One more thing regarding yesterday?s demonstrations against Bush and the RNC: it?s nice to see the media act like they always have… cluelessly and irresponsibly.
This morning I was watching NYI for their front page breakdown, where they go over the headlines of each of the city?s papers, and of course, at least one is portraying the event as complete chaos, with a focus on the arrests that took place (which there was just a handful of), as well as the totally innocuous fire that broke out (no turned over cars, just some paper dragon that got lit), instead of the message that was being conveyed. Of course, one can always depend on the Daily News or the New York Post (I don?t know which one; they?re virtually identical in their shitiness) to take whatever subject or event, regardless of how grave it might be, and make it seem totally inconsequential with some retarded catch phrase.
Speaking of NY1, I love thier stellar coverage of rails and roads, which is basically the only reason to watch them for. Nice to know all their reports stating that subway service has not been affected was a total lie: it took forever to get to work, with all the police activites and the such. But you?d think a major news organization would at least know what the rest of us (who actually use the subways) already know: that whatever the MTA has to say is total bullshit regardless of the occasion.
Back to the protests, I?m curious to see how the national media portray it since we all know how useless and inaccurate they usually are as well. It?s amazing how they gloss over pretty fucking important stuff, such as how our grand President is not even spending the night in NYC this Thursday. He?s just coming in, doing his speech, and getting the hell out of town. Even the mayor has publicly voiced his disappointment over this.
But not that it really matters actually. There have been major revelations exposed to the public on an almost daily basis regarding Bush?s poor decisions and code of ethics, yet most people choose to totally ignore the facts. And I?m not just talking about the war, but like the recent overtime law that Bush supports which threatens to screw over the working class. You?d think there?d be rioting on the streets of any given city in the Midwest, but they choose to mindlessly support him as always. Oh wait, he ?got Saddam!? and he hates gay marriage. For a while there, I forgot what this country cares about.
The aforementioned pathetic state of news reporting today is precisely why I choose to get all my facts from the Daily Show (and I know many others do so, and without shame). John Stewart is seriously the only reputable newscaster on American television today, period. He?s so good in fact that he actually is hurting the Democrats. Case in point, the time he has Kerry on for a sit down interview recently. Stewart never shy always from the tough questions and asked him pointblank if he thought he had a chance against Bush in a debate. Kerry was totally frozen by such a response and it took him a full three seconds to answer, and without a hint of confidence, that the only the debates will show a winner. That?s a ?no? in my book. And the best part was when Stewart asked him for Kerry?s thoughts regarding the flip-flop accusations, and I forget exactly what was said, but the guy actually made himself look bad to somewhat agreeing it was true; you could see Stewart goes crazy trying to help save Kerry?s face.
But to show you precisely how much of an impact Bush has over my political stance, I?m actually thinking about voting for Kerry, despite the fact that guy is the very definition of a phony politician (at least once I heard of how during that big anti war rally where he first made his name, he used someone else’s purple hearts to throw in a fire). I entertained the idea of going for Nader again, but it seriously is just an ego trip for him right now (and I honestly don?t think he would have been able to handle 9/11 all that hot if he was indeed prez). Though it would be great chance to get on people?s nerves for no good reason (heaven forbid I make a stance regarding the status quo yet again). But once again, I know just as well as anybody that Kerry will have no problem capturing New York state, so perhaps it doesn?t ?matter? if I vote or not, but I refuse to be one of those assholes who complains about the system, yet never vote. And on a related note, it?s exactly why people need to get more involved with their local politics, which often has more of an impact that the national level.
Alright, enough politics (like I said before, I don?t even like talking about it). Here?s a funny of vid of some crazy kung fu kid. I don?t care who you are, like how tall or what age you are, this kid will kick your ass.
