Everything in Moderation

I'm fairly certain the more we talk about things, the more things do not get accomplished. I wonder sometimes if there were less speculation, less hype, less dramatics, theatrics, over consumption and over-reporting... Well maybe more would get accomplished.

This seems like a broad post, and even more almost abstract to begin with. Let's see if i can elaborate.

24 hour news is absurd. Can we actually say that we need a non stop full cycle newscast on a variety of channels? All this does is create room and time for stories that would have never made it on the list to begin with. Barack Obama would not have been through months of speculation to whether he was a 'natural born' citizen, bubble boy would have been an afterthought and countless others would not have received this ridiculous spotlight and stage to go wild. Joe the Plumber, wacky 67th district congressman and women, etc.

Sports has gone overboard. 'Is he worth 25 million a year?' 'Maybe he's worth more?'
It's absolutely absurd that the 4th man in the Yankees rotation makes 12x what the President of The United States makes, or a doctor, or even someone who fights overseas for our country only to come home to find no job and an asterisk by the "We'll reimburse your tuition" portion of their agreement. All of this is caused by over analyzing of importance of these jobs. When is it OK to make 2.3 million and just be happy in one spot?

Politics has become a he-said/she said fiasco of epic proportions that is almost unbearable. It has been my passion for a while now, and its sad to know that i can never get into simply because I could not settle for the requirements. The system will never change. We talk about it constantly but when is the last time you have seen any dramatic change on the hill? No one truly speaks for their constituents, it is still a battle to compromise so they can find themselves for another 2/3/6/20 years as an elected official.
--To me its like breaking up with a girlfriend knowing that from this point on, you can never go back to what it used to be. No matter what you do.
Granted, politics may have never been a clean sport, but look what it has come to. It's sickening to me.

When it comes to cleaning up the world from oppression, hunger, and global warming, we still only get a lot of words, and some monetary donation to try and prove a point. I know people have good intentions, but my point of writing this is, when are people going to wake up... realize that this world is bigger than them, and think.. Intentions only go so far. Until someone notices that the way to get something accomplished is to join together, and make progress on an issue. The only way it is going to work is one at a time.

I just hope its in my lifetime.

-ck out