Happy Thanksgiving…
May your Turkey be dry, you pumpkin pie crust fall apart, your sweet potatoes be sour, your mash potatoes be clumpy, your in-laws and parents drive you insane, your kids finish the job if your in-laws and parents fail, and the cable news nets be asleep at the switch when some big breaking news shockingly breaks in what is a normal news day for the rest of the world…
…basically your typical Thanksgiving day…
November 24, 2011 at 8:46 am
Can I go back to sleep, now?
November 24, 2011 at 9:00 am
gobble gobble
November 24, 2011 at 9:16 am
#OCCUPYDINNERTABLE #OCCUPYMYBELLY
November 24, 2011 at 10:05 am
What it looks like when you’re done.
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff189/mcm5mcm/tired.jpg
November 24, 2011 at 10:58 am
Somebody thought “Thanksgiving at the Cabin” was a good idea. Twelve kids age 2 to 18. Some pets as well, but I haven’t be able to count them. On Packers vs Lions I have turned closed-captioning on. Pepper spray a vegetable?
November 24, 2011 at 11:41 am
Laura, that’s cute! Looks like one of Missy’s cousins!
November 24, 2011 at 1:14 pm
A lot of Orlando TV news folks move on to bigger and better gigs after O-Town. Some end up making some news themselves.
That appears to be the case with former WFTV-Channel 9 reporter Leland Vittert. NewsBlues.com reports that Vittert — who was hired last year to cover the Middle East for Fox News Channel – may be in a bit of trouble.
According to NewsBlues, “A crew from CNN reportedly saw him in the middle of a high-stakes card game in Tel Aviv, using Fox’s expense money as a gambling bankroll, and squealled on him.”
NewsBlues also says that sources told the site that Vittert has been suspended and is now back in the U.S. Vittert reportedly said he was using the money as pretend currency and no actual money was exchanged. Stay tuned.
http://rogersimmons.com/former-channel-9-reporter-leyland-vitter/2011/11/24/
November 24, 2011 at 7:28 pm
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/imagining-a-charlie-browns-thanksgiving-with-fiery-gop-debate-dialogue/
November 25, 2011 at 12:26 pm
How stupid is Black Friday? People are trying to kill each other at WalMart.
November 25, 2011 at 12:28 pm
Only if it’s a sale on sparkling cider. Then, maybe.
November 25, 2011 at 1:38 pm
There goes Joe exaggerating again. Everyone knows that Wal*Mart shopping on Black Friday is a contact sport and the lady only gets a 5-minute major…. having her kids along as blockers is a perfectly legal offensive strategy but the pepper spray is like cross-checking in hockey.
November 25, 2011 at 1:58 pm
Ya know how some people whine and moan about “not enough straight news” on cable? I hope they’re happy today. Hour after hour of endless “top stories” and weather. Thank God there’s a Top Gear marathon on BBC America..
November 25, 2011 at 4:02 pm
Stun guns and pepperspray. Happy Freaking Holidays!
November 25, 2011 at 4:11 pm
I think the few shootings and stuff at Walmart are abnormal. We can’t brand all Black Friday shoppers that way, right?
A few OWalmart Shoppers do not represent the whole.
November 25, 2011 at 4:12 pm
Oh, take a pill.
November 25, 2011 at 9:29 pm
Dana Perino adamantly refuses to trump up fake outrages. For the record, Thanksgiving isn’t a “Christian holiday”. Most Americans celebrate it, and most of them use it as an expression of thankfulness for the things in life that are meaningful to them, without necessarily atributing them to a deity. Someday religious conservatives are going to have to accept that this is not a Christian nation. Everybody gets to play.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/dana-perino-defends-obama-for-leaving-god-out-of-thanksgiving-message/
November 25, 2011 at 9:33 pm
It may not be a Christian holiday, or even a religious one, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t start that way…
http://www.examiner.com/wayne-county-conservative-in-detroit/thanksgiving-2011
November 25, 2011 at 9:46 pm
I fail to see what that has to do with the current state of its existence in this country. This is a secular country, with a secular government, and I’m sick of hearing “atheist” and “Muslim” every damn time the President skips a “God” reference the Right deems mandatory.
November 26, 2011 at 6:11 am
Unbelievable. I was just over at TVNewser, and he’s posted something where the Today show is asking “Was Bachmann too harsh in faulting Fallon? ”
Can you believe it? This woman is ridiculed via the choice of songs used to in her introduction; she asks for an apology from the guy whose name is on the show, and SHE”S THE VILLIAN?
In the bizarro world of NBC, I guess the answer is “yes”.
November 26, 2011 at 7:07 am
The right needs to realize that making Muslims and Aetheists uncomfortable is not acceptable. They may not say ANYTHING that comes close to attack, un-supporting, or criticizing of their beliefs.
That type of stuff is only acceptable when the people in question are Mormons.
November 26, 2011 at 9:45 am
The NBC Universal store still sells Countdown merchandise (or at least still has it up on the website): http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/countdown-with-keith-olbermann/index.php?v=msnbc_countdown-with-keith-olbermann&nvbar=Shows:Countdown+with+Keith+Olbermann
November 26, 2011 at 9:49 am
^ For all your holiday needs, give the gift of stfu!
November 26, 2011 at 10:44 am
I always have trouble figuring out why so many liberals favor Muslims over other religions. The same people seem so eager to be scornful of Cristians and Jews.
November 26, 2011 at 10:48 am
the children at our Thansgiving dinner said prayers, but no one cautioned them it was a secular holiday
November 26, 2011 at 11:40 am
I was thankful that not everyone I know sucks all the time.
November 26, 2011 at 11:50 am
Amongst my family around the tables this Thanksgiving, Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Muslims, and even Mormons were represented. Probably at least one or two Agnostics. Certainly different interpretations of faith in that big crowd, but the meal prayer of thanks was to the same God. We’ve all attended each others’ houuses of worship at least once over the past year so from my perspective, anyway, the “secular” argument is childish and simplistic.
November 26, 2011 at 12:28 pm
Nice job missing the point, missing the pointers. ‘Secular’ doesn’t mean ‘devoid of religion’, and you’re free to pray to whoever you want. That still doesn’t make it a ‘Christian nation’, and the President still isn’t required to appease people who demand a religious reference in every year’s Thanksgiving message. As Dana said, the last two CiC’s have used it some years, but not all. Eric has no case.
November 26, 2011 at 12:54 pm
We had too many people and not much in the way of leftovers. I suppose saying that makes me a bad person.
November 26, 2011 at 1:11 pm
Uhh..no.
November 26, 2011 at 1:14 pm
Pepper-spraying people so you can get to an XBox…THAT makes you a bad person. Unless it’s a really good price. Then all bets are off.
November 26, 2011 at 2:28 pm
^ Do you think she got to keep it?
November 26, 2011 at 2:55 pm
-Dana Perino-
Of course she was correct. I don’t know that she so much “defended’ Obama’s words… it was simply the truth as is typical for her.
-Pepper Spray Patty-
I’m disappointed that she turned herself in. I was hoping for a ‘Black Friday Wal*Mart opening’-style bashing of her front door in by a large mob of… pepper spray-wielding cops.
November 26, 2011 at 3:58 pm
Too bad Law & Order is off the air. I would’ve loved to see a “ripped from the headlines” episode about Black Friday.
November 26, 2011 at 4:47 pm
I’m getting rid of stuff today and had on HGTV. If anyone gets a chance, youve got to see this one episode. This couple had a decent looking home, but they wanted the “design star”, Emily Henderson, to redecorate it and fix it up for Christmas.
OMG!!!!! She paints the place two different shades of blue, replaces the beautiful travertine fireplace surround with dark wood, puts in the gawdiest looking drapes, makes a “chandelier” out of dark wood that looks like a swingset, makes the tackiest looking Christmas decorations, including a massive peace sign (in blue, of course) over the aforementioned fireplace.
The homeowners seemed to go along with everything, but I’m guessing they were just caught up in the moment of being on TV. If this were my house, I’d have torched it by now.
But in the spirit of Thanksgiving, just be grateful for whatever your homes look like. Nothing could be worse than what this place turned into!
November 26, 2011 at 5:51 pm
Pepper-spraying people so you can get to an XBox…THAT makes you a bad person.
Now a PS3 on the other hand…
GEAUX TIGERS!
November 26, 2011 at 6:04 pm
Missy, I sat through a lot of the shows when I was married. Couple leaves for the weekend, hipster interior designers take over, couple comes back..SURPRISE! I remember one guy who couldn’t hide it. He didn’t say much, but he was PISSED.
November 26, 2011 at 6:13 pm
I just sat through the barely-tolerable Atlas Shrugged, and am now awaiting the end of the postgame-commentary. Rather have my molding stripped.
November 26, 2011 at 8:21 pm
PJ O’Rourke agrees.
http://blogs.wsj.com/ideas-market/2011/04/06/atlas-shrugged-and-so-did-i/
November 27, 2011 at 12:39 pm
91 days until the Daytona 500.
But who’s counting?
November 27, 2011 at 12:41 pm
My liberal friends seem to despise Ayn Rand more than anyone except maybe Dick Cheney. The fact this film was a stinker seemed to yield them endless merriment.
November 27, 2011 at 12:45 pm
Is the Daytona 500 like a remake of The 300 Spartams but with more Spartans?
November 27, 2011 at 1:02 pm
– Shrugged –
I’ve listened to talk-radio for 21 years; Neal Boortz for half that time. I’ve never read the book, but could probably write a passable Cliff Notes, at this point. So could all the people who watched the movie. This movie exists only for the intimate needs of the zealous, and quality is an afterthought. Interpret that as you wish. I’m psychologically incapable of that type of zeal, at least for an idea. Put another way…I ain’t watching the damn commentary.
November 27, 2011 at 3:02 pm
I bought a copy of Shrugged the book a few months ago off eBay (it was like $5)… but I haven’t cracked it yet.
Now ya’ll have me worried.
November 27, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Very good. It doesn’t call names or make assumptions, and explains quite well why I’m tired of him. With the appearance of Obama and Beck, Billo checked himself and appeared to moderate. Rush seems to have given himself over to his baser impulses. Whether it’s overt or covert, it doesn’t matter. It’s ugly, and I don’t care who else does it or gets away with it.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/rush-limbaugh-needs-to-read-this-before-he-uses-uppity-tweak-again/
November 27, 2011 at 4:14 pm
Does having an arrest at an OWS event on your record help or hinder your ability to find a job?
November 27, 2011 at 5:53 pm
^ Irrelevant. When have they tried to get a job?
November 27, 2011 at 6:46 pm
^ heh heh
November 27, 2011 at 6:56 pm
Do conservatives seriously believe people upset about the lack of jobs have never LOOKED for one? You sound ridiculous.
November 27, 2011 at 6:59 pm
It Lives!
November 27, 2011 at 7:06 pm
That’s a good article on Mediaite, followed by a useless comment section.
November 27, 2011 at 7:30 pm
@ Joe
Read the TVNewser comment section on Ed’s GQ award if you want to see “useless.” It makes Mediaite look like… um… like… well, still a terrible site, but you get the idea.
As for the other stuff… (1) take a joke, (2) people who can sleep in the park for weeks and months either don’t work, won’t work, and/or aren’t looking to work, and (3) you can be upset, without thinking that sitting around doing nothing but making things tough for average Americans, accomplishes anything.
November 27, 2011 at 7:35 pm
“Take a bath, get a job” sounds like a rich guy who’s never had to struggle to make ends meet. It’s the mantra of the right wing against this movement, and makes you sound like elite, out-of-touch morons. You can’t win a bad-economy-based election with that attitude. Don’t say I didn’t warn ya..
November 27, 2011 at 7:47 pm
Yeah, telling people to “get a job” when this administration is doing everything they can to destroy them, does seem a bit counterproductive. Although, I’m thinking that the “elite, out-of-touch morons” might be the ones more concerned about the ‘environment’ than jobs, but that’s just me.
November 27, 2011 at 8:01 pm
Did you steal that from the “canned rightie responses” file, or pay a fee?
November 27, 2011 at 8:14 pm
“Take a bath, get a job” sounds like the advice many a dad has given to his whiny offspring since forever. The morons who think the occupy crowd are doing something to improve society are the same ones who can’t wrap their brains around how the wealth really works and the rule of law relates to a prosperous economy. Besides, they’re never going to vote Repub anyway.
November 27, 2011 at 8:15 pm
It may be a little snobby to just tell someone outright to take a bath and get a job, but are you really going to tell me that camping out in a park for weeks doing nothing but calling people greedy is going to help matters any?
November 27, 2011 at 8:21 pm
No, I think the park-sitting has outlasted its usefulness. I didn’t respond to a comment about the efficacy of the OWS movement. I responded to the 45th idiotic “get a job” comment from clueless righties who seem to think there’s jobs out there to get.
November 27, 2011 at 8:28 pm
There are quite a few jobs available and many pay well. Maybe not in California, though…
November 27, 2011 at 8:30 pm
Fair enough, but my first, first, second, third, fourth, fifth, or hundredth option in that situation would not be to cause a daily fracas and impede other people WITH jobs. For the most part, people understand Occupy (city)’s frustration, but a lot of people also agree that what they did is not the way to fix it.
November 27, 2011 at 8:30 pm
Maybe not in California, though…
Burn.
November 27, 2011 at 8:36 pm
Pimp My Ride marathon on Speed Channel. Never saw it before..every car they customized was owned by a broke kid. I’ve never seen a ‘chop show’ where they give away an obscenely expensive custom job to someone without a dime to their name. Pretty cool.
November 27, 2011 at 9:09 pm
Thee absolutely are jobs out there. My company is hiring.
But as I read in a NYTimes Mag article, they’re not the high paying, glamorous jobs, in the sexy locals, that the OWS protesters and college kids think they deserve.
Having to pay your dues is overrated.
November 27, 2011 at 9:09 pm
^ Pays to watch non-cable news sometimes.
November 27, 2011 at 9:28 pm
pffft. Since when?
November 27, 2011 at 9:33 pm
Indeed. It keeps me employed!
November 27, 2011 at 9:40 pm
Pretending that low-wage no-hope jobs counts as “jobs” – hello, Texas – is ridiculous. If your graduate degree qualifies you for nothing more than burger-flipper at In-N-Out, your country’s in trouble.
November 27, 2011 at 9:43 pm
91 days until the Daytona 500.
The secret? DVR a bunch of GP2, NASCAR East & West, and sports car races…don’t watch ‘em ’til the off-season.
November 27, 2011 at 9:51 pm
So what you’re saying, Joe, is that schools that offer Art History majors, Library Sciences, and Anthropology should all either give refunds, or discontinue those programs?
Oh, and the person quoted in the NYTimes Mag story was in journalism school. They were upset that they’d have to leave NYC, get paid a low wage to begin with, and start at the bottom. Boo-hoo.
November 27, 2011 at 9:55 pm
You clearly have no idea what I’m saying, and don’t care. On with your agenda.
November 27, 2011 at 11:46 pm
Colin Powell states the obvious, the True Believers will freak out and call him a RINO. It’s predictable and tiresome.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/colin-powell-the-tea-party-will-not-produce-a-presidential-candidate-who-will-win/
November 27, 2011 at 11:50 pm
There’s plenty of jobs out there..
http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2011/11/skilled-jobs-go-begging-not-quite?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
November 28, 2011 at 12:40 am
WSJ is wrong! Everything does suck!
November 28, 2011 at 12:41 am
Ask Anyone!
November 28, 2011 at 12:28 pm
@ Joe
I think I understand what you’re saying… it’s the same thing you’ve been saying for months now:
1) I’m right.
2) OWS is fighting for everyone’s rights, except those who disagree with it, don’t like their actions, or have “more” than average Americans
3) No matter how many examples of bad behavior, bad actions, misunderstanding of life and basic economics are provided… they don’t represent or reflect the “whole,” and you shouldn’t talk about it.
4) Anyone who disagrees is either an idiot, rich, unconcerned, uncaring, or “just doesn’t get it.”
5) For all other questions or concerns, go back to rule one and shut up.
Have I got it about right?
November 28, 2011 at 1:37 pm
No.
November 28, 2011 at 1:51 pm
You sure? Because I was pretty proud of that list.
November 28, 2011 at 2:12 pm
I’m sure that two days later you’re still asking me about something I wasn’t talking about.
November 28, 2011 at 8:44 pm
One day… but who’s counting?
March 4, 2012 at 9:46 pm
sol yours truly…
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