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   "The Outlaw Salome Wales"  wrote in message   
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   > Oh lord, he's whining and writing letters again. He has no idea   
   > how bad this makes him look. And he's such a terrible,   
   >high-school quality writer.   
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   Hey, I resemble that remark.   
      
   'though for the first time in a while, I'm not going to whine about his   
   whining. I thought this letter hit it's mark. He's no Rainer Rilke but he   
   struck a decent balance between bitchiness and humility imo.   
      
   If you have something as powerful as the American media, and it's running   
   completely amuck of what it set out to do, and what it claims to do, then I   
   don't think someone is whining when they make a stand. I wish George took   
   the high road with Heston (or at least handled it better), and I really wish   
   he ignored Bill O'Windbag -er Reilly -but why *shouldn't* he demand better   
   coverage of election issues? And point out when reporters aren't doing their   
   job? If voters don't do these things, no one will.   
      
   I'm so sure this will result in eggs being thrown at my head, but I'll say   
   it anyway... we're willing to send teenagers off to war in order to protect   
   democracy, but asking for better election/political coverage (a vital   
   cornerstone of democracy) is wrong, "whiny", and we ought to just shut up?   
   Thas some whack sh*t yo.   
      
   Since I have the mental maturity of a ten yr old (see above imitation of   
   Vanilla Ice if you have any doubts), I *liked* George's comments here :-).   
   Sure, he lacks the profound cosmic genius that is The Daily Show, but it's   
   the same idea ..take the piss out of something stupid and have a laugh at   
   the same time. I can get behind that!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)