Wake Up. Get Real. Move On.

It’s New Year’s Eve and that means it’s time to get ready for a whole new year! But of course you can’t think about the future without thinking a little about the past. 2007 was certainly an eventful year but that doesn’t mean it was a good one when it comes to what was reported.

You probably recall Don Imus getting in trouble for a racial remark he made. But here’s the thing, he was known for making rude comments- it’s who he is. So why did he get in trouble? Because some folks just have to go and pull out the Race Card. Yes I believe he did go a little to far in his personal comment but it’s not like he’s the only person to make such a rude comment about someone. As for Miss South Carolina, while we all got a chuckle out of her answer, we all have at some point done something to embarrass ourselves.

One reason for making this blog is to express my opinions on events in the world, while also killing time. Currently I want to go into Broadcast Journalism, but now at the end of 2007 part of me feels ehhh because of all the stupid reports made by the media. So let me introduce you to what I call The Moron Report.

The Moron Report of 2007:

1. Paris Hilton was in jail and out of jail. People cheered and people cried. She read the Bible in prison and said she’d change. Now whether she meant that in this lifetime nobody knows?
2. Anna Nichole Smith- why anyone would care about her remains a mystery to me.
3. Rosie vs. Trump- who cares.
4. Michael Vick
5. Barry Bonds
6. Vanessa Hudgens likes her privacy but has apparently no protection against online theft.
7. Marie Osmond fell on live television. Is something wrong with her? No. But there is with us? Yes, because for some reason people actually care.
8. Lindsay and Britney have no talent and their lives are going down the drain. So why is that we hear so much about them?
9. Jamie Lynn Spears- 16 and pregnant. Jamie hopes that what has happened to her will be a message to all teens- as if she’s the first girl to wind up in this situation.
   

Yes it was reports like these that made up the headlines of 2007. And sadly it took the loss of lives to draw our attention away from that of troubled lives. America certainly saw its fair share of tragedy. From Virginia Tech, the fires in California, the Omaha Mall Shootings, to the fall of the I-35 bridge in Minneapolis. And in case you ever forgot we're still in a war. But were not alone in the suffering, earthquakes, hurricanes, riots, and assassinations haunt others in the world around us.

2007 has hopefully shown us the world we live, and how it’s about time that we do something about it. Parents shouldn’t have to worry about sending their kids to school. People shouldn’t have to be scared of someone hurting them in a mall. And we shouldn’t have to question the stability of the bridge beneath us. And we certainly don’t have to hear about other people messing up their own lives. We’ve been given life to make something of it, it may not be a perfect world and it may never be one, but we can try. So in 2008 let’s wake up, get real, and move on.