Return of the Macho Man (high time)
Monday December 3, 2001
Quote of The Day
"If CBS NEWS were a prison instead of a journalistic enterprise,
three-quarters of the producers and 100 percent of the vice presidents would
be Dan's bitches."
---Bernard Goldberg, author of Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media
Distort the News.
---Donald Rumsfeld, gingerly avoiding the word "kill" in USA Today.
"I guess one will do whatever it is necessary to do, if people will not
surrender then they've made their choice."
Macho, Macho, Macho Men: Tide turning developments this morning signal that
the few and the fearless have more company when it comes to icon smashing.
Let's start with the New York Times big take-out on
the Fox News attitude.
Fair, balanced and unafraid doesn't even say it.
They've given their broadcasters permission to make moral judgments. No
wonder they are waxing all the other networks.
Weekend At Bernie's: Word on what's in former CBS correspondent Bernie
Goldberg's new book slamming CBS and Gunga Dan has so infuriated the
"Tiffany Network" that
it has sent spokesnoids to their thesauruses to find
more words for "rat" "traitor" and "turncoat." None of which, of course,
means he isn't telling the truth.
Making Things Clear: Two thousand Marines, mountain flattening daisy cutter
bombs, tunnels filled with burning fuel and Secretaries of Defense and
State
who can use the words "kill" and "die" without trembling - reassuring stuff
after nearly a decade of wimpery. Here's what was said on Sunday.
Jingle Bell...Sock! A stream of Santas tumbled into Kensington in the
People's Republic of Maryland yesterday to protest a threatened "no Santa"
rule by the local p.c.ers because
two local families said Santa made them "uncomfortable."
This Had To Happen: Just in time for Xmas, a fashion must-have - the
pakoul -
the Northern Alliance squishy hat
we've gotten so used to seeing on TV- is poised to be
the latest fashion
craze. Ldotters now have something to go with their shoulder-held rocket
launchers.
LDotterNote: As regular readers know, we are campaigning to bring back
certain nonpolitically correct words to the language. We are starting slowly
because it is such a traumatic undertaking. We will offer a word a day.
You are not to use it out loud for your own safety, merely whisper it to
yourself or to test the mindset of a close friend by asking them to quietly
use it in a sentence.
Your Determined Ldot Staff
Today's word is - and this is even hard to type - spastic.
Oh, that was such fun we are going to try another....ready?
moron. Now remember - don't go wild. This is dangerous stuff.