TALKING HEADS

  

   Why do the talking heads of television news find so much to laugh about?
   The state of our union is in horrible condition, yet the talking heads sit on their stools and laugh.
   Our economy is rotten, wages are stagnant, unemployment is high, yet the talking heads sit on the stools and laugh.
   Obama has doubled our national debt in less than eight years, yet he wants us to believe that our economic growth during his tenure is doing well and that our government has created millions of new jobs.  The new jobs, however, have only replaced the old jobs that have vanished because companies have closed, so they are not actually new jobs.  So his words are no more than political doublespeak.
      "And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars:  see that ye be not troubled:  for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.  For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:  and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.  All these are the beginning of sorrows."  (Matthew 24: 6-8)
   Even now, there are wars and rumors of wars, but the talking heads give us stories to laugh about.
   Even now, nations are against nations, kingdoms against kingdoms, and the talking heads laugh.
   Even now, there are famines, pestilences, and earthquakes, and the talking heads laugh.
   Even today, as hurricane Matthew is barreling down on Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, the talking heads turn our attention to the presidential campaign to give us something to laugh about.
   Even today, as Russia and the United States are in conflict over Syria, the talking heads do not consider the seriousness of two nations with nuclear weapons; instead, they find some humor in Trump or Clinton to laugh about.
   The Salton Sea in California is located adjacent the San Andreas Fault where dozens of earthquakes are happening, which could result in a mega earthquake on the West Coast, but the talking heads are not issuing warnings of a potential danger; instead, they tell us a story about a Hollywood divorce, as if divorce is funny news, or focus our attention on football players protesting the American flag.
   All of these events are the "beginning of sorrows", but the talking heads do not consider the sorrows that people will suffer.
   Parts of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina will look like a war zone by this weekend, because of hurricane Matthew, but the talking heads show no concern for the millions of displaced people, separated from their homes, their possessions, and also their jobs; and they may not be allowed to return to their homes until after roads are repaired and electrical power is restored, which could take weeks, and at which time the people must restore their homes.  All of these people will be in a time of sorrow while the talking heads will find something to laugh about.
   There was a time when television news was serious business, but today's talking heads have converted serious news to the funny business---as they get paid to sit on stools and laugh.