Do people really watch this tripe? Even on CNN, certainly not known as a bastion of learned critical thinkers, a poll earlier this week or late last week revealed reality television as the one trend we would like to see go away.

It’s a dark day for America when national and world events are fed to us by biased programming that not only puts their spin on the event but tells us how we are supposed to feel about it!

I have stopped turning on the TV for news, preferring instead to seek out creditable sources online. It’s refreshing to read the facts and to reach my own conclusions. I hope that more and more Americans dump the irresponsible programming on TV and turn to outside sources.

“Ked5 is way out of line on Sarah Palin.”

Huh? Ked5 was making the same exact points you are! I think you need to re-read Ked5’s post because it was saying that’s why the left HATE Sarah because she ISN’T a constant NAG to her husband. lol

As for TV – in my opinion the Cable/Internet explosion has the potential to make any American either a lot smarter, or a lot dumber, depending upon the choices you make. You can spend all day watching shows about history, science, culture, politics, business, engineering, nature, etc, or you can watch poorly written sitcoms and ditzy entertainment news. Now I watch plenty of junk TV too, and I’ll admit it unlike those snobs who say “I only watch PBS”. But at least a few hours in front of the TV every week I’m actually learning something. Internet is the same of course, you can read SSRN articles or Perez Hilton, your choice.

I have tuned in to the Jon & Kate show before – it was a fun show for those of us with one or two kids running around who have no idea how anyone would handle eight. This season it’s basically the Osbournes and incredibly depressing.

Sarah lets Todd be a man. There is no way I could have snowmachined or worked on the north slope with my ex-wife. It was assumed if I was not in the house being browbeat by her, I was up to no good. SOP.

Sarah and Todd are happily married BECAUSE Sarah is not a tyrannical over the line freak like Kate.

1) Kate is a tyrannical psycho to her husband,
2) Kate placates her kids too much rather than disciplining them and keeping them all pitching in.
3) Jon is obviously depressed and emotionally burned out. His face says “Boy, did I make a mistake getting married to her.”

This is what happens when a man is denied his position as leader of the family. Of course he cheated on her. He was never loved, so he wanders.

Let this be a lesson. Train wrecks can be learning experiences. My marriage was.