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Sleaze Bay
Thursday, November 30, 2000
E-Bay still for con artists and fools who think they're gonna strike it rich.
Give your old junk to charity or to someone that could use it.
It's better karma.
Monsters of the deep
Thursday, November 30, 2000
"In a bizarre twist of nature, the sea can suddenly, without warning, become lighter than air. Boats that normally float sink like a stone and are consigned to the seabed within minutes."
Could methane burps like this be responsible for missing ships in the Bermuda Triangle, etc. etc.?
Thanks, Reutellog :)
Star Wars Astrology
Thursday, November 30, 2000
I'm Darth Vader. Eek!
I also have a Pisces Moon though (one of the worst placements in the Zodiac) and a Virgo ascendant.
Thanks, Quiddity :)
Burning Effigy
Wednesday, November 29, 2000
I like this picture. Burn, baby, burn!
It has been brought to my attention that I am a elitist, self-righteous, cynical bastard. I plead guilty on all counts. It has been a particularly annoying month: a U.S. presidental election that continues to be ludicrous beyond belief, the failure of our 'leaders' to come to grips with our environmental problems, scumfuckers butchering thousand year old redwoods with chain saws, the annual commercial spending season that makes me want to take an icepick to my eyes and eardums (the new flock of Christmas 'Gap' ads make me want to go on a firebombing spree).
There isn't much going on to give me a sense of optimism.
I'm going to try to lighten up a bit, but you can bet that I'll continue to weblog stuff that I find very stupid or highly annoying. I just feel that I've gotten off course in the last month and need to make a correction.
I need some kind of contemplative zetetic philosophy type thingy.
Maybe it's time to start my own cult.
Court Strikes Down Drug Checkpoints
Tuesday, November 28, 2000
"In a significant ruling on the use of police power, the Supreme Court struck down random roadblocks intended for drug searches, saying they are an unreasonable invasion of privacy under the Constitution."
Score another one for the Fourth Amendment.
Dutch MPs legalise mercy killings
Tuesday, November 28, 2000
The Netherlands legalises euthanasia.
I hate the term 'mercy killing' because it gives ammunition to religious extremists.
Prosperity Brings Faceless Character Throughout Bay Area
Monday, November 27, 2000
Overwhelming gentrification and suburbanization still suck.
Everyone complains about this problem on the West Coast and for good reason. In my experience, this is happening all over the country and especially here in the South. A horde of overwealthy, obnoxious bozos are moving here, namely because the cost of living is cheap (at least it used to be) and because they've already destroyed the character of the places that they've left.
What does this mean?
More strip malls, more chain stores, more pollution, more traffic, more noise, higher rents, more poverty for working class people, the triumph of the mediocre and very few people who aren't obsessed with materialism and who don't bore me to death.
There doesn't seem to be any escape from this anytime soon.
I've seriously thought about moving to Australia, Canada or the U.K. if I could. [sigh]
Eunuch Elected Mayor of Indian Town
Sunday, November 26, 2000
If we castrated all our male politicians than maybe there wouldn't be so many embarrasing sex scandals.
The Political Graveyard
Sunday, November 26, 2000
All politicians end up here eventually.
Climate talks end in failure
Saturday, November 25, 2000
Western powers torpedo climate conference.
As if it was ever in doubt.
If we can't get the selfish industrial powers to agree to very minor reductions in emissions then disasterous climate change is inevitable at this point. I'm officially bummed out. May future generations forgive us for our greed and short sightedness.
Kudos to whoever pied corporate ass puppet Frank Loy.
My Manifesto
Saturday, November 25, 2000
I've always considered Dave Eggers's work to be a staggering pile of horse poop. Or is it the intellectual equivalent of the drunken bedspins? Anyway, this guy seems to be out to destroy him, which I find both amusing and pitiful at the same time.
All-night talks on climate deadlock
Friday, November 24, 2000
U.S. tries desperately to bust U.N. climate talks.
It is sad that the world will have to look to the European community for leadership on this issue, not to mention the fact that american 'journalists' are completely ignoring this story. Who cares about those stupid, lawsuit happy marionettes Bush and Gore? This is the most important story of the day.
Nanocopters leave the drawing board
Friday, November 24, 2000
Mechanical and biological machinery fused in 'biomotors'.
Guardian Unlimited - Special Report - Dumb
Friday, November 24, 2000
I'm obsessed with notions of cultural stupidity.
Is it a serious problem? It is to me.
I'm constantly feeling insulted by popular culture.
Maybe I'm just an elitist snob, which of course is just fine.
On a completely unrelated note, I've decided to give any weblog where I see the infamous Bloghop color stripe an automatic worst possible rating, once per visit. Why? Because I'm tired of it already!
Repeat after me: Popularity has nothing to do with quality.
Thanks, caught In between :)
FindSame
Friday, November 24, 2000
Find content, not keywords.
A nifty search engine that will find web pages containing similar text. It's fun! Try it before it gets yanked.
Thanks, Yet Another Web Log :)
Half of US cigarettes are smoked by mentally ill
Thursday, November 23, 2000
We have to smoke to keep from snapping the necks of people who annoy the hell out of us, which is just about everyone.
Am I getting too bitter for you?
A Thanksgiving Prayer by William S. Burroughs
Wednesday, November 22, 2000
(For text only version, click here.)
Quite appropriate for a country built on institutionalised racism, environmental destruction, religious intolerance, the rejection of free thought, slavery and genocide.
Sometimes the facts can be a bit harsh, can't they?
Happy Thanksgiving!
(If you think this is bad, wait 'til I unload both barrels on Xmas.)
Cool clothes for identical zombies!
Wednesday, November 22, 2000
Ikea = Death. I think they should have said 'sheep' and not 'zombies'. After all, zombies are mostly dead so you can't exactly expect them to think for themselves.
See The Sheep Brain Dissection Guide.
Also see Atlas of the Sheep Brain.
What do you get for pretending the danger's not real
Meek and obedient you follow the leader
Down well trodden corridors into the valley of steel
Life, death and Everquest
Tuesday, November 21, 2000
Suicide hoax proves that the virtual ain't real.
Don't you forget it.
Full Metal Jacket Script
Tuesday, November 21, 2000
"How can you shoot women and children?"
"Easy. You just don't lead them so much."
No question that this is the best movie about the Vietnam War ever made. Maybe even the best war movie ever made.
What heavy handed directors like Oliver Stone don't understand is that you not only have to illustrate the horrors of war, but also the absurdity of war.
Sorry to whoever I swiped this link from. Can't find the reference.
US fights back over global warming
Monday, November 20, 2000
In an absolutely shocking development, Republican Senators slam criticism of U.S. tactics at the U.N. climate conference.
Well shucky darn and slop the chickens!
Please allow me to pull my jaw up off the floor!
Also see 'U.S. blind eye on climate change'.
New animal discovered
Monday, November 20, 2000
Unusual microscopic animal found in Greenland ice.
Churches urge polluters to repent
Monday, November 20, 2000
World Council of Churches issues statement on global warming:
"In a clear reference to the approach adopted by the US and several other developed countries, the WCC said that wealthy polluting countries should not be allowed to buy their way out of the problem by paying for projects in other countries."
Let me be the first to say 'Amen'!!!
Ellison Webderland
Sunday, November 19, 2000
No one knows rage like Harlan Ellison.
He's one of the handful of writers I consider heroic.
Go dig up one of his books and prepare to be blown away.
Speaking of rage:
I hate the FOX network; not garden variety hate, but the kind exhibited by the AM in 'I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream'.
All I ask out of network TV is to be able to watch 'Futurama', 'King of the Hill' and 'The Simpsons' once a week. That's all, nothing else. Unfortunately, FOX carries american football, a sport which is both tedious and excruciatingly slow. They think it's fine to show the last five minutes of meaningless games not once tonight, but twice. They still haven't shown 'Futurama' once this season thanks to this.
Another thing that drives me up the wall is that FOX shows more commercials than any other network. If I have to see that grunge rock poseur pickup truck ad again, I'll burst a blood vessel in my brain.
Kiss my tuckus, FOX! I'm not putting up with it anymore.
A Day With(out) Weblogs - (not)
Saturday, November 18, 2000
I support the idea but I won't be participating.
This is going to sound harsh, but let me explain:
I'm all for AIDS awareness and if you choose to participate in this campaign, that's fine. The problem I have with weblog campaigns, ribbon campaigns, pin campaigns, bumper sticker campaigns and the like is that I don't think they really change anything. I think it is a way to salve our collective conscience and to convince ourselves that we're making a difference in the world.
If you want to change things, it's going to take a little bit more effort than wearing a ribbon or changing your weblog graphics for a day. A little personal effort is much more effective than a lot of impersonal effort.
Uchronia - The Alternate History List
Friday, November 17, 2000
Ride the universal wave function to it's most illogical conclusion.
No more election stuff. I've worked it out of my system like a nasty case of E. coli food poisoning. At this point, I no longer care who gets elected president.
Serenity now, serenity now.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
The world according to St. Ralph
Thursday, November 16, 2000
The worst Gore apologist, Nader slandering bullshit piece I've read yet (and I've read a lot of them lately). If the author of this article really thinks that the Democratic Party "is still the best hope for liberal politics in this country", than he most have been living under a rock with his fingers stuffed in his ears for the past eight years. I love the fact that some columnists want to have us abused and beaten. This is worse propoganda than the most right wing fascist could have come up with. What's next, public lynchings?
I've said it time and time again:
I can think for myself.
I can vote for whoever I damn well choose.
I am proud to be a idealist and not a realist.
A bunch of whiny Democrats fuming because their candidate couldn't mop the floor with one of the most incompetent U.S. presidential candidates in election history aren't going to blame the election outcome on me.
I sleep like a baby at night knowing I didn't vote for either of the two candidate whores who will blow anything that moves for a campaign contribution.
Thank you Florida Nader voters.
Thank you for sticking to your principles.
Turns out your vote really did make a difference this time!
I think you should print up some 'I cost Gore the election' t-shirts.
Watch your back, rabid Democrats want to have you shot!
Dubya might finally miss out on a family perk
Thursday, November 16, 2000
In case you might think I'm a closet Bush fan, I'm not.
His collegiate record is a embarrasment.
His military record is a complete disgrace. Of course, the american press chose to completely ignore this fact, even though they roasted Clinton for being a 'draft dodger'.
As Louis Black said:
"Here's a man who was a failure until he was forty!"
Yet, he's going to be the next president of the United States.
Ain't reality a bitch?
In all fairness, Gore wouldn't be where he is today if it wasn't for his daddy either.
Why a ‘reckless’ Naderite might vote for Gore in Florida
Thursday, November 16, 2000
Nicely points out the laughable environmental record of Clinton/Gore.
Kind of reminds me of when Bush Sr. claimed he was 'the environmental president' for slightly reducing air pollution in the Grand Canyon.
Plan To Study Hemp In Illinois Ignites Controversy
Wednesday, November 15, 2000
Rabid Republicans go bezerk!
"On Tuesday, a group of Illinois anti-drug activists relighted the year-old issue with some of the harshest rhetoric yet. Led by state Rep. Mary Lou Cowlishaw, R-Naperville, they portrayed industrial hemp supporters as cohorts of the 'drug culture.'"
You can't smoke hemp, you idiot! It isn't marijuana!
Monkey brain operates machine
Wednesday, November 15, 2000
Live monkey brain used to operate robot six hundred miles away.
Alaskans face the thaw
Wednesday, November 15, 2000
Global warming already a disaster in Alaska.
Also, see Arctic Thunderstorms. Thanks, Rebecca's Pocket :)
The car that runs on air
Wednesday, November 15, 2000
Maybe there's some environmental hope after all. South African car to run on compressed air:
"'It's really an anti-globalisation production idea'. . . 'The aim of the project is to cut costs and create jobs locally, serving the consumer market directly.'"
I'm all for that!
Thanks, renaissance :)
UN Climate Talks Corrupted by Corporate 'Solutions'
Tuesday, November 14, 2000
The Kyoto Treaty is a sham.
Enjoy life while you can.
There is still some time left, but no future for you.
The blame lies squarely on our shoulders, of course. You don't want to hear that now do you? We'll move foward with our pathetic little suburban existences and pretend it's not happening. We'll wring our hands, say "what must be done?" and pray for someone to save us.
It is not God's obligation to save us from our own stupidity. That is the saddest part of the equation.
I know, I shouldn't get so morose.
Civilizations rise. Civilizations fall.
The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed,
But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw,
Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread
Now I'm gonna go watch Blade Runner and get all weepy.
Roy Batty quotes Blake too.
Thanks, Unknown News :)
The Denizens of the Outback
Tuesday, November 14, 2000
We are the Dark Isz.
Technosphere 4.01- toothy
Tuesday, November 14, 2000
Toothy's preggers, but hasn't killed yet.
Smallest primates discovered in Madagascar
Tuesday, November 14, 2000
Too bad they'll be extinct soon:
"The island has already been stripped of 90% of its original forests and traditional 'slash and burn' agriculture continues to eat into the remaining habitats."
Cell Phones Are the New Peacock Feathers
Tuesday, November 14, 2000
"As the researchers see it, the men are using their mobile phones as peacocks use their immobilizing feathers and male bullfrogs use their immoderate croaks: To advertise to females their worth, status and desirability."
I guess that's why I say I guy standing ouside his SUV yakking away even though it was cold and there were very few people around. There's no escaping male insecurity and vanity.
You know what they say about guys who need status symbols to get women. Who would want to date women that were only interested in you for that reason anyway?
"The researchers point out that cell phones, like cigarettes, keep the hands, mouth and weekly allowance well occupied, and that both objects satisfy a pubertal desire to appear mature, worldly, involved, indifferent, rebellious, ambitious, autonomous, fashionable and fully peer-bonded."
I guess that's why I find the damn things so annoying!
Iraqis and former GIs to sue in US over depleted uranium
Tuesday, November 14, 2000
Depleted Uranium weapons linked to Gulf War Syndrome and cancer deaths:
"In Iraq, campaigners say, almost 250,000 civilians have been affected by DU and there has been a sevenfold leap in cancer, especially among children, and deformities in birth. Unicef, the UN children's organisation, says 4,000 children under five die every month."
Thanks, Unknown News :)
Also see:
Depleted Uranium: The Stone Unturned
Gulf War Veterans and Depleted Uranium
Silver Bullet: Depleted Uranium
Los Alamos memorandum suggesting FUD/coverup
Catholics order Big Mac to go
Tuesday, November 14, 2000
Catholic newspaper wants hamburger excommunication.
On a related note, I hate fast food because not only is not fit for human consuption, but all the local buttheads throw their trash all over my streets and highways. I've thought about taking all of that trash and dumping on the floor of our local McDonalds.
Thanks, Yet Another Web Log :)
Noise takes its toll
Monday, November 13, 2000
Ah, the deafening roar of traffic.
'Striptease for the trees'
Monday, November 13, 2000
Can a naked pair of breasts save the redwoods?
What's the 'chad' blocking the path to the White House?
Monday, November 13, 2000
Presidental election to be decided by little fiddling bits of paper.
The Future of Drugs
Monday, November 13, 2000
Good collection of articles from FEED magazine.
A fluke? A crisis? No, the future
Monday, November 13, 2000
"Such a result is no accident: It was the point (or, at any rate, the near-inevitable outcome) of the whole exercise -- at least, the way the game is now being played, with caution trumping courage, and calibration trouncing vision, in the endless Zenovian dicing up of the remaining undecided, and then the remaining remaining undecided, to the exclusion of virtually any other principled consideration"
The triumph of mediocrity continues.
Younger generation's expectations far greater than parents'
Monday, November 13, 2000
I'll keep my comments to myself.
'Massive' pollution cuts needed
Sunday, November 12, 2000
"If the Americans, the world's biggest polluters, do not ratify Kyoto, there must be a danger that other countries will lose interest in it."
Again, it ain't gonna happen.
We're greedy, we're selfish and we can't see past next week, much less over the decades to come. America has never outgrown it's 'manifest destiny' foolishness.
Clinton's climate change warning
Sunday, November 12, 2000
'Lame Duck' Clinton addresses global warming crisis, but is he really serious about reducing greenhouse gas emissions? Cheap talk is not going to save our planetary environment. What is required is a massive reduction of First World overconsumption of natural resources. I just don't see that happening any time soon.
{fray} hope - I voted 2000
Saturday, November 11, 2000
I liked this one.
"I may be a political slacker, but I'm still going to vote. I'm going to vote because I can. Because voting still means a lot to me, and my vote still carries a message. I'm going to vote because I care very much about the future of the country I live in. I'm going to vote because I have a strong attachment to my civic duty. I'm going to vote because I know that many people who came before me bothered to struggle for my right to vote."
Refreshing after reading depressing nonsense like this (see November eighth entry). Maybe it's good that people like this don't vote.
febrile.net - Music: Power Puff Girls
Saturday, November 11, 2000
I got to hear most of these tunes during the Power Puff Girls marathon this afternoon. I was delighted to learn that there's a Frank Black tune on their album. I love Shonen Knife too (this webpage looks like a throwback to '96 or so. Excellent!). They play happy, upbeat music that doesn't make me puke and they rock.
Democrats Blame The 'Grim Reaper'
Saturday, November 11, 2000
"David Corn, Washington editor of the leftwing magazine The Nation, said: 'A lot of people are looking to scapegoat Nader but that's fuzzy math. It means they don't have to look at what Gore did wrong in the campaign. Blaming Nader is akin to blaming the warning label for a product that fails.'"
Thanks, Unknown News :)
Nader Bashing
Even More Nader Bashing
Yo Dan, please do move to Canada. You're an obnoxious, talentless hack and a criminal to boot!
Still More Nader Bashing
A Metafilter poster stated that Hillary Clinton suggested on election night that killing Ralph Nader 'is not a bad idea' (but I haven't been able to confirm this from media sources).
Because it's murder by numbers, one, two, three
It's as easy to learn as your ABC
Murder by numbers, one, two, three
It's as easy to learn as your ABC
If this was a joke than we are not amused.
Are we seeing a pattern here? This is just the tip of the iceberg. I'm sure you can find even more people blaming Nader for costing Gore the election on your own. Nothing's worse than finding out that people you respect don't like you because you choose to exercise a bit of independent thought. We can't have that now can we?
This is america at the dawn of the twenty first century.
Don't think for yourself.
Don't act for yourself.
Do what 'they' say and pray that things won't get any worse.
Things will get worse if you choose not to free your mind.
Lex Luthor Wins!
Friday, November 10, 2000
Hey, he's still less evil than Bush or Gore!
Thanks, randomWalks :)
Climate showdown
Friday, November 10, 2000
International community twiddles its collective thumbs rather than face pending global warming disaster. Also, poor countries will suffer the most from global warming, so you can pretty much guarantee that nothing will be done about it.
Treehouse of Horror VII
Friday, November 10, 2000
It's ironic that 'The Simpsons' called this mess four years ago.
"It makes no difference which one of us you vote for. Either way, your planet is doomed. DOOMED!"
Kang
"It's true, we _are_ aliens. But what are you going to do about it? It's a two-party system; you have to vote for one of us."
Kodos
Does it really matter who wins the Presidential election?
Thanks, Entropy :)
Invasion of the 'killer' seaweed
Friday, November 10, 2000
Accidentally introduced species will likely devastate marine life in the Mediterranean Sea and off of the California coast.
Severe Solar Storm Threatens Airline, Space Travelers
Friday, November 10, 2000
Airline passengers may experience as much radiation as ten chest X-rays.
Famed Goatman Forever Held In Dusty Room
Friday, November 10, 2000
Goatman, Bunny Man, Spook Hill and Cry-Baby Bridge all part of folklore surrounding the Washington D.C. area.
Car sized wasp's nest
Friday, November 10, 2000
Six by eight foot nest containing twenty-five thousand yellowjackets found in Orlando, Florida park. If you don't know what a yellowjacket is, they're a vicious, aggressive form of wasp that live in burrows in the ground (usually). The problem is that unless you are carefully looking at the ground, you don't know that a nest is there until you step on it and they start stinging. I live in fear of yellowjackets during the summer since I'm very allergic to insect stings, so this is pretty scary to me!
Marijuana Measure Won't Make Difference
Friday, November 10, 2000
Government prepares to ignore the popular will of the people of Mendocino County, CA.
"'Nothing changes. Absolutely nothing. State and federal laws treating marijuana as an illegal substance remain in effect,' said Nathan Barankin, spokesman for state Attorney General Bill Lockyer. Barankin said North Coast pot advocates can celebrate all they want, 'But the reality is their vote is only symbolic.'"
No surprise there. My fellow americans, don't be deluded into thinking that you live in a democracy. You don't. The 'Drug War' police state rolls on. You and I have to keep fighting it.
Also, see Drug Bust Controversy Continues in Tulia.
Stop Bush's Theft of the People's Will!
Wednesday, November 8, 2000
Michael Moore is as pissed off as I am I because it seems likely that Bush will win the presidency even though Gore will win the popular vote. BTW, I would feel exactly the same if the positions were reversed between Gore and Bush. You can't accuse me of being biased since I didn't vote for either one of them. So much for our so called 'democracy'.
At least the dead guy won in Missouri.
Thanks, shinybluegrasshopper :)
Get out there and protest.
Thanks, Metafilter :)
Mendocino Co. First in US To Decrim. Marijuana
Wednesday, November 8, 2000
On the up side, some Californians have sense. Plus:
California passes Proposition 36.
Colorado approves medical marijuana.
Nevada approves medical marijuana (again).
Utah approves limiting property forfeitures.
Oregon requires convictions for property seizures.
Life is good!
Voters Dump Pot Proposition 2-to-1
Wednesday, November 8, 2000
Alaska marijuana legalization proposition fails, but I loved this line:
"Others, like Pat Alcantra, a 70-year-old grandmother from Palmer, said marijuana should be regulated like tobacco and alcohol. 'Liquor is so much worse,' she said. 'If a man gets drunk, he beats his wife. If he smokes marijuana, he eats her dinner. (Pot) should be legalized and controlled.'"
Bingo. Glad to see that there are a few intelligent people in Alaska.
David Brower Dies At 88
Tuesday, November 7, 2000
Godspeed to a true friend of the environment.
Thanks, Unknown News :)
Blue Submarine No. 6
Tuesday, November 7, 2000
Cartoon Network is showing a four part version this week. I'm sure most hardcore anime fans would say that it's cut to ribbons on network TV, but it's still intensely cool to me!
Why can't american filmmakers come up with anything this good?
Here's another site.
An Open Letter To Gore From Moore
Friday, November 3, 2000
This pretty much sums up my feelings on the election.
This is the last stuff today on the presidential campaign, I promise!
Thanks, Quiddity :)
The New Politics of Consumption
Friday, November 3, 2000
"The average American now finds it harder to achieve a satisfying standard of living than 25 years ago. Work requires longer hours, jobs are less secure, and pressures to spend more intense. Consumption-induced environmental damage remains pervasive, and we are in the midst of widespread failures of public provision. While the current economic boom has allayed consumers' fears for the moment, many Americans have long-term worries about their ability to meet basic needs, ensure a decent standard of living for their children, and keep up with an ever-escalating consumption norm."
"Because they are typically opposed to public provision, the 'market' for public goods is structurally biased against provision. In comparison to what a truly democratic state might provide, we find that a business-dominated government skews outcomes in the direction of private production. We don't get enough, or good enough, education, arts, recreation, mass transport, and other conventional public goods. We get too many cars, too many clothes, too many collectibles."
Link courtesy of the always excellent Abuddhas Memes. Much as I hate to poach links en masse, but Abuddhas also led to me to links on advertising and UFOs, two of my favorite subjects.
Dubyaphobia And Its Cure
Friday, November 3, 2000
This article makes a solid case that there is no fundamental difference between Bush or Gore, contrary to what all of the Nader bashing Democrats are saying. Why do you think the election is so close? It's because the two candidates have done everything they possibly can to make themselves look like their opponent.
I liked this poster I found today.
U.S. readers, please consider voting for a third party candidate.
Any third party candidate.
Why waste your vote on a two party system that doesn't work?
I know it's a tough decision for all of you living in the swing states. I don't want Dubya to win either since he'll gut the federal lands system and stick oil derricks everywhere. The man has the intellect of a cabbage. He makes Dan Quayle look like Albert Einstein. Bush is a lock in North Carolina (big surprise there); it's an easy decision for me. In any case, please vote your conscience, not because the other guy might win.
Mark Morford
Wednesday, November 1, 2000
He's annoyed by all of the same things that I am, but his writing is better, much better!
I am a compulsive reader of things I know will irritate me like a splinter under a fingernail. This must stop or I will surely go mad.
'Great Pumpkin' won't visit this year
Wednesday, November 1, 2000
This pissed me off royally. The link isn't important.
"The season started late, and they didn't want to pre-empt our new shows. . ."
Translation? We don't care about tradition. We just want to push our dogshit garbage that won't be airing in another two weeks or so. 'It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!' has been on the air since 1966. It was one of the few things that I could count on during my childhood and I consider it a tradition. Is nothing sacred anymore? Do these people have no shame?
I sincerely hope that someone takes a chainsaw to the most sensitive anatomical parts of these programming geniuses. So to CBS, a message from the bottom of my heart:
Burn in hell for all eternity!!!
That's two networks I've told that to this year, not that they care. I don't know how they stay in business, but then I remember that people actually watch stuff like 'Survivor' and 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire'.
Speaking up networks screwing up, I just watched the Simpsons Halloween episode, the day after Halloween ended. That's the kind of brilliance I've come to expect from FOX. To put it bluntly, it was mediocre, it was boring and most of all, it wasn't funny. Please, let the Simpsons die already! The writers don't know what they're doing and it's sad that most fans now don't know a good episode from a bad one. Yes, I know I sound like the Comic Book Guy. I admit I'm a fanboy, which is why I don't like to see my favorite show suffer needlessly. Bring on the euthanasia.
Thanks, tvtattle :)
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