I wasn't sure if I wanted to listen. As I mentioned previously, I don't
think CNN is on my basic $16 a month cable package so I went to the CNN site
where the debate was to be live streamed. But I tried for 25 minutes to get
to the link that would live stream it. I got to a link that played
commercials and the introduction, but not the debate. At that point, I
decided that my guardian angel was protecting me because she knew that I'd
be bored and angry if I attempted to listen to the debate. So I listened to
a good book, instead.
Miriam
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Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 9:23 PM
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Babble
Well, I tried. So maybe there is a God, and He/She was doing His/Her best
to protect my ears and sanity from CNN. I sat patiently through the first
rush of excitement, and listening to Sheryl Crow do a ho hum rendition of
the National Anthem, and two very long commercial breaks that were called,
"Short". Then my phone began ringing. By then Bernie began to introduce
himself, my mother-in-law was frantically wondering where her eldest
daughter was. She was supposed to be at
the apartment. She'd left a note saying "Tuesday at 4:00 PM." I
said, "I'm not my sister-in-law's keeper. I'm trying to listen to Bernie
Sanders". "Who?" she asked.
"Bernie Sanders. He's supposedly debating the other Democratic candidates."
"What do you waste time listening to that noise for?"
"it looks like I'm not listening."
Turned out the note was from last Tuesday. And I'm out of the notion for
listening to the hype.
Carl Jarvis