Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.

Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.

That’s how I feel when, in between all the tragedies currently occurring in our world, I read about Donald Trump complaining and blaming Martha Stewart for the loss of over 6 million viewers for “The Apprentice.”

Hundreds of thousands of people are still reeling from the effects of Katrina.
Over 50,000 have died in Pakistan because of the recent earthquake there.
Thousands of people are packing and leaving their homes in Florida in anticipation of another hurricane.
The world is bracing for a potential bird flu pandemic.
People have forgotten about the 130,000 troops over in Afghanistan and Iraq.

This is only a smidgeon of all the doom and gloom that one reads about in the news. If I want to watch “reality” TV, all I have to do is turn on any newscast. That is the real world – not what happens on “The Apprentice.”

Am I supposed to feel sorry for Donald, the real-estate mogul and TV star who is asking $125 million for an estate, comprising more than 60,000 square feet of interior space, which he bought at a bankruptcy auction last year for just over $40 million?

Do you think these people give a damn? (From today’s Boston Globe)

With a backlog of major legislation pending, a half-dozen state legislators, including several key members of Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi's top leadership, left town last night on a 10-day trip to Spain and Portugal, essentially shutting down the House's ability to take up major business.

Other House members in the group include Representatives Gale Candaras, a Wilbraham Democrat, and Christine Canavan, a Brockton Democrat. A host of House staff are also on the trip, including the House clerk, Steven T. James, and several court officers. Family members are also on the group, which numbers about 40 people.

I hope someone warned this group about not drinking the water and not ordering any poultry dishes while there. We don’t want them exposed to the bird flu.

Just think. These people passed up going to Taunton where they could have been with Senators Kennedy and Kerry and Barney Frank. Did the people of Taunton feel any better or safer after the dynamic trio viewed the deteriorating dam?

Who gave a damn about the dam? Certainly not our state legislators who were responsible for the budget cuts over the past ten years to the Office of Dam Safety. Maybe this is where we can use the Donald’s services. Bring him in to tell some of our politicians, “YOU’RE FIRED!!”