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Is it just me …
Posted on Aug 10 2007
… or has Google Reader become slower than crap lately? Try to add a feed, and it wanders off into no-man’s land. Use Firefox, flip between tabs, and it takes upwards of a minute to come back to the Reader tab.
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.
Google … hello? You been “improving things?”
And I thought the media was bad
Posted on Aug 07 2007
Ok, so I absolutely detest the feeding frenzy the media’s been in around last Wednesday’s collapse of the 35W bridge here in town. I’m even disappointed with how MPR’s gone FoxNews with inanely repetitve reporting, leading questions, and dubious “experts”.
But … that all pales in comparison to this joker, who further reinforces my comprehensive disgust with organized religion.
Fred, got a bit of advice for you: stay the $#@!% away from our city and our state. Your idiotic, moronic, childish, brain-dead, headline-grabbing, pathetic excuse for religious intelligence should stay right where you are, with the rest of the idiots.
Better yet, come on up! Bring your entire congregation of losers, so we can throw your sorry, stupid asses in jail!
I’m fine
Posted on Aug 02 2007
I wasn’t near downtown with this happened last evening. While my heart goes out to those who’ve either lost loved ones or just don’t know yet, I’m growing more and more irritated at the media, even public radio, who apparently has decided that the Fox News method of reporting is the most effective way to go. Then again, they’re no better or worse than the massive number of gawkers flocking to the site just to watch and hopefully witness a wee bit of carnage (and, even better, if they can film it and get it up on YouTube).
You want a good example of how low our species has started to stoop? Watch the media feeding frenzy, the litigation bloodlust, and the repetitive, inane mutterings of one “expert” after another over the next few weeks.
It’s a tragedy, yes. Let’s treat it, and those affected by it, with the dignity and respect they deserve, let the authorities get on with the unenviable task of sorting it all out … and get on with life.
Internet Radio Day of Silence
Posted on Jun 26 2007
If you believe, truly believe, in the RIAA’s extortion tactics, bald-faced lies, and petulant “we’re protecting the artists” statements … do nothing today.
If, however, you want to enjoy music the way you want to, not the way some overpaid, under-endowed media mogul wants to sell it to you, call your congressman today and get them to listen to the silence:
Act now, or don’t whine when the silence becomes permanent.
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tags: observations, media, stupidity
Don Imus Leaves the Airwaves …
Posted on Apr 13 2007
… and, I must say, I’m a bit ambivalent. MSNBC dropped their simulcast, CBS fired him, the media’s “analysts” can’t stop talking about it, Al Sharpton claims a victory, Rutgers accepts his apology … and I can’t help but think:
“Are we going to consistently treat everyone who uses racially improper speech with an equal amount of vitriol and retribution?”
If so, then good. If not, then how many of those loudly screaming now will be silent the next time?
I really hate jumping in on major public brawls like this. Everybody who’s anybody (and plenty of people who aren’t) have already opened (and will continue to open) their mouths. But there’s another issue here that’s being marginalized: “What happens the next time?”
Whether Imus went too far or not isn’t the issue moving forward, consistency of response is.
tags: tv, politics, observations, media
