Media Circus History

Several events making the rounds in the media circuit- Senator Sanford, the Iranian protests, and Oklahoma Rep. Sally Kern.

I'm amazed that Sanford is saying the things he's saying. He's treating this as some kind of weird Livejournal. I thought he'd been to couples counsiling and he's still saying the most damaging things to his marraige. Isn't it a no-brainer to praise your wife over the Other Woman if you're trying to get back into her good graces? To appologize and mean it? I suppose he might be appologizing in a sense of "I'm sorry this betrayal happs ened to you," but he hasn't made that clear. As a woman who's been lied to by people she's cared about, I have no sympathy for him. If he really has found his soul mate he should still respect the bounds of his marriage, as he's criticized others to do. It's a difficult thing to do...unless you just don't care about the person you've married. From Mrs. Sanford's remarks, I take it she's been hurt and had enough.

In Iran, a revolution facilitated by Twitter. How cool is that? Not nearly as cool as the rumors of Anonymous helping protestors (Note: no relation to Richard Brennan). While I'm sad that the Iranians didn't get the regime change they were wanting, I am amazed that it has been as well documented as we've seen.

Lastly, I would like to mention Oklahoma State Rep. Sally Kern. As a liberal in Oklahoma, and a humanist, I am appalled by her ignorance and assupmtion to place that ignorance into yet another harmful policy. Yes, laws are traditionally based upon the social mores that make up a society. Mores are not morals nor are they religions. Which is why some unpopular things which are useful to society are legal but not supported by mores (executions and integration at its inception for example). I think my friend Rodney Derrick had the best response in Facebook, "This is a bold and ignorant statement that indicates a growing intolerance for people's differences in the state of Oklahoma. I haven't come across any proof that homosexuals wrecked the economy, and I doubt that I ever will. It's a mean-spirited statement that commands people of all faiths to smack it down before this ignorance metastasizes across the state." Her statements, to me anyway, are too close to other statements that minorities have destroyed the economy...before World War II in Germany.