Nausea

I don't know if it is just the stomach bug I have or seeing too much about the Schiavo case or both, but the computer is starting to make me nauseous.

Moreover there are times of late, when I just can't bear to go to the computer and see what the news is. I avoid it for one evening, and then like a moth drawn to a flame, start my obsessive internet browsing in the morning.

Uggh.


And this article certainly relates to the nausea that I am feeling.

The Onslaught

March 23, 2005
By Carolyn Winter and Roger Bybee

How many times a day are we bombarded by outrageous media coverage of a domestic or international event? And then, if we are not totally foaming at the mouth from the media coverage, we are thoroughly outraged by the feeble or non-existent response by the Democratic Party.

When we are assaulted by so many right-wing initiatives, it is difficult to respond in a coherent and affirmative fashion. We become paralyzed by the number of issues and are seduced into disputing the facts of each issue separately, rather than offering coherent themes that express our progressive vision for a just America. In this environment of non-stop affronts to basic democratic and humane values, the positive aspects of our perspective get lost and it is easy to come across as perpetually in opposition or simply "negative."

In recent weeks, there has been an onslaught of provocations from the Administration and its allies in Congress that has left liberals and moderates almost speechless and without a focused and coherent response.

My sentiments exactly.