Charlie Rose pissed me off last night.
He announces that he's going to have Naomi Klein, the progressive author of, "No Logo," and, "The Shock Doctrine," together with that old fartknocker, the co-founder of the National Review, William F. Buckley, TOGETHER ON HIS SHOW. Then he interviews Buckley for the first half hour, then interviews Klein for the second, SEPARATELY.
This especially pissed me off, because I remember Klein persistantly calling Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan out on his bullshit on Democracy Now! a few months ago.
So, naturally, I was anticipating a one-on-one debate where Klein can easily shoot down this icon of the modern Conservative movement.
What's more, Rose talked to Buckley first. Now, if you're a member of this site, you most likely don't remember far back enough to know what it's like to listen to William F. Buckley drone on for more than 5 minutes. I found out myself last night. I'm surprised it wasn't featured as one of the torture tactics described in Klein's new book. By the time Buckley was finished, my Mom and I were probably the only ones among the viewing audience left awake to listen to Klein's counterpoint.
Even better/worse/better again was something Buckley said during the last five minutes of the interview when most people probably had sleep drool oozing on their sofas. He mentioned that if George W. Bush were prime minister of England, he would be GONE BY NOW. That's right. He actually said something I agree with. Apparently, Parliament has the power to give the Prime Minister a, "no confidence," vote for simply doing a bad job. No high crimes or treason, just plain old fuckin' up. Pack your shit, you're fired. This is important information for the American people to have, because I think maybe our Democrat-controlled Congress ought to have that power, too - at least now they should, while our planet is dying, while our civil liberties are being taken away from us, as well as our jobs and health care. But you wouldn't have heard it unless you were one of the few people who find this 100-year-old man with a high-brow New England accent fascinating to listen to.
This is one reason why I don't have a television.
He announces that he's going to have Naomi Klein, the progressive author of, "No Logo," and, "The Shock Doctrine," together with that old fartknocker, the co-founder of the National Review, William F. Buckley, TOGETHER ON HIS SHOW. Then he interviews Buckley for the first half hour, then interviews Klein for the second, SEPARATELY.
This especially pissed me off, because I remember Klein persistantly calling Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan out on his bullshit on Democracy Now! a few months ago.
So, naturally, I was anticipating a one-on-one debate where Klein can easily shoot down this icon of the modern Conservative movement.
What's more, Rose talked to Buckley first. Now, if you're a member of this site, you most likely don't remember far back enough to know what it's like to listen to William F. Buckley drone on for more than 5 minutes. I found out myself last night. I'm surprised it wasn't featured as one of the torture tactics described in Klein's new book. By the time Buckley was finished, my Mom and I were probably the only ones among the viewing audience left awake to listen to Klein's counterpoint.
Even better/worse/better again was something Buckley said during the last five minutes of the interview when most people probably had sleep drool oozing on their sofas. He mentioned that if George W. Bush were prime minister of England, he would be GONE BY NOW. That's right. He actually said something I agree with. Apparently, Parliament has the power to give the Prime Minister a, "no confidence," vote for simply doing a bad job. No high crimes or treason, just plain old fuckin' up. Pack your shit, you're fired. This is important information for the American people to have, because I think maybe our Democrat-controlled Congress ought to have that power, too - at least now they should, while our planet is dying, while our civil liberties are being taken away from us, as well as our jobs and health care. But you wouldn't have heard it unless you were one of the few people who find this 100-year-old man with a high-brow New England accent fascinating to listen to.
This is one reason why I don't have a television.