The kids at Penn State are raising hell about the firing of Paterno, bless their hearts, more power to them. But, like most Americans who raise hell, they are barking up the wrong tree.
They just weren't sure who, or what, to be angry at. They started out with anger against the pedophile, moved on to the Board of Directors, then started lashing out, in song and chant, against, you guessed it, the media. Who among us doesn't lash out against the media? After all, the media is our national scapegoat.
Anger at pedophilia is justified. So is anger against an arrogant bureaucratic Board of Directors.
But anger at the media? Oh come on! Again the American urge to shoot the messenger.
No doubt the media frenzy frightened the bureaucratically self protective Board into firing Jo Pa.
The mdia tries to make as much money for its owners as it can, by entertaining the American people as well as it can, in order to attract as much attention from we, the unswashed masses, as it can, in order to sell as much advertising as it can, to lure we the great unwashed to spend as much of our money as we can, to increase profits for the owners.....this is dizzying, but you get the point. Sound familiar?
The Penn State Paterno protesters should join the Occupy Wall Street movement, just like the tea party should join the Occupy Wall Street movement. Two Words: CORPORATE OLIGARCHY
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