Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Kid Nation: Reality TV show for pedophiles and sadistic scum

I can already tell this is going to be a huge failure...if it makes it on the air over the multitude of complaints.

Kid Nation on CBS

What kind of parent encourages their kid to do this? Sick.

Helmsley's Dog Gets $12 Million in Will. And, oh, around 2.5 billion given to charity...but you won't hear that from the media

I never really followed the whole Leona Helmsley story, and I'm willing to bet a good percentage of Americans don't really follow or remember what she did in the '80's. All I really know is that her husband and her were convicted of tax evasion. Fine. They were caught, and I'm glad they were.

The issue here is media coverage.

The big story about her now after her death is how much she gives to her dog. $12 million. Sure, that's a lot, but only a fraction of a percent of what she gave to her charity trust fund. A trust fund that has already given millions to create state-of-the-art hospitals. Is this covered in the media? Not really.

And nobody asks the question of what happens to the money after the dog dies. I'm willing to bet it goes to charity, too. So the dog is taken care of. At least she doesn't leave Trouble in the care of Michael Vick. PETA should be building an altar to this woman.

In comparison, she stiffs her grandchildren. Good for her. If she wants to force them to make their fortunes on their own, more power to her.

Meanwhile, the mass media condemn this dead woman all for the sake of a catchy headline. Way to go, douchebags.

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Cleaned House

Looks like Blogger made some changes to a few things, so now it's much easier to change a template, especially with the 3-column format. This blog is now in XML.

I'm not sure if I'll keep the banner at the top of the Chicago skyline (which is where I'm based now); I may keep playing with the blog over the next couple days, so stay tuned.