C-SPAN
November 16, 2009 | Filed Under Main, Politics | Leave a Comment
How many of you watch C-Span?
No one? That’s about what I thought. Why would we want to watch our elected officials make asses out of themselves in real time when John Stewart can just give us the basic stupidity without all the Boring. We KNOW nothing intelligent goes on in the Halls of Congress. We KNOW we are constantly electing guys who have less skills than your average 7-11 clerk. Why would we want that insidious reminder playing on our TV set?
Well – they have C-Span out here in the Middle East. And it’s a premium. That’s right – you have to pay EXTRA to get Democracy in action on your cable network out here. Hannah Montana? Free. Family Fat Surgeon? Free. The Ellen DeGeneres Show ? Even that is free (I can’t get rid of it no matter how hard I try…). But C-Span will cost you. And these suckers pay for it! This is where the Middle East learns how America works.
After the last few months of the Health Care debate, God help us all…
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