30,000 Reasons to be Angry about the Coverage of Tiger Woods

The war and the issues our country is most focused on fighting right now isn’t Afghanistan…it’s the ratings war (for television networks) and what will entertain/distract me most (for our society as a whole) ….

So while 30,0000 American soldiers will soon be heading to Afghanistan to put their lives on the line, the big issue of the day is Tiger Woods and the burning questions about his affairs, was he or wasn’t he beaten by his wife, is he handling the PR well, what should he do next and will he or won’t he recover his image.

Seriously? You can’t escape it.  

I don’t really know where the line should have been drawn or even how we’ve gotten to this place, but it’s official, (and has been so for a while) the news in our country is almost completely gossip and personal opinion.  Basically whatever it takes to achieve ratings, which in the case of our society seems to be everything and anything salacious!

Is the issue a) A powerful demonstration of what happens when goals aren’t aligned to ethics and morals code and how far our code has fallen in this country?

Or…

B)  Is all this stuff really just some weird societal coping mechanism where we’re trying to distract ourselves from our problems like they don’t exist in hopes they’ll just fix themselves?

Either way, I’m fighting mad about this issue, our educational crisis, the economy, the weak dollar, the cost of health care…

Oh wait, what’s that? Another girl just said she slept with Tiger! She has a recorded message too! Oh wow…wait…war…hmm…was I talking about something? Can’t remember. Oh well.  Back to Tiger! 

But seriously, how do we break this cycle and really face what’s important? 30,000 soldiers plus all those already serving our country deserve this much from us…

Jenny McCarthy’s Generation Rescue Golf Outing “Pros with a Purpose” in West Hampton

After a night in the quiet and scenic town of Quogue, Jason and I arose to catch an 8:15am shuttle bus taking all the athletes/celebrities to the golf course to meet their golf partners for the 1^st Annual Generation Rescue charity event.

We were by far the youngest athletes by at least a decade so it was interesting to be around so many sports legends.  Many of them were heroes from the teams I grew up watching as a kid which was  real treat for me.   

On the funny side, as I boarded the bus, the driver said, “Young man, I think you’re on the wrong bus!” and he started asking me to get off!

Luckily, some former Giants players from their 1986 Superbowl Championship team vouched for us!  (Slightly embarrassing moment however!)

The weather was sadly not going to accommodate the event.  It was already a downpour as we drove to the golf course.   We had breakfast and then tried to wait out the rain, but to no avail.  They ended up canceling the golf outing, but it was still a fun time as fans and supporters of Generation Rescue mingled drank, eat and took photographs.  

How these golf outings work is interesting.   You go in groups of 4 and after each person hits their own ball you go to where the best shot has been hit and then your group all hits from that spot.  It prevents one group from slowing down everyone else and also allows people (like myself) who aren’t very good at golf to play and not take 900 shots to reach the hole.

Larry Citarelli organized the event with Corey Pavin’s wife.   My Friend TV and Radio personality Ann Ligouriwas there and a great sport, letting me interview her in what I hope will become a new segment of interviews I do with athletes and celebrities for this blog.   Others in attendance, Corey Pavin, Bud Harrelson and Ed Kranepool; retired NY Giants stand-outs OJ Anderson, Brian Kelly, Karl Nelson, Bart Oates and William Roberts; former NY Jets Chad Cascadden, Richard Caster and Bruce Harper

If you’d like to support this great cause you can go to:http://generationrescue.com/