Wait, that wasn't a joke?
Okay, Lauren and I just realized this evening that we have GOT to start watching more TV. We just found out tonight that Saddam Hussein was hanged ON DECEMBER 30TH!!! Just so we're clear, that was over TWO WEEKS AGO! And what's worse, we found out when John Stewart made an offhand comment about it on The Daily Show. We were both like, "What? Wait was he serious? He didn't sound like he was kidding."
I know we've been busy because of a new baby and whatnot and we don't watch that much TV to begin with, but man, how did we not see at least a news blurb online about this in the last 19 days? I've listened to a few hours of talk radio and seen a few snippets of CNN in that time. How did I not hear about it on one of those? Or geez, how come none of our friends or family mentioned it in conversation, "Hey did you hear Saddam Hussein is dead?" How have we gone almost three weeks without hearing a single bit of info on this story?
I've kind of prided myself on not being at the forefront of current events lately. Personally I think any news worth remembering is news that will still be valid a couple weeks later. But man, I think even I have crossed a line on this one.
Labels: current events
posted by Brian @ 11:13 PM
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1 Comments:
Okay, don't feel bad about this one. I am a stay at home mom of two and granted my day mainly consist of watching Little Einsteins, Dora, Blues Clues etc. But I do watch a fair amount of grown-up television as well or so I thought.
I remember I was watching Good Morning America after my husband had left for work and they were talking about how a video of the hanging had surfaced, probably via a cellphone. I was in total shock! I called my husband and was like hey did you know that Saddam had been hung? Of course he was like yeah, you didn't know? I was like ummmm NO!!
Just thought I would share my own story as yours made me feel a whole lot better about my oblivion to the event!!!
Later,
Tamara
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