This is terrible.

[The Mad Hatter]

There is no news.

 

Gas prices, war.

Gas prices, war.

 

I'm tired of hearing the same comedians over and over again, making the same jokes about George Bush.

Yes, he looks like a monkey.

Yes, he has a funny accent.

Yes, he's a bad public speaker.

Yes, he's very unpopular.

 

I'm tired of hearing the same things from the presidential candidates.

 

Gas prices, war.

 

I'm tired of being tired of all this sameness. I'm tired of people's homes and their culture being demolished.

 

I'm tired of gas prices and war.

 

I'm tired of this Twilight Zone marathon.

 

I'm tired of being called white, and I'm tired of you being called black. We're just people. That's cheesy. But it's the only truth right now.

 

I'm tired of being catered to because I'm whoever I am.

 

I'm tired of everybody being divided because of gas prices and war. Whatever war you're fighting. There's so many wars going on, but whenever somebody says "the war" you know what they mean.

 

Gaahhhhh I just needed to rant.

 

Maaaaaaybe all of this will be over when all of us are dead. I say maybe because maybe monkeys will also do this kind of thing if the humans all die out.

 

Also, I'd like it if I'd stop writing these kinds of things because it makes me seem like I care about anybody but myself. I start all my sentences with "I". Nobody cares about anybody but themselves.

 

Okay, maybe some people do.

[strawberryfields]

Well said.

 

I'm... just tired of it all, too.

 

Sigh.

[Hotplay007]

Ahem, England anyone?

 

 

 

 

 

And those are the exact reasons i don't watch the news anymore. I was an overaddicted freak of news but lol, i got out of it because it was nothing... NEW. it's just the same mess, the same rants, except the mess gets worse and the rants get louder. it's stupid to watch the national news now, well, imo. it's like learning something you already knew.

 

 

So... i just don't watch it.

[Saffire]

The news sucks because the vast majority of it is irrelevant to you. So before you read or listen to a news story, think: "How does this affect me?" if it doesn't, ignore it. Human beings weren't designed to worry about all the world's problems. Our minds can only take so much stress and concern... Originally, we were born, lived, and died all in the same tiny community and we only heard rare stories about what life is like in other parts of the world, across the ocean or over the mountains.

 

Forlackofabettertitle says nobody cares about anyone but themselves. I disagree, I think caring about other peoples' business is part of the reason this world is so screwed up to begin with. Imagine if everyone really only cared about themselves for a moment. We probably wouldn't be at war in Iraq now (remember the premise of the war was how cruel Saddam was to his people), and we'd probably take a closer look at our personal finances when it comes to gas prices. An individual or a government can't change the price of a commodity that's traded globally. Therefore instead of constantly worrying about it, DO SOMETHING to help yourself. If you drive alot and think gas prices will keep going up, buy an oil futures contract to hedge yourself against that possibility. When the price of gas rises, your contract's value will rise along with it!

 

But no, we can't do that. We're wusses, and that's too complex. We'd rather just complain about the price of gas. ;)

[Pseudonym]

This thread says it all...in a painful yet necessary way.

 

At least we have Coldplay, who we will never grow tired of.:)

[Hotplay007]

The news sucks because the vast majority of it is irrelevant to you. So before you read or listen to a news story, think: "How does this affect me?" if it doesn't, ignore it. Human beings weren't designed to worry about all the world's problems. Our minds can only take so much stress and concern... Originally, we were born, lived, and died all in the same tiny community and we only heard rare stories about what life is like in other parts of the world, across the ocean or over the mountains.

 

Forlackofabettertitle says nobody cares about anyone but themselves. I disagree, I think caring about other peoples' business is part of the reason this world is so screwed up to begin with. Imagine if everyone really only cared about themselves for a moment. We probably wouldn't be at war in Iraq now (remember the premise of the war was how cruel Saddam was to his people), and we'd probably take a closer look at our personal finances when it comes to gas prices. An individual or a government can't change the price of a commodity that's traded globally. Therefore instead of constantly worrying about it, DO SOMETHING to help yourself. If you drive alot and think gas prices will keep going up, buy an oil futures contract to hedge yourself against that possibility. When the price of gas rises, your contract's value will rise along with it!

 

But no, we can't do that. We're wusses, and that's too complex. We'd rather just complain about the price of gas. ;)

 

thanks for stealing my thunder jay.... ;):rolleyes:

[Best u Can]

that's why you should vote me for president :wacky:

you don't know any of my political views :wacky:

[busybeeburns]

Ahem, England anyone?

England is full. Please try again later.

[Saffire]

England is full. Please try again later.

 

LOL

 

You guys don't want Yankees overrunning your country? Wait till you see how big our cars and guns are!

[Hotplay007]

LOL

 

You guys don't want Yankees overrunning your country? Wait till you see how big our cars and guns are!

 

LMAO, i just had a thought.

 

 

 

if we all left to England... the entire country would be full of Mexicans. :laugh3:

[Saffire]

LMAO, i just had a thought.

 

 

 

if we all left to England... the entire country would be full of Mexicans. :laugh3:

 

 

But then where would the Brits move to? It would be like one huge, international game of "musical chairs"! :D

[Hotplay007]

hahahahahaha! that's true. and honestly, i think that the good lot of us should go. I mean, look at all the problems we have here, i don't want to corrupt England of it's awesomeness. :dance: So much for land of the free, home of the brave.

 

more like,

Land of the sucky economy, home of the illegal aliens.

[Saffire]

Actually our economy isn't that bad, unemployment here is usually lower than in most other civilized countries. The media just flips out when there's a slowdown and immediately calls it a 'recession'. There hasn't been negative growth yet.

 

Plus, illegal immigrants are awesome because they:

 

1. Expose how easy it is to get free services from the government without paying taxes. (The more of them that do this, the less likely is is these services will be continued in their current form).

 

2. Take low paying jobs, allowing us to buy our fruits and vegetables at FAR lower prices than they would be if they were paid minimum wage.

 

You shouldn't have to have a social security number if you want to contribute to society. Government is just pissed they can't track every single person.

[Black Rose]

I would quite happily pay the current American gas price.

 

You have it lucky, us Brits pay 3 times as much as you do (although the cars in Britain don't use as much fuel as the yank tanks)

[englishrose]

This is why we don't have a TV. It's not that we don't care, it's that we know it all already and don't need every day ruined my some monotoned news reporter giving the daily death toll.

It all depends on your perspective, though--you can look at the world as a whole and think, 'Shit. Why even bother?' And sit around feeling like some useless sod.

Or you can look outside and see the sun shining on leaves and think, 'This is worth saving,' and go from there.

[Black Rose]

I have given up watching the local news, as it wasn't really news.

[Pseudonym]

I have given up watching the local news, as it wasn't really news.

Plus local news only says horrible stuff

[exist2inspire]

Just a question. Am I the only person on Coldplaying that likes George Bush?

 

*hides under protective rock*

[Space Cadet]

There is no news.

 

Gas prices, war.

Gas prices, war.

 

I'm tired of hearing the same comedians over and over again, making the same jokes about George Bush.

Yes, he looks like a monkey.

Yes, he has a funny accent.

Yes, he's a bad public speaker.

Yes, he's very unpopular.

 

I'm tired of hearing the same things from the presidential candidates.

 

Gas prices, war.

 

I'm tired of being tired of all this sameness. I'm tired of people's homes and their culture being demolished.

 

I'm tired of gas prices and war.

 

I'm tired of this Twilight Zone marathon.

 

I'm tired of being called white, and I'm tired of you being called black. We're just people. That's cheesy. But it's the only truth right now.

 

I'm tired of being catered to because I'm whoever I am.

 

I'm tired of everybody being divided because of gas prices and war. Whatever war you're fighting. There's so many wars going on, but whenever somebody says "the war" you know what they mean.

 

Gaahhhhh I just needed to rant.

 

Maaaaaaybe all of this will be over when all of us are dead. I say maybe because maybe monkeys will also do this kind of thing if the humans all die out.

 

Also, I'd like it if I'd stop writing these kinds of things because it makes me seem like I care about anybody but myself. I start all my sentences with "I". Nobody cares about anybody but themselves.

 

Okay, maybe some people do.

 

Sounds like you need a vacation from America. I lived in New England for a year not long after 9/11... one of the biggest reasons I left was because the media there profoundly scared me. It really did feel like living in the Twilight Zone- everything is so over the top. I was very relieved to find out everything was still relatively normal when I got home and scanned the local newspaper.

[Starlight]

I used to be very 'in the know' about what was going on in the world when I was younger. When we would talk about current events in class, I would always feel like a dork because kids would say, "My God, how do you know all that?!" But as I've gotten older, I've lost touch with a lot of that. And I found that out in Journalism class this year, when every morning we would read the paper and discuss what was mentioned. I thought, Wow, I missed out on a lot, huh... I suppose I've been out of touch with the world for the same reason you guys have: It's the same shit over and over again. And for the first time in awhile, I was reading the news on Yahoo, and of course, it was about gasoline and the Middle East. It seems like it's not ever going to end, and it's painstakingly redundant. I'm not saying that I want other different problems to happen, but there is so much other things offered to everyone nowadays that sometimes...the world needs a break from all that.

[Hotplay007]

Just a question. Am I the only person on Coldplaying that likes George Bush?

 

*hides under protective rock*

 

well, i'll tell you one thing, i don't hate george bush, and i wont bash george bush because all it does is makes you look stupid. he's made lots of wrong choices but that just shows he wasn't right for the job. it's like, i'm not going to say, FUCK GEORGE BUSH... because that's childish.

[chuck kottke]

I like the way you think English Rose! Sunny day, and enjoy a little of the time we've got here..

Basically, the English are all moving to Spain, and let's see.. the Spanish are all moving to France, and the French are all moving to Monaco, and..:laugh3:

Frankly, we're surrounded. I mean, with our military overstretched overseas, if the Canadians came from the north, and the Mexicans from the south in a pincer move, we'd all have to move to England!:P (and the country would become Canmexico? Mexicanada?)

[englishrose]

Frankly, we're surrounded. I mean, with our military overstretched overseas, if the Canadians came from the north, and the Mexicans from the south in a pincer move, we'd all have to move to England!:P (and the country would become Canmexico? Mexicanada?)

 

:stunned: Crap, he's onto us...

[indanomati]

Y'wanna know what's terrible, Emily (Is it?)? Well, at least for me.

What's terrible is having to see all our cultures demolished by this word ''globalization''... and people all around the world acting the same, having the same issues.. and so on. This is what I find quite terrible. Yeap!

 

As for the news, I watch it. Not regularly, though.

And the only news channel I like watching is Aljazeera English. It's the best one out there, IMO.

[e!f]

Terrible things a lot, for example to be accused from all the world for smg which haven't done.