Breaking news: Less breaking news on CNN

[dixiehack]

I can't be the only Gen X kid whose first thought as the first Gulf War came together was "Wait, I thought wars were only something we used to do." Then we plowed through the Iraqi army like a homecoming opponent and suddenly we had a taste for blood.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

I can't be the only Gen X kid whose first thought as the first Gulf War came together was "Wait, I thought wars were only something we used to do." Then we plowed through the Iraqi army like a homecoming opponent and suddenly we had a taste for blood.

I was a senior in HS and I remember thinking we were headed for a long war. Kids in my class were talking about enlisting as soon as they graduated. Then it was over in the blink of an eye! And everything ended happily ever after.

 

[dixiehack]

I was two years behind you. Recall too that those were the days when high schools had been hooked up for Channel One News and it was an easy step from there to get cable access. So we'd watch CNN coverage in class. Within a couple of days it was clearly a rout and we started consuming it like it was SportsCenter highlights. I low key think that kind of spirit carried over and made us a lot more eager to play war in the following years.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

I was a senior in HS and I remember thinking we were headed for a long war. Kids in my class were talking about enlisting as soon as they graduated. Then it was over in the blink of an eye! And everything ended happily ever after.

I was entering my senior year of high school and visiting relatives when we first started sending troops over during Desert Shield. My relatives were somewhat worried, and I essentially responded, "-You're worried? shirt, I could get drafted!"

I remember when we started officially attacking and we also thought this was going to be long. Then I started hearing someone use some silly catchphrase like "It's a fast-break war" and thinking Magic Johnson was doing a no-look bomb dropping in the desert, Then it was over just like that.

 

[swingline]

I was just now days old when I realized/was reminded Arthur Kent was working for NBC when he was dubbed the Scud Stud. Would have bet everything I own he was on CNN. Also, dubbing war correspondents studs and selling trading cards from a war is probably the starting point for the descent we're enduring three-plus decades later.

Kent tried to parlay that leather jacket into more power than he had and quickly got slapped down. I haven't seen him since.

 

[swingline]

I was just out of college when the war started, and I thought for a second about enlisting, which lasted as long as it took me to hit another bowl. I would not have been good in the military, with a well-developed sense of fork you I'll do what I want that wouldn't fly in the service.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

The US didn't learn from the first Gulf War, but enemies and potential enemies did. Our military was too strong to face with conventional means. Other means had to be found. Next stop. Osama bin Laden.

 

[garrow]

Kent tried to parlay that leather jacket into more power than he had and quickly got slapped down. I haven't seen him since.

Dude, you never watched "History's Mysteries" on History Channel?!?!?

 

[Typist Clerk]

Nah that was Bernard Shaw and Peter Arnett.

And John Holliman.

 

[X-Hack]

Nah that was Bernard Shaw and Peter Arnett.

Arthur Kent was indeed "the Scud Stud." Bernard Shaw was the one reporting live with the bombs dropping.

I didn't actually see any of their broadcasts -- I was in Israel in a gas mask. But I read the Herald Tribune and got the Time and Newsweek international editions back then and they kept me up on American media happenings (and awful shirt going on in America, like "God Bless the USA" and Beverly Hills 90210).

 

[HanSenSE]

Personally, after the election I came to the conclusion that this constant barrage of news was doing more harm than good to me. Canceled WaPo and Boston Globe subscriptions, stopped going to the politics thread on this website (which I was checking every 10 minutes, it seemed), and stopped reading Heather Cox Richardson. I kind of felt cheated: I had heard all these stories about how Kamala was reaping in over a billion dollars, HCR (through no fault of her own, she's just repeating what is happening) was putting forth the day's news as promising, etc., etc., and then that MF wins, and wins all seven swing states. Doesn't matter he won by a slim margin. He won.

I've wrung my hands for the last 10 years. So enough. I'll read a book, watch sports, play with the kids more. Maybe that is the wrong attitude to take because those who ignore this shirt can't be surprised when the train comes down the tracks out of control. But I needed a break. And from what I've read elsewhere, I'm not alone in that thinking.

Same here. Cleansed my twitter feed of the bulk of accounts I was following for news and politics. As I mentioned earlier, we don't get a daily print paper anymore, but I may get a digital one just to keep up with what's going on in town. My capacity to give a damn was exhausted by the election, and there are folks out there in a better position to carry on the fight than me. Got enough stuff going on in my life as it is.

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

I was in high school at the time and was gung-ho about joining the military, so much as to visiting the recruiting office. My dad, who was a Vietnam Vet, said "Let's hold on a minute there," and got a few of his buddies and talked me down.