Jun
18
Written by:
tim
6/18/2009 12:01 PM
Okay, first things first. I wasn't actually reading a physical copy of the paper but I was reading through the online version of the Tacoma News Tribune. It's one of those things I try and do a few times a week not so much for me to be "informed" but to get something of a pulse on what we as a community deem news worthy. It can also reflect our spiritual needs and values.
There were several articles that seemed to fall into the realm of "normal news". You know, taxes for this project, bad money, bad people, tragic accidents, political concerns and what you should definitely not eat or even touch unless you want to die due to a painfully agonizing mystery disease tomorrow! These I consider normal not because they are unimportant but because they seem to be consistent with the steady flow of things that people write about and other people (us) read.
There is also a nice little section of "water-cooler" news. Useless and often entertaining these stories are the equivalent of those little peep-marshmallow candies that invade our home now and again; way too much sugar, fattening yet unsatisfying and gone before you can finish inhaling with a strong possibility that there is now residue on your teeth. This is the reason you're by the water-cooler when you read them so that you have something to wash it all down.
What kind of surprised me was an article concerning our President's response to a house fly. I literally laughed out loud (that's "lol" to you cyber/texting types) as Renee, our office manager, can confirm when I saw the headline. "I can't believe this is even an article" were the words that parted my lips. Oh well, I suppose someone was short on house fires or scandals and had to dig really deep.
What then caught my attention was the fact that there were 39 comments in response to the article. In fact, as of 1:30pm on June 18th it was the 5th most commented story in the paper ahead of articles on the Palins, another presidential piece, a murder trial and rumblings about North Korea.
My question is simply why is there a fly in my paper? Secondly, why do that many people care?
I suppose all of this should remind all of us that there really is only one place where we can find words of truth, hope, life, love, grace, peace and mercy.
"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness." 2Timothy 3:16
Be well!
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