I have never kept my disdain for the media a secret. Basically, I think they are all evil, with a few exceptions (Brian Rooney, Alex Hagan, Mike Emanuel, Candy Crowley). But Sean Hannity actually looks like the Devil, and he is surely one to be disdained, at the very least. I never watch his TV show, but I do hear him on my car radio from time to time, usually by accident when it's already tuned to the station that carries his show when I start the engine. That was the case today when I heard him say just about the dumbest thing ever.
In case you don't know, Sean lives to criticize President Obama. He must lie awake nights trying to come up with bad things to say about him. When there are legitimate issues that's understandable, since Hannity is a rabid, rabble-rousing Republican. (He loves Sarah Palin, so that shows you where his head is.) But still, today he came up with something so shockingly irresponsible, my jaw dropped open.
Apparently there is a photo circulating on the Web of President Obama riding a bike and wearing a bike helmet "like a little girl," contrasted with a photo of President Putin looking manly, swimming in the icy waters of a lake in Northern Ireland. Sean complained about how emasculated Obama appeared, thus bringing shame to all Americans. He further explained that he personally had never worn a helmet-- not ever-- even when he was a kid, and neither had any of his friends, and he rode his bike a lot, don't kid yourself, and is just fine today. Finally, he stressed that he would never wear one now because they look so silly.
Here are some pertinent facts:
1. There are 2 million Traumatic Brain Injuries annually, or one every 15 seconds.
2. About 75% of all bicyclists who die each year die of head injuries.
3. 85% of head injuries in bicycle accidents can be prevented by wearing a helmet.
4. As America's second highest paid radio host, Sean's annual income is between 22 and 25 million.
You do the math.
Apparently there is a photo circulating on the Web of President Obama riding a bike and wearing a bike helmet "like a little girl," contrasted with a photo of President Putin looking manly, swimming in the icy waters of a lake in Northern Ireland. Sean complained about how emasculated Obama appeared, thus bringing shame to all Americans. He further explained that he personally had never worn a helmet-- not ever-- even when he was a kid, and neither had any of his friends, and he rode his bike a lot, don't kid yourself, and is just fine today. Finally, he stressed that he would never wear one now because they look so silly.
Here are some pertinent facts:
1. There are 2 million Traumatic Brain Injuries annually, or one every 15 seconds.
2. About 75% of all bicyclists who die each year die of head injuries.
3. 85% of head injuries in bicycle accidents can be prevented by wearing a helmet.
4. As America's second highest paid radio host, Sean's annual income is between 22 and 25 million.
You do the math.
I have to weigh in as one, disabled from a head injury sustained in a bicycle accident while wearing (thank God) a helmet, without which, there is little doubt, I could not possibly be weighing in.
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