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How could I have never heard of Uncle Jay?

Curtsy: CDR Salamander

So I counted up the days on the calendar at the end and got… 78.

Gosh they sure do cause a lot of trouble for 78 days on the job.

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It’s true. But it took an Aussie to point it out.

Curtsy: Brett McS.

(First of all, what’s with people who actually get paid for writing (journalists, professional bloggers) never turning spellcheck on when they type? Do they think they have people for this?)

So, a journalist I’ve never heard of working for a newspaper company I couldn’t name which bought what was previously a newspaper company I could name but only because we’ve subscribed to the Merc my whole life (but ending at the end of the month) and I drove by the building with the big sign on it on El Camino nearly every day writes a big long idiotic blog post and creates a miracle.

First read the blog post:

LGF - Media Arrogance Squared

Then read what’s left of the blog post at his blog:

The Gallivant - Simply Simpatico

Then read the 197 comments.

One hundred and ninety seven comments. On the war. And every single one is in agreement with every single other one. I can see maybe six getting through really quick, but then somebody trolling one of the sites who linked to it run over there to get the guy’s back. And after a dozen or so, I expected a whole rush of people from some liberal blog to have run over to tip the scales. But it never happens. 197 comments. It’s incredible. It’s a miracle.

And the other thing, they’re all really good comments. Some of them call him names using saucy language, and one or two call into question his sexual proclivities, but none of them are really awful and hurtful and pointless and off-the-subject. None of them call him Hitler, either, which has to be the first violation of Godwin’s Law known to mankind since the invention of the internet.

Favourites: Letalis Maximus, Esq., The Mongbat, xxx, Joanne Jacobs, RangersLeadTheWay, Dexter Westbrook, Kerry, Pointless, Holmwood, and of course, Tailburger.

Update!

I tried going to his main blog site after posting this (I had the entry up overnight) and it wouldn’t load. “Hrmm,” thinks I, but then think maybe his server was overloaded. Not so!

LGF - McClatchy Reporter Calvan Created His Own Reality

Good thing I had ye olde Back button. Unfortunately, Peter doesn’t have ye olde Paparazzi utility installed on this machine.

LGF’s got some of the guy’s other stuff in that link, and some updates to the first link. Man, he’s a sh.tty writer. Why do American journalists insist on writing the Great American War Novel with every dispatch?

The video itself isn’t why it’s funny. That the video is being aired is what’s funny.

I guess Mr Rather had already tirelessly tracked down every lead and scraped together every fact for the best and the best-researched broadcast he could do.

Although, he does make a good point about the trenchcoat.

(And he’s in Seattle!)

Update:

Here’s an embedded version, thanks to collar-up fan Vanderleun:

Bill is, as usual, the best part.

Curtsy: Vanderleun