edgecity

As an illustration of how far mainstream media (if one dares call FoxNews mainstream, I can’t call it anything but the “Propaganda Channel” without vomiting) has gone astray from real news reporting, FoxNews has released a telephone opinion poll. This poll, obviously a presidential election poll, also included 2 questions which refer to Paris Hilton! Now maybe FoxNews is just trying to save a dime by including their Paris queries along with the political queries. I’m guessing Rupert wants to know if they are hurting themselves by reporting so much Paris Hilton ”news”.

But Omigod! Gag me with a pitchfork. Somehow I find placing presidential politics in the same space as Paris Hilton disgusting. BTW, another creepy question FoxNews asked was “Which one of the following candidates would you most want to watch on television for four years?”. They might have also asked “Who has the best haircut?” or “Which candidate is your dream date?”.

Now here’s some disturbing data from that poll:

1. Rudy Guiliani is the leading Republican contender. Scary-read about what a liar this guy is. But also pathetic.
2. Most people still get their news from the TV set. Eeeuuuww!
3. Nobody seems to know who Ron Paul is. (Too bad, he’s the ONLY GOP candidate with a liberal doses of integrity and vision.)
4. Al Gore has a huge negative opinion base along with his positive one. I take this as a lack of acceptance about the REALITY of global warming, not his un-candidacy.
5. And finally what I already know, but am still so disappointed to see: “Do you think a qualified third party independent candidate has a reasonable chance of winning a presidential election or not?” — The answer is still NO. Too fucking bad for America. The only hope for our country’s politics lies beyond hopelessly lost Democratic and Republican parties…

I’m not going to link to the poll. The thought of giving FoxNews a link is too repugnant to me.

Don’t despair, as any brilliant demographer will tell you, the edgecity gets closer to downtown every day.

Slate Magazine has an insightful article calling for the impeachment of Vice-President King Dick Cheney. It’s written by Bruce Fein, the associate deputy attorney general under President Reagan. Bruce Fein, a true conservative patriot, not to be confused with neo-conservative idealogue, has pointed out the truly aggregious nature of Cheney’s actions.

The notion that Dick Cheney is somehow beyond oversight, however contrived, is the greatest insult since the days of Watergate, to those of us who value the Constitution of the United States.

Will the legislative branch of government step up and begin impeachment proceedings against our vee-pee-run-amok?

No. the Dems are gutless.

Here’s the article:

http://www.slate.com/id/2169292

Our country grows astonishingly more pathetic by the hour. I’m ready for a 10,000,000 citizen march on Washington, how about you?

BP, the oil exploration driller, is undertaking a campaign to trademark the use of the color green. Pantone 348C green to be exact. As the world gets weirder by the day, corporations get bolder and more arrogant.

When I was a kid I never would have imagined paying a dollar for bottled water. Remember, at first, it was Arrowhead and smaller regional companies offering the stuff. Now Dasani and it’s ilk comprise the bottled water fare and these are owned by the likes of Coca-Cola and Pepsi.

So if green can be trademarked and water sold, when will air be controlled? Isn’t AIR the last survival necessity that isn’t FREE? Can Coke find a way to do it? The new jingle: It’s the real thing, air is, that’s the way it should be, Aiaiairah!

Don’t turn blue, buy some air today!

Dear CNN,

When will so-called news stories about Paris Hilton go where they belong– on the OFFBEAT section of cnn.com?

When will you start reporting real news again? When will you begin investigating matters important to the world’s citizens again?

When?