Real Kato Blog: Weekend Miscellany

Well, I'm a little bit behind on some stuff, so let's see about catching up.

Pat Robertson reached a new level of assbaggery by suggesting that Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine retribution for his policies about Gaza and the West Bank. Gosh, it must be fun to use God for your own purposes like that, Pat. Now hmm, didn't someone suggest that the events of 9/11 were divine retribution against the United States, following similar logic? Oh yeah, that was Osama bin Laden. Hey, you guys have something in common.

Several NBC affiliates are refusing to air the new series "The Book of Daniel", on the grounds that it presents a blasphemous view of Jesus and Christianity. I find it funny how they seem to have missed the entire point of the show (which seems to be a message of tolerance and understanding), most likely based on NBC's titillating advertising leading up to the premiere.

And so what if it IS blasphemous? Here's something you should probably know if you're in the TV business: blasphemy = funny, and funny = ratings. Oh, and also this: controversy = ratings. By making a stink about this, you've probably driven more people to watch the show. I mean, I almost watched it myself. But then, I don't really feel like watching a cross between "Joan of Arcadia" and "Desperate Housewives".

Wal-Mart had to take down its on-line movie recommendation system after it linked a "Planet of the Apes" movie to documentaries about Martin Luther King Jr. and other notable black Americans. Yeah, I'm sure it was an "accident". Geez, do we need any more reasons to hate Wal-Mart?

Postage rates are going up from 37 cents to 39 cents starting today. Which means that I'm going to have to go buy a bunch of two-cent stamps. And then ultimately I'll lose those two-cent stamps and end up putting 74 cents worth of postage on an envelope, just because I don't want to go through the hassle of getting more two-cent stamps, and because I want to use up the 37-cent stamps I already have.

Instead of raising postage by two cents every couple of years, can't we just raise it to 50 cents right now, thus making it unnecessary to have another price increase for the next twenty years? Wouldn't that be easier? Sure, that would mean extra costs for people that send bulk mail... but we hate those guys anyway.

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Comment #1 from Noelle (Guest)
2006 Jan 8 - 9:56 pm : #

As long as we keep the non-profit postage rate the same as it is now for 20 years, I say we go for it! We all pay our bills on line now anyway and who really needs that Christmas card with a photo of your annoying 4 year old?

Comment #2 from Jenn (Guest)
2006 Jan 9 - 4:47 pm : #

Dear Pat Robertson: Please shut your pie hole. Assbaggery indeed.

I went to the post office today (I even walked there, because it was sunny, for once), I should have gone on Saturday but the lines were longer than they were before Christmas, and today, they were still long, all people waiting for 2 cent stamps. Some little old lady was trying to make trouble, bitching to all the employees, like it is specifically their fault that the USPS raised their rates. I wanted to tell her to shut her pie hole, too. She probably went home to watch The 700 Club.

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