Saturday night is the busiest night in Bangkok but not for Thavorn and I. That will change when Tai and Dun come to visit on their school holidays. We then get a baby sitter and Jaidan gets some one to play with, closer to his age :-)
In the meantime, we spend a lot of time at the park.
It is 10 days now for Thavorn's visa application so we hope to hear back early next week.
On another note, I watch a lot of CNN. I used to get Fox News as well which gave me a balanced news view but for now I am left with CNN.
A couple of observations.
The network news anchors are full of themselves. I think Walter Cronkite would be turning over in his grave.
The "most trusted man in America" is gone.
Walter Cronkite, who personified television journalism for more than a generation as anchor and managing editor of the "CBS Evening News," has died. CBS vice president Linda Mason says Cronkite died at 7:42 p.m. Friday with his family by his side at his home in New York after a long illness. He was 92.
Known for his steady and straightforward delivery, his trim moustache, and his iconic sign-off line -"That's the way it is" - Cronkite dominated the television news industry during one of the most volatile periods of American history. He broke the news of the Kennedy assassination, reported extensively on Vietnam and Civil Rights and Watergate, and seemed to be the very embodiment of TV journalism.
Special Section: Walter Cronkite: 1916-2009
"Cronkite came to be the sort of personification of his era," veteran PBS Correspondent Robert McNeil once said. "He became kind of the media figure of his time. Very few people in history, except maybe political and military leaders, are the embodiment of their time, and Cronkite seemed to be."
At one time, his audience was so large, and his image so credible, that a 1972 poll determined he was "the most trusted man in America" - surpassing even the president, vice president, members of Congress and all other journalists. In a time of turmoil and mistrust, after Vietnam and Watergate, the title was a rare feat - and the label stuck.
from: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/walter-cronkite-dies/
I also find it strange that the entire network came down hard on Trump for calling Rosie O'Donnell a fat pig when you never see any homely, chubby people delivering the news on CNN. They obviously are very bigoted in their hiring policies.
But, what kills me is their indignation and holier than thou, and 'we are never wrong' attitude. But, that is to be expected as they are a product of universities which are so politically correct and left of center.
CNN also trots out panels that have very suspect individuals who almost always have a book that is being promoted. I guess these folks come cheap. Definitely a conflict of interest. To be fair, they do try to have some conservatives on their panels as well.
I guess what peeves me most of all is I really do not think they are fair and they certainly do not take criticism about the media well. Thin skinned they are :-)
TTYL
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