[BonnieJ]

No, it's the summer of Laci, Kobe, Patrick Dempsey...and The 16 Words, on Fox!

I have now turned them off, will watch History, Food, Travel, etc, channels until the 2004 election is over. The insanity is just too much and I'll get my news here! That Rick guy filling in for Shep today said "what about all of Karl Rove's well-laid plans?", ripping into the Bush administration with glee. Who needs it?!

[BonnieJ]

OOPS! I mean Patrick Dennehy (or however it's spelled)! How could one forget...It's the new focus of tabloid-Greta!

[Howlin]

I have now turned them off

I've been looking for a Will & Grace marathon. Seen one?

[HHFi]

Remember, the news channels have to broadcast 24 hours a day, even if there's only 10 minutes worth of news. During the dog days of summer, that's usually the case. So you get thousands of hours of intensive coverage of some ridiculous non-story ("Nigergate"?!) that wouldn't deserve five minutes during a really busy news day.

I know because I write a daily topical humor service for radio stations, and I have to come up with five pages a day of jokes about the news, even when there is no major news to write jokes about. But unlike CNN, et al, I can't fill up my entire service with material about the same story, so I have to scour the Internet for a variety of interesting news items from around the world. I wish our overpaid professional "journalists" would show as much initiative as our little radio comedy service and go out and dig up some damn news.

[cmsgop]

What is he Guilty of besides a Nose Job...LOL!!!!!!

[Thank You Rush]

You and I must have reached our limit at the same time. I decided on Monday that I couldn't stand the bickering, shouting, interruptions, talk-overs, prodding that takes place on all my favorite cable shows.

It appears that the hosts believe they need to report to us and then need to whip us up into a frenzy as in "you'll be disgusted also when you hear what I have to report"; as though we aren't able to get irritated at what's going on by ourselves. The first time on hearing some idiot remarks, I am able to get distusted all by myself; I do not need prompting over and over. Hannity is the worst culprit at this and I just couldn't take it any longer. He truly does remind me of a "tattle tale" on the playground; who can I upset today?

I usually spend most evenings reading or on the net, with the TV in the background but no more! Don't think I'm missing anything at all.