Ted Turner said: “I went from no money to a pile of money, just as big as the World Trade Center. Then — just like the World Trade Center — poof, it was gone. Overnight.” Apparently, he laughed as he said this. Then he goes on to say some really dumb inarticulate things about the war on terrorism. It’s the comparison of his “pile of money” to the “collapse of the WTC” (which resulted in 3000 deaths) that is absolutely reprehensible to me. Reprehensible.
And then of course there’s Sean Penn, being duped by the Butcher of Baghdad. Reminds me of all of those celebrities going over to Russia during the 30s and 40s, and being given tours, seeing the squeaky clean streets, the modern technology, the happy smiling busy Russians. Of course they were not shown the famine, the gulags, the torture chambers.
Anyway. Never mind. The sun is shining, I’m wearing my cozy fleece jacket, I’m going to go get some lunch, the transit is NOT striking, I have my writing group tomorrow and I’ve been working really hard … so life is good.
Screw Ted Turner.
