News, News, News

The title of my blog was going to be current events, but I decided that some are not too current anymore, hence, the title, News, News, News. Nowadays, it is very hard to watch the television or internet, listen to the radio or read the newspaper because it seems the news are all the same with the doom and gloom scenario!!! So, what is in the news?

To start with, it is the same old news about the BP oil spill from the Gulf of Mexico! It is now day 51 and there is no end in sight of the containment of the oil spill. The fisherman in some parts with the oil spill have already thrown their towels. What does this mean to us?? Eat seafood at your own risk??? I do not know about that, but don't our food supply go through the government inspection before it is released to the public for consumption??? I just read an article that claims that Gulf seafood is safe and plentiful! Which comes to my mind the other day when I was in the store. I saw these extra large shrimps that looked sooooo good, and it was only $5.99 a pound!!!! Of course, I bought some, and had already eaten half of it! It tasted good! Yum!!! Yum!!!! I forgot all this time about the oil spill and I do not know where the shrimps came from!!! Ayayayay!!!! Too late!!! It is already in my tummy!!!! Oh,well.

Next news. The United States has a 13 trillion deficit. How many zeroes are in the trillion??? I cannot imagine how big a trillion is!!! But breaking it down, it amounts to $118,000 per American taxpayer!!! So, what??? We do not feel it because we do not get billed for it!!! Why do we have to worry about it? For one thing, how is the government supposed to pay it? Let us say, if it has a 5% interest, that means, the US has to pay a lot in interest alone!!!! America is in serious trouble!!! Hopefully, it will not become another Greece!!! If the people had to pay for it, that means more taxes! And to think that the Bush tax cuts will expire on December 31st!! Oh, no!!! If the government does not extend the tax cuts, we are all in for an immediate 10 % tax increase!!! Heaven forbids!!!! We are already barely making ends meet, another 10 % increase will sure leave many more people struggling!!!! What are we supposed to do??? Does anyone have any answers??? Yes!!! Pray! Pray! Pray!!! That is right, pray for our country!!!! And let us just give our government the benefit of a doubt that they will get America out of this predicament!!!! This is sooo sad!!!

How about the world's millionaires??? Where are they mostly??? Who cares??? These millionaires do not give a damn to ordinary people like you and me, so forget them! Wow!!! Calm down. Okay, I will not continue with this news. Good!!!!

Do you want to know the 2010 Stanley Cup champions??? It is none other than the Chicago Blackhawks!!! They won against the Philadelphia Flyers who won in 1974 and 1975, and lost their 6 Stanley Cup appearance! The Chicago won in overtime of game 6, beating the Flyers, 4-3!! Wow!!! That was really a very tight game, not knowing until the very end who will win! The Chicago Blackhawks won after 49 years, the longest drought in the National Hockey League ( NHL)!!! Very, very impressive!!! I guess they will have a ticker tape parade in Chicago to show off their conquest??? Of course!!! Congratulations, Chicago!!!!!!

Let us go now to the 2010 CMT music awards. What is CMT? Country Music Awards!!! I was not able to watch it but I guess the big winner was Carrie Underwood!!! Who else could it be?? It seems nowadays, it is just between Carrie and Taylor Swift!!! They are monopolizing the country music!!! But what was the big hullaballo in the CMT awards??? It was the sleek, straight hairstyles of the young, beautiful country singers, Taylor Swift, Julianne Hough, Kellie Pickler, and Hayden Panettiere!!! They all looked sooo gorgeous with the straight hairstyle!!! This is different than the big hairdo that we are so accustomed with the country singers!!! This is indeed very refreshing!!!!

What about the newly crowned 2010 Scripps Spelling Bee winner, Anamika Veeramani, who correctly spelled ''strohmuhr?" That was a very impressive performance! Gosh!!! These kids are very commendable, spelling words that is out of the grasp of ordinary people!!! If that was me, I would have been a nervous wreck that probably would have been frozen in front of the audience!! How about you? Will you be as calm, cool and collected like Anamika??? She was a guest at Jimmy Kimmel's show and once again, passed the spelling contest in flying colors!!! The word was " juxtaposition", which the Spanish pronouncer did not do justice!!! How about that??? Nothing fazes her, not even Jimmy and his company!!! Anamika is sure one cool speller, worthy of the title!!!!
Posted by vs at 6/10/2010 3:31 PM Add Comment