More questions than answers...

Does it ever seem like sometimes the TV news provokes more questions than answers? I guess I am just too curious.

For instance, about that Bin Laden computer with the porn on it. What kind of porn? I'm just curious about him being curious, considering that he had multiple wives and 20-some children. When did he have time to surf the web and plot for terrorism? Who's taking care of those children now? Did he have life insurance? Did he need to recruit terrorists or just father them? Questions, lot of questions.

Speaking of fathering, there is the latest scandal involving former California governor and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. It very well could turn out that the so-called "love child" may be less spoiled than usual next-generation Kennedy clan. And what kind of a term is "love child"? Aren't most children, within marriages as well, results of love and/or sex, too?

Here's what bothers me about the timing of the Schwarzenegger scandal...Prior to Schwarzenegger's election as governor, the Los Angeles Times wrote about 12 women who accused him of sexual harassment over the years. His wife Maria Shriver came to his political rescue by declaring that he had "changed." He wins. He becomes a pretty awful governor, but he lasts through his term. And his secret never emerges (not even with all the California tabloids) until after he's done with gubernatorial politics. And then the news of his affair with another woman 14 years ago surfaces. Then Maria and Arnold split up, and it is all over the news. Hmmmm. Messy and curious. I imagine there are less people now wanting to change the U.S. Constitution to allow foreign-born politicians, like Schwarzenegger, to run for president.

One other scandal came up again in the news--The Catholic Church released its report about priest sex abuse. The church hierarchy basically couldn't find an answer for it--though "enabling" and "covering up" might have been good choices. Or maybe outdated 16th century male hierarchy and policy (like celibacy) and discrimination against women in leadership could have played roles, do you think? But the report apparently blamed the 1960s and the sexual revolution. Hmmmm. Curious. I kind of think a lot of people would like to blame the 1960s about a lot of problems.

And how about those Republicans? They didn't want to eliminate the tax credits for the big oil companies, though the companies make record profits almost every quarter and gasoline prices have doubled to $4 or more because of good, old Wall Street spectators. Remember Wall Street--the greedy place that the nation bailed out. Wow, what a group--Republicans, oil companies, and Wall Street. What a group!