Top three stories?

Three big stories are in the news right now: A Marine shooting an wounded insurgent/terrorist, the opening of the Clinton library, and the Terrell Owens MNF debacle. This may sound McLaughlin-like, but…

Issue One, the Marine issue. If it helps, pretend you’re playing Halo 2 or Doom. OK, you’re walking through an area with known hostiles, most have been routed or killed, and you’re making sure the area is swept, except that you know that another Marine was killed yesterday by a terrorist who pretended to be dead long enough to detonate a grenade at point blank range. You see some bodies huddled in the corner, seemingly dead or unconscious, you notice that one of the guys appears to be conscious, and possibly faking JUST LIKE THE GUY DID YESTERDAY. Do you:

a. Call for the medics to come and help the poor injured soul.
b. Walk up to the guy to verify whether he is alive or dead, and whether he still represents an explosive threat or is booby trapped.
c. Blow the guy away and ask questions later.

If you said a or b, congratulations, you’re DEAD already. If they bring this poor kid up on charges, the liberals should be forced to sweep all areas of hostiles themselves, and see how quick they get on the trigger when it’s THEIR lives.

Issue Two, the Clinton library. I may be missing something, but who said that every President gets a library?! Well, regardless, I’m sure it’s a lovely shrine to Bubba, but is this really a front page story? Hell, I think even Gerald Ford has a freakin’ library and nobody elected him to any national office. And enough with the cigar and intern jokes, we know he was a horndog and a liar and a cheat. But, truth be said, the economy was strong during his administration and most of us didn’t even notice or care that it was a Democrat in the White House while we cashed out dot-com checks and stock options.

Issue Three, the TO debacle. Here’s a note to all you left-wingers – it isn’t about a black man and a white woman. It’s about stupid sexually provocative shit being on my television at 6pm. Frankly, I didn’t even think about the whole black-white thing until someone mentioned it on the radio. Here’s a note to all you right-wingers – it isn’t about censorship and banning nudity either. It was a stupid move made by stupid network programmers starring a stupid football player and a washed-up skank. That’s it. It isn’t part of moral decay, it isn’t part of a racial backlash. It’s just plain stupid. Sometimes it’s just about the stupidity, stupid.