someone stand up for the pages!
i, admittingly, am not a political person. i don't get involved for many reasons. one of them being that i feel like most politicians are dishonest and are really only in it for themselves - not the people they are supposed to serve.
i say that because i normally wouldn't pay too much attention to political scandals. but i'm a little upset over some of what i've heard regarding the page scandal and mark foley.
i heard that rush limbaugh talked about the situation on his radio station today and blamed foley's misconduct on the pages. (you can read more about this here.) he says that "young people" like to make fun of "gay people." talk about labels! (read my last post) and what about the fact that foley is an adult (and a person of trust for that program) and the pages are kids. maybe young adults and more mature than most or they couldn't be in that program. but they are still teenagers. i've never liked rush and this is a perfect example of why.
the other thing i heard was that some politicians want to investigate the page program and the pages themselves, and maybe suspend the program. that seems so unfair. it sounds like a great program that has been around for a long time without any problems being directly attributed to the program. i guess it's easier to blame the teenagers instead of the adults whose actions are questionable. here's a program helping out young people in an area that they have passion and aspirations. we don't have enough of those. leave it to an adult with his own agenda to take advantage of it and may even destroy it.
hopefully there will be some politicians out there that will stand up and do what's right for the page program and the pages themselves. i'll be waiting to see if this happens. hopefully, my personal view of politicians will be changed. maybe there's a couple of good ones out there.
i say that because i normally wouldn't pay too much attention to political scandals. but i'm a little upset over some of what i've heard regarding the page scandal and mark foley.
i heard that rush limbaugh talked about the situation on his radio station today and blamed foley's misconduct on the pages. (you can read more about this here.) he says that "young people" like to make fun of "gay people." talk about labels! (read my last post) and what about the fact that foley is an adult (and a person of trust for that program) and the pages are kids. maybe young adults and more mature than most or they couldn't be in that program. but they are still teenagers. i've never liked rush and this is a perfect example of why.
the other thing i heard was that some politicians want to investigate the page program and the pages themselves, and maybe suspend the program. that seems so unfair. it sounds like a great program that has been around for a long time without any problems being directly attributed to the program. i guess it's easier to blame the teenagers instead of the adults whose actions are questionable. here's a program helping out young people in an area that they have passion and aspirations. we don't have enough of those. leave it to an adult with his own agenda to take advantage of it and may even destroy it.
hopefully there will be some politicians out there that will stand up and do what's right for the page program and the pages themselves. i'll be waiting to see if this happens. hopefully, my personal view of politicians will be changed. maybe there's a couple of good ones out there.
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