The Gospel

I feel like I've just been to church. And I have been saved.

The New Yorker is doing a college tour and this week they were at Berkeley. Tonight they had three panelists talking about reporting on the war. It was amazing. I've never heard people nail so many things on the head the way they did. The attitude of so many people in this country is disgusting. Especially the people I live with. This past weekend has shown me that the two of those boys don't think about anyone but themselves. And Chelsea, as much as I love her -- she doesn't think about other people either. I mean she'd kill for her friends and family...but she's apathetic to the rest of the world. She complains that she can't get the classes she wants because there aren't enough sections. I tell her it's because there's not enough funding. I tell her that if she voted for the propositions to increase public school funding, or voted against Shwarzenegger, that might change. But she doesn't want to vote. She thinks the government doesn't affect her. She expects other people to look out for her.

But I digress. This is just a prime example of the ridiculous people in this country. There are less than five Arabic speakers in the FBI. And not a single native speaker. All of them took a 9 week crash course and call themselves translators. It makes me want to learn Arabic, because journalists are doing the government's job. Journalists go abroad and talk with people and learn about their situations and try to understand where they're coming from. The government sits on its ass. I can't wait to be a journalist.