June 29, 2005

Gods Slay Titans: Natalee Hollo-who?

I'm really happy for Dan Riehl and Tom and Red of Scared Monkey's. Seriously. And by happy I mean pissed off and jealous. Despite the fact that every bone in my body says, "Blog on Natalee Holloway, because of the hits, man, THINK ABOUT THE HITS!" I just can't bring myself to do it.

Why? I agree with Michelle Malkin, "I just wish there were a way to take this story's magical ingredients and add them to neglected threats that affect far more people."

How about this for a headline:

Would somebody please remind the American people that THERE'S A F*CKING WAR ON!!

Ok. Got that out of my system. Now, where was I? Oh, yeah. Hey Dan, Red, or Tom, how about throwing us a link............

UPDATE: Thanks to Tom for throwing us the link. In case you can't tell, we go way back and I see he can still take a joke. I agree, his stories are not my stories, and my interests not necessarily his. And we are still just effing bloggers and not Dan Rather anchors, so I guess I'll lighten up on you guys. They've found a cause and a niche--most people only find niches and never causes--good on you.

My own cause and niche are American hostages still in Iraq. And Red, Tom, Dan Riehl are right: bloggers like us have made contacts and have sources that the MSM are oblivious to. My posts on these hostages and their posts on whats-her-name in Aruba a case in point.

Anyway, my criticism still applies to the MSM. Yes, the Halloway story is important to some people--those in Aruba, in Alabama, or among those who knew Natalee personally. Very important. But why is it on all three news 24 hr news networks every day? This story is not worthy of being in national headlines for weeks. It is worthy of bloggers and local news outlets, but certainly not the national news.

UPDATE 2:*** MPJ EXCLUSIVE *** MUST CITE MY PET JAWA ***

Dan Riehl uses 'erudite' and 'ardent' in same sentence without belching.....