Teabaggers Show Their Stripes

So much for Teabaggers being pro 1st. amendment. Apparently Lauren Valle was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

It's fall Time to cancel TV shows.

I make no secret of the fact that I like to watch TV. Shows like NCIS, Mythbusters and Law & Order SVU have long been a staple of my evening entertainment. That being said I have noticed a new trend among new shows out on the major networks. The trend being the fact that, more often than not, they tend to get canceled very quickly. Many tend to blame the increase in DVR viewing for this and to an extent I could see that. DVR's tend to skip the commercials thus advertisers are less likely to spend money on the shows which in return kills the show.

However I blame the networks themselves because their propensity to shit can anything that has less than stellar ratings has given me shell shock when it comes to watching new programs. I've noticed that lately a new show comes on and I often won't bother watching it until the second season in order to insure I don't get attached to early just to see it go away. I know I can't be the only one who thinks this way and I wouldn't be surprised if this mind set is what's leading us into the realm of shitty reality television the likes of Survivor or Bridezilla.

The Discovery Networks

Growing up, one of my favorite channels was the Discovery Channel. More often than not they had great documentaries about Egypt, which I loved, as well as other programs that were, for the most part, educational. It goes without saying that when Discovery expanded I was pretty happy. It seemed like overnight I had Animal Planet, TLC, The Travel Channel and The History Channel. Ah yes the History Channel, I am ashamed to admit I was one of those who complained about the plethora of WWII shows on History mockingly calling it the Hitler Channel. If I knew then what I know now however I would have encouraged documentary after documentary about WWII. Instead, we now have the Woo Channel with shows like the UFO files or Haunted Adventures. The worst part being the allusion to this crap being in anyway valid among real historians and scholars. It makes me wish for the days of hours of black and white footage of Nazi's marching to the insane tirade of the man with a funny mustache.

Reason #714 why I hate the GOP!

This country is full of mind bogglingly stupid and bigoted people. It never ceases to amaze me that many not only support the GOP but defend actions like blocking the repeal of D.A.D.T. If you really want to get pissed read the comments after the article. Yahoo seems to have become the home for fucking moronic redneck bigots!

Whatever you want to blame be it religion or just plain mental aptitude, this country really needs to pull their collective heads out of their asses before we find ourselves in the third world.