Well, we had good intentions!

[jlh]

I went to my college roommate S's place for dinner and baby-playing tonight. We ordered in noodle from Revolution, put the wee bug in his little bouncy seat, and settled in to watch some telly. After we watched Will & Grace we thought, well, we should watch some of the debate.

Show starts with Jim Lehrer giving us the rules.
S: You know what I always say about Jim Lehrer.
C: He looks like a badger?
S: No. If you want to hear a Kansas accent, just listen to Jim Lehrer. [Ed. note: S is from Manhattan, KS]
C: Okay. I wish they had someone fun come on and tell us the rules.
JL: Only I wrote the questions! Only I know what they are!
S: I will win the debate!
C: The question is moot! I won the car!
S: Wow, he really does look like a badger.
The candidates enter.
S: Why was Kerry held up? Why did Bush come on first?
C: There's a conspiracy I tell you! A conspiracy!
JL: Senator Kerry, will you be better at preventing another terrorist attack than President Bush?
JK: Yes. But before I answer, I just want to . . .
S: ARGH! Why did I think we could watch this?
C: Let's watch Pimp My Ride. *changes channel*
Xhibit: Yo, we gonna bling out this Honda!
S: Yeah, baby!
C: That's what I'm talking about!

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C: There's a conspiracy I tell you! A conspiracy!

OK, so I get that this was in jest, BUT.

Last night on All Things Considered, Daniel Shore's commentary was cut off by the network just when he was about to make a pretty damn unflattering comment about the Bush administration, and my first thought was, "oh my god, Karl Rove pulled the plug! Democracy-freedom-of-the-press-OI!!!" After I calmed down a bit I figured some intern had just pushed the wrong button, but there was a split second there....

So, does that just make me paranoid and tell me that I've been listening to too much Pacifica radio, or does that mean that this administration has finally started to convince people that they are so over-the-top with their information control that all bets are off? Or perhaps both? :))

[jlh.livejournal.com]

Daniel Shore RULZ ME

Pacifica is totally paranoid, though. I'm voting for both. I know they did something somewhere, to someone!

[nmalfoy.livejournal.com]

We air Democracy Now on our station and it's interesting listening to what we have dubbed the "Pacifica Paranoia".

[wordplay.livejournal.com]

OK, here's something I just learned: it's Daniel SCHORR (http://www.npr.org/about/people/bios/dschorr.html)! Well, honestly. How were we to know? And he looks TOTALLY different than I thought he would. He's like 50 pounds lighter and 20 years older than I'd envisioned. I always had him pegged as sort of a pre-scary-weight-loss Roger Ebert type. Huh.

But yes. There is big love.

And yeah, Pacifica is a bit alarmist. Amy Goodman has definite moments within the tin-foil crown. And yet, I eat it up with a spoon. They had the BEST coverage post-9/11.

[jlh.livejournal.com]

You missed Dan's 80th birthday? Okay, so I can't spell, I never could, whatever, but yeah. He's like, one of those skinny tall old men with a shock of white hair. He used to be on CBS but Nixon hated him. He did an awesome special on the 25th anniversary of Watergate.

You know, that's what I need to do, watch something about Watergate. That always cheers me up. You know, back when the press actually reported about something rather than just talking to each other? Back when the president lying about something other than his sex life actually mattered?

For me, the absolute best, no contest, gold star coverage post-9/11 was on WNYC, but then again, post-9/11 I didn't want to watch or read anything that wasn't local. But I remember hearing Pacifica in a cab a little while after the war started in Afghanistan, and they had some crazy word for it and I was like, bitch, please. And you know, I'm no hawk.

[nmalfoy.livejournal.com]

Kansas people have accents? I'll pay more attention to JL. I didn't watch the debate--I saw the Constipated Monkey face on Shrub and you know, I'm sick enough as it is. I soaked in the tub and read a biography of Alexandra, Last Tsarina of Russia. Very, very good too.

[jlh.livejournal.com]

Well, as you can see above, I didn't end up watching it either. But I will say that Kerry's hair was really poofy--as in, puffy, not as in, gay and British. He needs to ease up on the Aqua Net or he's going to start looking like the fifth member of Motley Crue.

Apparently Kansans do have accents though I didn't notice a particularly pronounced one.

[danielerin.livejournal.com]

Damn! Now I wish I'd tuned in to you and your friend and not the actual debate. Didn't know Kansas had an accent. Didn't know Jim was from Kansas. He does them proud, badger-face or no.