A Song To Ponder In These Tough Times
May 11th, 2009 | one response
A personal note. Everywhere I turn, I see people that are hurting or stressed out due to loss or uncertainty about the economy. No, I’m not excluded from that. But here in San Diego, some 192 people who passionately dedicated their lives to working on the San Diego Union Tribune newspaper were told within a day of the paper’s ownership change on Monday that their jobs will end in 60 days. I had subscribed to the paper when I worked on the newspaper in Wichita in 1980, and one laid-off reporter was my journalistic role model — I loved all of his local reporting, enterprise pieces and features.
To all those who are hurting, or fearful, or stressed out, perhaps it’s time to ponder the words of this Jerry Herman Broadway showstopper (Herman is shown coming up at the end of it). These definitely aren’t the best times for our country and economy, but the lyrics give us a needed reminder:
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One Response to “A Song To Ponder In These Tough Times”
I find it odd that progressives can shed a tear when a few people in the media loses their jobs but then, without irony, make healthcare proposals that will cause 100,000's of people to lose their jobs, or support environmental regulations that will cause 10,000's of people to lose their jobs.
Maybe the owners and editorial boards of all of the newspapers in California will write about how wrong they have been on immigration and education. If newspapers want readers, they citizens (not just residents) who care about their community (instead of seeing it as an economic buffet to be consume) and who can read English at the high school level. Newspapers also need citizens who have a good enough foundation in history, economics, and politics so that they can actually understand what they are reading. I hope the cheaper restaurant meals and dry wall have been worth advocating for open borders and unlimited immigration.