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11/21/2003 Archived Entry: "Wassup, CNN?"
Wassup, CNN?
As someone who leaves CNN on the teevee during the day simply because leaving MSNBC or Fox on all day would no doubt cause my brain to leak out of my ears, I tend to catch things that other people may miss.
One thing that I noticed a few times today is the anchors' incessant use of the term 'in the house.' Bill Schneider is 'in the house,' Judy Woodruff is 'in the house,' today Rick James was 'in the house.'
This makes me shake my head every time I hear it.
The spectacle of the ultra-white and terminally stiff Miles O'Brien and Kyra Phillips proclaiming other ultra-white and terminally stiff people (James excepted) 'in the house' really bugs the fuck out of me for some reason.
How long before they start using the phrases 'mah n*ggaz' or 'off the hizzle?' When that day comes, I will drive to the gun shop, come home and Elvis my TV.
Update: Good Lord. Now country star Brad Paisley is 'in the house.' Where will it end?
Replies: 6 people speak up
You poor, miserable, pathetic soul. I watch the CBC from the moment I wake to the moment I go beddie-bye. Yeah, the sponsors are lame (Invention Exchange, Igea-type products, and Ameri-Debt), but the content; oh, the content.
It's like news from another planet. The commentators are mature in age, knowledgeable, low-key. They never smirk, sneer, shout, or snicker. And they never, ever, use expressions like "in the house."
By the way, was that Rick James as in "Rick James and the Stoned City Band"? That name brings me back to my funk-kay days of the late '70s.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 11/21/2003 09:26 PM NY
i wish i got the cbc. i hate american news. its nice when cspan shows the cbc, but thats rare. i have bbc america, but they dont even show the news as far as i can tell, its all just make over shows and home improvement (plus the occasional monty python, which i cant complain about)
Posted by justin @ 11/22/2003 12:39 PM NY
No way! MSNBC is the Shizzle, yo! P's!
Posted by Pom Pom @ 11/22/2003 03:42 PM NY
Oh, I don't know -- there's something slightly entertaining about watching some loathsome media whore like Jack Cafferty responding to Bill Hemmer with "Word to your mom, G."
Posted by Ivan @ 11/22/2003 07:35 PM NY
I want to personally thank BLAH 3 and it's loyal readers for giving us Justin. No matter what you post, or how well you argue, Justis is there to illustrate how fucking stupid the liberal movement and ideals are. Surely, Providence alone must be responsible for this gift to the Conservatives.
Thank you BLAH 3, thank you loyal readers, and thank you Providence for this incredibly stupid man, Justin.
Thank you for the "Useful Idiot."
Posted by Ragin Cajun Dave @ 11/22/2003 11:02 PM NY
have i told you lately what a fucking idiot you are? considering your hatered for me, i can only take solace in obvious fact that i am right, or else i would not piss you off so much. the world needs comic relief, thank you for the laugh
Posted by justin @ 11/23/2003 10:00 PM NY
