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In a recent radio interview, Jay Leno addressed the issue of people boycotting his show in the wake of the Conan O’Brien fiasco. He said, “You don’t boo the next batter up just because the last batter struck out.” Really? Let’s look at a replay and see how that game really went.
(Sorry, dad, but Jay keeps digging himself deeper and acting like an ass.)
I’ve heard that there are people in the US protesting the idea of the government being involved in health care. They think that the National Health Service in the UK is terrible and socialist.
But if you don’t want the government involved in healthcare, how do you support so much of the socialism and government control that already exists in America?
If you don’t want government healthcare, why do you put up with public, government run libraries? Free books for everyone? How is that capitalist? Privatize libraries and keep knowledge and information in the hands of the rich.
And what about firefighting? Back in the good old days, there were dozens of competing fire departments in each town, and they only put out fires for people who had paid for fire insurance from their company. If you didn’t pay, your family burned. Isn’t that a more capitalist way to do things? If you don’t have money, why should the rest of us pay to stop your house from burning?
The worst of all is public schools. Why should the government be deciding what your children learn? That’s why there are still private schools. But people who send their kids to private schools are still forced to pay taxes supporting public schools. And people without kids have to pay to educate other people’s children. If you can’t afford to educate children, you shouldn’t have children. Isn’t that more capitalist? I mean, it is extreme socialism to offer equal education to all children. If you’re against public healthcare, you should be equally petitioning to privatize all schools.
If you’re against socialist health care, why aren’t you protesting the other marks of socialism in America? You fight against equal healthcare, but you tolerate equal libraries, schools, police, firefighters, and roads for everyone. Seems hypocritical to me.
A while ago my husband asked if I wanted to do anything in particular for Valentine’s Day. I told him, “Since it’s an entirely invented holiday, I’m not too fussed about it.” And it’s true. I don’t really care about Valentine’s Day. It doesn’t mean anything. I spent about £3 on a present for husband and I will make him a cheesecake he requested. But even that much isn’t entirely necessary as far as I’m concerned. So if you’re single and have no one on Valentine’s Day, feel free to ignore it as much as I do. It doesn’t matter.
I saw part of the opening ceremonies of the Olympics here, but not when it was aired. It was on at 1:45am here. The one thing I didn’t want to see was the tragic death of the Georgian athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili. When I saw the video footage they showed him flying off his sled and into the air, and then cut away. But I’ve heard what NBC did. They showed every moment of it in slow motion. Three times. If I didn’t hate NBC because of Conan, I definitely hate NBC now. There are a few shows on NBC that I like (The Office and 30 Rock), but I can live without them for the sake of boycotting NBC. I will not watch any NBC shows until Jeff Zucker and Dick Ebersol (the head of NBC sports programming) are fired. And I’m not the only one.
It you hate what Jeff Zucker did to Conan, join I’m With Coco on Facebook. And if you hate what Dick Ebersol did to Nodar Kumaritashvili’s loved ones, join Another disgrace at the hands of NBC on Facebook.
Also I found out that there is a fan group for this web site on Facebook. Weird. I had no idea.
Anyway, enjoy your made-up holiday or whatever.
In another time stream, in an alternate universe, NBC is not run by drunken hobo orangutans. In that universe, lets look at The Tonight Show.
In 2004, they wanted to keep Conan O’Brien so they made a deal with Jay Leno, and offered Conan The Tonight Show. Jay agreed to it. Let’s watch the video of Jay announcing this decision:
So, 2009 came along and Conan was given The Tonight Show. His crew moved to California and they were very happy at 11:35.
What happened to Jay Leno? NBC wisely told him that another daily comedy variety show would be foolish. Instead, they offered him a chance to do what he loves. He is given a one hour weekly car show on NBC. It is like the US version of Top Gear. He gets to be on TV in front of a live audience. He gets to play with cars. And best of all, he leaves Conan O’Brien alone, like he promised in 2004.
In that universe, they all lived happily ever after. Jay and Conan both got to be popular in their own niche. No hard feelings anywhere, and NBC had two hit shows and didn’t have to pay severance pay to anyone. Wouldn’t it be nice to visit that universe?
My ideas for Conan O’Brien, now that he’s saying goodbye to NBC:
Move to Finland. Broadcast over the internet. Conan is already a hero there, and it would bring more tourism to Finland.
Instead of taking a payoff, offer to wrestle Jay Leno for the Tonight Show. Conan has the height advantage. And if they could tag team, I think Conan could get Mr. T on his side.
Go back to writing for The Simpsons. They could use the help.
Move to FOX, but NEVER EVER invite Joss Whedon on your show. FOX cancels everything that man touches.
Move to the Food Network. I know your show has nothing to do with cooking, but neither does “Semi-Homemade” with Sandra Lee.
Anyone else have any ideas?
One of my very infrequent current event posts.
Jay Leno is a friend of my family. Like, my dad has Jay’s cell phone number (and no you can’t have it). My parents spent their last anniversary with him. He’s an awesome guy and he couldn’t be nicer. However, I am very strongly pro-Conan. Five years ago Jay said that he was going to step down from The Tonight Show in order to avoid a big dramafest like there was when he got the job over Letterman so many years ago. Now NBC is crapping all over that. Conan has put in his time and he was rightfully given the helm of The Tonight Show. Trying to move The Tonight Show to 12:05 is just crap. Wherever Conan ends up, I hope I can still watch him. You know, legally on tv. Not in a creepy way like through binoculars.
I am a Christian and I really want to follow Jesus’ example and love everyone. However, every time Pat Robertson opens his mouth I fantasize about the painful ways I’d like him to die. If he ever was a Christian, I see no remaining evidence of it. It offends me to the core when he tries to claim to be a representative of God. I don’t know what god he represents, but it isn’t the one in the Bible.
