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> On Apr 8, 2008, at 7:27 AM, EarthNSky wrote:
> 
> We are all about to starve to death and I get a breaking news story
> about the win of the Kansas Jayhawks...where is the sense in that?


"People live, love, and die, but sports fills the news."

Marx said that religion is the opiate of the people.  Today, sports has 
become our religion.  Is it now our opiate?  Opiates are not always bad.  
While they do dull our senses, they also ease our pain.

I watched the game and enjoyed it. I rooted for Kansas, but would have bet 
on Memphis, as I thought they were the stronger team.  Just glad I don't bet 
on ball games, as I would lose regularly. 

However, here are two headlines from the NYTimes that I read before reading 
the account of the basketball game, both of which may portend a trend that 
could have more impact on us than does sports.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/business/08gas.html?
_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin
There’s Gas in Those Hills 
By CLIFFORD KRAUSS
A natural gas drilling frenzy unlike any seen in decades is unfolding in 
rural Pennsylvania, and it eventually could encompass a huge chunk of the 
East.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/business/media/08cbs.html?th&emc=th
CBS Said to Consider Use of CNN in Reporting 
By TIM ARANGO
The network has been in discussions with Time Warner about a deal to 
outsource some of its newsgathering to CNN, two executives briefed on the 
matter said Monday.