I was taken aback just now at the graphic scenes of destitute hurricane survivors in Haiti literally throwing themselves into razor wire for the chance at a food handout from the United Nations.
I usually tune into CNN for a minute or two each day, to quickly tune out from the nonstop political bantering nonsense. But this report was brutally graphic; the desperation in the people's eyes, the screams manifesting from empty stomachs as real as it can get through a metal box.
wow. CNN is actually covering something going on in the world that is not associated with Palin, McCain, Obama, or Lehman Brothers.
and then....
Pedi Paws. I was almost more astonished at the followup to this chilling report on the frontlines of humanity. A pet nail clipper commercial. Pedi Paws. Promises to not crack or splinter, or cut too short, your pet's nails. "Fast, easy, and painless trimming!"
My god. Cut back to young women entangled in razor wire in a desperate plea for life.
Cut forward. Painless trimming for Fido's comfort.
Citizens of this great country will spend way more this year on their pets than on all international humanitarian aid expenditures combined.
Where is our collective consciousness? When politicans appeal to our sense of unity, of standing as one, as coming together, what, exactly, are we uniting together for? What, exactly, do we stand for? Is it crass materialism, zombified advertising bookending usually-zombified programming, an individualistic mentality that values pet clippers over human need? Can the people who set up commercial programming at least be more sensitive to the news topics at hand when deciding when and where to smear their coorporate feces??
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