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My really ultra sad and depressing assessment of tonight’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE 40th anniversary nostalgia

I was looking forward to this 3+ hour extravaganza celebrating SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE’S 40 anniversary for weeks.. Tonight when it finally began, I couldn’t to turn it off..

Let me explain.
I grew up watching the show.. from an early age, I recall my parents allowing me to stay up late on a Saturday to watch the cold open, usually with Phil Hartman nailing his Ronald Reagan impression. I typically was only able to stay away until the band’s first song.. As I got older, the show was a staple of my existence on weekends.. after working late at a restaurant for several years, this program was the go-to before turning in and waking up the next day to do the same grind job again. There are even particular seasons I find the best: The 92-94 years, and then 97-the early 2000s..

The special airing tonight is giving me a different sense of SNL.. In a sense, I think the forced nostalgia is a bad thing. The live recreation of old skits using the same actors–actors clearly who have aged and gained weight–are not kind. The parade of stars is obviously interesting to watch, but it’s also a bit unnerving to see how fast 40 years went by. And how many stars have left our world.. the number of unfortunate deaths of cast members is normal with a program that spans four decades.. But the sharp recall it gives so many people seemingly makes them also think of their own demise..

Call me a little too negative on this, but I was reminded watching it of my own aging process as well.. Some may call me young yet.. But when you realize that you’re about 6 years younger than this program, you get the ‘oh boy’ moment..

There are some other things that are called to mind when seeing this many years of memories. First off, SNL is running shorter clips of the classics. They used to be 20 years old.. but now as they age, the life of the memories has become abbreviated to fit more..

And in fitting more, it also showcases how the ‘not ready for prime time’ comedians of the 1970s have led to a ‘does anyone still watch this show?’ mentality of our current age..

The modern world of comedy is a bit different.. The youth of today, for better or worse, like watching clips on Youtube or short 10 seconds VINES.. or even shorter three second GIFs.. Or better yet, one frame memes usually featuring some sarcastic or rude commentary about life. The live entertainment offered up on SNL is not cutting edge. While they have attempted to mix the internet generation onto their show, the last effective cast to do that was Andy Samberg. And really, he only gave us a ‘dick in the box’ as the fondest memory some have of him on the show..

I am really not trying to be negative–I am not. But seeing Chevy Chase’s weight start gathering around his neck like a brace, and “Opera Man” coming back, Steve Martin singing ‘King Tut’, and Dan Aykroyd blending up a fish al-la-70s style, I get a bit nostalgic. And a bit sad.. And quite honestly a bit too much.

Maybe some nostalgia should be left to the personal moment, the time when you’re alone and contemplating all you have seen and done.
Maybe this 40th anniversary special is a little unhealthy..

Yes, I am seeing the Facebook and Twitter messages of people “LOL”ing .. And they are taking photographs of the show from the smart phone of the TV, mostly trying to brag about the APPLE TV or SAMSUNG in their homes… It all seems so vacant.. It seems so forced..
Compared to the early clips of racy and risky humor, the current incarnation of this show is overly safe and about as cutting edge than a dull butter knife.

This is my honest assessment and gut instinct of this NBC special..I may be wrong.. But it’s how I feel.

Perhaps I am alone..
Or maybe 40 years worth of three generations is LOL in spite of themselves tonight.. and when it’s over they will wonder where their night has gone. And their lives.. As the beat goes on.

February 15, 2015
Rain keeps falling, down. After 30 years THE BREAKFAST CLUB still matters..

30 years after the BREAKFAST CLUB, it is coming back to some theaters.. It is interesting now to go back and see what TIME magazine, then in 1985, said about the classic movie.

One fun concept is to look at what will never happen again, thanks to modern technology.. It was a movie for its time and of its time, but yet somehow stands the test of time. Yes, outfits are different.. the technology is limited..

But there’s one common thing shared by that of all generations: Our attempt to fit in, find our niche, and create a ‘character’ out of our reality. In the BREAKFAST CLUB, the most amazing part is that all of the characters, by the end of their Saturday detention, actually discover who they really are because they are faced with the clear vacancy of others judging them. I bet, though, by Monday their egos were back and they ‘role’ resumed. But it’s all fiction, right?

February 15, 2015
Brian Williams suspended; Jon Stewart stepping down: Which one is the bigger item?

Did news just die today?
Brian Williams was suspended after a number of days of intrigue.. He lied about a helicopter in Iraq years ago. He also is being doubted over his tales of Katrina of watching bodies float through the street … And now, six months from now when Americans will undoubtedly be baking under a late summer sun, we will see if NBC NEWS really brings back the anchor..

He may be forgiven.
He may be forgotten..
It also may give more time to the sleuths online who will notate any other potential lie that Williams may have uttered over the past lifetime we’ve all shared together.

However, a bigger event may have occurred today. Jon Stewart announced on the DAILY SHOW that he is going to step down at the end of this year–he hosted the program since 1999 and has become one of the most influential comedians in history. Not just because the DAILY SHOW has been filled with memorable humor, but also because he has become the Cronkite of our age..

He is trusted more than Williams and company.. countless Americans get their news from the DAILY SHOW each night or in snippets online the day after. His jokes are hard hitting.. they are important.. they are also game changing, often able to pinpoint hypocrisy not only within the ruling class but also within media as well. Jon Stewart brought humor back after 9/11 in a massive way. He was the only person on television at the time who was noticing the inaccuracies in the Bush Administration during the runup to the Iraq war. After the war started, he was the sole survivor of truth on TV, giving people a humorous blend of soundbites and lies. All with a smile–but beneath the smile was the frown of truth and the exposure of emperors without clothing.

Brian Williams played a game. He lived in an act–one where he seemingly wanted to place himself in important events only to massage his own ego and inflate his own importance. He was caught. And caught up in a web of lies. With his Twitter account vanquished of all recent memory, the memory hole will have to be accessed. Undoubtedly people will still find more inconsistencies. It’s a surety..

It’s somewhat ironic, perhaps, that both Williams and Stewart made news today; Williams faked his way through teleprompter reading while Stewart wrote the material that would tuck Americans in each night. They could rest assured that while the world was in flames and turmoil, at least there’s a way to laugh about it all.. There was much more truth on THE DAILY SHOW than anything else on the evening newscast..

Only days ago, Stewart even offered a hard hitting joke about Williams’ potential demise:

Finally — someone is being held to account for misleading America about the Iraq War.

And how true that is.. The amount of those playing war drums are much more important than anything Williams did. But they aren’t questioned much.. instead they show up years later as ‘experts’ on major networks.. With talking heads reading friendly questions in a corporate news environment.

Thank God we had the DAILY SHOW.
And I pray we still will..

I got to like Brian Williams when I was just 16 years old watching him anchor live coverage of Flight TWA 800. During his coverage it was entertained that a missile hit the plane…

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxzWp1kbyWs]

The record of history, of course, didn’t speak of a missile. Though conspiracy theories still abound about Flight 800, the memory hole was carefully filled in with the dirt of ‘official’ truth..

Perhaps there is some weird confidential consideration to make.. a missile hitting an airline in 1996, and they say it didn’t happen.. Williams in a helicopter in the early 2000s saying a rocket propelled grenade hit, but it didn’t..

Tonight the news died.
But not because of Williams and his verbal missteps.
Instead because the real newsman of our time left one of the last remaining vestiges of truth in our time..

February 10, 2015
The hot air is blowing strong

ORIGINAL POST PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 1 2015 AT 10:29PM. UPDATED FEBRUARY 2 2015 AT 7:45 AM

It may not be a war of words, but a cold wind of tension has taken over the popular message board BELLGAB this week.. While the Superbowl and New England Patriots victory played out on television, Art Bell and George Noory were busy playing their own radio version of a war of words.. Bell, who has messaged considerably more often on BELLGAB and Facebook than any time since his Sirius radio program aired, issued a direct message to Tom Danheiser, Lysa Lyon, and George Noory. The message seemed to cut deep enough that Noory himself returned to BellGAB to respond.

Art Bell’s message in total:

To, Lisa, Tommy & George

I am posting this here because I know you read here by the hour.

You may have noticed that when I made my announcement on FB I did not in ANY
way mention George or even Premiere. That is because I was hoping that I could
put all my efforts into preparing for the show I am going to do. It is not in your
interest to make this a War because as the 500 pound Gorilla in the room any conflict
does not work in your favor at all. I was and still am hoping we can simply both do
what we do and see how it all shakes out.

However, taking Jimmy away from Keith was kind of low brow, having George get on
the air and pretend to “help” me by talking about my return and then playing my now
very old show where I was told to say “George gets it”…..well, it just does not seem like a
good start.

Let’s start fresh! I will not go after you guy’s and you don’t go after me. Lets both do what
we do and see how it comes out in the end! I am more then happy to have a smaller, higher
quality show if that’s how it plays out.

I will not hit, but I will hit back.

Art Bell

Noory, hours later, issued a response using BELLGAB:

Some of you have asked that I reply to Art’s most recent posting and I shall.
First of all and this is directed to Art. We ALL wish you well in your return and you can count on us not launching a first strike lol. I think its great that you are doing what you do best. My announcement of your return was just that—-you created C2C and I felt I owed it to you to make that announcement. I wouldnt do it for anyone else. If you DONT want me to engage in promoting your return, please say the word so all can see that it not me doing it!!!

As for Jimmy Church….we didnt steal him from Keith I just found out a few days ago that he wants to do his own thing (he called me) He has only filled in on two shows. Hardly stealing him away.

Id like to address your feelings that we were poaching on ‘your’ guests during your Sirius show. Never…they were all told that they could do any show they wanted and that included Richard C Hoagland and the psychic twins. What they were told was that IF they were on your show on a Monday…we wouldnt have them on immediately thereafter. Some of the guests you selected had already been boooked on coast and once they appeared on your Sirius Show…we moved them. I do believe the twins didnot unedrstand Tommy’s discussion with them . As for us popping up on Sirius/XM after you left. As you know we were on XM before your were hired on for years..The channel was discontinued cancelling many shows and we immediately started negotiations to get back on a different channel and would have ended up on the INDY Channel (the one you were on) after your show aired. Once you left, they quickly wrapped up negotiations.

the somewhere in time shows are selected by one of our producers who simply picks shows based on what we have in the vault. Frankly, he should have run the ‘George gets it” show….years ago…lol…..

and lastly you asked (I am told) on your facebook page to have Bellgabbers to call into my show. Rest assured we dont play that game…..We sincerely wish you well. and trust your family is well.

You have my personal email so if at anytime you wish to privately email me…please do so.

George Noory

PS We dont peruse BELLGAB hourly …maybe every two hours lol
Be well

This is not the first time that Bell and Noory have spoken to each other without directly speaking to each other. BELLGAB was the venue previously, when Bell hosted DARK MATTER on Sirius radio. Noory slowly left the message board and started hinting on his program that people who ‘live in their parents’ basement’ and utilize ‘chatrooms’ such as Bellgab are haters and without much merit or credibility. It was only on Friday night that Noory, speaking in a strangely deep voice, almost sounded to be trembling while discussing people online who ‘hide’ behind fake names and say cruel things. BELLGAB users latched onto those comments and sensed Noory was speaking of the message board.

This latest twist in the saga of BELL vs NOORY will no doubt get as much fan attention as previous fights. Some of them comments back to Noory take no prisoners:

Go to bed you drunk.

You should contact Art directly when you sober up.

Another:

Go jump in a portal.

Art Bell took George Noory to task in a return message, again postd to BELLGAB.

Bell wrote,

I guess I will have to work from the bottom up, I defy you to show me where at any point
on my Facebook page or ANY other place I have ever asked ANYBODY to call your show.

Second, for a guy who “does not believe in coincidence” you seem to have a endless number
of them when it comes to me, from Oates forward, simply too many to recite here.

Third, with regard to Poaching, it has nothing to do with my “feelings” and more to do with actual History.

Fourth, As for your “popping up on 104” I don’t care, it was a shrewd business move and I would have
done the same thing had the situation been reversed, I made my bed with that situation and I have to
live with it. My choice today would be the same for the same reasons.

Fifth, I hope that your promise not to launch a first strike begins now after the 2nd strike has already
landed. I also hope it includes the others YOU will say launched it when it inevitability comes.

Sixth, WORD! Meaning no thank you, please do not promote in any way my return in July. I along
with a few close friends will carry that water. If whoever keeps making you mention my name at the end
of each show will allow you to stop, please do.

Seventh, Jimmy Church was Keith Rowland’s guy and I guess it is just another darn “coincidence” that IHeart
Radio owned by Clear Channel snapped him up a Week before he did his second show on Coast.

All that said, let us both do the best Radio we know how to do and barring any “coincidental” launches this
should end our discourse.

Art Bell

We Tweeted earlier today that BELLGAB was going to be center stage in the return of Art Bell. It appears even more likely after tonight’s Superbowl fireworks..

One big game ended.
In radioland, another big one is just heating up..

February 2, 2015
INFLATE DATE: AND THE BIG GAME WILL ROAR

There were always tense moments for me growing up when it came to sports.. I did not have much of an interest in any, as a matter of fact, throughout my grade school life, I attempted to join on the bandwagon and nod my head in agreement with other children’s swift sports ramblings. Sure, I figured, why not agree with the crowd I was in.. no one would ever ask me.. So I pretended to know players’ names. I even delighted in their analysis of games, ferociously saying “yes” and “I know!” when I had my chance to say something else..

The problem was, I always get caught not knowing anything..
The major problem for my often came with the Superbowl.

I never really knew who was ever playing in the game.. I had so little interest, but as a child I couldn’t wait for the ‘IN LIVING COLOR’ halftime show and the FOX brief comedies that would be played while the ‘big game’ showed off the latest pop culture phenom on the field singing..

It was rough.
I recall at one point I decided to just like whatever team my brother, a sports aficionado, liked. And that worked out for me. He liked, and now I do, the BOSTON RED SOX and the CELTICS. And I love the history of both teams as well.. I grew to appreciate baseball and basketball, and soccer too. And I always loved professional wrestling so that goes without saying..

However…to this day I may be one of the few Americans who really can’t say I like football much.

I have a few friends who coach it and understand the game to be a great diversion. But they get diverted from life just the same. The latest ‘deflate gate’ was ridiculous in all ways, but yet American news stations and major journalist outlets found themselves discussing balls ad naseum for the last two weeks.

Since my childhood of confusion over football, I now at least know teams and some players. And I came to understand that football seems to be the big game that is thrust on Americans to take their eyes away from the important stuff.. Men act like men in bar rooms and living rooms during football season, we are told. We are told…

With all of that said, I still can’t say I like football.
I dislike NFL executives..
I think a lot of games were fixed and fans would never want to believe that..
I think players have an ego the size of Manhattan island and a bank account the size of all of the people on Manhattan island put together..
I think players are taken advantage of and the NFL really does not care much at all about head injuries..
And I think, more than anything, the affinity one has to a ‘team’ can get disturbing..

When Philadelphia Eagles player Michael Vick was convicted of dog fighting abuses, there were lots of people who still wanted him to play on the team. . but on the flipside, when a player is traded, the ‘home’ team abuses and verbally accosts them as they come onto the field in another team’s uniforms. Again, the Eagles are mentionable on this front as they so often have been said to be the worst of the worst when it comes to fans..

Grown people scream and cheer over their teams.. when someone’s team makes the ‘big game,’ all of that person’s co workers knows the person will be happy that ‘their team’ has made it. Equally when the team loses, that person will shudder himself into a dark room and quite literally often cry.. I knew someone who did that, a day of mourning was often taken after a dramatic loss during a game.

It’s quite silly..
Inane..
And a showcase of how we can easily fall prey and jump onto the bandwagon of sports. I think it’s fine to like a game, like a team, but when it comes to a religious-type feeling over someone wearing a certain color of uniform, well then perhaps it’s time to check yourself before you wreck yourself..

And here we are again, the same game and new teams. Kind of. Reporters are following suite, giving endless amounts of their less-than-precious cable news time to football coverage. Already, there is controversy about a Go Daddy Superbowl commercial–what year wouldn’t be complete without that, right? Oh and Katy Perry? She said she will roar on the field with sharks and lions and that the ‘wild’ halftime show will make jaws drop.. Perhaps deflation will not occur while Perry is on stage, but at that point half drunken men’s faces truly may hang near the floor if Perry decides to wear a revealing outfit. And it’s Katy Perry, so what the hell am I saying.. she will wear a revealing outfit and it will creepily involve placing balls in an important place on her body..

That’s the show.
It’s on the way..
The big game,
Just one more day..
The buildup..
The excitement..
The eagerness..
The enlightenment?

NO .. no enlightenment. Just watch the TEE VEE..
Commercials galore,
And Perry’s TEE TEES..
Wear your team’s colors,
And wait for the kick,
The world is on fire,
But..who did you pick?

January 31, 2015
SHARP JAB: George Noory anti-Science? Art Bell thinks so

Art Bell, considering making a run at online broadcasting later this summer, launched a missile at his potential rival George Noory on Coast to Coast AM tonight on Facebook, further showing the bad blood that exists between the former and current host of the late night radio program.

Bell said this in a Facebook post,

I just got a Facebook message from a listener who was very concerned that George Noory is having Guest’s on urging people not to get their children vaccinated! I am not a listener to Coast but if true it is beyond irresponsible

Bell continued,

I don’t want to believe it’s true but if so please look at the real science George, this is just plain dangerous.

The recent measles and flu scares have caused a vicious debate to surface in media and pop culture about the safety and importance of vaccines. Noory as host of Coast’s newest incarnation has phased into a more government conspiracy program as opposed to paranormal version made famous by Bell. As a result, Noory has entertained numerous guests who have questioned the safety of vaccines and tied them to autism and other malfunctions of the brain. The most recent guest is the controversial Doctor Sherri Tenpenny. Tenpenny spoke to Noory concerning a burst of controversy about an anti-vaccination speech she had planned for Australia. Just today, it was announced that Tenpenny has canceled her land down under blunder..

But it’s also not the first time the subject matter has been entertained on the program as proven by a search of past shows. While it is not clear which specific guest Bell may have been referring to, his point is clear: He is not in the camp that believes vaccines cause danger bad enough to refuse them. Without a doubt, Bell’s would have also had have to been given many himself, traveling between the Philippines and the United States an untold number of times.

Readers of the HORROR REPORT will know, this is not the first war of words between Art Bell and George Noory–and will not be their last. Despite Noory’s reference to Bell at the end of each one of his shows, Bell has repeatedly said he wants nothing to do with Premiere Radio Networks or Coast to Coast AM.. His brief stint on Sirius radio featured a number of verbal strikes on Coast. While the program did not last, his loyal fan base is still hoping for fourth of July fireworks with a return of Bell to Dark Matter Radio Network site created by Bell’s longtime webmaster Keith Rowland. Recently, Bell dropped some hints that gave fans pause about a return, saying a big “IF” on the BELLGAB website on the ART BELL THREAD..

The comments on Facebook tonight were greeted mostly with agreements, however some naysayers on vaccines also spoke up to defend their position. The overarching theme however was disdain to what Bell fans perceive as Noory doing to Coast to Coast AM, changing and maligning the program’s intent and now, if you agree with Bell’s position, offering listeners very bad if not dangerous science.

Bell continued the dialogue in his Facebook post. At one point he address Noory’s constant use of his name at the end of the nightly show, saying,

I have asked asked for a very long time that George NOT mention my name as I would rather not be connected to what Coast has become, thus far he has refused to stop for a reason I can not grasp.

Another commenter called Noory a slimeball. Bell responded to that,

Let’s not call names, for me it is very simple, George Noory and myself have very different visions of what the show should be to the degree that I do not want my name associated with it. Obviously he will do what he thinks is right.

One comment was written by a woman believing that Bell was ‘set up’ in his Sirius program. Bell responded to that, as well:

Cindy, in fact I agree, however business is War and I lost that battle in part due to my own stupidity, a mistake I will not make twice.

One interesting aspect of tonight’s thread is how much more involved Art Bell seemed to be in the conversation compared to posts past. Typically, Bell drops a line and it’s liked and commented on by hundreds, but he is not heard from again. This go, however, seems to have peaked his interest. On one hand, Bell’s love of science is evident. On the other, his dislike of any association with Coast is apparent.

As expected, there is reaction on BELLGAB that will most likely continue as the posting beat goes on. It’s doubtful that Noory and company will issue or speak of any official response to Bell, but it will certainly be fascinating to see what type of attention vaccines get on future Coasts.

January 29, 2015
The foodmonger

You may or may not have heard of the FOODBABE and her army. She is one of the most important people on the social media scene today, and pop culture has been changed by her revolution..

I first heard her on Alex Jones some time ago. She was espousing the dangers of SUBWAY bread and how an agent similar to plastic was within it.. I sort of dismissed her a bit.. Then a few days later SUBWAY announced that external pressures was going to cause them to phase out this really creepy element. I thanked my lucky stars that I never ate Subway.. but then became a “Facebok fan’ of the FOOD BABE..

Her name is Vani Hari. And she is getting some big attention now that her little website and Facebook fan backing has changed the way we look at food and its ingredients.

NPR just ran a story on her adding to the mix. This is what they said,

But as her profile grows, so too do the criticisms of her approach. Detractors, many of them academics, say she stokes unfounded fears about what’s in our food to garner publicity. Steve Novella, a Yale neuroscientist and prominent pseudoscience warrior, among others, has dubbed Hari the “Jenny McCarthy of food” after the celebrity known for championing thoroughly debunked claims that vaccines cause autism.

First off.. I am not comfortable with the last theory in that quote. But it’s fine. Whatever..

NPR also said,

Critics note that Hari lacks credentials in nutrition or food science; she’s a former consultant who studied computer science. Hari declined to be interviewed for this story; through her publicist, she told NPR she isn’t speaking to media until her new book is released in February. But when the Charlotte Observer asked her about such criticisms, Hari answered, “I’ve never claimed to be a nutritionist. I’m an investigator.”

But that lack of training often leads her to misinterpret peer-reviewed research and technical details about food chemistry, nutrition and health, says Kevin Folta, a professor of horticultural sciences at the University of Florida and vocal online critic of Hari. “She really conflates the science,” he tells The Salt.

“If anything, she’s created more confusion about food, more confusion about the role of chemicals and additives,” Folta says.

More recently, as we’ve reported, Hari’s attacks on the lack of pumpkin in Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice lattes prompted the Institute of Food Technologists to release a video explaining the chemicals that replicate that squash flavor in a cup of Joe.

The war is on..It sounds to me like the Food Babe fight is about to go mainstream.. She is mainstream enough now for foodies to pounce on her. But even more important, big agra and all the notorious characters associated with GMO will sit back and watch her as she is forced to defend herself from the detractors that NPR profiled in its piece.

Hari is attacking back.. On her website, she posted some of the more hateful commentary that she has received since the article in NPR was shared around the world. Some of the comments mock her natural beauty by calling her a ‘whore’ and worse.. Others actually call for her rape or death. I would imagine that those who dislike her message are very uncomfortable now being coupled with misogamy and hate. But it’s the Internet, that happens often.

Hari is also saying this on her page:

Part of the reason I am responding now is because their messages have started to infiltrate the mainstream media. Seemingly reputable news organizations like NPR (in a blog post titled “Is The Food Babe A Fearmonger? Scientists Are Speaking Out”) even linked to the hate groups – quoting one of their spokespeople and repeated their ridiculous and biased messages as if they have any merit.

Obviously, some powerful entities in the food industry have a financial incentive to try to discredit me in the work we have all done together. And that’s why I created this page — to comprehensively address the criticisms levied at our movement to secure a healthy, unpolluted food supply — and the work I have been personally doing in support of this effort.

I think truth is often in the middle. Hari may make mistakes. Perhaps sometimes overdue what should not be.. chemicals often are just chemicals and not particularly harmful. However, I also believe that the FOOD BABE is onto something.. If she was not, why didn’t SUBWAY fight her? Because the public is sick of crap, garbage, and useless ingredients in food. We want food again. The FOOD BABE Is striking while the iron is hot..

I take her postings with a grain of salt. However her inspiration to people to eat better, eat clean, and drink clean, is positive.. She is clever in her marketing.. Also, she knows the way to make cash, icing on the cake of her food war..

Even if we assume she is flawed, does that make the point of her message any less important? If you cannot pronounce the chemical added to your food, it may make you at least think twice before eating it. That is basically her main issue. Big companies want to discredit her because they think if they can do it, it would make her message muddy and allow those chemicals to free flow without scrutiny.

Instead of profiling the FOOD BABE and offering negative articles about her, perhaps mainstream stays like NPR and the ilk should focus on some of the topics she has covered. While they are at it, visit a farm in India where a farmer just committed suicide because of a GMO crop failure.

But that’s too hard. It’s much easier labeling the food war as a personality war.. And it’s a lot more simple to besmirch one person’s character instead of honing in on just what ingredients go into Frankenfood and why..

December 7, 2014
The political wind coming from the cesspool nearby

I am becoming redundant.. I just wrote about the deluge of politics just three days ago. But this newest rant I am about to go on is inspired by a horror movie inspired political ad being used by the governor of my state in his bid for re-election.. A certain part of me thinks that horror icons are sacrosanct, and that they are off limits to people of a political nature..

Because here is the thing.

I consider myself well informed on issues of political importance. I even often link up and write little quips and opinions about political situations, news of the day, and act as a bit of a small-website-that-does-not-matter pundit..

But I am so tired of politics right now..
I think it’s because, being this time of year, we are inundated with political ads, constant Facebook links, and over-bloated blowhards on TEE VEE telling us why their opinion rates higher than the other overweight blowhard..

There are a few things I have taken away from life, only 34 years into it.

First thing: Nothing will ever change. Every election will have the same shape and form.. a different party may escape with the victory, but the same tired party will always win. No new independents.. no new beliefs.. same old, same old. The lesser of two evils becomes the evil when elected, and the new guy always wears a brighter shade of gray.

Second, we will always complain that ’s election has been the meanest and dirtiest ever. No it has no been. Maybe the cruelty has shifted and been served up in different mediums, but it is still the same as it ever was..

Third, we will still vote for the people we say we hate. That’s right.. we will complain until we step into the polling place. When don’t pull levers now, but instead touch screens. And when we do, we will vote for the same people who we have complained about for the previous two to four years. The reason? We like the security of sameness, we fear change, and we especially love the pork and sausage of financial gain that brings home every year. New sports complexes that no one visits, new arenas in towns no one heard of, and bridges to no where. Or somewhere. And we love it.

There is one more thing we will undoubtedly do after the election. We will say we did not vote for the person who won, because so often the winners immediately become unpopular and go through the same cycle of public criticism..

I often want to take a break from politics. The heat of the campaign trail is not a dry one, but instead drenched in the filth and sweat of overwhelming lies and innuendo.

I think all of the ‘news’ sites I follow on Facebook may have to change. I am growing really weary and tired of how they make everything political. Things that should not be.. like the clown thing in France.. or Ebola. Or Halloween costumes. For Christ’s sake, just let us be.. Let people be people. Give us a break from the Republican vs Democrat nonsense. If we all took a poll, a real one, we’d realize how we don’t mostly agree with either one of the two parties’ platforms.

And we will complain and decry the two party system.
And we will demand a third party..
And we will still pick the same party we claim is the lesser of the ‘two evils,’ ignoring the potential endless amount of saints that could actually come out way if we just paid a little attention to the ballot beyond the first two lines.

October 31, 2014
GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD

‘Honey Boo Boo’ daughter: I was a molestation victim of the sex offender my mother is allegedly dating »

‘Honey Boo Boo’ daughter: I was a molestation victim of the sex offender my mother is allegedly dating . Here Comes Honey Boo Boo star June “Mama June” Shannon’s 20-year-old daughter Anna “Chickadee” Shannon Cardwell has revealed she was allegedly an 8-year-old molestation victim of Mark McDaniel, the recently-released convicted sex offender her mother has reportedly been dating despite her denials.

A very dark side of reality television is rearing its ugly head..

The amount of perversion that takes place to the youngest and most innocent of victims is deplorable—those victims are often offered up on the silver platter of fame and fortune. So often those false blessings turn into revolt and misfortune as the money dwindles and the spotlight glare of entertainment reality television is turned off, and the real unscripted reality sets in.

The most recent of these types of events comes as HONEY BOO BOO’s Momma June is back with a molester..

TLC dropped teh shoiw.

Now the oldest daughter says she was a victim.

All of this after years of ‘skettis’ and comical GIFs online.

The real story is tragic.
I always felt the entire cast of the various reality TV shows were tragic in a sense. Used and abused for cheap dollars but high advertising yields by corporations and cons.. The contracts are voluminous. Teen moms and all the like, HONEY BOO BOO as well. They work for cheap.. Much less compared to last century’s nighttime TV stars. These people are ‘real’ after all—or as real as we are permitted to see. There’s still scripts.. cameras.. crews.. and marketing firms. What we see is now what we get.. what we get is not real at all..

But, as we have seen for about 14 years now, people eat this up. And the constant diet of garbage is happily fed to the masses of asses by the grand schemers .. It’s an easy target audience: Everyone. The product? The worst stuff on earth..

Now HONEY BOO BOO’s life will change.. the scandal will continue, and undoubtedly the family that ate up fame as much as lard will ask for privacy.

Too late..

Their lives will now unfold in the public realm.. while the television production closes.

The devil’s in the details. Sell your soul? Get the horns..

October 26, 2014
AMERICAN IDIOTS: Keene State and the Great Pumpkin Festival Hell

Multiple ambulances have been were sent to a disturbance Saturday afternoon at the Keene Pumpkin Festival near Keene State College in New Hampshire, officials said. The Keene police and fire departments could not immediately say if people were injured, or provide details of what was happening. »

It is a town festival, a moment of pride.. last year it set a world’s record .. this year it is the scene of Halloween hell as “extreme partying” takes over..

Scenes like this get me a bit angry..

What are we, as a society, doing? What type of hell of a future are we creating?

The kids aren’t alright. And they are quite frankly growing up to become very un-alright adults, people who lack a sense of decency or moral allegiance to a nation with rights for all.

The world is watching us, America.
We once shined.
Now we have dimmed to the point that we cannot even recognize ourselves in the mirror.

THIS IS HALLOWEEN, 2014, AT KEENE STATE.
Tricks .. treats.. tear gas under the autumn leaves in a cold October breeze.

October 19, 2014