A friend of mine just sent out this link about President Obama and his concerns in regards to newspapers being left in the dust while blogs are ruling the news. The irony is that I am contributing to his concerns by bringing my opinions to you in the form of a blog about something that is potentially important news.

Obama feels that too many blogs are reporting news without the facts and therefor, everyone is just yelling at one another across the internet and no one is getting the real story. Okay, I guess I could see that in some cases. That said, there are lots of websites in which you can read newspapers online – including blogs run by serious journalists, professionals and oh yes… actual newscasts.

Quite frankly Mr. President, my advice to you is to stop worrying about what people post in their blogs. You stand for free speech… or have you forgotten? Instead of worrying your pretty little head over who says what, worry about the complete idiots who believe that utter shit instead of reading news from respectable sources.

I really liked the brief list of why a government bailout for the newspaper was a bad idea. Here’s that list if you’re too lazy to check out the link at the top.

• It’s bad to reward outdated businesses based on outdated tech.
• Newspapers delivery trucks don’t run on water.
• Traditionally bloated monopolies, newspapers don’t know how to innovate.
• Just because newspapers go away doesn’t mean sources will.
• Newspapers employ just 0.2 percent of the nation’s labor force.
• 66% of people get their news from TV.
• Newspaper owners think Google is a parasite.
• Ask people when they last bought a paper, much less subscribed.
• A government subsidized “free press” isn’t a “free press” at all.
• As newspapers go away, a shrinking supply of ad inventory will drive up ad prices, rewarding innovative new media.

Dear Sabby,
I’m a 22 year old girl who met a guy online 4 years ago and became best friends with him. Two years later, we are in love. We talk on the phone and webcam all the time and I love him to death. However I never really felt like he was mine. I strongly believe in destiny and that things happen if they’re really meant to be. This guy is the air I breathe. He’s everything to me. He lives in my home country. I haven’t been able to visit the place because I was broke as hell trying to pay for school and everything.

I can’t tell my parents about him because lets face it that’s a very odd story. The culture that I’m from doesn’t even allow having boyfriends. My parents have been trying to get me to get to know guys and marry them the old fashioned way. Basically they introduce you to someone and you guys start dating with their knowledge then if you’re compatible and fall in love you get married. However, they’d never accept the man I’m with. Based on their way of thinking, I know they’d think he’s too young and just wants me for the papers. I know this guy like the back of my hand and he truly loves me for who I am. He is my best friend.

I tried to break up with him a million times because I knew we could never be. But somehow we just kept on going back together. It’s like I’m addicted to him. He’s the shoulder I cry on and always supporting me in everything I do. I’m also done paying back my loans and I want to go to my home country this december and see my boyfriend for the first time and introduce him to my parents and hopefully get engaged. A few weeks ago, my parents talked about introducing me to this guy for marriage. I refused all the ones before him and it caused me a lot of tears, depression and headaches.

This time, I decided to play their game, pretend I’m intested and pretend like I actually gave the guy a chance and then tell me it just didn’t work out. However this guy now likes me and I’m putting a wall between us so that I don’t fall for him. I feel like I’m cheating him and my boyfriend even though my boyfriend is well aware of the situation. I cannot get married without my parents blessings and they know this guy and I know they’ll agree to me marrying him. I’m trying to look at the big picture here. This new guy and I are very compatible and view life similarily. If I could make a list of all that I want in a man, he’d be the incarnation of that. However I have strong feelings for someone who understands me.

- Chikita

Arranged marriages to me are just weird. My parents tried to find me boyfriends they liked all the time when I was your age and younger. I really think it’s their odd way of protecting us because they aren’t ready to let go and let you make mistakes. You’re young yet and believe me, you’re going to make mistakes and this guy may very well be one of them.

You have a lot to consider. First off, you sound like your culture is important to you since you said you cannot get married without your parent’s blessing. Obviously if you live in the United States (which I’m assuming you do since you have such good English) and you have every right to marry whoever you want at your age without the permission from your family. So clearly, it’s a cultural thing for you.

I’ve met a lot of people online – both friends and boyfriends. It can be a good thing… and it can also be a really bad thing. This guy could be a axe murderer or something crazy. Maybe he really is in it for the papers. Who knows. When someone wants in this country bad enough, they really do crazy shit like this. I give him props though.. four years is a long time. Hell, I give you props too because surviving 4 whole years of a long distance relationship is just plain crazy.

I love how you said your parents would think he was too young. What about you? Darlin’ I think you are too young as well for all of this. But it sounds like you have a nice guy near by worth looking into. Is it possible that you are so hung up on this long distance guy that you aren’t giving this new one a fair chance?

Yeah, yeah.. I know you’re in love with your online boyfriend and you probably wouldn’t want to hurt his feelings even if you did find someone else, but come on… you are only 22 and you’ve been with this online guy since you were like 18 years old! Get out and live a little. Take a chance on this new guy. At least if you find out you don’t like him, you won’t have spent thousands of dollars flying around the world, eloping and ending with a funky divorce.

Sabby, I met this incredible woman. She’s everything a guy could ask for and then a whole bunch of stuff you know not to ask for, but hope for anyways. I think she’s interested in me and I’m definitely interested in her. The catch is, she’s married. I’ve heard around the office that she’s going through a divorce. Would it be inappropriate to express my interest in her and how do I do that?

David – California

I don’t even know where to begin. There are so many things wrong with this story.

Okay, okay. First off David… this woman is married. Sure, there are rumors that she won’t be for long but that’s why they are rumors. If she’s still got a ring on her finger, just stay away from her. You could totally make an ass of yourself and worse you could get fired for making advances on a married woman you work with.

Now wouldn’t that suck?

Secondly, you never date someone you work with. Don’t you watch movies David? No? Well go find yourself a non-married woman and take her on a date to the movies. Maybe you’ll learn a thing or two.

P.S. Thank you for being my first male reader. Don’t you feel special.

Dear Sabby,

I’m 25 years old and all of my friends are about the same age give or take a few years and every damn one of them are married. I don’t know how I should feel about this. In a way, I’m jealous because they all seem really happy and I just don’t quite fit into their world of marriage. I could use your wisdom on this one.

Nicole – California

Oh my dear Nicole. I can see how it it could be frustrating to be the single friend amongst a group of other ladies your age who are all happily married – probably to great men who make decent money and satisfy them every night as you sit alone at home with your cat eating Ben & Jerry’s while watching sappy movies on the Oxygen channel.

Oh shit, I’m supposed to be making you feel better about this, aren’t I…

Let’s be real. You’re only 25. You have many, many, many, many years ahead of you to fall in love with a guy and marry him. Try to remember that your friends probably aren’t always as happy as they seem. Marriage is hard work and it’s not nearly as awesome or appealing when you’re no longer on the outside looking in. So tonight, go home and crank your vibrator up as high as it goes and rejoice that you don’t have to fake a headache tonight or bring your man another beer.

I had an insane dream last night. I’m already known in my family for having strange dreams. No scratch that… fucking outrageously weird dreams. The one last night was both uncomfortable and just plain sick.

I was on a couch watching something on TV with the guy I had my first crush on. We’ll call him Tony. So Tony and I are snuggled on the couch and we starting kissing. Things started to get rather hot and heavy when he tells me that we should wait a while longer before we decide to have sex. Then come to find out, he only meant for us to wait until a commercial came on.

He pulls off my pants and he’s down in my underwear with his hand when my mother comes in. Now, this of course would be completely awkward and startling no matter how old you are and even if it’s perfectly acceptable for you to be having sex. For some reason, we didn’t skip a beat. My mom sat down talking to us like we weren’t totally in the middle of having sex. We had a full blown conversation.

My dreams are friggin weird. My advice? Skip the shot of tequila before bedtime [or drink a hell of a lot more of it so you don't remember shit like this].