What is unclear is how this affects CNN, FOX News, MSNBC, and other entertainment outlets whose stories are marginally connected to the current events on the ground. Are their story writers going to be striking too?

The sad truth is America has been seeking entertainment that is dumber and dumber as time has gone on. Plot lines need to be spoon-fed to audiences, language needs to be written at the third grade level and we certainly can't tell a story without gratuitous nudity or violence. The Writers Guild of America has a hard time finding ways to write sex scenes into stories in which they have no place. Most action scenes could be replaced with a Halo 3 gaming session and you'd get the general point.

But alas, we can't have a story in this nation without thinking of the children. Whatever will our children do without the designated babysitter producing new content to placate their minds? Surely going outside and playing isn't an option. Reading a book? What's that? Likely such a strike would be a boon to Novartis, the manufacturer of Ritalin.

Whatever will this nation do if all that is available to watch is reruns?

There is a world out there to be enjoyed, many fine books to read, and plenty of friends and family to meet and spend time with. There was life before HD. One can go out and socialize and have a life. And I don't mean logging on to Second Life. Now is a great time to remember to turn off the TV — there was nothing good on anyway.