Fulfulling my responsibilties to inform and be informed, last night I plopped myself in
front of the TV to watch the news and talk shows. (OK, actually I was just tired and wanted to be a vegetable).
On CNN's "Crossfire," retiring Assistant Secretary of State Rubin was gushing about how this Administration had excelled in foreign policy over the last eight years. (I guess he hadn't heard that the military was
overextended in deployments, running short of hardware, and suffering demoralization).
On CNN headline news, anchor idiot Jim Moret
led with the story of the gun manufacturers suing HUD and several cities. His "take" on the story was that the manufacturers were suing because they objected to trigger locks.
On "Hannity and Colmes," an attorney peripherally involved with the Elian case described the MP5 used in the raid as a "semiautomatic assault weapon," and "a machinegun," both in the same sentence.
Later, on the same show, an attorney opposed to the idea of the Boy Scouts prohibiting gays from being Scoutmasters said that such an idea was illegal. The Boy Scouts often meet in churches, she said, and churches are public property. Really? Which federal agency funds them?
Finally, for a nightcap, I watched "The Edge with Paula Zahn," and listened to renowned nuclear physicist and supermodel Christie Brinkley describe her plan to eliminate nuclear reactors and replace them with wind-powered generators.
I woke up with a headache, and it wasn't from the beer.
Dick
front of the TV to watch the news and talk shows. (OK, actually I was just tired and wanted to be a vegetable).
On CNN's "Crossfire," retiring Assistant Secretary of State Rubin was gushing about how this Administration had excelled in foreign policy over the last eight years. (I guess he hadn't heard that the military was
overextended in deployments, running short of hardware, and suffering demoralization).
On CNN headline news, anchor idiot Jim Moret
led with the story of the gun manufacturers suing HUD and several cities. His "take" on the story was that the manufacturers were suing because they objected to trigger locks.
On "Hannity and Colmes," an attorney peripherally involved with the Elian case described the MP5 used in the raid as a "semiautomatic assault weapon," and "a machinegun," both in the same sentence.
Later, on the same show, an attorney opposed to the idea of the Boy Scouts prohibiting gays from being Scoutmasters said that such an idea was illegal. The Boy Scouts often meet in churches, she said, and churches are public property. Really? Which federal agency funds them?
Finally, for a nightcap, I watched "The Edge with Paula Zahn," and listened to renowned nuclear physicist and supermodel Christie Brinkley describe her plan to eliminate nuclear reactors and replace them with wind-powered generators.
I woke up with a headache, and it wasn't from the beer.
Dick
)in a small room, even a large living room, without ear protection is enough to give you bleeding ears. 