I walked in from work today and turned on World News. I like it when I get home in time to watch this news broadcast, because most of the Tulsa news seems to revolve around someone being shot. Seriously folks, the news paints Tulsa as a pretty violent town. I guess lots of people in Tulsa belong to gangs. I have family in Tulsa and I sincerely hope that none of them feel the peer pressure to join a gang. I'm talking to you Joel! Stay strong. Okay, that was silly.
One of the stories Diane Sawyer closed with was the fact that Al and Tipper Gore are divorcing. I have no allegiance to either of them and have never been a fan of Al Gore, but I have to admit that was pretty shocking news. It is always sad to hear that a couple is divorcing, especially one that has been married for forty years. I guess I just assume you have everything worked out by then. I guess I have a lot to learn.
The story was really just a blurb, so I opened my computer and googled it. Lots of recent stories came up. I am not sure if you have noticed or not, but when google results come up they have a list of twitter comments that will stream in live if you stay on that page. One of the comments caught my eye, and then several more did. It is amazing how harsh people can be. It is also amazing how funny they can be. I would never post anything like what is listed below, but that is not to say I did not laugh when I read it. I guess I am posting it since I am repeating it on the blog, but I am going to post it anyway.
These were the tweets that caught my eye:
Al Gore and wife begin first stages of a very public divorce. Gore scheduled to present a 3 hour PowerPoint detailing what went wrong.
Al Gore also invented divorce.
Can you believe Al Gore is getting a divorce? Who is he going to marry now, the earth?
One other related story caught my eye too. It mentioned Al and Tipper and Heidi and Spencer. It announced the Gore divorce and said "this is on the heels of last weeks announcement that Heidi and Spencer Pratt are taking a break." Yeah, that's the same thing. Forty years of committed marriage and one year of a circus freak show on MTV. Is that really the angle you are taking on this story examiner.com? I think you might want to rethink that.
Regardless of what I think, I was sad to hear about the divorce. As far as Heidi and Spencer are concerned, I think their separation was more of an inevitability, not a story. How's that for an inconvenient truth?
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