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Stay away from the news. I’ve given that advice over and over. It does not entertain or educate or enlighten. Unless you plan to do something about it, reading about a tragedy on the other side of the globe will only depress you. Yet ... Continue reading »
Stay away from the news. I’ve given that advice over and over. It does not entertain or educate or enlighten. Unless you plan to do something about it, reading about a tragedy on the other side of the globe will only depress you. Yet ... Continue reading »
11 months ago
11 months ago
Why do I intentionally raise my blood pressure by watching these? I think so I can yell at the TV (something my husband does not allow me to do to actual people.)
Look at it this way--with either winner we get something we haven't had in awhile--a president that can form an actual sentence.
11 months ago
11 months ago
But you're right; the laws collectively passed by Congress and signed by the President do affect the nature of saving and spending. For better or (more likely) for worse, our leadership has long chosen policies that support consumption over investment and saving. Perhaps it is an essential nature of being an American; we tend more toward optimism in the future than our counterparts around the world.
11 months ago
I've come to the same conclusions - nothing is going to change my mind, or my vote, at this point - so I need to step away from the propaganda and start being productive.
It's easier to write than it is to practice.
11 months ago
Ha. That was sharp ... I appreciated it.
I think you're spot re watching steady talking heads news coverage. That really does not allow enough for new topics/issues/happenings to develop.
It can be an addiction ... better to find something else to obsess about, and check in on the news/politics/etc at regular intervals, vs hourly/daily.
11 months ago
11 months ago
@James: I've voted for third party candidates for president twice, but I was living in a non-swing state. My theory is that if you live in a state that's safe for one major party or the other you can safely vote for a third party candidate. If you live in Alabama or New York, there is a very high probability that your state is not in play in any way, shape or form. Since I vote in New Jersey, there is a high likelihood that it won't be in play this time around, so I might vote third party again.
@Retired Syd: I definitely managed to quit reading political blogs and watching talking head shows. At least I'm restricting my viewing to "news" news for the most part. And it's a sad thought that this is what it's come to - like you, I'll be excited to have an English-speaking president for the first time in 8 years.
@TWC: I remember thinking how great it was when Fox News came out. I thought everyone would be so appalled at their "fair and balanced reporting" that it would discredit that type of journalism. Guess that tells you how well I can predict trends.
@Curmudgeon: I do think that at some point the trend of consumption will reverse itself in almost every aspect of our lives - oil usage will go down, obesity rates will decline, deficit spending will be reduced and eventually eliminated and so on. The question mark will be whether we get a leader who comes up with proactive solutions, or reacts to it from a position of weakness.
11 months ago
Ours is a small country so you actually have friends who have friends who know people "up there". So it was just not the news and the political blogs but also sessions with these guys to hear tit bits not in the news.
Until I realised that I was suffering from serious information overload. So I have cut off many of these blogs, stopped these sessions (unless I run into these guys at a function) and life has pretty much been the same.
You are right. Addiction to these news is as bad to addiction to video games.
11 months ago
Got you beat here. I cannot remember when the presidential office is not occupy by a Bush or a Clinton. I remotely remember my teacher talking about Chelsea in my government class in junior high school when Clinton was running for prez. Geez, I am ready for a change.