Ridin' The Storm Out

Lets just sit back and pull the last few weeks together here. News sources are best when you take account all of them and what they have the ability to show. Today, with the ice storm in the southern states and especially Georgia, so much focus can be lost with one major event that its easy to not notice others of various significance.

Last night was President Obama's fifth state of the union address. The Weather Channel is reporting drought in California, and it seems like a complete shift in attention from the recent string of gun violence that has been taking place in America. And did anyone catch a little snippet here or there that the Fukashima power plant in Japan has not been attended to properly since the accident two years ago.  That radioactive material has to float somewhere right? 

If it's one thing this nation is good at is being distracted easily.  I also expect later tonight when I sit through the state of the union address I won't hear much about the mechanics of how the presidents or anyone's plan is actually going to work.  It will be more elaborate promises to boost the self-esteem and confidence in a weary population.  Well, at least those who bother enough to listen. I would really would take him more seriously if he was still smoking newports.