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Jo wraps up her week in the Cafe. Thoughts and notes from the blogosphere.
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However, I remember at one point asking my wife if the show took place in Arizona. She’s a fan of the show and watches semi-regularly. I’ve seen probably fewer than 10 episodes. But the point is, there must have been something in the show that made me notice for the first time that it took place in Arizona. Coincidence? I don’t know.

But given the speech that the Arizona senator makes at the end of the show, this idea that it was a McCain smear really makes no sense. It was a thoughtful and, as hard to believe as it may be given what this character was guilty of, a rather persuasive explanation of why he wasn’t much of a villian at all. In fact he ends up coming off pretty well.

Like the others, I have never wasted time viewing this. I’d much rather see reruns of Stargate SG-1 or The Dresden Files.

When NYPD begins with the character involving a Catholic priest, you know how he will be depicted before 5 minutes into the show..a pediphile and hypocrit. Never mind that the overwhelming majority of priests or very good men who spend their lives helping the poor and unfortunates of this world. In most cases I could anticipate and write the dialog for these shows.

If the show involves abortion you of course know that it will involve a ‘right wing nut’ that shoots doctors at Planned Parenthood. And, if there are guns involved, it’s almost always the fault of a gun dealer upstate and what a rotten guy he is because he sold the gun that killed the victim.

The Daily show, that so-called ’satirical’ political production, is obvious in their politics. Jon Stewart is no Mark Twain, just a little man who wants to change the US with his irresponsible rhetoric, masked as satire.

Of course, there’s the Lifetime channel — the ‘men are horrible’ channel that blames all the problems of the world on white males. Men are depicted as rapists, murders, violent SOB’s and the women are always victims.

I almost forgot the most important left-leaning network – - PBS – “Public television’ – with ‘no commercials’ funded in part by your tax dollars.

It is time that people recognize propaganda when they see it and turn it off. Let your cable company know that you want ‘choice’ in what you allow into your house; meaning ala carte channels that you choose. And you can leave out those that you find offensive. Maybe then you will begin to see productions that are worth watching.

What would happen to an executive producer and a network that broadcast a show with a plot involving, say, a blond, hyper-ambitious female New York senator who murders one of her close political confidants to prevent him from spilling the beans on her shady business dealings – and enlists her staff to hide his body parts in their freezers to evade an FBI probe?

…………Remember Vince Foster?,…….anyone?

On March 6th, 2008 at 2:14 pm, mojoe said:
What really kills me is when I see the bias start to show up on my old fave, the History Channel.

Remember their series on Islam and the Crusades? That was one of the most infuriating pieces of pro-Islamist propaganda I’ve ever seen. I didn’t watch the History Channel for about a year after that. Tariq Ali explaining Islam and Christianity? Excuse me while I barf.

“Write to NBC and any sponsors you know of and tell them you are through with their anti-American ideology; and will not buy products from companies supporting this behavior.”

Not only that, but write to your local NBC affiliate and their advertisers.

Local stations/affiliates lack NBC’s financial resources and can ill-afford to offend members of the community they serve – especially their advertisers, many of whom are likely to share your views on this issue; I guarantee, a little pressure on the affiliates will get NBC’s attention quicker than a love note from the DNC!

“…and enlists her staff to hide his body parts in their freezers to evade an FBI probe?”

Oh goody, I love it when we get Sandy Pants Burglar doing his Hitchcock impression.

dialog:
H: What has it in it’s pockets?
S: I’m just happy to see you.
H: Then what’s in its socks?
S: You don’t want to see… You do?

1. The writer’s strike may be over, but my understanding is we are still watching stories written before the strike. Not that it really changes anything, but the strike doesn’t help.

2. The actor who played the Senator on Medium (which I have never seen) played the only President on 24 to turn out to be a villain.

Back around President’s Day they were doing a bit on George Washington. The “expert” was commenting on the fact that Washington was offered the post of president for life. He then said that Washington declined it. At that point he HAD to make the comment, and I paraphrase, “…can you imagine Nixon giving up his post voluntarily?”.

FDR would be a better example..

The only president to have a constitutional amendment tailor made just for him (term limits)

We have survived it because we are not the complete utter total morons “they” believe we are.

2. I wouldn’t worry about any negative impact on voters; anyone who confuses a contrived and trite plot for a TV show with a living person probably isn’t someone who is going to vote, anyway.

What is so very amazing to me is that the “filim” industry seems to really, truly, honestly believe that they are so special and inspired that we, the dumb people, will be affected by these shows. They really seem to believe we are all complete morons.