My prayers and sympathies to all hit by Ike.

As far as the news goes, the budgets have been cut to the point where whether a certain starlet is wearing any underwear is more important than the train wreck in LA, the bombings in London Underground and I could go on and on.

There is a reason I usually only watch TV for the weather forecast and some local news. I do not have cable, nor do I feel any need for it. Yes there is some stuff I would like to watch but not for the price I would have to pay to get that one channel along with 99 others I have no interest in watching.

Unfortunately news is. in the minds of the Media Bosses, only another means of making money, so if it doesn't, it gets cut. I turned on the TV this morning to try and find out what had happened in Galveston . . . . regular programming not even a crawler. I had to go to the weather channel via the internet to find out anything at all. I'll climb down now.