Random Musings
Just a couple thoughts for today:
Get the Hook: OK, people...I know that he bled for us, but can we all agree that Curt Schilling is a CRAPPY closer? Maybe he still has the stuff to start, I don't know. But I'm getting a bit sick of groaning every time he saunters out of the bullpen to blow a lead. Granted, he has some saves (mostly because we had such big leads he couldn't blow them), but he also gives up home runs and hits WHEN YOU JUST CAN'T.
People suck: There was a young woman (who appeared to be Muslim, due to the presence of a head scarf) whom I sat next to on the T this morning when I got on at South Station. She was sobbing, softly, as she was reading the paper. People started looking suspiciously at her and moving away in an uncomfortable manner, and it looked like one genius even got off at Downtown Crossing and walked over to a MBTA policeperson (though, in fairness, I have no idea what he said or if he actually spoke to him). She wiped her tears and got off at Park Street. I wanted to say something to her, though I hate it when people talk to me when I'm upset, so I didn't.
Now, I can understand what led people act like assholes; fear being the greatest factor, I think. But it still pissed me off to see people act like that. There was a person, crying, and all we could do was sit/stand there and look for any signs she was going to kill us all.
What the fuck is wrong with the world? Sigh.
The Fish wrap: I've never seen a newspaper with the uncanny ability to manipulate headlines quite like the Providence Journal (ok, that's just a lie, they all manipulate headlines and such).
I'm half expecting to see headlines some day reading:
-Stupid, lazy liberals criticize our brave President (Someone (hopefully with actual policy ideas) has actual facts questioning the wisdom of Bush's ideas)
-WMD's found in IRAQ---Exclusive! (Some already debunked story that the Projo will acknowledge at the end of the article has been proved false, but the headline does the damage)
-Anti-lifers/Babykillers mob State House in effort to Destroy Family Values (Pro-choice rally on state house lawn)
I'm not saying that we "liberals" don't do the same thing sometimes; of course we do...the level of spin we're engaged in just amazes me.
Get the Hook: OK, people...I know that he bled for us, but can we all agree that Curt Schilling is a CRAPPY closer? Maybe he still has the stuff to start, I don't know. But I'm getting a bit sick of groaning every time he saunters out of the bullpen to blow a lead. Granted, he has some saves (mostly because we had such big leads he couldn't blow them), but he also gives up home runs and hits WHEN YOU JUST CAN'T.
People suck: There was a young woman (who appeared to be Muslim, due to the presence of a head scarf) whom I sat next to on the T this morning when I got on at South Station. She was sobbing, softly, as she was reading the paper. People started looking suspiciously at her and moving away in an uncomfortable manner, and it looked like one genius even got off at Downtown Crossing and walked over to a MBTA policeperson (though, in fairness, I have no idea what he said or if he actually spoke to him). She wiped her tears and got off at Park Street. I wanted to say something to her, though I hate it when people talk to me when I'm upset, so I didn't.
Now, I can understand what led people act like assholes; fear being the greatest factor, I think. But it still pissed me off to see people act like that. There was a person, crying, and all we could do was sit/stand there and look for any signs she was going to kill us all.
What the fuck is wrong with the world? Sigh.
The Fish wrap: I've never seen a newspaper with the uncanny ability to manipulate headlines quite like the Providence Journal (ok, that's just a lie, they all manipulate headlines and such).
I'm half expecting to see headlines some day reading:
-Stupid, lazy liberals criticize our brave President (Someone (hopefully with actual policy ideas) has actual facts questioning the wisdom of Bush's ideas)
-WMD's found in IRAQ---Exclusive! (Some already debunked story that the Projo will acknowledge at the end of the article has been proved false, but the headline does the damage)
-Anti-lifers/Babykillers mob State House in effort to Destroy Family Values (Pro-choice rally on state house lawn)
I'm not saying that we "liberals" don't do the same thing sometimes; of course we do...the level of spin we're engaged in just amazes me.
posted by Sarah at 11:11 AM
3 Comments:
I agree, Curt Schilling (yes, I live in NY, but my heart lies in New England) is/was a good pitcher, but he is one of those guys who, when he gets emotional (angry especially) he simply can't pitch, it must take Varitek, must be ready to pull his hair out when he can't get him to just calm down. Drives me crazy sometimes watching him pitch (When I can find a Soxs game on the TV where I am)
As for the Spin...yea, drives me crazy. Us liberals do it, but in my Biased Opinion, the conservatives do it much more and take it much further, to the point where it actually moves beyond mean and nasty to comical. Don't know, maybe I am just Jaded
I think that conservatives tend to do it purposely (more so than libs, anyway); like there is a tiny Karl Rove inside each conservative editor/writer's head that frames the debate in the best possible manner for their side. It does get rather silly, how far it goes.
The double standard for lib/con spin also fascinates me...just look at the NARAL thing. Many conservative groups put out far worse commercials during the election, and those groups were widely listened to and their charges taken "seriously" (by some, heavily criticized by others). A liberal group spins a SCOTUS nom's views and EVERYONE in the media jumps down its throat.
Is it because "we" try to hold ourselves to an actual standard? When libs spin and get caught (possibly because we don't seem to be as good at it), conservatives go into an uproar (that you can actually hear on the mainstream media...its all about who gets the credibility). When we catch them, you see it on liberal blogs and mags like the Nation.
Sigh.
Cheer up, we'll get through this. It sucks to feel like you are hitting your head against a brick wall sometimes, but we will make it. Feel free to gripe about it anytime you want to me, if it makes you feel any better, I love to complain about politics.
Patrick
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