Slouching Towards Teheran

The images and the words come so fast, and with such urgency, that everything assumes the same importance; "With ATand T there is... Look whacha done with a dollar, a dollar?... Next week at the Cow Palace... Levitz' stock reduction sale... Stay tuned for weather and reports on the disaster..." We are going to war and hundreds and thousands of people like you and me will be killed. But how would you know and of what importance is it anyway, when mentioned in the same breath as "Julia Robert's home movies with her kids... Milk and cereal bars...you can store all this at Public Storage just call 1-800..." If all this was going on in one person's head we'd think insanity, but it is in all our heads. The T.V. sage wisely intones that there is "Irony in tragedy" but don't think too deeply on it. People died, people will die... It really hardly touches you... or me. "In news around the bay today... one lawsuit will be filed in the case... Eastbound 24 is cleared, stay tuned... eat fresh!... This could pave the way for military action...taste the wonders of Chile...priority mail... clear skies and just a few high clouds in the best place to live in the world" I wonder what time sunrise is in Baghdad?