TC the Terrible

I was right yesterday about being mentioned in the Express. It brings a moment of noteriety to a blog, but no real increase in traffic. Oh well, at least I got noticed.

Last night’s speech by The President of These United States was as much about shoring up the Republican base as it was stopping illegal immigrants. The President had to let the hard core conservative Republicans know that he was going to stand strong on the issue of illegal immigrants and keep the nation safe from the threat of migrant workers. On the other hand he tried to reach back to his 2000 campaign promise of including Latinos in a Republican party where they could be major players one day. I don’t think he got either job done as well as he needed to. But compromises seldom work out best in the long run anyway.

Grey’s Anatomy. It was decent enough I guess, but unsatisfying overall. The ‘pretty girl’ killed the man she loved, then made the obvious choice to quit her job – meaning her role will be even bigger next season. The ‘shy guy’ is hittin’ it with the ‘big girl’ but can’t say that he loves her and she’s cool with that. The ‘frigid one’ walked out on her man when things got rough proving she can be as big a bitch as the lead female character. And the ‘main girl’ (that would be Grey) screwed the married guy on a gurney instead of dancing with the ‘decent guy’ who was written into the script just for her to dump on him. Of course the season ends with her having to chose which one to leave the prom with. There was lots of drama but not much emotion.

All the emotion was over on RAW. Mick Foley finally turned evil by beating the crap out of his mentor Terry Funk after 20 minutes of jaw jacking. Triple H continued his move to the Jedi side of the Force by nailing the boss’ son with a sledgehammer. Super-hottie announcer girl Maria admitted that she’d rather swallow than spit. (We’re talking about eating apples of course.) RVD proved that smoking all that weed may make you cool, but it tends to cost you victories. And they plugged the living hell out of a horror movie.

That’s the way TV was last night. 500 f’ing channels to watch and that was the best of it. Please Lord, let Monday Night Football get here soon!

As fleeting as fame is, I decided that this needed to be forever perserved in electrons. (See page 36)

I promise to always remember the little people I stepped on as I climbed the ladder of fortune and fame.

TC

On the way to work today all that I was really thinking about is why in the hell THE WOMAN is so hung up on Grey’s Anatomy. It’s just another show about a self-centered self-destructive woman and her neurotic friends. Maybe there’s the explaination after all. Then I get to the office and CZ (we all go by initials here, because what we do is top-secret Agent 007 type stuff) calls me over to his cube. His ultra-significant other had phoned to tell him that my blog was quoted in this morning’s Express. I was pumped about the exposure until CZ said, “Now you have to write something interesting.”

Thanks. No pressure there.

And I don’t have anything interesting to say this morning. All I can really say is that I still think that part of being at war means the people of the nation make sacrifices in support of the military effort. While there are thousands of families with sons, daughters, mothers, and fathers defending liberty in distant lands; there are far more families that can get away from the war by simply turning off the television.

They don’t have to worry that the Iraqi policeman that’s been trained by American soldiers may be training his weapon on American soldiers. They just flip over to American Idol, or turn to the sports section and forget about the brave kids who make a free press possible. If The President were to ask the nation to cut back on luxury spending, or buy war bonds to help curb the cost of Iraq and Afghanistan would we? Would you? Be honest.

If we are really a nation at war then will someone point out to me the price that all Americans are paying? And don’t talk to me about gasoline prices. OPEC and the other nations of the Middle East screwed with oil prices when we were at peace with them simply because they wanted to. They are motivated by money, not politics so that $3 a gallon you’re paying does not count.

Tell me a real way the Global War on Terror has effected your daily life.

Addendum – I didn’t post a link to the Express above because my snippet was in the print edition, not the on-line edition. Today’s Express is not yet available for download, but hopefully will be soon.