Thanks, Ken. Your note assures me that you don't live totally within the
confines and poetry of domestic family gothic madness!! And that you are
part of the larger country gothic atmosphere!
I look at Fox Network to get my adrenals into action! NPR - half the time -
puts me to sleep.
43 mile commute. Holy S..
Stephen V
http://stephenvincent.net/blog/
> Stephen Vincent wrote:
>
>>> I haven't understood a word of this.
>>>
>>> I just thought you meant panic attacks.
>>>
>>> Big deal?
>>>
>>> Ken
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Ken, Mr. Citizen, you haven't turned on the t.v.? Cheney-Bush-Rumsfeld, etc.
>> - not noticed how they - indeed in 'panic attack mode' - be babbling for
>> 'legal' cover.
>>
>> It's bad poetry, to say the least.
>>
>> Stephen V
>>
>>
> You will probably not believe this but we use the TV mostly as a monitor
> for videos and DVDs. The news comes to me via the car radio and/or
> newspapers. I got out of the habit of watching the tube beginning in
> April 1997 when I got separated. I wonder how I knew about some major
> subjects FOR poetry...I'm thinking of the Columbine HS shootings in
> 1999. I must've had the radio on. I gathered from this morning's news
> that the Bush poll numbers are still in the tank regardless of his last
> week's superb imitation of a rabid pit bull. Beware of the dog, Vicious
> When Drunk. The (I fear temporary) setback to the Patriot Act
> nevertheless must also be an irritant.
>
> I have a very odd relationship with radio news. Sometimes I will say to
> hell with it and put a music CD in the player. But more often than not
> I listen to talk shows, features, or straight news. I am not kidding
> about talk shows: I drive 43 miles each way to and from work, and Sean
> Hannity at least keeps me awake and aware of what the other pit bulls
> are doing. His sincerity reminds me of Hitler's. Unfair, isn't it? It
> always amazes me that leftists refuse to listen to right-wing
> commentators or read their writings: if you don't know the thoughts of
> the people who are really in charge, you will wind up being ground up.
>
> Or I'll put on Randi Rhodes on AirAmerica--the most well-informed and
> savage left wing commentator I have ever heard.
>
> And there is always NPR to listen to people not screaming. Terri Gross
> is my secret girlfriend. I wish.
>
> I DO wonder how long GW, DR, and DC can maintain the strong and tough
> front in the midst of emerging chaos. What's scary to contemplate is
> how long it will take for the truncheons to come out.
>
> Ken
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