because today I had my kids make a poster about something we were talking about and I said that they should decorate it, too with pictures to help illustrate what they were writing about You know the drawings they put on...a hot dog and a wine glass. In Spanish class. (Well, maybe wine is good for Spain, but this is middle school people!) They didn't mean it bad, it's just what they decided to draw. I had to explain that probably if you're talking about Spanish you can probably pick a better food than a HOT DOG! (And I have taught these kids Spanish since second grade. What a waste of 5 years--haha!)

Have you heard about the feud between Obama and Fox News? I first heard about it today and I am incensed! I know there have been some things that Obama has been doing lately that a lot of conservatives are up in arms about, but I haven't felt too upset, until I heard about this and then looked more deeply into the words and actions on the part of Obama's administration.

I read an article on CBS about it (I haven't figured out how to embed links on this computer, sorry!), but you can read about it basically anywhere. I cannot believe how childish the president of the United States is when the media has an opinion that opposes him. Uh, hi! You're the president, welcome to criticism!

Obama is making this big deal about how Fox is an "opinion" network and not a "News" network. Fine, but so are the ones that are crazily liberal. They just happen to share Obama's opinions so they are safe from his criticism.

Last year, I read this book America, America by Ethan Canin. It was about this man who ran for president (not true, but parts were loosely based on a real-life candidate from the past) and how his campaign was so closely tied to the media because he had the money and connections to influence what they said. It really opened my eyes to the influence that candidates have over the media that write stories about them. I guess, if the politician doesn't have control over what a branch of the media is saying he gets mad and essentially boycotts them. Yeah, we see how it is.

The one good thing is it seems that Fox's ratings are actually going up because of the president's criticism. At the same time, CNN's popularity has reached an all-time low. Hopefully, Obama does not find a way to gain control over Fox News or we are really going to be in for it. Scary times, people, scary times.