BLOGS BY BOB

This is my first blog on this site, I promise there will be many more and on many different issues.  If you are wondering who I am, read the ABOUT section.  I have a number of opinions and I am not afraid to express them.  Read my other blog on organ donation http://bobsnewheart.wordpress.com and you will see what I mean.  I started this blog because I have a lot to say about a lot of things and I wanted a soapbox that would allow me to do it.  Many years ago I hosted one of the first radio call-in shows in the country.  Here I am again, same person, different station.

The other night on “American Idol” Paula Abdul had a meltdown of some sort.  I don’t know what it was but it took only seconds and the show went on.  The next day the cable networks went berserk making fun of Paula.

Again, Idon’t know what really happened but I know this.  Paula Abdul suffers from fibromyalgia.  She has been a leading advocate for others who suffer from this extremely painful disease.  There are many drugs used to treat this condition the latest of which is Lyrica, the only drug approved by the FDA for fibromyalgia.  Lyrica and the other drugs have side effects that include; dizziness, sleepiness and disorientation. 

I used to be a broadcast journalist.  I would never have gone on the air with a story until I had the facts.  I don’t think any of the networks that covered this story had facts, they saw a celebrity they could make fun of and milked it for all it was worth.  That’s mean!

Paula Abdul is a celebrity and she’s fair game for the media.  But does that make it right to ridicule her when it might be a medical condition that caused her problems?  Bersides, where does the Abdul story fit in with seniors who can’t afford their medication, people who can’t afford healthcare, bridges that are crumbling, soldiers being killed and our economy going in the tank.  I think people love gossip and that’s sad.

Journalists – leave Paula alone and cover something we really care about that affects our lives.