, financially?
Warren Buffet was writing about buying stocks, but here's what he writes in an editorial in today's New York Times:
A simple rule dictates my buying: Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.
So that's fine for a millionaire. What about the rest of us?
Who cares about capital gains taxes? Stock portfolios are for wealthier people than I; I used to have one, but not anymore. It was never that large or significant.
Let's talk about getting me a job when newspapers are laying people off left and right and/or going out of business. Some (maybe) plumber in Ohio will always have work because people will always need plumbers.
I don't want to hear anymore about William Ayers, and I couldn't care less about the "Keating Five."
I need a reliable income stream.
Anything else is just pap to me. What is see on the news is fodder that is being presented to other angry, frustrated citizens who are now feeling the effects of our cumulative greed.
And, of course, the random fueling of the more base side of human nature.
I'll try to come up with something more coherent later. For right now, I have to figure out how I'm going to pay my rent this month.
**Speaking of which, I'm sending out a plea for a story idea about someone who is doing something unusual to make money during these hard economic times, or any interesting or unusual businesses.**
2 comments:
Gillian, I really like this post. I think you hit a lot of what people are thinking about this whole thing.
And once you find that person who is doing something different to make money, I can't wait to read about it!
Thanks, Mary!
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