SHORT ATTENTION SPAN AMERICA?
As we listen to all this hoopla about the Mark Foley and the teenaged male page incident, I am wondering where the reporting about the war and the troops have gone. It seems like every time there is something that really affects us as a nation which we should be concerned with, there is a huge sex scandal that draws our attention away from the things that affect us all.
It happened during the Clinton administration with Monica Lewinsky. The situation they drew our attention away from then was the implication that the Clinton administration had been involved in selling nuclear weapons information to China. The investigation into that fizzled when Monica came along.
It seems to be happening now with this incident and it seems to be with a purposeful intent this is happening. I know that many Americans would rather watch Jerry Springer than pay attention to the things that are the most important to all of us, things that have the most detrimental effect to our nation, things that are getting our soldiers killed by the hundreds. Yet, the most watched thing in America at the moment is the Mark Foley episode of American Springer.
Don't get me wrong, I do not in any way condone what he has apparently done; which is to entice a 16 year male into internet sex talk. This is no different than internet kiddie porn and he should be dealt with as the law prescribes. But it seems rather convenient to have this take all the media spot light at this particular time.
We have soldiers in harms way, we have soldiers being wounded, we have soldiers dying and all we can talk about now is some pervert who gets his jollies by having internet sex with kids!!!!!!! Arrest this guy, do an investigation, if he is guilty put him in jail and move on to more important issues. If anyone in a leadership position in congress knew about it and did not do anything, investigate them for obstruction of justice, and if they are guilty prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law.
But for the soldiers and the rest of the troops sake, let's not forget about them while this sordid, twisted, sick, Jerry Springer story is in the spot light.
