Tweety's Show - I'm done

[matcom]

I'm done for a while.

TV off. No more Tweety, CNN, MSNBC, etc... No CSPAN and newpaper only on Sundays (for the local section). Doubt I'll watch any more debates for a while.

I don't care. It isn't my world. The hate and bile that is spewed in our public discourse is more than I care to take. Hell ANYONE who wants to run for public office in this day and age is certified bat-shit insane regardless of party. If you want the job you aren't qualified because you aren't mentally stable. Who the hell would open their lives to so much vile hatred?

There is no discourse anymore. The bar has been lowered so much thanks to 24/7 'news' that it has been completely destroyed. I don't care what some talk show host thinks about anything. Right or Left. What qualifications do they have anyway? None. If they were qualified to do anything they would be doing it. I'll go back to listening to music thanks. No more books about what a shithead Bush is. I've read enough. I know.

We have people making our laws that have no business being there. The idiot in charge of Internet Commerce thinks it runs on tubes. Lawmakers appropriate money for Creation Museums. Bridges funded to deserted islands.

Maccaca, People's dead children, she has cancer to get attention, "Is he black enough?", he is Mormon, he lived with a gay couple.....

blah, blah, fucking blah.

I'm done. See you in The Lounge.

[Richardo]

1. Recommended

:patriot:

[blondeatlast]

2. There's more honest, intelligent debate in the most raucous GD flame-fest

than in an entire week's worth of MSM.

I shut the tube off long ago, save for an occasional Countdown, TDS or Colbert Report.

No joke--the media killed democracy.

[matcom]

3. Countdown, TDS, Colbert

Done

[meegbear]

4. And Rachel Ray

[matcom]

5. nope. if there is any REAL breaking news

they will show it on the food channel

[EVDebs]

7. Breaking news on the fart channel 24/7

The same bad wind from the same tired asses, I think that's how Khruschev put it once.

[Telly Savalas]

64. I heard that John Edwards uses artificial vanilla extract

instead of real vanilla.

If he wins the nomination, I'm voting for Nader.

[Cha]

76. nader!?! That ol'

bag of wind? :)

[SoFlaJet]

23. Colbert seems oddly off to me now

it's like hearing a joke too many times...Stewart and Keith for me

[TahitiNut]

32. Sadly, I agree. The limits of parody have been reached.

After all, how can one possibly attain a comedic exaggeration of Cheney's claim to be independent of Executive Branch regulations and oversight? How can one possibly exaggerate Coulter's hate-filled pathology?

The "dumbing down" of America has been accomplished beyond any Dark Ages fan's dream. We're a black hole in the continuum of sane discourse.

[G_j]

54. the well has been poisoned n/t

[Ganja Ninja]

61. I've noticed that too.

I swear they were using a laugh track the other night and it really put me off.

[MotorCityMan]

65. Last time I watched CNN was during Katrina

I was off of work that week, and I was in shock that they showed just how bad New Orleans was and just how badly * had fucked up.

I get my news from DU and various internet news sites. Don't watch the tv news at all, local or national.

Michael Moore getting bumped from his Larry King interview for Paris Hilton pretty much sums it up.

[bdamomma]

66. just total ignorance is being thrown by the media to the american

people, very dangerous for us, we must get our news from other sources. dumb electorate, dumb country.

[Virginia Dare]

6. Yep, I'll watch the wallpaper peel first...

I'm tired of him salivating all over himself over these shallow dipwads that he has on constantly, like Marsha Blackburn and other skeletor bimbonic blondes that shall remain unnamed. Ron Christie is a political analyst? Give me a fucking break, he's a Cheney water carrier. :eyes:

I'm done with him, I'll tune in to Tucker for a few seconds just to see him having his latest apoplexy over Hillary Clinton. I sincerely believe that Tucker has pictures of Hillary pinned all over the walls of his bedroom, he's that obsessed with her. I hope she has a restraining order ready for him if she gets elected, because he's sure to go postal..:rofl:

[pwb]

8. All that is left for me is PBS and c-span

The rest have become tabloid T V. Sadly.

[MalloyLiberal]

45. LinkTV is on both DirecTV and DishTV - definitely recommended

[bdamomma]

9. the media has accomplished their dirty deed to keep us all ignorant

or some of us ignorant of the facts.

[stellanoir]

10. This criticism of the degradation of the public discourse has been brought to you by the

very same serious man. . .who damn near irrevocably trashed the refinement, tranquility and ambiance in the Cooking & Baking Forum with this. . .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=236x34294

hurrumphhhhhh

:rofl:

[matcom]

13. you suggesting my street cred is shot?

:D

[stellanoir]

15. hmmmmm

I may just have to take a poll in order to determine whether or not that is the case. . .

Don't panic though.

If so, there's always rehab and/or finding God for all purpose forgiveness.

:hi:

on edit-

the poll

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x6655993

[Nightjock]

11. Good for you!

I have not watched the "news" since the 2004 "selection" and my blood pressure is way down!

[Maat]

47. Me, too!

I gave it up early on in 2004; my blood pressure's never been lower.

I watch Stewart, Colbert, & Keith, in addition to many things on Link and FreeSpeechTV; sometimes I watch C-Span.

[Mad_Dem_X]

73. Same here

I haven't watched TV "news" in years, be it local, national or international. It just makes me sick. I read the local newspaper and get most of my other news from the internet.

[AndyA]

12. I sent an E-mail to MSNBC yesterday after that disgrace of a show

they call Hardball.

I told them that I would be programming my digital recorder to tape Olbermann's show, and I would watch it from the recording instead of turning on the television even 30 seconds early on the chance that I might catch a glimpse of Matthews.

I also told them I would not watch any shows on their network hosted by Matthews, Carlson, or Scarborough. If Olbermann was co-hosting, I might watch but it would only be because of his participation.

I mentioned what a disgrace it was to have that Coulter woman on their network, and her appearance removed any shred of credibility or accuracy their network had. I copied Abrams on it as well.

It's really disgraceful to have criminals and liars appear on a news network as if they had any credibility at all. Coulter, DeLay, the asshole Blackwell from Ohio, all have been on MSNBC in the past month.

[SoonerPride]

16. I wrote them and thanked them. She's the best evidence that Republicans suck

I want that needle nosed hag trotted out DAILY to say the most vile hateful crap and represent the right wing and become the FACE of the republican party.

She'll turn more people to vote for Dems than 100,000 emails and letters from candidates.

She's poison for the right.

I WANT HER ON TV ALL THE FUCKING TIME.

[blayne]

40. good point

It's possible that she could do more harm to the right than anything else.

[Cha]

78. It's true..she's a fucking

double edged sword.

[Cha]

77. I like your letter..all encompassing!

Thanks, Andy! I don't even get cable news channels anymore so there's no danger of me getting a shot of the slimeball tweety hawking his balless show. It's good to let them know you can't even stand to see his face after the disgraceful display of sewage coming over their airwaves.

[AngryOldDem]

14. Good post

And they wonder why they cannot get "good" people to run for office. Where are the "best and the brightest"? Oh, the irony.

We get the government we deserve. In that case, let's just get it over with and nominate Paris Hilton. Maybe then people will pay attention to the process.

Very sad commentary.

[cascadiance]

17. The media is like the parents of spoiled rotten kids, only WORSE!

When they put up spoiled, rotten children like Ann Coulter on the air, that is equivalent to a parent that does nothing to curb the behavior of their rotten spoiled kids. Only in many of those cases, it is just a crime of neglect, or irresponsibility in terms of providing improper guidance for their kids.

In this case it is worse though, since these "parents" are USING the aberrant behavior of these little bastards/bitches to further an agenda of putting down the target of their "children's" obsessive hate, where in real life, that's usually not necessarily the case. What the media is doing using the likes of Man (should be BANNED) Coulter is despicable. Coulter should be in prison for voter fraud and society should be rid of her. Hope we can also send Katherine Harris to prison as her cell mate in Florida!

[mopinko]

18. read al's book.

at least you won't feel alone.

[matcom]

21. nope. no interest.

not for a while at least.

[YvonneCa]

41. Take a break...

...and "read Al's book". :7 All my frustration over the last 7 years was expressed in that book by our former Vice President. So we're not alone. And his is a powerful voice.


The part we've been waiting for is about to happen. I think the MSM will cover it by then. By the way...here's my letter to MSNBC about yesterday:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


When I saw the promo that Ann Coulter was to be on Hardball...which I often watch...I was disgusted. I did not watch it live. When I heard about Elizabeth Edwards calling in, and the controversy, I did watch the interview online.

This morning, that interview has been 'the topic' on most MSNBC shows. In a kindergarten-like discussion, your people are pointing the finger and saying "She did it , first"..."No, she started it" to decide whether the blame for what happened on the show is Coulter or Edwards' fault. PATHETIC!


You are all missing the point. Ann Coulter has ONE motive: Get attention by stirring up controversy through the use of hateful speech so that she can sell books and make MONEY. She has used many people, including the Edwards and the 9/11 widows as her victims if it suits her purpose. MSNBC just demonstrated to me that you are willing to sink to her level for ratings...and to also make money.

I'm proud of ANYONE who stands up against this kind of hateful, childish dialogue in our society. ..and I thank Elizabeth Edwards for doing so. That is what a strong First Lady should do for our country...point out the need for discussion on the issues when we are electing a President. Our country DESPERATELY needs to focus on issues at this critical time. What Ann Coulter does is distract from that, for her own selfish purposes. The media is responsible as well for giving her the stage.

If you all haven't read Al Gore's book, "Assault on Reason", I suggest you do. Many of us citizens are reading it and agree with the former Vice President about the role of television on democracy. I am seriously considering disconnecting my cable TV service...due to this kind of programming. The only thing that is keeping me as a customer is C-Span , PBS and Countdown, with Keith Olbermann on your network. If I see Ann Coulter on one of those shows, I'll be done.
:patriot:

[mwb970]

62. Hard to imagine Coultergeist being invited on by KO! /nt

[KG]

19. welcome to the club. TV-less since 1998.

TV is only good for watching the Redskins play football anyway....

[EFerrari]

20. Come into the light, matcom!

Eventually, they will have to reformat because they're losing viewers in droves. A lot of people feel like you do and have made the same decision.

[matcom]

22. I have decided to become one of the 'uninformed'

for there isn't any information worth a shit out there anyway.

[EFerrari]

28. The only reason I keep cable is for LinkTv and BookTv.

Otherwise, I'd shut it off. I'd rather get a root canal than watch the screamers.

[Cha]

79. I stopped watching tv news,

reading nyt, radio.....I only going on DU, the liberal sites and I'm the best damned informed person in my town.

[bdamomma]

68. losing viewers and probably losing money, do you think

those stinking corporations will get it, that we have had enough BS thrown at us.

[Cha]

80. It's taken a long while but they've

taken enough rope and jumped the sharks..all we need is for the numbers to drop dangerously low and the advertisers to pull OUT!

[EFerrari]

81. They will have to, eventually, if only because of their pernicious greed. nt

[underpants]

24. I stopped watching those a few years ago

I check back in from time to time but they are so miserably misinforming that it only takes a few minutes. The entire punditry crowd is completely full of shit. It is a complete groupclusterfuck. I like Olbermann simply for pointing out facts (that always works ask Jon Stewart) but even his pundit guests are nauseating.

I just, finally, finished "Fiasco" last night. The American public, even DUers, have no idea the complete and under FIASCO that the whole operation was and is. Bush et al really are in a fantasy world and it ain't all just for the cameras they really think that things are not completely screwed up over there and will be. Note-the money that could have been spent in the PAkistani education system and what China does (Taiwan) are two things to watch for. Great read.

I haven't read Cobra II yet but that appears to be a complete afteractions review-may be a bit too heavy for me. I am going to read a book called "Food fight" by Daniel Imhoff about the nutzoid Farm Bill and the state of our food.

I'd listen/watch Hannity over Mathews anyway since Hannity at least offers the absurdity factor of watching the loudmouth from 8th grade still spewing what he remembers from what his abusive drunken father screams at the TV even if people actually think it is withing the Earth's atmosphere of the truth.

[Carni]

25. They are all the same and neither side *gets* it IMO

I will still watch the so called *news* occasionally (because I am nosy)but most of my time will be spent watching Dirty Jobs, or Myth Busters, Top chef, Food TV or whatever trivial bullshit that I can find from here on out to numb my mind.

I will still vote for whatever Dem they prop up and float out for human consumption in 08...
only because I really do believe that the Republicans have their heads further up their asses than the Democrats do on most social issues.

But I am here to tell you...there is (IMO) NO ONE in DC fighting for ME--they are all such elitists and power mongers that they have zero in common with my life and couldn't possibly begin to understand what the lives of their constituents are like, or how much the average person's quality of living has deteriorated over the last 7 years.

They don't know and they don't care--there is no low too low to stoop to for these people toward achieving THEIR goal (to get elected) and I do not believe that we can lay ALL of this on the media, I believe a lot of it lies directly at the feet of these morons that we the people supposedly elected.

I agree with you OP because I've also hit the wall-- *I* haven't changed and certainly gave it a good fight for many many years trying to get the word out to people about bush and cheney-- but when there is no one in my corner, I figure it's time to stop busting my ass for a cause that seems pretty much non-existent.

I mean IS there a cause? If there is then I will be damned if I can figure out what it is.

[matcom]

29. there is no longer a 'cause' that can be solved by politicians

of that i am certain and going through that toilet is a waste of time.

i'm going to find things locally i can do. i'll try and help some people/animals/environment around me that are real. things that I can touch and feel.

i am certain it will be much more enriching.

if that doesn't work i'll buy a log cabin in the middle of the forrest and build up an arsenal :D

[SoFlaJet]

31. LOL

Matcom you've earned your street cred on the front lines way back when this place started and in those anti-war demonstrations

[matcom]

33. gawd that was so long ago!

we never thought we could stop it from happening but *I* really thought we could help wake up the sheeple!

yeah, i'm an idiot.

[Beelzebud]

26. I'm reaching that point myself.

[yardwork]

27. I quit watching him ages ago - during the Swiftboating of Kerry

I never could stand him. That was it for me.

[King Coal]

30. Sorry, but you have to watch Hardball.

And Tucker too. I say so.

[doublethink]

34. Man oh man ...... I hit this point about a month and a half ago.

I hear ya Matcom, I have a couple of shelves full of books I've read over the last few years on this bullshit administration. When Al Gores book came out I just didn't have it in me anymore to absorb anymore of this. So I passed and am intent to wait out the next year and a half come hell or high water. I too turned off the T.V., haven't been on DU but sparingly to 'keep up' on and on. I haven't stopped trying to do good for others in my own little world when and where I can, been planting trees, getting to know my neighbors better, fixing up the house I bought for my mom, working out and riding my bikes more, etc... etc...

Anyway yea our Country seems pretty sick judging from what's on T.V. and everything you said in your post hit a nerve with me, brought back the same reaction I had to it all ...... and I had to call one of my 'time outs' done for now policy's too.

Hang in there, breath. Sometimes you just gotta get away from this shit to keep your own sanity. I know I do. Life is a gift, and to relieve these frustrations I need to keep reminding myself sometimes to live it as such more so, as a gift. Okay I'm rambling now. Peace. :hi:


ps: doesn't mean I've shut up about this bullshit administration, I still give my opinion when and where I need to. Peace again ;)

[Midlodemocrat]

35. Know what? I discovered that "Still Standing" is on Lifetime

from 5-6 and 7-8 weekdays.

It's done wonders for my mental health to laugh at that show and not watch the MSM bullshit.

:hug:

[matcom]

36. if men watch lifetime they combust

:hug:

but Easy Entertaining is working with blood oranges! :D

[Midlodemocrat]

37. Yup. BabyMidlo wants to learn how to cook, so that has

been a wonderful distraction as well.

[Blue_Roses]

50. I saw that one!

I had never heard of blood oranges until that episode. I love that kitchen... looks cozy and makes me wanna bake.

[Lorien]

38. Glad that you are joining so many of us

even some RWers I know have stopped watching television completely and now just stick to their Netflix or Blockbuster rentals for that type of entertainment. It'll just raise your blood pressure and make you wonder if you've lost 20 IQ points just by sitting through an hour of that swill. Anymore I've just got Netflix, the library, and podcasts on my iPod and that's more than enough for me!

[Oilwellian]

39. I feel the same way Matcom and created a video about it

"American Pravda"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0IPjEs9-a4

I had the pleasure of meeting you at the FIRST antiwar rally in DC...I was an idiot too for feeling like we could nip this seeping fascism in the bud. Without the media reporting the truth, corruption has flourished for the past several years and will continue to do so until there's a mass boycott of the present system. I think that's building...they are losing viewers in droves because FINALLY, the gig is up and people are becoming much more aware thanks to the internet. I still have hope. :hi:

Keep your eyes open toward the end of the video and check out what I did with O'Reilly. :D

[matcom]

42. BRILLIANT!

i love it!

added to my favs. of COURSE i remember you from the protest :hi:

[Oilwellian]

43. Thanks so much

Glad you liked it. :D

[Gabi Hayes]

74. fantastic! I just commented on it there, and other DUers, who have a youtube

account should do the same, as well as rating it up.

you should start a separate thread on this, btw

thanks again

loved the bit about the Boston Tea Party, among others!

reminded me if the idiots here who insist on criticizing Chavez of being guilty of attempting a coup in his country.....

[nonconformist]

44. Righteous rant. Recommended. I'm right there with you.

I can't take it anymore. I've made a conscious decision to dramatically limit my exposure to this poison, and I feel so much better for it. I'm calmer and I'm happier.

[madfloridian]

46. A big recommend to that.

:hi:

[spanone]

48. till we meet again........i fight it all the time. all the time.

it's as close as i can imagine to beating your head constantly against a wall.:smoke: :spank: :hi: :cry: :woohoo: wall.:smoke: :spank: :hi: :cry: :woohoo: wall.:smoke: :spank: :hi: :cry: :woohoo: wall.:smoke: :spank: :hi: :cry: :woohoo: wall.:smoke: :spank: :hi: :cry: :woohoo: wall.:smoke: :spank: :hi: :cry: :woohoo: wall.:smoke: :spank: :hi: :cry: :woohoo: wall.:smoke: :spank: :hi: :cry: :woohoo: wall.:smoke: :spank: :hi: :cry: :woohoo: wall.:smoke: :spank: :hi: :cry: :woohoo: wall.:smoke: :spank: :hi: :cry: :woohoo: wall.:smoke: :spank: :hi: :cry: :woohoo: wall.:smoke: :spank: :hi: :cry: :woohoo: wall.:smoke: :spank: :hi: :cry: :woohoo: wall.:smoke: :spank: :hi: :cry: :woohoo: wall.:smoke: :spank: :hi: :cry: :woohoo:

[Ilsa]

49. Talk show hosts with no qualifications? But, but, some of them are beauty queens!

i can't handle the 2008 campaign starting the day after the 2006 campaign. It's making me fucking crazy. I'm sick of it already. I'd rather stay home than vote for some of the Dem crowd with their records. We need a real leader to show up and steal it away, someone like Al Gore or Wes Clark. (I can live with Edwards and Richardson, too.)

[kevinbgoode]

51. I think increasing numbers of Americans just ignore the crap now.

And a backlash is likely to grow over the adolescent manner in which discussions of issues take place in this country.

Conservatives have pretty much ruined what was left of any credibility in the media. . .and the corruption in our own public servants pretty much have ruined much faith in the government.

[Spiffarino]

52. I'm to the point where I want them all to be eaten by sharks.

Cheney. Lieberman. Tweety. Coulter. Robertson. Wiener-Savage. Everybody but Bush. I want his mistakes to encircle him and watch as his world crashes down around him as he wallows in drunken self-pity and cirrhosis slowly destroys him from the inside.

I'm tired of being angry all the time, and I think this must have been their plan all along. The outrages pile up day after day until they become routine. And now, I am numb.

[cui bono]

53. I love that your smiley has a butt crack.

:rofl:

[G_j]

55. Tired of puffed up, self important , pontificating, arrogant windbags?

I hear ya

[farmboxer]

56. I only watch Free Speech TV, LINKTV and Keith Olbermann

FSTV can be found on channel 9415 on Dish Net, LINKTV, Channel 9410 Dish Net. I think LINKTV can be found on DirecTV, but not FSTV. A few cable companies carry them. I don't bother with Tweety the idiot, or any of the others on MSM except Keith Olbermann on MSNBC, that's it.

MSM appears to have helped with the coup or 2000 and 2004, they still have not reported the rest of the story, after they covered for Repub fascists.

[Matsubara]

57. I rec'd this earlier...

This is the best post I've ever seen from you, matcom.

And it's that much more affecting because it comes from someone more known for humorous posts.

:toast:

[upi402]

58. Welcome

:pals:

[HardRocker05]

59. been saying the same thing for a while, but i'm really starting to mean it now. the final step is

when you actually shut the TV off and listen to music (which what i'm doing also, and not feeling guilty about the 'mindlessness' of it), stop reading as many papers everyday (and not caring what you're "missing"), etc. i find myself caring less and less everyday about politics and most other elements of "mainstream" culture. yeah, tweety's hour long show all about ann coulter follwed up by scarborough all about the benoit murders definitely made me disgusted; turned it off a little ways into scarborough. should have turned it off sooner.

[Ganja Ninja]

60. What took you so long?

Watching Tweedy is like watching FOX. There are only two news shows on mainstream cable networks that I'm willing to sit for. Countdown and the Situation Room and the Situation Room is just barely tolerable. Other than those I'll watch the BBC or Democracy Now when I want news.

[Major Hogwash]

63. Matthews supported the Iraq War in 2003, and in 2004, and in 2005, and in 2006.

And in 2007.
And will in 2008.

He's a CONSERVATIVE, dude.

[BlueJac]

67. I haven't watched that shit since the last election......

I can't take the BULLSHIT either!

[Highway61]

69. Great post...K & R

After reading that Bush just REFUSED to turn over any documents...I feel like the wind has been knocked out of me. Time to seriously consider moving. I don't recognize this country anymore. :cry:

[cboy4]

70. I'm a recovering Hardball fan. I finally said to myself one day

last spring, "why in the hell do I watch this show if it makes me so mad?"

So, I stopped punishing myself, and I've not watched for over a year.

It's great.

[madmunchie]

71. Why did DU particiapate by putting Coulters face on the home page?

Wasn't the text enough to draw attention? Did "we" have to participate by plastering her mug shot on the home page? Major error in judgement.

[L0oniX]

72. It's a Jerry Springer government!

[Cha]

75. Hey dude, I got to that

place on Nov 6, 2002. My tolerance was way low. I can understand how you feel..I've been much happier and more sane in those areas.

tweety jumped the shark with the full hour of the skank ..all those corporatemediawhores types need enough rope.

The internet is where the revolution is, baby.

[DemGa]

82. I'm liberated from satellite and cable tv

People can get addicted to that chatterbox and feel quite lonely without it. Mine is pleasantly turned off about 85% of the time, and what I do watch is free!!