3 posts tagged “cnn”

I'll take "How much longer until that asshat GWB leaves office?" for $600, Alex.

If you can't respect and honour the young folks who make up the majority of your fighting military and put their lives on the line for you, then who are you as a human being? I don't care what your views of war are, nor do mine figure into this, but other than the usual few bad apples, and of course their civilian leaders, you just don't shit on your protectors, they who are willing to put their lives on the line for yours. I know that stories of their medical facilities have been in the news, too - I'm not ignoring that or other discouraging military stories, I'm just pointing out this particular story as just one example of the US military's betrayal of those brave young folks who thought they were doing the right thing.

I was doing some noontime CNN.com reading and came across this story. Maybe there's more to it than I'm seeing, since, as I said, I am not American, and therefore not up on all the news to do with this subject, but the last lines of this story (GWB's negative response to the subject) made me sick, for way too many reasons to list.

I've noticed that CNN.com has started offering t-shirts decorated with some of their headlines. You'll see the headline and then an icon of a t-shirt next to it. Click on the t-shirt and you'll be shown what your shirt will look like. I've yet to see one that would actually make sense as a t-shirt. So far, I've only noticed the icon next to video clips, but maybe I'm missing others. Here are two that are offered today:

Crying 4-year-old found along highway

Teen too young for "come hither" pose?

Why are those special enough to get their own t-shirt? What's wrong with these headlines:

Incest dad vacationed while kids locked up

Five killed in Sydney Harbour boat collision

Well, those ones aren't video clips, but other than that, they'd be just as tasteful, don't you think?

Talk about your mixed messages.