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I've found news stories as told by the local radio announcers and headlines on what "my home page" thinks I want to see to be equally annoying. Here are a few:
Two attractive blonde women wore identical dresses in public. Why should I care? And not only does this seem like anti-news, is it all that unusual?
On the heels of the healthcare reform bill being signed 13 states have put together bills to exempt themselves from certain aspects of the bill on the grounds that no where in the constitution does it say that the federal government has the right to mandate health insurance to the states. Where to begin? Let's see--unless they happened to have a mobster with goons demanding payment to insure the goons did not damage a shop, home, or family, I don't think there was insurance in colonial days.
In a related story, the local radio idiot seemed rather proud that Louisiana is one of those 13 states. He was definitely proud when he proclaimed that none of the Louisiana legislators voted for the bill. I'm not sure which of these individuals comes across as more stupid or mean-spirited--the elected officials or the newscaster. None of them will get my vote in the next election.
An illegal alien shot and killed one police officer and wounded another during a traffic stop in Florida. Cops hunted him down and put 68 bullets into him. The glee in the voice of the announcer disgusted me, as did his commentary about the story. It seems in his mind the most important part of the tale was the citizenship of the individual. Does he honestly believe that American citizens are not out there committing equally stupid acts? And jokes about how the man died of natural causes--that he was shot 68 times, so naturally he died--or that the cops put that many bullets in him because that was how many they had--are not what I consider appropriate for my child to listen to as we drive to school.
Or how about this one from the drive to school one day just before Spring Break began? A Florida woman wrecked her car because she was shaving her bikini area while driving. Her husband was steering for her so she could be shaved when they got to her boyfriend's house. Yeah. That was an interesting conversation starter as I was dropping Oyster at school. We even talked about it again after school--at her initiation.
By the way--we don't listen to the radio in the car, anymore.
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One correction, please. Sen. Mary Landrieu voted for health care reform. She's the Dem. senator; David Vitter is the Rep. senator, the one who had to publicly apologize to his wife when the Washington Madam's scandal broke.
You mean the radio idiots didn't even get their facts straight? What a shock!
We stick to music in the car -- mostly on CDs. The radio stations around here are equally likely to run condom ads, which I similarly don't care to explain while driving.
Be spiffy--use a Jiffy?
The ad I saw said: "Real men do it in a Jiffy."
Real women prefer real men who take a bit more time!
Jiffy was a British brand when I was teaching sex ed classes. They had several witty ads at that time (1988-ish).
That reminds me of an old joke that is unsuitable for posting on your family-style blog.
I appreciate your restraint. Too bad the local radio announcers don't understand the concept.
Chill says they are just speaking to their demographic--redneck, sexist, racist white males. During the weeks leading up to the last presidential election they made many nasty comments about Obama and about any potential female elected official. Once Obama won they did not make any graceful statements about the election results. They didn't even announce the results.
Hey, Jaz, just wanted you to know I'm keeping up. Just too tired to make a pithy comment, and you know that means I'm really, really tired.
I just figured people don't respond to my posts because I am boring. Hadn't occurred to me that others might have real lives that keep them occupied and possibly use up their energy.
Oh--Goo, if you are out there, I met your old boss today and he seemed like a nice gentleman. He sends his regards to you and Lit. Called you, "remarkable women."
Well, that was good news! I loved her old boss.
My old boss was exhausting, but I do miss his work ethic.
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