Comments on: CBS Crumbling (Part I of II) http://www.halalpiar.com/2008/07/cbs-crumbling/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:02:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Bonnie Austin http://www.halalpiar.com/2008/07/cbs-crumbling/comment-page-1/#comment-529 Bonnie Austin Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:35:19 +0000 http://halalpiar.com/?p=75#comment-529 You're spot on, Hal. I was in OC Md for the 4th of July, along with at least 300,000 other sunbathers. It was billed as a record attendance for OC. As I observed the wall-to-wall people on the beach and in the water, I couldn't help but think, "Wait a minute, the news media and certain politicians keep reminding me that the economy is BAD! If the economy is so bad, then what in the world are all these people doing here in OC with gasoline at $4.00+ a gallon? Where are they getting all the discretionary funds to spend on souvenirs, pizza, and Thrashers on the boardwalk, if the economy is crumbling? Why are the waterways at the shore full of boaters and jet skiers, burning up all that expensive fuel?" Hmm. Thanks for reminding us that we must listen to and read the news with a fine tooth comb in order to...in your words..."to be able to examine issues and events objectively." Bonnie You’re spot on, Hal. I was in OC Md for the 4th of July, along with at least 300,000 other sunbathers. It was billed as a record attendance for OC.

As I observed the wall-to-wall people on the beach and in the water, I couldn’t help but think, “Wait a minute, the news media and certain politicians keep reminding me that the economy is BAD! If the economy is so bad, then what in the world are all these people doing here in OC with gasoline at $4.00+ a gallon? Where are they getting all the discretionary funds to spend on souvenirs, pizza, and Thrashers on the boardwalk, if the economy is crumbling? Why are the waterways at the shore full of boaters and jet skiers, burning up all that expensive fuel?” Hmm.

Thanks for reminding us that we must listen to and read the news with a fine tooth comb in order to…in your words…”to be able to examine issues and events objectively.”

Bonnie

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