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57 channels and nothing on

Let's see, as I scan through the TV tonight I see that theres a show called "Ice Road Truckers", a show about men who drive trucks in the frozen north of Canada, usually they are doing their jobs in support of the Canadian Oil industry. Then theres also Deadliest Catch, a show about working fisherman in the Alaska crab fisheries. Theres also "Ax Men", a show about timber men in Oregon and finally, there "Dirty Jobs", where the host goes all over America an spends a day working in some of the most difficult jobs in the country.

Half of America spends its dinner hour laughing at the little people out there in flyover country, you know - the NASCAR type folks who drink beer from cans, plan their vacations around deer season, play softball like it was a religious sect and take time out each week to go to church on Sundays without apology or shame. With all of these shows you get the idea that there sure does seems to be a hell of a lot of people out there who like and respect the people who work in these jobs enough to watch them do it. (I am a big fan of "Deadliest Catch".)

Yet, with all those channels of television, not one of the many industrial hard working television producers has made so much as a single hour of television dedicated to the hard work of the hard to define world of "community organizers". Clearly this is an oversight and the market will step in quickly to fill the airwaves with shows like "Teamster Union Organizer - Local 292" or "Cicero City Alderman - Behind The Scenes". You know from what I've gleaned from the headlines, having a webcam at the Detroit City council meetings would probably be a hoot to watch.

Perhaps I should check the listings on Bravo or PBS for "Barack Obama - Community Organizer".

Posted @ September 06, 2008 09:52 PM | Current Affairs

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