McCarthyism

Dammit, why do I miss all the interesting stuff in history??? The moon landing, Watergate, rabid senators hunting down commies- I'm too young for all of it. I get stuck with depressing terrorism. And while the lovely descriptive newspapers were responsible for my Birds and Bees education (and my sister's, come to think of it, when I destroyed her childlike innocence described the scandal to her), Monicagate didn't exactly shape my youth. What am I going to tell my children about? "Fall of the Berlin Wall? Nah, I was two. But there was this anthrax scare...Most of it was teenagers and baby powder though..." They're not going to be very enthused. I don't blame them.

I began thinking about my woefully inadequate current events youth (through no fault of my parents, because God knows they dragged exposed us to massive amounsts of historical stuff) as we did our little preliminary stuff because we get to watch Good Night and Good Luck in government this week. Frankly, I don't think that we need a primer to appreciate George Clooney, but whatever.

The fifties would be so much more fun. Except then I wouldn't have CSI. Or VH1. Or People magazine. In fact, my Inner Pop-Culture Whore is now informing me that she doesn't particularly care what world events we get to see, as long as she is being constantly bombarded by juicy tidbits from other people's lives. She is content with having no life experiences of her own while there are other, prettier people having life experiences elsewhere that she can read about. My Inner Pop-Culture Whore is not very bright.

(Icons won't work. I am crazy with rage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Teeny, tiny bit of celebrity gossip to shut my Inner Pop-Culture Whore up long enough to finish class...bitch will not be quiet. She will not rest until she knows whether Britney is "Baby One More Time" or just retaining water. Inner Pop-Culture Whore also likes bad puns.

Oh good Lord. The judicial system just dropped ten points in my esteem. Please tell me they have better things to do than this???