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So here’s an editorial from the Washington Post. It’s pretty much bashing Pelosi’s Iraq Plan.

Yes, the Washington Post is bashing the Democratic Speaker of the House.

The media are know-nothing critics. They do a slightly better job bashing Republicans vs. Democrats, but at the end of the day, its all about the money, and they feel the best way for them to make money is to stir up every controversy.

Of course, this makes them totally fookin’ useless as a source of information. They’ve been saying Iraq is in a state of “Civil War” since April 3, 2003. So for 4 years they were wrong. Even now “Civil War” in Iraq would probably be an improvement. From reading what Iraqis say about the situation in their country, there are so many factions in Iraq that there effectively aren’t any sides. Civil Chaos would have been a better term.

I have a dream. It’s a fantasy really. I want to be able to pick up a newspaper and, after reading it, be more informed about what’s going on in the world rather then less informed.

My Neighbor, who teaches English as a First Language at the local Community College uses the local paper as a grammar quiz. Every day, she sits down with a red pen and circles grammar errors in the articles. Then she hands that out as a test at the beginning of class.

The New York Times may get the grammar right, but they have a harder time getting the facts right.

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Though I've always preferred: Qui custodes custodies

Who watches the watchmen?

So who makes sure the news media is really reporting the “news”?

A reader sent me this link.

Ok, if the DOD is rotating in 92,000 troops of the course of this year, and they decided NOT to rotate in 3,500 of them, that means we're now only rotating in 88,500 troops.

Yet another “troop reduction” that slips by the mainstream media.

Because it's gotten to the point that ordinary people ask better questions then the journalists do...

Head over to last week's Ask the White House. Everything you ever wanted to know about the administration's point of view, direct from the “Director for Iraq” on the National Security Council.

Remember, I started blogging because I found that the media couldn't even report what the administration said correctly. So whether you agree with the administration or not, you should at least know exactly what they said, not what's its been reported they said.

Not for themselves mind you. The movie industry is doomed: I had to watch a 3:40 commercial for them, and none of it was about how their movies might be say, fun to watch. No, they were good for you.

Bite me, movie industry. Even Jon Stewart had to make fun, connecting the number of movies about “important stuff”, to well, the fact that no one went to the movies in 2005...because they all SUCKED!

And what was all that stuff ragging on how the big screen was “better” then DVD? Oh yeah? When I watch a movie on DVD, beer and wine are served.

If I want to be preached at, I'll go to church.

Anyways, the Oscars were fun for me this time because I played “Oscar Bingo” with my wife. Seems the Mars company of M&M fame had this cool little PDF you could download.

Hey, those rapper dudes are wearing sunglasses! BINGO!

So if you TiVo'ed it, you might want to download the cards.

My wife owes me about two movies where guys run around and blow shit up for making me sit through that piece of crap.

First off, they're not cowboys, they're SHEEPHERDERS.

Yep, all that crap you read about how “cutting edge” it is to portray “gay cowboys”.

They're sheepherders, dammit. Gay sheepherders isn't exactly news. Only you city folks could get shepherds and cowboys confused.

Second, the whole “getting together” thing was a complete sandbag. One minute they're complaining about being sick of beans, the next minute they're having anal sex (for about 10 seconds). So I was totally unconvinced about their relationship then, because as far as you can tell from the rest of the movie their relationship consists of being miserable together. Except for a couple of kisses, they have no happy moments together...

Finally, watching the movie is like being bludgeoned over the head repeatedly. There is literally no moment after they get together where the filmmaker is not trying to make some “point”. Any point made has to be made as subtly as a boot to the head.

Gah.

Wife liked it.

Gah.

Did I mention that one of the characters was named Penis?

About 10+ years ago, I forget the exact date, Congress was looking into regulating professional wrestling. The head of the WWE was testifying, and he said “we're not a sport, we're sports entertainment”. Congress said basically, “Oh”, and decided not to regulate it.

My problem with the Mainstream Media is that they aren't news, they're news entertainment. There's no difference between the MSM and WWE trash talking in my opinion, other then that the WWE is probably more interesting and have better clothes. Though I can't really say, I don't watch much of either.

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