i Beg Your "Pod"en?

Sitting here at my computer watching Part One of "What Happened On The Moon" on Google video, I realize that I have not really looked at what was going on in the World. Hitting the pause button, I clicked over to Google news to see what the headlines were:

"It's Obama Time" - TMZ cameras caught Senator Barack Obama heading into the Ed Sullivan Theater in Manhattan to tape his appearance on "The Late Show with David Letterman.

"The Myth of the Instant iPod Revolution" - Apple (AAPL) has sold its 100 millionth iPod, and from the press coverage you’d think that from the moment Steve Jobs unveiled it nearly six years ago, it was the planet’s must-have device.

"Who Fathered Smith's Baby? Answer May Come Today" - NASSAU, Bahamas (CNN) -- A Bahamian court may rule Tuesday on who is the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby daughter, Dannielynn; is it Howard K. Stern, Larry Birkhead, or someone else?

"California Scuttles BHP Plan" - Article from: AP. BHP Billiton's four-year campaign to build a $US800 million ($A971 million) liquefied natural gas terminal off southern California is in tatters.

I couldn't believe what I was reading...was it true? Seriously? Apple has sold over 100 million iPods???

This amazed me. I started to think about the US and the World population. That means that one out of every three Americans owns an iPod. And that is just iPods, not MP3 players. No, iPods. I mean, come on...every third baby coming into the world is getting an Apple MP3 player for a gift? That is marketing!!!

Not only that, one in every 67 citizens Worldwide has an iPod. That means that Abebe from the Ethiopian village better hide his player from AlemNesh, Lielit, Mebrete, Mulu Ken, Zema, Brihan, Gebra Hana, Samrawit, Zeberga, Guma, Debelo, Desta Maki Tirunih and his other 54 brothers and sisters, or at least have some bread as a peace offering.

Look, we are in the middle of a couple of wars right now, and this is considered news? What about North Korea's failure to agree to disarm all nuclear weapons? What about the mass Shiite march demanding the US leave Iraq? Why is it we care more about the fact that Halo 3 is being released on May 11th? Welcome to the news.

And I bet you thought I was going to talk about the father of Anna Nicole's baby. Shame on you.