The clown is running into the crowd and killing the children

What if the news reported what was really happening in the state of the union speech? On CNN they were talking as if they were reviewing the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

"There's the President shaking hands with people"
"Yeah Joanne, congressmen were actually bribing each other to get those front row seats"
"That's true Rob, I heard, that congressman Tancredo was going to actually have to work on Tom Delay's defense team to pay off the debt, just so he can absorb the president's overspray"

I think that Tom might need some lawyers to defend him against his lawyers (They joyously laugh at their mutual wit). Did you notice Senator Boxer's brilliant, Wool blend, periwinkle 2piece ensemble? - Brilliant -Brilliant (Joanne echoes him like the Guinness guy).

On and on. Meaningless, mind numbing commentary. I wondered what the metaphor of the parade would sound like if it accurately expressed what our president was really doing while running our country...

Here we are at the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade... we are waiting for the Grand Marshall of the parade...The first time a clown has been nominated to lead the thanksgiving day parade. Oh Rob, here he comes... He is waving at the crowd... doesn't he embody the promise of a better world.. and...Look! Here is his professional looking group clown troupe right behind him in the little car with the logos on the side. It looks like a racing car with those logos. Yes Joanne - Lockheed, Halliburton, Brown and Root, PHARMA, Exxon. How do they find all the space.

Their lock step is impressive... Watch them jumping out of their little car...they really are efficient..Wait, they seem a little drunk, maybe disorganized. No wait, they are acting disorganized. Oh my god! They are acting that way to hide the fact that they are sneaking up behind the parade watchers and... oh my god! they are taking their wallets and throwing them into the car! The parade organizers are running in behind them taking the wallets out of the car....Unbelievable, they are using the information they collect to take out loans in the name of the person they stole the wallet from. They are photo copying their IDs "just in case". Wait, the lead clown has jumped into the crowd and is attacking the children! He's killing the in the name of...wait I can't hear him...he keeps screaming and repeating the word...Freedom! Oh, what incredible pandemonium..The mothers are shrieking, wondering why and the clown's body guards are taking them away and arresting them. Oh my god....

At least then the media would be accurately reporting what really happened.

If you want to read a little more about the media's role in pushing the Iraq war. Check out http://www.wmdthefilm.com. Danny Schechter book called When News Lies exposes how the media was complicit in the selling in the Iraq war. Check it out.