Random acts of typing
Friday, August 09, 2002
Ah, the wit and wisdom of Woody...
Let's see, a former [did he quit?] junkie, a violent person [witness the cab ride in London a while back, a typical Hollywood leftist, and a person who wants to take America's money but lives in London and Costa Rica.
With classic comments like "The whole thing is just bullsh*t." Wow, Woody, you win that argument with your cogent debate.
Of course, he's praised by the UK's Daily Mirror, which apparently believes there is a "right wing gutter press" in the US...Um, okay--what newspapers and magazines are you reading? Unless it's National Review, I can't really think of any other conservative, right wing, or even neutral print publications that actually sit on newsstands.
And gee, where does the Mirror stand on this issue?:
"They attacked him for being an "anti-9/11 pop pervert coward", said his career was "down the toilet" and generally abused and ridiculed the singer for airing sensible, compassionate views shared by the Daily Mirror and many millions of British people."
But surely they're an unbiased source. And after all, Hitler had views shared by many millions of German people.
"a powerful new celebrity voice"? Woody Harrelson? I don't think so.
Another telling point:
"The Mirror is not anti-American. But we are increasingly disturbed by the conduct of George Bush as he marauds around the world, settling old family scores and blowing things up."
Old family scores? Absolutely--the thousands of families affected last September, if you recall.
And 'incredibly right-wing..President"? Hardly. As much as I prefer Bush over the frightening thought of Algore in the White House, he is hardly 'incredibly right-wing.'
Okay, the Mirror smokes crack; check this out:
"Disasters such as Vietnam happened because governments were allowed to proceed with them by lapdog media and weak opposition voices."
EXCUSE ME? Vietnam dealt with 'weak opposition voices' and 'lapdog media?' What alternative history did these freaks come from? As far as I can recall, the Vietnam conflict and, worse, soldiers who were sent to Vietnam were routinely insulted, vilified, assaulted, rioted and picketed against.
And for the record, Mr Mirror man, Vietnam was a 'disaster' only because we didn't fully commit. Whether or not we should have been there in the first place is another issue, but once we decide to fight, and this goes on all levels, once you decide to fight, you've got to do it, give it everything you've got, don't piss around. NFL QB's know that, your wacky cricketers know that, hell, even Emeril gets stuff done once he decides to do it. If you're not going to do something 100%, why bother doing it in the first place? That's what the disaster of Vietnam was.
Sorry for the length of this, but this article and apparently the whole "news"paper's ignorance, bias, and just all around instigation really got me. Whether you agree with me, the paper, or neither of us, you have to admit that they need to lose the name 'newspaper,' because the Mirror is no more newspaper than the Weekly World News is. It certainly has the right to say what it wants, foolish and ignorant as its comments may be [hear that? that's a right that this country you are vilifying grants people], but it sure as hell isn't reporting the "news". I get more news from Entertainment Tonight.
Wednesday, August 07, 2002
Gee, the spam wouldn't be quite as much of an issue if Microsoft wouldn't SELL YOUR EMAIL address to every spamming b*st*rd who buys it....I never use my Hotmail address, but everytime I check it, it's full of spam--and not, shall we say, family-friendly spam....I'm not an anti-MS person, but it's not like they're hurting for money and need to sell addresses....
Traficant.... I am certainly no expert, but doesn't this make him a felon? Don't convicted felons lose the right to vote? If so, shouldn't convicted felons lose the right to BE VOTED FOR? The irony of a legislator, a 'lawmaker', thumbing his nose at the laws, and the people trying to enforce the laws [vis his attitudes toward the agencies and other representatives], yet still wanting the job? Juuuust slightly hypocritical, dontcha think?
Also--interesting bit here: You've got to scan down to the last paragraph to find his party affiliation; however, this story here mentions the fact that the resistors are Republicans in the third paragraph....Why is party such an issue in one article, but not the other, unless you [the source] are trying to pitch opinion to/from one or the other?
I advise everyone out there who reads or watches the news to read the awesome and frightening book 'Bias.' And no, it's not a 'right wing propaganda', the guy voted Democrat something like nine times in a row.
