The Saturday morning local news is generally just background noise while I do the Soduku, Jumble and Crossword,
but sometimes one will hear things which shatter your concentration and make
you go "huh?"
A local action
news report featured the line, "A local teen on a bicycle was struck and killed
and then drove off." Honest, that's precisely how the reporter read it! Unfortunately, it was actually the driver of
the motor vehicle who left the scene , while the child remains dead.
On the same
broadcast, a local auto dealership commercial trumpeted a "no-commission" pricing policy. I was struck by the fact that sales persons
work for incentives, and that no commission would mean no incentive. Closer
investigation, of course shows that there are of course, commissions, they just
don't call them that. Salesperson compensation is based on the number of cars
sold (and their gross cost). Liars!
Of course, the above commercial also piggybacks on the new trend of having actors portray people who are frightened to death at the thought of purchasing a new vehicle. It is even worse when they finish each other's sentences.
In a remarkable
turn of events, a Republican has finally
managed to be so objectionable that even Faux News objects! The Donald managed
this feat, previously deemed impossible, by implying that Megyn Kelly, who
actually (and surprisingly) asked reasonable questions during the recent debate/steel cage match,
must have been "bleeding from somewhere" (yeah, no shit, that's what
he said) because she had the temerity to broach the subject of Trump's well
documented history of inappropriate comments related to women. Who would have dreamt
that Faux even had a gag reflex when it
came to Far Right sycophants?
Of course, by
that time the bar had been lowered
significantly by Mike Huckabee's comment
that the purpose of the military as he , never having been a member, sees it is "killing people and breaking
things." Of course Huckabee's mere
presence at any rational airing of opinion calls the entire process in question.
After all, this is the man who chooses to give hyper critical parenting advice
to the Obamas for allowing their model citizen girls to listen to Beyoncé, while his own son was charged
with torturing a dog to death! It is also worthy of note that while considering
Beyoncé a bad influence, the Huckster (def: "a pejorative for a person who
sells something or serves biased interests, using pushy or showy tactics.")
considers Ted Nugent to be just fine. After all why wouldn't a Baptist minister love a guy who writes
lyrics like "Whang Dang, Sweet Poontang?"
The jury in the James Holmes (Aurora CO theater shooter) case was unable to come to unanimous agreement re: the death penalty so Holmes who was, at the time, insane by any standard will be sentenced to life without parole.
I would propose that his psychiatrist, whose notes clearly show that she had serious concerns regarding Holmes' sanity yet did nothing and told no one, spend the
first ten of those years with him. In Aurora, as in Va. Tech, we had severely
disturbed individuals who have been identified as such by mental health professionals and yet are unidentified
as threats to local law enforcement and are able to procure weapons (or in
Holmes case, a stockpile of weapons and ammo) with relative ease. At the point that maintaining doctor- patient privilege may well
mean the deaths of other innocents, something needs to change.
Other than
that, it's been a good day so far, Ciao!
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