“It Makes One’s Head Hurt”

CBS News anchorman Bob Schieffer turned from the camera and got folksy with Pentagon correspondent David Martin on the monitor behind him: “You know David, the question I have about this story is is this something we really oughta’ be worried about here or is this just something that ‘s gonna be emabarrasing to the military -some people trying to get back at one another..?” “Well Bob…” Martin wearily replied…. “These were FOUR of the most senior officers at Guantanamo and although this is private behavior-off duty, it still involves these leaders and it raises real questions about the quality and the discipline of the people who are running the the prison down there” The story in question is about a sex ring inside Guantanamo Bay Prison involving female officers, female civilian contractors and Senior Prison officials including the Brigadier General who’s the senior official in charge of the place. No Big deal …right? Ouch. Texan Schieffer is a longtime favorite and now elder-statesman/broadcaster inside the beltway who recently took over the anchor desk from Dan Rather at the excoriated CBS NEWS. Since the public hanging of Rather it seems he’s been trying to put a more..er…softer side of that wacky American news before the viewing public. It’s night after painful night of increasingly longer/long-winded P,B, and J sandwich crust controversy/viagra for sex offenders/isn’t Yosemite beautiful stories signifying nothing. Granted, with all the screwups going on at Gitmo it’s hard to keep track of every little thing. It makes your head hurt.