On 26 Apr 2007 07:49:16 -0700, Denny wrote:

My daughter is in the upper 1% income bracket that some of you seem to
despise... She does not watch the news on TV or read the front section
of the newspaper - if you were to ask her she would not have a clue
who Cho is/was, and could not care less if she tried... She does not
watch Rosie, Idol, or Dancing with the Stars, or other TV garbage...
She listens to CD music or radio stations (no talk radio), watches
movies as she chooses, reads magazines and books, works on her
projects, cooks gourmet meals, and works hard at her profession...
We have discussed this and she says in the past listening/watching/
reading the garbage the media passes off as news/entertainment only
made her feel 'crazy'... She is much happier without knowing who
killed who yesterday; and being that it is not anything she can
change, why abuse her psyche and emotions by watching it...

Let me challenge you to every day for a week to skim the news on the
BBC, New York Times, Washington Post, Pravda, ABC, NBC, Google, and
Yahoo.. Really pump up on the news (you are going to find that they
all run much of the same stories, even Pravda is hard to tell from any
other paper at times) At the end of seven days of doing this ask
yourself how you feel; good?

Then spend a week and do not do any of those things; read books, get
an audio CD course on Spanish/French or whatever, go for a walk after
supper instead of watching the news, etc... At the end of seven days
ask yourself how you feel...

Let me know how it comes out...

Or you could stick your head in the sand and hope that those of us who
are paying attention will take care of you.