You ma'am, are an idiot

So in skimming over this morning's USA Today I come across an article about how in 2009 the old analog signals for televisions (the ones you pick up with a roof antenna or rabbit ears) will stop broadcasting as everything switches to the newer digital frequencies. And I figure, hey I have a tv like that this should be something I read closer. And I get to this quote from Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO):

"This scares me politically. There is no anger that comes close to the anger of an American that cannot get television."

Really Senator? That is your ACTUAL view on the priorities of your fellow Americans? Because I've been known to get angry about television. I've yelled at commercials I felt make no sense. I've stated a desire to physically hurt the people behind the cancellation of Firefly. But I can EASILY concieve of things that would make me ANGRIER than that. Happily, I've never had to deal with those kinds of things personally. Which leaves me free to get upset over entertainment...

But its nice to see that a member of my political party is willing to stand up for the righteous anger of those who will have to upgrade their tv, get cable or a dish or buy a digital tuner add-on. Because we don't want the rage of the estimated 20% of Americans who rely entirely on analog recievers to get their Friends and Everybody Loves Raymond reruns. I know I'd be taking it to the streets if I couldn't catch How I Met Your Mother...

From the Girls are Pretty feed: Your Mom is a Time Traveler!

A few months ago your Mom stuck a fork into the toaster while hitting the “Whip” button on the blender and she was sent hurtling through time. She came back and told you all about it.

“I met Jimmy Page when he was in high school,” she said. Then she went back in time again because she had a date with Jimmy Page.

It looks like your Mom and Jimmy Page hit it off, even though she was in her early forties when she went back in time to date him. Apparently young Jimmy Page was looking for an older woman in his life.

The problem is, Led Zeppelin sounds weird now. More than half of their songs don’t exist, and the other half sound a little bit like Foghat. Radio stations never say that they’re getting the led out, because that would just announce that they’re about to play a forgettable kind of pop rock. And while it’s not clear that the two are related, Iran is a democracy.

All because your Mom wanted to do it with Jimmy Page more than she wanted to stick around and watch her child grow up. Don’t tell anybody what you know. If the world's population found out they could have had Led Zeppelin if only you were a more enjoyable kid, they'd never stop ritually sacrificing you.


Girls are Pretty 8/7/09

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