I don’t want be just another kevetcher on the Olympic bandwagon, but we’ve been given so much to work with.  At first, I wanted to do a short piece, Charlie and the Inukshuk Factory.  It was to be based on my recent landings at the Vancouver Airport, only to be overwhelmed by the plastic and wooden Native simulacrum, and carwash brush-esque flag bombardment (printed with tribal symbols).  After dodging the “bring your tired, your poor and your humbled travelers to the res” themed baggage claim area, I was going to rant on about the neglected state of the urban reserve on Hastings, and Vancouver’s attempt to cover up the needs of our First Nations people.  But that sounded so bitt

Left class tonight excited for a new term and more analysis and discussion on media literacy.  Naturally, switched the TV on as I collapsed after the day.  CNN featured a 2 hour (turned into 4 hours) coverage of the Michael Jackson Funeral.  70 days after MJ died, he is finally, at least for the day, laid to rest in a memorial park.  For 4 hours (I actually worked during that time), I didn't hear how the fires in LA were, the two hurricanes bearing down on the Americas...where are they?  did anyone die in Iraq?  Afghanistan?

Ribbons at the bottom declared that Dame Elizabeth Taylor was there, Jackson's mother was visibly upset, and that ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley appeared emotional.