Victor Davis Hanson - Hooked on Trivia

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	Victor Davis Hanson - Hooked on Trivia

dorine

5-7-2007 9:08 AM

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media, people, culture, war on terror

dorine says:

I clipped only the end of the article. He's a straight-talker.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f0021741-b374-42f3-8bf5-8af4a3c8df13/F9143975-4CC0-4934-91C3-F2F36270ED5D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://townhall.com/columnists/column.aspx?UrlTitle=hooked_on_trivia&ns=VictorDavisHanson&dt=05/04/2007&page=2" href="http://townhall.com/columnists/column.aspx?UrlTitle=hooked_on_trivia&ns=VictorDavisHanson&dt=05/04/2007&page=2" style="font-size: 11px;">townhall.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://townhall.com/columnists/column.aspx?UrlTitle=hooked_on_trivia&ns=VictorDavisHanson&dt=05/04/2007&page=2">
The public and its leaders know these problems cannot continue unaddressed -
and yet we fear the bitter medicine to come far more than suffering with the
present chronic illness.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://townhall.com/columnists/column.aspx?UrlTitle=hooked_on_trivia&ns=VictorDavisHanson&dt=05/04/2007&page=2">
But what if al-Qaida lets off a dirty bomb or blows up an oil field, or if
Americans flee Iraq, or if Russia decides to cut off natural gas to Europe
or reabsorbs one of its bothersome former republics? We try to hear and see
no evil, but it's not far-fetched to suggest that future world events could
quickly change the lives of millions.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://townhall.com/columnists/column.aspx?UrlTitle=hooked_on_trivia&ns=VictorDavisHanson&dt=05/04/2007&page=2">
So why then fixate on Anna Nicole, Rosie, Imus and Alec?</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://townhall.com/columnists/column.aspx?UrlTitle=hooked_on_trivia&ns=VictorDavisHanson&dt=05/04/2007&page=2">
Simple - they are the modern equivalents of grotesque carnival freak shows
that used to provide a perverse sense of escapism from what people dare not
face. Yet as our dependency on such tabloid distraction grows, so, too, do
the real dangers that we ignore.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://townhall.com/columnists/column.aspx?UrlTitle=hooked_on_trivia&ns=VictorDavisHanson&dt=05/04/2007&page=2">
The ghost of Anna Nicole, foul-mouthed Rosie and trash-talking Imus turn out
to be the best friends Ayman al-Zawahiri, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Vladimir
Putin have.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F9143975-4CC0-4934-91C3-F2F36270ED5D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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