I read the news today, oh boy...

Just what is taking place in the world right now? If I were to base my beliefs on what I've been seeing lately on local news on network television, on MSN's and Yahoo's news, it looks like the biggest stories right now are (and have been for some time) the death of Anna Nicole Smith and the identity of her child's father and the American Idol "phenom", Sanjaya. Why is so much focus placed on these (like one guy's failed hunger strike until Sanjaya got kicked off the show), as though they are the important news events of the times? Is this what people will look back on, in thinking about what has taken place this year? With all that is going on in the world right now, such as our occupation of Iraq, years after the supposed end to the war and the billions upon billions of dollars that is costing us, isn't there something "more interesting" to report on? Just a quick thought as I can't seem to get away from hearing about American Idol, even without watching it, and the Anna Nicole stories are shooting right back up.