Why Oh Why did I watch the NEWS?????  

I know. Seeing the news is a painful part of being "well informed" and I hate it!

Most days I watch the BBC World News, but other days I avoid it entirely and just get my "CNN Breaking News" emails on the puter. What's goofy is one day I got a CNN Breaking News email and it was telling me Britney dumped Kevin. LOL. I must have signed up for entertainment news as well without remembering. So that was one case where a piece of news actually amused me.

We are sisters. The kids and I were in our living room beginning our day and the news broke it while the towers where run into by a plane. We too were solar and wind powered and relied on mostly ourselves. Our islands amidst the storms. These things are horrendous and we pray that they never really come to this land. I commend you on your advancement into self sufficiency and applaud your caring what goes on beyond our borders. I think it was good for you to see the news to remind you of your hard work and the loving home you have made in this mad world. I have often asked that from a spot on my property that all I can see please to be the same for as long as I live. We shall see what the future has in store and meanwhile we live our lives in the manner in which we create for our own.

I did note that the mad men had 1 ton of explosives. Why would anyone need 1 ton?

I know how you feel. It happens to me too. I can feel perfectly alright, then turn on the news on TV and my piece of mind is shattered. Images are so powerful. I read the news on the computer or listen to them on the radio.
It´s not so much of an impact. And choose the moment when you want to know what´s going on in the world.
Just a little advice.

I like to stay informed about what is going on in this big world of ours. I panic when I think of everything that is going on. It is frightening. We have to live our lives. We need to breathe and take each day as it comes. I refuse to hole up and let my life shrivel up around me.

You are speaking my words Ally! This is so true. We turn on the TV to see news to make us updated with the happening, but rather then gaining knowledge we get scared, we feel insecure. The whole society of the world going through a situation people have never imagined. God knows only what is going to happen in next few years. If you start to think deeply you will be just scared. Don't know what is happening with hte whole world.

I hear you on that statement. I try not to watch the news very much anymore because it is mostly sad and tragic news. There is hardly any good news anymore. We can not ignore it completely as people will always talk about the events. The tornadoes were very deadly in Florida. I hate to hear innocent people getting killed, whether at war or a natural disaster or anything else.

Just to inform you. I always watch the news but sometimes I get stressed out of the problems we have to deal with everyday that we are losing our grip to the most high.I just turned it off.

Good qestion!!

I am used to watching the news, so hearing about those issues has no effect on me. I have family and schoolmates in the Middle East and in Europe, so I watch the news to see if anything is going in the areas were they are at. I have to know what is going on.

Ignorance can give you happiness, I agree, but it is really shortlived. What if the virus spread to your place, your sheer ignorance. So think about it. You have to be little bit more sensible. News is meant to make people aware about what is happening around the world.