In the News...

I think this is part two of my (very) occassional "In the News..." series. But, then again, that could be complete mental fabrication on my part.

So first...BORAT!

Yes, I have seen the movie. And it would not have been nearly as funny if I hadn't seen it in Georgia. Fortunately for me, other volunteers have already written about the movie in funnier and more entertaining ways than I ever could. So, check out Jen's blog entry http://jeningeorgia.blogspot.com/2007/02/borat-vs-georgia.html for an analysis/comparison of Georgia vs. Borat.

Second...CNN!

CNN has definately begun courting the younger market and gone the way of MTV. Since MTV (Music TeleVision, in case you couldn't tell) no longer plays music, CNN (Cable News Network) has decided to no longer show the news. I was in Tbilisi this past weekend for (yet another) conference, and our extravagent hotel, which included hot water (but not when you wanted it) and bad food (but it was free bad food), also had CNN availible on television. I watched it eagerly. And what did I see?

ANNA NICOLE SMITH!

Anna Nicole Smith is dead. I found this out maybe a week before the conference. I didn't read much into it; like everyone else I just assumed it was from drugs. Apparently the cause of her death was old news, and I did not find out the actual cause from CNN. But I did find out that they are battling over her body. (What is this, the early 90s? She's not hot anymore, people. First of all, she's dead. And second of all, she's 100% fake.) But, proving that any publicity is good publicity, HOWARD STERN is involved. He wants the body! And her son! Now, I think there are few people in the world less capable of raising a child than Anna Nicole Smith. Of course, but Howard Stern is one of them. So of course we should give him the child!

And speaking of incompetent mothers, the next news segment featured...BRITNEY SPEARS!

In case you didn't know, Britney Spears, of Mickey Mouse Club fame, is a drug user ("hit me [up] baby, one more time!"). Also, she is the inept mother of 2 ("Oops, I did it again") and an avid head-shaver (I always knew we had something in common). Recently, she was too messed-up to resist and was forced to enter rehab, which I'm sure costs boatloads of money. How about we leave Britney alone, take the rehab money, and give some homeless people some food! Or maybe pay our teachers more! But wait, how do I know about these problems? They are never on CNN!! Or maybe Anna Nicole and Britney are more important...

I did get one piece of not very important (but beggars can't be choosers) information from the news ticker on the bottom of the screen when these stories consumed the rest of it - Tom Vilsack does not want to be President. A man after my own heart.