Now I’m strictly an armchair microbiologist myself, but I do believe that this Anthrax scare is a formidable contender in the Overblown Media Drool-Stories race. What percent of the population has come into any contact whatsoever with Anthrax versus the percent of the population now taking Cipro? Too bad I didn’t see this coming. I could’ve bought stock in Bayer.

If you were a bioterrorist, obviously you’d want to target the library at Horlick High School in Racine, Wisconsin, right? Well, some people thought so, so the library closed down today because they found some white powder. I don’t know all the specifics, but knowing Horlickers (I still snicker at that; hi, I’m eleven), it was either a packet of coffee sweetener or cocaine.

Note to self: Not enough complaining about the odious media. Too liberal. Spend nine-tenths of every half-hour talking about what's "Coming Up Next," only to deliver a one-line story at the end of the program. Weathermen. No attractive male newscasters. And the Urinal Times- don't get me started on that crap. I hate the media. (But especially hate our local paper, of which I kept a month-long tab of their poorly-written stories promoting their liberal agenda. Oh, but that's not all. They don't get anything right there. They aren't objective journalists; they aren't even journalists. The first paragraph ought to state the basics: the five W's. All the UT writers start with flamboyant lead-ins, like they're writing a novel. Plus they're always putting sports on the front page of section A. Plus... oh, forget it. This rant is for another time.)

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