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by BooMan
Sat Jul 19th, 2008 at 06:01:39 PM EST

I've been too busy to watch teevee. Does it still suck?

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I have almost completely stopped watching. I listen to WXPN durring the day a lot though.

"Some men see things as they are and say why - I dream things that never were and say why not." George Bernard Shaw.

by benjamink on Sat Jul 19th, 2008 at 06:17:19 PM EST

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our tv set has been unplugged for years. Don't miss it.

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

by idredit on Sat Jul 19th, 2008 at 07:46:59 PM EST
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Congratulations. (none / 0)

Feeling...saner now?

More awake?

I hope so.

Lay off for three weeks and see what happens.

Try it.

You be bettah off.

AG

Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.-Mae West

by Arthur Gilroy (arthurgilroy<at>earthlink.net) on Sat Jul 19th, 2008 at 06:21:27 PM EST

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Still recording Battlestar Galactica but haven't watched any of the episodes. Haven't watched network TV other than morning news for years.

by The Voice In The Wilderness on Sat Jul 19th, 2008 at 06:26:26 PM EST

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Hasn't been the same since they cancelled The Honeymooners in '56

by John Brown (ruptured_duck@notmail.com) on Sat Jul 19th, 2008 at 06:28:38 PM EST

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Like a quantum singularity.

"If Adolph Hitler flew in today, they'd send a limousine anyway" -- Joe Strummer

by urizon (cognitivediss@gmail.com) on Sat Jul 19th, 2008 at 06:31:52 PM EST

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The one-word answerman: Yup.

by Brad on Sat Jul 19th, 2008 at 06:36:27 PM EST

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Booman,

I watched a bunch of video from Netroots Nation. We've got all the smart people on our side. The conservatives are screwed.

by eagleye on Sat Jul 19th, 2008 at 07:39:37 PM EST

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Especially considering reports like the top diary on Big Orange right now, that the GOP had to call off their Nevada state convention for lack of interest. (They could only raise half of what they needed for a quorum to conduct business.)

President John Syndey McCain III. Hold that image for a moment, and then get back to work.

by Omir the Storyteller (omir.the.storyteller -CAT- gmail -DOG- com) on Sat Jul 19th, 2008 at 10:13:02 PM EST
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While you were away they made teevee fucking great!

Its smart, funny, informative and provides perspective and thoughtful analysis. Oh, and any celebrity that who makes over 1 million dollars per month has decided to donate half his/her income to improving education and nutrition for kids and the other half to cleaning up our planet.

there is no such thing as history. there are only historians.

by S2 on Sat Jul 19th, 2008 at 09:39:53 PM EST

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Thank you for that report from whatever planet you happen to have mailed that in from.

President John Syndey McCain III. Hold that image for a moment, and then get back to work.

by Omir the Storyteller (omir.the.storyteller -CAT- gmail -DOG- com) on Sat Jul 19th, 2008 at 10:10:53 PM EST
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oh, did I say something?

there is no such thing as history. there are only historians.

by S2 on Sat Jul 19th, 2008 at 10:48:15 PM EST
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Like a hundred thousand Oreck vacuums (none / 1)

I've spent the last couple of hours with the TV on half-watching documentaries about the US Mint. In an hour they're going to be what I suspect is the finale of one of our family's favorite series, Avatar: The Last Airbender.

There's stuff worth watching on TV, or at least stuff that won't rot your brain. But you still have to know when and where it is (and have a TiVo or other PVR to really take advatage of it), and there's still way too much of "fifty-seven channels and nothin' on."

President John Syndey McCain III. Hold that image for a moment, and then get back to work.

by Omir the Storyteller (omir.the.storyteller -CAT- gmail -DOG- com) on Sat Jul 19th, 2008 at 10:09:16 PM EST

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TV? Was there ever a time when it didn't suck? My memory of it goes back to the bingo year of 1948 when every working-class family went out and got themselves hooked up to the tubes, the net you could say. I haven't had one now for nearly 18 years. I don't have the impression that I've missed anything. My last image was of general Schwarzkopf going on and on about the Gulf War. So what else is new. Another Bush, another war, better yet, two wars and a third peaking around the corner.

by Quentin on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 06:04:51 AM EST

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I guess a third war might also be peeking around the corner.

by Quentin on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 06:06:17 AM EST
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I would imagine so, but can't give you a definite. I haven't watched tv for the last fourteen years, with the exception of a little Comedy Central now and then.

by priscianus jr on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 10:12:04 PM EST

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