FOX, Nice Try, But Not Good Enough

After Colbert's trouncing of O'Reilly the other day, I guess the honchos at FOXNews thought they needed their own comedy show. Hence the birth of The 1/2 Hour News Hour. The title itself proves how utterly foolish conservatives are. Besides which, they should honestly know better. I mean have some self-awareness. Can you even think of a conservative comedian? I certainly cannot. Conservatives are not funny, in fact, they are rather mean spirited. Take a look at the first clip, and if it doesn't make you cringe, well you must be a Hannity regular.

I mean Rush as President? That's quite possibly worse than the current administration, and I wasn't really sure that was even possible. Ann Coulter as Veep? Talk about nightmarish. I think I truly would be forced to move to France if a Rush - Coulter ticket won any sort of election - city council even, let alone a presidential election. But aside from the utterly unamusing scenario the sketch outlines, there is no comedy in the clip. It is just the usual vitriol spewed by FOXNews on a regular basis. Who on earth will watch this garbage? Well besides me for the purposes of blogging...

The Pot Calling the Kettle Black?

I generally disagree with much of what David Brooks has to say. But given his views and the paper he writes for, I am quite confident that he is used to all the "haters". The title of his Op-ed today intriguing, The Heyday of Snobbery. So despite my better judgement I decided to read it.

Brooks complains that the movie 'Borat' "ridicules Pentecostals, gun owners, car dealers, hicks, humorless feminists, the Southern gentry, Southern frat boys, and rodeo cowboys. A safer list it is impossible to imagine. " This may be true, but Brooks sense of injustice rings hollow. Brooks criticizes John Stewart and Bill Maher for scornful tone. His trifecta against snobbery culminates with the snobbery of Blue Staters who think people who voted for Bush are either racist or anti-Semitic idiots. (Note to D. Brooks: I doubt many people think GWB is anti-Semitic. I always thought he was rather nice to the Jews... to the Muslims, not so much. I would classify Bush as pro-Semitic if such a term exists.)

The problem with Brooks' essay is he, like Borat, goes with the "safe conservative list". By denouncing liberals, the Daily Show, and pot-heads (e.g., Maher), he hits the "usual suspects". Since when has Brooks cared about humorless feminists? If he did, he should have added Ann Coulter to the list. Is she not a snob for her comments about liberal feminists being ugly? Or how about Bill O'Reilly who thinks that secular progressives (e.g., most normal people)? Apparently, Brooks prescribes to the school of “fair and balanced” reporting ala FOX news.