Closet Extremist

One way to get your 15 minutes

Every time I sit down at my PC I always skim the headlines for anything that seems interesting. For the most part I don't even bother to read the whole story, as I like my blood pressure to remain under the blowout-a-vein-and-die-drooling-on-my-keyboard level, but sometimes there's something interesting like this.

I wonder if the AP and the Plaza Casino would be pushing this story if the nitwit had lost? I sincerely doubt it. Now, I understand the Plaza's stake in this whole affair, they just want more people to come to thier gambling hall and throw money at them, but what about the AP? What could they possibly be getting out of this? Sure, it's a nice human interest byline, but wouldn't it make more sense to write a story about an animal shelter getting a large donation, than to print something like that?

Stories like this seem to promote people going out and doing foolish things with thier money. I mean Gosh, they could get rich. I wonder how many comp suites, hookers, or lines of credit at the tables it took for Mr. Haring to run with this piece? Judging by the level of today's journalistic integrity, I'm sure it wasn't much.