Random Acts of Responsibility – Or Not

This morning, Bruce and I played a round of golf in a cool, off-and-on rain down at Jericho Lake where, as usual, we picked up an armload (each) of beer bottles and cans discarded by other players too lazy to hold onto them until reaching a trash can. Otherwise, we had a good game, and even struck another blow for nature when Bruce discovered a baby, walnut-sized snapping turtle lying in the grass 100 yards from the creek that runs thru the course.

Since the little guy couldn’t have made the trek himself, we figured a bird had picked him up as an easy meal, and then dropped him.

So being the good Samaritans we are, Bruce and I walked the baby over to the creekside where I believe he has an underwater condo and free parking.

Speaking of nature, what a shock that the RNC’s media waterboys (Limbaugh, O’Reilly, Hannity, et al) could not have foamed more at the mouth over Al Gore sharing this past week’s award of the Nobel Peace Prize.

It’s so pathetic that American media—particularly cable TV outlets—has become little more than an extension of The Jerry Springer Show, with partisans screeching to the extreme elements of their base, or (in the case of Fox “News”) interviewing liberal guests with a sharpened knife while tossing softballs at conservative ones.

In the meantime, I’m now considering a non-American outlet (like BBC America News) for my daily info fix.

"Thanks, Sean. I'm glad to be here. Pardon? Why yes, Sean. I do like kittens.
What? Interview over? Really? Wow, that was a scorcher!
You guys at Fox really ask the tough questions!"