Has Walter Reed Been Shut Down?

No? Then why has the majority of the media just become thoroughly silent on the issue?

Is it because the fight over the Iraq Spending bills have taken center stage? Well, partly, but is that the actual reason? No.

I think that at least in part, it's because something more interesting has come along.

Something more important, you mean, Iggy?

No. I mean more interesting. I'll elaborate. In the news recently we've been bombarded with the latest scandal to hit Washington, but as far as that town goes, it's small potatoes. Of course, I'm referring to the DC Madam scandal. This seems to be the biggest thing to hit Washington since Bill Clinton's dick, or at least insofar as the mainstream media goes. Bill, don't think I'm knocking on you, I was one of the ones who said "Ok, and what's the big deal here?"

What happened is that once again, America's notorious attention span has drifted. Nothing juicy enough was coming out of this. We should be ashamed of ourselves that the removal of Sanjaya from American Idol and the fact that a few politicians got blowjobs (no doubt on taxpayer money, my dear Republicans, so please by all means, explain your outrage about Bill Clinton, and your silence in this case).

Let's see if I can recount a few of the major headlines since this whole story blew up in the administration's face: DC Madam, Sanjaya, Republican and Democratic debates (which both seemed to avoid the topic), the Queen's visit... The list goes on. All big stories, mind you, especially Sanjaya... (Read between the lines there. Full disclosure: I watched the first season, and after that I just did NOT care)

I should clarify; I'm not even saying that Walter Reed needs to be page one news every day. If there's nothing new to report, you don't have to say something about it every day, for Pete's sake! What I am saying is that it shouldn't be allowed to just fade from America's consciousness like it has, like the same yellow ribbon magnets have on thousands of cars around the country, and yes, and like the travesty of the petty fighting over the corpse of Ground Zero (the World Trade Center site, for those of you with American memory*). Six months after 3,000 Americans were brutally murdered (including and especially 343 heroic firefighters (yes, I actually still know that number off the top of my head)), Britney "Stupid White Trash" Spears was back on the front page for whatever stupid escapade she was doing this time.

John Stewart of the Daily Show morbidly joked "America is ready to care about stupid shit again." (I couldn't find the specific quote so don't crucify me for it)

Don't let these people be forgotten, neither the soldiers nor the people responsible for the criminal neglect of our soldiers. Either is a dereliction of duty on behalf of the American public.