I read a couple of articles yesterday that really made me think "Who Cares?!?" One article talked about Senator Lindsey Graham being spotted at Disney World, and the other discussed an Army helicopter doing a flyby at Kid Rock's house. I believe these are both instances of the media trying to create the next big story.
Let's start with the Army helicopter story. To my understanding, a couple of Army Apache helicopters did a flyby at Kid Rock's house, stopping long enough to hover and give Kid Rock a photo op. I'll concede this was out of the ordinary, but it's not the first time that military members have done something like this. I'm not a huge fan of Kid Rock, but I can see the allure of making a quick detour to see something noteworthy if the opportunity arose. If I put my younger self in the shoes of these soldiers, I could absolutely see myself doing it. I support that the Army looked into it, and I'm okay with Hegseth saying "Let it go." Geez folks, we're bombing Iran, and we're getting our collective panties in a bunch about this?!? What does that say about our priorities?
I have the same general feeling (see what I did there?) about Lindsay Graham at Disney World. Yeah, we're in the midst of a partial government shutdown, and I believe that our elected officials should be locked in a room, without pay, and served bread and water until they get their $h!+ together and hash things out like big boys and girls. That's not gonna happen though. Furthermore, there is little to no indication that the Senate was actively negotiating a solution at the time, and I am skeptical that Graham's physical location would have made any difference in the budget impasse.
It seems that we as a society have forgotten how to prioritize what's really important, and I would like you to consider that the media's need for constant emergencies and attention is a major driver of this problem. Those who got all wrapped around the axles over these stories need to recognize that anger for what it is... generated outrage.
