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Ramblings From the Ragged Crumbling Edge Of The Reality-Based Community

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Is MSNBC Late To The Bullet=Buying Party? 

...the short answer to that question would appear to be "well, Yeah!". It is just a little bit disturbing to see this story being offered up this late in the day; the lack of virtually all common calibers of ammunition has been long-running issue that has resulted in my second-born and I shutting down our weekend target practice hobby five full months ago because we couldn't find either .22 LR or .270 Win ammo in what we now understand was "back in the day"...

Shelves empty of ammunition boxes have been the rule, rather than the exception, for MANY months, dating back to Obama's election. Every excuse in the world has been offered from across the local sporting goods counter since early in the year for why the ongoing shortage exists, and the more chilling of those excuses have been tied one way or another to the election of Barack Obama to the presidency.

This MSNBC story seems to be, at the very least, "old news" in every sense of the term. There are numerous issues that come into play when one considers the reasons for the ongoing ammunition shortage - and the MSNBC article hits some of those points - but this isn't "Breaking News" or any sort of newly plowed ground by any stretch of the imagination...
Posted by: Jack K. / 8:42 PM 0 comments

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Quick Thoughts On The Fundamental Failure Of The Emmy's 

...OK, so Neil Patrick Harris has been doing a wonderful job tonight as host of the Prime Time Emmy's and it has been a somewhat interesting show to watch after the completion of the Giants' win over the Cowboys. That former part is probably a given, and probably not a good thing for Harris if his strongest primary career vibe is going to become "Best Award Show Host Evah!" as a result of his superb efforts as host of the Toni Awards and and some other celebrations. But never mind that, because I am simply outraged at one of the awards, which quite simply shines a bright spotlight on the fundamental failure of the Emmy's...

A couple of the categories deal with reality shows and hosts/talking heads of those reality shows. Deadliest Catch is nowhere to be seen; only those strange "let's drag a bunch of people together into an artificial environment" shows are nominated for 'reality' Emmy's. This failing to acknowledge one of the most gripping programs on television that really is a "reality" TV show, as opposed to the sort of manufactured event that all these other 'reality' shows represent, is an outrageous display of ignorance of the true art of the genre. On the other hand, it may also explain why there even such a thing as FAUX News....
Posted by: Jack K. / 9:16 PM 0 comments

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