Matt Dillon or Gas Price Projections
For decades, my morning ritual was simple. I’d get up and have coffee while reading the newspaper. That changed a few years ago. Now I get up and have coffee while perusing the Internet for news. I use the Google news service – which is feeds from 4,500 news services. Just go to Google’s home page and click on “News.”
Two very nice aspects of Google’s news are 1) the lead page is filled with the top stories in several categories including business, technology and entertainment. 2) You can search on a specific topic you’re interested in. Articles and video news broadcasts rain down from almost any search. Articles and videos are from every conceivable source from the LA Times and Wall Street Journal to the West Milford Messenger and the Anchorage Daily News.
For the past three days, Matt Dillon’s speeding ticket has made it to the lead story page of Google news. Mind you, when a story makes the lead page it has the primary article, and at least a couple of other relevant articles to click on. With all that’s going on in the world right now, I just don’t understand how a so-so actor’s speeding ticket merits such a place of honor.
Frankly, I’d much prefer to see some intelligent projections about the future of gas prices – in 2009. Oil had made it down below the $40 per barrel mark. The new problems in the Middle East are now propping it back up. Will this continue? Will oil keep rising – again? What will this mean at the pump over the next 60-days?
Of course I’d also like to see more about the current financial crisis/collapse/recession/depression. How bad will it get – and how bad is it now – really? Of late I’ve seen some videos on alternate news sources that show tent cities popping up across America. The scenes are utterly reminiscent of the black and white videos of such places during the depression. People who have lost their home or job or both are living outside in tents with their families.
I don’t care if Matt Dillon got a ticket – sorry Mr. Dillon… But I do care about other things – things that matter to me and my family. I’d like to see more about important matters, and less about the trite problems of celebrities.
And that’s all I have to say about that…
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