It used to take missing teen girls to distract us, now it takes ship's Captains and Commandos

[ThomWV]

And still, the torturers, war-mongers, and wire-tappers walk free.

[pleah]

1. But, but, but Obama got a puppy.

:crazy:

[amyrose2712]

2. Took the words out of my head. nt

[cali]

3. sigh,. humans are always drawn to the archetypal stories

this isn't some plot to distract us. and life isn't fair. it never has been. justice isn't instant and frequently it never arrives.

[ProSense]

4. Yeah, stupid

Russ Feingold, allowing himself to be distracted.

[damntexdem]

5. Maybe they could make some teen girls Navy seals and then have them go missing.

Or they could land a plane in the Hudson and then go missing. ;-)

[LanternWaste]

6. Always good to know...

Always good to know we have fellow posters who know precisely which stories we should or should not pay attention to, and precisely how much play any one particular story should or should not get.

I'm thinking that even had the pirate incident not happened, the body of your post would still remain true, so I don't really see any correlation. I'm also thinking that more than a few people can juggle a dozen or so stories at once.