Im on vacation in Isla Mujeres and I called my dad today to see how hes doing. Excuse the lack of apostrophes Im on a spanish speaking keyboard and honestly cant find the button! Anyway, having cancer my dad watches television all day long. He watches CNN and MSNBC basically all day long.
I asked him before I hung up, "what do you think of the whole torture thing?" He replied, "torture what torture?" I said, "The Bush administration has been torturing terrorists they call it enhanced interrogation havent they been covering that on the news there?" He replied, "What torture? Bush has been torturing people?!"
Seriously?! There is no logical, honest reason the media can have for not covering this administrations crimes. I for one have been reading stuff regarding torture on the internet for the past week and have been riveted by the news. Its entertaining. It shouldnt be but it is. Im outraged and entertained at the same time. They cannot tell me that this wouldnt grab them ratings. So why dont they cover it?
Part of me being here thinks i never want to return to my country. I feel dirty here. At the hostel in which im staying ive met people from every continent (except anartica). Being American makes me feel like a second class person here. Im embarrassed.
I would only be half as embarrassed if the media and people in my country cared about what has happened. The people dont care cause they dont know because the media hasnt told them. The media dont care because...well i cant answer that. Im not that smart.
Thank god for the internet for all the people here that deride daily kos if it werent for this place I might be like my dad saying "what torture?" Thank god for the internet.