Thursday, May 31, 2007
I'm still fuming
...over the Imus debacle. One can't seriously argue that the marketplace prevailed, because the numbers for WFAN and MSNBC indicate a downward spiral in the respective ratings. Imus was not the problem, but on a tangential note, Bernie McGuirk needed to be reigned in, and had for some time. I'm a free speech nazi, so I know not to "legislate" taste or morality, but he made me squirm enough to turn the radio dial on more than one occasion. A little management from Imus, who was nominally in charge of the program content, would have made this whole thing unnecessary. I notice that certain people have removed links to The Beltway Sewer from their blogs after I expressed total agreement with Jason Whitlock of the Kansas City Star over the duplicitous application of Political Correctness vis a vis Imus vs. "Hip-Hop Culture". This brings me to another very excellent article by Thomas Chatterton Williams in the Washington Post about the disintegration of "Black Culture" in America. I grew up a white kid that didn't really see color. I come with the usual cultural and visceral fears to the table, but in general, I try to live my life on an "even playing field". There are aspects of all cultures I like, and I dislike. I have always, in any culture, deplored the glorification of stupidity for it's own sake. I hated it in rock'n'roll, and I hate it in R'n'B. Guess that makes me an intolerant bigot.
Sorry.
Sorry.
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
About this ''Don't pump gas on May 15th" nonsense...
Think this through. Read the business news headline of the near future: "Record profits on windfall gas sales day on May 16th".
The price of gas in America is artificially low as it is. Compared to the rest of the world, we pay very little.
Lower petrol prices not only encourage increased consumption, but artificially inflate the reporting of corporate profits vis a vis cost of doing business, perpetuating the inflation of stock prices and the funneling of wealth to the top 1% as it is sucked from the pockets of the poor.
Im no commie, but on this one, Hugo Chavez has it spot on.
Just my 2 cents, or 6 hundredths of a gallons worth.
F
The price of gas in America is artificially low as it is. Compared to the rest of the world, we pay very little.
Lower petrol prices not only encourage increased consumption, but artificially inflate the reporting of corporate profits vis a vis cost of doing business, perpetuating the inflation of stock prices and the funneling of wealth to the top 1% as it is sucked from the pockets of the poor.
Im no commie, but on this one, Hugo Chavez has it spot on.
Just my 2 cents, or 6 hundredths of a gallons worth.
F
