“What’s your Problem dear?” Double tot mom Nancy Grace has problems!—

What exactly IS Nancy saying when she asks, “what’s your question dear?” Or perhaps it is more of a statement such as, “shut up and get to the point!” After all, Nancy Grace usually asks “what’s your question dear?” following a caller’s comment usually something like, “Nancy I just love you and I love your show and I love the twins! and I love your work and I love what you do —–”Thank you! WHAT’S YOUR QUESTION DEAR?”

Now exactly why does Nancy call her caller’s “dear”? Seriously, is everyone a dear? This line of thought leads to another good question, “why does Nancy always say, “Goodnight friend” at the end of her show?” Nancy Grace’s show IS about abduction, rape and murder. I’m almost certain the perps must at least occasionally watch to see what she has to say. Are the perps her friends? If not, why does she call everyone “friend”. And are her listeners really her friends or might they be nothing more than ratings to her? I am pretty sure I’m not Nancy’s friend. If I am, I really don’t want to be. So, her calling me friend just doesn’t seem right.

On the topic of our “fallen heroes” Exactly why does Nancy have this moment in dedication to our soldiers who have died fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan? Whatever your views of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq may be, it should be safe to assume that you feel a little choked up when you read about or see a report on the death of our children who go there to fight for our country. There should be more recognition in the media to make the public more aware of the sacrifice that our young men and women make on behalf of our nation. But, when Nancy says the soldier’s name followed by “American Hero” each time, it does not sound sincere. It sounds scripted or canned. It sounds as though she is acting. This is demeaning to the memory of brave people who sacrifice so we can be free. It makes me wonder if she really thinks about anything she says. The word “hero” has always been reserved for someone who has done something very unusual, extraordinary and risky for the good of someone else. It has been reserved for the few who went way above and beyond the call of duty in the military. But now, anyone who dies has become a “hero”? I will be the first person to allow a solder to pass me in line to board a plane and I will say to him or her, “you first, and thank you”. I respect our soldiers and the hardships and sacrifices they make without being compelled to do so by anything other than their desire to serve. Nevertheless, I believe that dying in and of itself does not make one a hero. Tragically, a number of our solders have died because of friendly fire and others have died because of faulty electrical work in showers done by grossly overpaid “contractors”. Does being electrocuted in a shower make you a hero? Certainly one might argue that merely volunteering to be a soldier might make one a hero. I disagree. A “hero” is someone who does something so out of the norm that he is recognized as standing above all the rest of his kind. If a soldier does something selfless enough or unusually brave, let’s call him a hero and tell the audience why he is a hero. Bravo! But, Why does Nancy Grace call all dead soldiers heroes? Could it be that she wants to honor their memory by saying something nice? Ok, say something nice. Let’s reserve “hero” for heroes. The New York City Firemen who stormed into the World Trade Center to save trapped people: THEY were heroes. The soldier who went ahead to check the road and died for the safety of the others in his vehicle; he was a hero. But if everyone is a hero and someone fails to differentiate a hero from a brave person, we lose the meaning. This is one meaning that I think should not be lost.

Does Nancy Grace give much thought to what she is saying on national television? I don’t think so. And I think it is time for all Americans to require more of our media. There still is some good network news. While it is no longer the quality of what we had come to expect years in the past when Walter Cronkite was bellowing out real news about our nation and the world, it is certainly better than the “news for ratings” reports we see today. It is appalling and disgraceful that so many viewers want to sit and watch the same horror every night. The movie, “untraceable” depicts a young man who murders on the internet with a computer that increases the speed of the device that publicly kills his captor live as more viewers enter his web page. Perhaps the theme of the movie isn’t as far fetched as one might imagine. The people who watch Nancy are the ones who stop to look at the accident on the highway backing up traffic for miles hoping to catch a glimpse of “the dead guy”. They feed off of other’s misery which fuels Nancy Grace’ ratings. The more sensationalistic and gruesome Nancy gets the higher the ratings go. She spews dogmatic commentary, cutting off her guests when she disagrees or when they might negate her opinion with some actual facts.

Nancy is all opinion without criterion. She uses fallacious arguments on purpose. Nancy stated while being interviewed by Anderson Cooper who sat in for Larry King, that she believed that Casey Anthony who she refers to as the “tot mom” getting a tattoo that reads “the good life” is absolute evidence that she murdered her daughter. EXCUSE ME? Let me give you my question “DEAR”! How many people did you put away when you were a prosecutor and how many of those people did you know for a fact were innocent? I would guess it really does not matter to you Nancy Grace. After all, as long as it looks good on your record who cares? So, in light of all your silly accusations and unsubstantiated opinions let me ask you, “What’s your problem dear”?