Rebecca Traister betrays a super duper problem with american voters. They make up their muddled minds in the voting booth.

I read this piece in Salon because I read the Emily Gould piece in NYT. I suppose there is something about the new media spotlight, what its characteristics are, and the manner in which some spotlight chasing women are gaining access to the spotlight, that I find interesting --then there is the media house of mirrors: gossip vendors criticizing gossip vendors.

That Rebecca Traister emphasizes her own jealousy and hatred about Emily Gould getting the spotlight reveals her own spotlight envy. So too, her piece in Salon about Britney Spears (9/12/07) shows that she is in the same class as Gould and will as likely be embarassed (or should embarassed) by most of her writing soon after it goes public --and that is the curious thing to me, that some women, who otherwise want to be taken seriously, indulge in the gossipy, sensationalistic writing obsession that they must know will only become an embarassment, but do it anyway.

At the time of its release, Sgt Peppers was the pinnacle of sound engineering and everyone was tantalized and fascinated by the richness of over-dubbing, orchestrations, sound effects, electronic filtering, etc, etc, etc. It foreshadowed the decline in interest for raw, unengineered rock music that was to be the 70s. I view sgt peppers as a negative influence in the history of rock music.

As a result of the first story that appeared in Salon last month, I used used the on-line email forms provided by my respective senators and congressional district representative to request that they investigate this disturbing issue. All I received by way of response was a form letter from one senator expressing her views on the Iraq war. This kind of experience helps me understand why citizens believe contacting their representatives about their concerns is a futile effort. I would like to see Salon investigate how letters to representatives are handled--who views them and the policies surrounding what is done with them, and what, if any, impact they have.