Quadsville

    The week of June 23rd brings the dreaded three celebrity death tangent: Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett & Michael Jackson. Any death is sad, for any reason and for any family. For many of us, these three people brought to us great times and many memories.

    While sitting here and reminicsing about this past week, it came to me that as a country and a population, we've become to entranced with the "celebrity" of entertainers and athletes. As a people, we've put more hero worship into people that need Brinks armor cars to haul their paychecks, while we've completely forgotten about our real heros.

    Those teachers that educate our future leaders. Woefully underpaid while administration accepts six figure salaries. Our military, sometimes having to accept foodstamps to feed their families and then make multiple combat tours. The social workers, also underpaid but the first to get the ax when states go above budget. This list could go on and on, but these are the real heros. These are the people that make a differance in peoples day to day lives.

    These deaths are tragic, yes. But just as tragic is how we've put certain people on a pedestal and keep forgetting aout the people that transform our young, protect our interests and care for the lame and old. To me, that's the tragedy.