How would you rank the relative importance of events in today's news?

[Bucky]

Looking over the news events in this busy busy day, which would you say are the three top stories? Which stories do you think will get short shrift in the days ahead because they're being crowded out by less worthy but more splashy stories? In no particular order the news reports...

Money floods out of Iran because of the crackdowns

Continuing riots & crackdowns in Iran     (also this)

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warns Barack Obama that support for protesters could end rapprochement

Brent Scocroft reveals presence of US spies in Iran

"Sir" Allen Stanford: handcuffed billionaire pleads not guilty to $7bn fraud

Farrah Fawcett dies, drawing attention to the need for more cancer research

Michael Jackson dies, drawing attention to what an idiosyncratic life Michael Jackson led

Governor Sanford's mistress identified... and She's Hot

More Sanford ephemera

GM to build new subcompact at Michigan factory, saving about 1200 jobs

Health Care Lobbyists clog up congressional hearing on health care reform and plot to undermine reforms

BK 7inchergate

Islamists Carry Out Amputations in Somali Capital

Brimming with Nuclear Bombast, North Korea Warns Foes

Iraqi bombings kill scores ahead of US withdrawal

Obama Presses Climate Bill as House Vote Looks Tight

What say yall?

[babylonsister]

1. This thread does it for me.

:hide:

[Bucky]

12. No need to hide, Babs

Unless there's something fun going on behind that little wall of yours... ;)

[MrModerate]

2. I think you've got it mostly covered. It's a big planet with a lot going on. n/t

[dgibby]

3. My picks: in order of importance.

1. Health Care
2. Health Care
3. Health Care

[Catshrink]

4. Thank you for this.

Distractions for the sheeple to defect attention from health care, Iran, the wars, and the implosion of the Republican party. What will Miss Sarah do to refocus attention on her?

[Bicoastal]

8. Yes, people dying--one from cancer, another from a heart attack--

--just distractions.

Lighten up, will ya?

[Catshrink]

9. I'm not into celebrity worship.

There is an essential debate going on across the country about health care. The voices of people, of voters, have already begun to sway that debate. What happens in the next few days is important. So yeah, distractions can be harmful. Or don't you give a shit about what else is going on in the world?

[Posteritatis]

10. Many of us can follow as many as two events at once (nt)

[Catshrink]

14. Wow. I'm impressed.

[Bucky]

13. De nada, Cat. I just thought someone should start a thread not celebrity related

Sadly, it turns out, this is not that kind of thread.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

5. K&R

I hadn't seen anything about those Somali amputations. Horrendous. Monsters.

Thank you for this. Let's keep it in perspective, eh?

[lapfog_1]

6. Selfishly I would pick health care

because I'm getting on in age and have pre-existing conditions and am not employed right now.

BUT, reality is climate change, energy production, and population on then planet.

We are about to render the seas devoid of large species of fish. And climate change is going to destroy what is left of the coral reefs.

Health care is important, various celebrities dying is a human interest story, political upheaval is worth noting. But it all pales to insignificance if we, as a species, don't address resource usage and our climate.

[Catshrink]

7. Nothing selfish about it.

And you are not alone -- I wonder how many other people fall into this "gap" in the health care system.

[lapfog_1]

11. I'm just one person of nearly 7 billion.

The environment and energy production and sustainable lifestyle are more important.

[Forkboy]

15. These threads are pretty patronizing.

I suspect most DUers are very capable of following multiple stories during any given day.

[norepubsin08]

16. Sanford, Iran and North Korea

Fawcett and Jacko don't even come close...they're just a bunch of fucking entertainers...the three I mentioned are real news..the US needs to grow up and worry about and work on the things that actually matter, not some freak who shuffles around and some blond bimbo with fluffy hair!