Jackassalope

Okay, We Get It!

This is why I hate the local news. We’re amidst an obvious downward spiral of increasing gas prices (yeah, wrap your head around that). This is a truth we face every time we visit the pumps, and yes, it sucks. However, increasing gas prices is hardly newsworthy, but not according to every news station, everyday, on every broadcast.

I quit watching the news because every three minutes an anchor is filling me in on the “Pump Patrol.” What’s that you said? Gas prices are climbing again. I thought the $70 I just paid to Exxon was a figment of my imagination. It’s like when your puppy dies, and every single person you meet reminds you of how hard that must be.

I guess they finally figured out that reminding us about the imploding housing market was getting redundant. We know it’s hard, we know it sucks, find something worth telling us. What’s next? Is a reporter going to knock on my door, shoot me in the arm, and then say, “This just in, I shot you in the arm. Coming up at six, I’m going to talk with the guy I just shot and remind him that he may still be bleeding. And don’t miss our seven o’clock segment on how to avoid getting shot in the arm by reporters.”

Why don’t they just wait for prices to drop? When that happens, I want to hear about it. Until, show me that damn waterskiing squirrel again. At list, he was cute and fun.