Okay. This one is going to be a multi-part rant because I got a lot to get off my chest today. Where to start? Oh, let's start with the idiot that was doing 54 mph in the right hand lane this morning and when I attempted to pass her in the left hand lane, she suddenly decided, along with the guy in front of her, that the left lane must be going too fast and they collectively needed to slow it down. So now these two idiots are doing 54 mph in the left hand lane.
Where the hell did you learn to drive? If you are not overtaking a vehicle, you stay to the right. These two brain-dead sloths were driving slow enough to be in danger of falling off of the earth. Even the lead numbskull eventually sped up but the woman driver just ahead of me stayed smack in the middle of the left lane pegged at 54 mph, pacing the cars in the right hand lane. I wish I were not on my way to work because I would have loved to have ask her a few questions, like "Did you get your driver's license from a box of Cracker Jacks?"
Oh, and to move along, I was talking about newspaper editorials at work and I related a little anecdote of mine about the time our local liberal rag actually printed my letter to the editor. I was angry about the way the newspaper had portrayed something gun-related (I wish I could remember what it was but I no longer have the original letter I sent nor the newspaper column.)
I wasn't particularly hopeful that they would print it but apparently they did. Someone at my old place of employment showed it to me and was ready to read me the riot act. When I read it, I didn't blame him. The letter printed in the paper bore very little resemblance to the letter I sent. The paper did a real hatchet job on me to make me sound like some kind of lunatic!
You see, this liberal rag, the Virginian-Pilot, has a policy, which is written in small, italicized print at the bottom of the editorial page, that states the paper reserves the right to edit letters printed for spelling, content, and length. In other words, if they don't agree with your point of view, they're going to try to make you look like an idiot. That was the reason I cancelled my subscription to their liberal slanted daily.
And then my wife, missing all of the sales ads, eventually signed us up for the weekend edition. And, eventually, because I read one too many stories that spun me up with their slanted-ness, I cancelled again.
But Sniper, you ask, what the hell has this got to do with ranting today? Well, I'm glad you asked! As you know, CBS is taking it in the shorts over their fraudulent story surrounding forged service memos. And the local radio station, WNIS (a fine news outlet - go get 'em, Uncle Tony!), has made national headlines for being the first radio station to drop CBS Radio updates because of public outcry and good judgement. So what does the local newspaper print about this national story? The Virginian-Pilot's headline reads "WNIS radio drops CBS amid listener protest over Bush story."
Bush story? The reason people were upset wasn't because the story was unfavorable about Bush! The reason people were angry was because CBS made a FRAUDULENT REPORT that was backed up with FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS!!!! The headline should have been "WNIS radio drops CBS over Fraudulent Report and Forged Documents."
And the first paragraph was just as bad.
"NORFOLK -- WNIS, a local news-talk radio station, has dumped CBS News because of listener outrage over the "60 Minutes" report questioning President Bush's National Guard service."
The outrage wasn't over the report questioning President Bush's National Guard service! The outrage was over the fact that CBS knowingly reported something as fact that had questionable veracity. Reporter Sonja Barisic should be ashamed of her attempt at yellow journalism. Actually, this is not journalism. Everything we get from the printed and broadcast media is editorial and opinion.
1 a : the collection and editing of news for presentation through the media b : the public press c : an academic study concerned with the collection and editing of news or the management of a news medium 2 a : writing designed for publication in a newspaper or magazine b : writing characterized by a direct presentation of facts or description of events without an attempt at interpretation c : writing designed to appeal to current popular taste or public interest
Only definition 2c mentions anything about tailoring the reporting for any reason. True journalism has nothing to do with spin or changing the opinion of the masses. That sort of thing should be reserved for the editorial page where the reader expects it to be. Not lurking within every story. If you want to change the world, go run for public office or write your own freakin' blog!!!
Okay, that's two rants down. The next one has to do with the Ketchup Widow, Teresa Heinz-Kerry, stating that she is embarrassed by the tax cut she received from the Bush Administration.
Really? Gee, Teresa, did you feel embarrassed enough to write a check to Uncle Sam to pay what you feel you be paying? I guess if I never had to do anything to make money because my spouse died and left me a fortune, I might be inclined to feel that way. But I earn my money, Ms. Heinz-Kerry. I didn't inherit it. And because I earned my money, I think other people should have to as well.
Don't be so quick to decide that I got to keep too much of the money I earned so that you can ease your own guilty conscience. If you want to pay more taxes, nobody's stopping you from stroking that check as long as the check is signed Teresa and not Sniper. This is my money, not the government's and certainly not yours.
Maybe if Heinz ketchup had not outsourced so much to overseas you wouldhave had more assets to tax here in the US and could have slept easier.
I could go on and on about Teresa and her big mouth but it would take to long. Suffice to say that in the world of a liberal, women who loudly proclaim the most inane things are the ones revered as the smartest.
My next rant has to do with traffic again. This time I'm taking aim at the knuckleheads in Richmond at VDOT. I gotta find the guy who plans the highways. Because he is either an evil, sadistic genius or one of the biggest idiots in the world (probably related to Teresa and the driver I described above).
I can't remember a time when I-64 on the peninsula (Newport News/Hampton, for those who aren't familiar with this area) wasn't under construction. I'm in my 40's and that road has always been under construction. How long does it take to figure out how many lanes you need for traffic? Stop building freakin' interstates for today's traffic!!!! Build it for the expected traffic 10 years from now.
That's kind of a no-brainer but it seems to be out of reach for VDOT. And what about I-64 at the high rise bridge over the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River? What brain surgeon thought that it was a good idea to go from 8 lanes to 6 lanes to 4 lanes in the span of maybe 3 miles and carry that same traffic volume all the way to the I-64/264/664 interchange? Like I said, this guy has got to be sadistic.
I got one more and then I'm going to bed. Why is it that Donald Trump, with all his money, has one of the worst comb-over jobs I've ever seen? As vain and pompous as he is, you'd think that he'd do something with that God-awful crap on his head. Maybe that's why he's doing that stupid 'Apprentice' show - to make money to pay for a hair transplant.
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