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June 03, 2007
Where's Carmen's Flatscreen TV?
Boy, if Joe Rogan thinks Ned "Carlos Mencia" Holness is a joke thief, wait'll he gets a load of Stantis.
It's interesting to watch a Bush Republican like Stantis criticize something that he and his party helped develop over the last six years. It's as if he's just now realizing that the Mainstream Media is all about trying to scare people into submission, and gosh darnit Stantis isn't going to take it anymore! Yeah right.
What's cute is that everything Stantis lists that we're supposed to be afraid of has become a threat because of Bush's policies. Thanks to Bush our air is more polluted than ever because he's rolled back the environmental restrictions for his corporate buddies. That food you're eating might be deadly because Bush thinks his corporate buddies can regulate themselves to make safe food. Same with our pets' food. And so on and so forth.
It's extra-special cute that Stantis includes both Democrats AND Republicans as things to fear, as if the media is completely unbiased and against both parties. Ha. Watched CNN lately? Might was well call it Fox News Lite.
It would have been nice if Stantis had been a little more insightful with his "criticisms" today. Maybe in the future he can tackle how the conservative media doesn't just use fear to control us, they use certain kinds of fear to distract us from the types of fear that are damaging to the White House.
For example, the TB story. There's all kinds of fear there: fear of a terrorist attack with infectious diseases, fear of an unsecured border, fear of flying, etc. But that makes Bush look bad for not dealing with the problem. So magically *poof!* - we caught three guys trying to blow up JFK! You know that fear you have of terrorist attacks? Well you don't have to be quite as afraid today! Just forget about that guy who could cough and kill millions who somehow got past Homeland Security - look over here at the other thing you're supposed to be afraid of that only Bush can protect you from!
And so it goes.
To top things off, Stantis can't leave well enough alone. He actually tries to include a capper, which is Winslow wondering how he'll Tivo "Fear Factor." A show that hasn't been relevant for years, but since it has the word "fear" in the title Stantis thought it was clever and funny. It's not. If there's something we should all fear it's that Stantis has a spot on the funny pages at least until 2009. Now that's scary.
Comments
Fear Factor has been cancelled for a whole TV season, you silly coyote
Posted by: Anonymous at June 3, 2007 03:31 PM
