Even TV’s can take only so much BS

Damn it, why do I watch? I almost didn’t watch the Sunday morning news shows yesterday. I debated if I wanted to waste another beautiful morning hearing bullshit being said by the top bullshiters. I wish I had lost that debate with myself because as it turned out, I watched.

I’m not going to bother with transcripts, I’ll just tell you the way it sounded to me.

First there was that pre-game show. George and laura walked out and stood side by side grinning. George said the people in Iraq had turned another corner, thus making the people of Iraq the newest entry into the Guinness Book of World Records. They have turned more corners than have ever been turned before. Woo Woo, for the people of Iraq!

I watched Timmy the Large, allow Condi the Less than Truthful, to rattle on and on about why Iran is the new Iraq. Condi was her usual monologue self. She was asked questions that could be answered “yes” or “no” and she managed to use about a zillion words while avoiding the subject of the question all together. Timmy the Large was a lot tougher on Pelosi when she was on his show. Guess Timmy the Large got up on the Right side of the bed this Sunday morning.

Then there was Chris Matthews of “Hairball” fame. Chris actually talked about Al Gore and could Al beat Hill. Then there was noise about who could beat who for the next presidential race and blah blah blah. Nothing of substance there, as usual.

Next comes the show with George Stephanopoulos. On his show he had one very interesting guest, the Attorney General of the United States, who has decided that “freedom of the press” has become optional and he’s not buying it. That rascal seems to think lots of things are optional. We already know that he believes “the right to privacy” depends on what the meaning of privacy is. I’m sure that any media person who was listening to Alberto the Legal Decider, spit out their breakfast when they heard him so much as say that members of the press are fair game, with no assured protection. Jeez, doesn’t the government have enough to do, hunting the terrorists who are hiding behind every tree, must they also go in pursuit of the media too?

So bottom line, Condi wants to blow the shit out of Iran, Chris Matthews still can’t produce an ounce of news and Alberto is on the hunt for reporters who tell us the truth about what is actually being done in this country and abroad. He calls leaks what we used to call news.

About half way through George’s show, my TV freaked out. First it went nuts and was whipping from one channel to the next and wouldn’t stop no matter what I did. So I unplugged it and plugged it in again. Same thing, switching channels round and round the dial. Maybe just like us, TV’s can only take so much bullshit before they just freakin’ lose it.