Crap that I'm sick of...
Because there's crap...then there's crap that I'm sick of
This week's list:
1. Recall the recall of the recall: There are fifty states, and this silly-ass recall election gets all the press because it seems like a satire of the political process sans script (well, with the exception of Arnold Schwarzenegger who seems, for the first time in his acting career, to be able to find the emotional nuances of the written word.)
2. Flogging the First Amendment: Two judges have ruled that the "Do Not Call" registry is invalid. The latest one contends that it violates First Amendment principles. So does would that then mean those on the receiving end of a telemarketing call may no longer hang up, because the telemarketer has a right to be heard? I am not a lawyer, don't play one on the tv or the Internet, but this seems like rather shaky legal ground, where the corporate right to "speech" is protected but the right to privacy is not. If you want to sell me something, I suggest you pony up for a targeted ad in a newspaper or on tv.
3. Bullying the UN as acceptable foreign policy. Next time we need to address the suddenly relevant UN, can we send someone that actually understands the nuances of diplomacy, i.e. showing some respect to the people one is addressing? Clearly, the current administration is showing very little respect toward the American people anyway, by waiting until after the war and after the request for eighty-seven billion copies of George Washington's picture, yet well before the 2004 election, when the voters minds will be focused on the twin towers of the Economy, vaguely defined as an attempt to saddle a slumping job market on a sitting POTUS (Democrats) and the War on Terror, vaguely defined as an attempt to be at war for ever and always (Republicans).
4. Segway: the gyroscope powered Segway scooters have been recalled because the POTUS fell flat on his face on one recently. (In the interest of bipartisanship, does anyone remember Dukakis in the tank? Or Bush in the flight suit? What about Quayle (or is it Quail?) spelling P-O-T-A-T-O-E?). The scooters are being recalled because people actually do fall from them when the battery is low. This begs the question: where the hell do you ride these things? Bike paths are already cluttered with imbeciles on roller blades (Verbal Jazz has particular disdain for roller bladders), streets are for bikes and cars, and, well five thousand bucks could get you a used car without the geek chic of the Segway scooter.
5. Curse of the Bambino. The Red Sox are in the playoffs. They have a highly potent offense and a questionable pitching staff. They could win, they could lose, buut let us get one thing clear, there is no curse of the Bambino, that was just a clever marketing ploy invented by a local woe-is-me sports columnist who cannot seem to go two weeks without finding something to complain about on a team that always seems to be in contention. Go Sox. Manny for MVP.
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Because there's crap...then there's crap that I'm sick of
This week's list:
1. Recall the recall of the recall: There are fifty states, and this silly-ass recall election gets all the press because it seems like a satire of the political process sans script (well, with the exception of Arnold Schwarzenegger who seems, for the first time in his acting career, to be able to find the emotional nuances of the written word.)
2. Flogging the First Amendment: Two judges have ruled that the "Do Not Call" registry is invalid. The latest one contends that it violates First Amendment principles. So does would that then mean those on the receiving end of a telemarketing call may no longer hang up, because the telemarketer has a right to be heard? I am not a lawyer, don't play one on the tv or the Internet, but this seems like rather shaky legal ground, where the corporate right to "speech" is protected but the right to privacy is not. If you want to sell me something, I suggest you pony up for a targeted ad in a newspaper or on tv.
3. Bullying the UN as acceptable foreign policy. Next time we need to address the suddenly relevant UN, can we send someone that actually understands the nuances of diplomacy, i.e. showing some respect to the people one is addressing? Clearly, the current administration is showing very little respect toward the American people anyway, by waiting until after the war and after the request for eighty-seven billion copies of George Washington's picture, yet well before the 2004 election, when the voters minds will be focused on the twin towers of the Economy, vaguely defined as an attempt to saddle a slumping job market on a sitting POTUS (Democrats) and the War on Terror, vaguely defined as an attempt to be at war for ever and always (Republicans).
4. Segway: the gyroscope powered Segway scooters have been recalled because the POTUS fell flat on his face on one recently. (In the interest of bipartisanship, does anyone remember Dukakis in the tank? Or Bush in the flight suit? What about Quayle (or is it Quail?) spelling P-O-T-A-T-O-E?). The scooters are being recalled because people actually do fall from them when the battery is low. This begs the question: where the hell do you ride these things? Bike paths are already cluttered with imbeciles on roller blades (Verbal Jazz has particular disdain for roller bladders), streets are for bikes and cars, and, well five thousand bucks could get you a used car without the geek chic of the Segway scooter.
5. Curse of the Bambino. The Red Sox are in the playoffs. They have a highly potent offense and a questionable pitching staff. They could win, they could lose, buut let us get one thing clear, there is no curse of the Bambino, that was just a clever marketing ploy invented by a local woe-is-me sports columnist who cannot seem to go two weeks without finding something to complain about on a team that always seems to be in contention. Go Sox. Manny for MVP.
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