The Way We Write It

I always have Saturdays off during the summer.  So I generally do my best to head to the east, to a town along Lake Ontario, for good food and great company.

Being a proud Buffaloian (Go Sabres!), this provides approximately 5 hours in the car for iPod karaoke and more contemplative thinking. (Note: I did not say Deep contemplative thinking)

On the news today there were featured stories about the 2008 Ugliest Dog champion as well as a frightening story about a "pregnancy pact" (check it out on CNN if you haven't heard about this yet- very scary)  I realized after browsing the news site that the media news corporations provide us with a extensive amount of information.  However, they get to dictate exactly what we find out and how in fact we find out about it.  Journalism at its best I assume.  I can hear Uncle Ben from here screaming "with great power comes great responsibility"  Super Duper.

But as I drove today I stumbled upon the notion that this is not just true of our news reporters but all story tellers known to humankind.  Therefore, is history itself not completely open to interpretation?  How frightened are you that George W. (the W stands for wonderful *sarcasm {cough} *sarcasm) Bush could be remembered as the "Crusader against Terrorism, who saved the World from Saddam Hussein!" rather than "(Insert clear and apparent truth about the last eight years)"

I guess I kick myself now for blindly assuming as a child and young adult that History was fact and simply clear cut when in fact it's all in who we choose should be the scribe for our human workgroup and in fact the way that we write it ourselves.

Sunday to Tuesday will feature a brief jaunt for me down South but I hope to be posting all the same.  Please continue to check back and thanks for all of your support and comments!