By Tisha Casida
While perusing through various blogs and news-stories, a particular point was brought up on Michelle Malkin’s blog post “The shout-outs Obama forgot”. One of Malkin’s readers stated:
“No one in the media has brought up the ultimate snub from Pres. Obama during his speech last night. He gave a shout out to Michelle Obama- twice, Joe Biden- once, but to the two officers who brought down the Ft. Hood terrorist and who were sitting right next to the First Lady, he said nothing.
Why?…You would think in one of the most tragic events that happened on our soil since 9/11, Pres. Obama would have addressed them. We all know well Pres. Bush would have.”
This made me really think about it. The real, true heroes of our system and society are not and HAVE NOT been given any type of support, promotion, etc., at least any real substantial “shout-out” in my opinion. The men and women who risk their lives, who give their lives, are often forgotten when there would ideally be ample viewership and readership to recognize them.
But I guess that honor, guts, glory, and citizenry does not “sell”. Well, I actually beg to differ, but it is too bad that people with influence and power, i.e. the President of our Country, are not grateful for the millions of middle-class, hard-working Americans who make real news, in this publisher’s opinion.
References:
Malkin, M. (2010, January 28). Re: The shout-outs Obama forgot [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://michellemalkin.com/2010/01/28/the-shout-outs-obama-forgot/
