Good grief!

Barbaro was put to sleep today. Oh noes! Every time I turned on the TV this afternoon, there was nothing but coverage of this. Now, don't get me wrong. I love animals and I'll be very, very sad when Brownie dies. I do not, however, think she--or any animal for that matter--deserves breaking news coverage and then a day's worth of tribute stories. Its a racehorse. Sometimes they break their legs and die. It happens, life goes on.

What really irked me about the whole thing though was one specific CNN story. The reporter was noticeably weeping while interviewing Barbaro's owner and saying "how I simply cannot imagine what a horribly tragic time this must be for you." I don't think they were that sympathetic talking to Pres. Ford's family members last month. Now let's think about that for a moment, shall we? Horse... Former US President...

Also, I'm sure 9850934853453 more important things blew up/were discovered/ or otherwise occurred someplace in the world.