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12/02/09
The problem with this is obvious enough that it doesn't warrant further elaboration. However, there is an additional component that deserves mention. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has banned reporters from being present in their meetings. There is virtually no independent media presence to observe the handling of the county's affairs. There are two options to figure out what's going on: try to decipher the incredibly cryptic language in which the Supervisors record their decisions or refer to their newsletters.
So I would argue that we should include government among the vultures feeding off the carcass of the profit-driven news industry. When conservative friends argue in favor of the wisdom of the market, I point to the death of journalism as the perfect counterargument. I would much prefer that my conservative friends were correct, and that the consumer figures out how much of their political freedom is at stake in the future of journalism.
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My friends who still have steady, long-term jobs (that they used to complain about) are simultaneously thankful and stressed about losing those jobs. The only people I know whose careers are moving slightly upwards are my very young, inexperienced friends and former interns who until recently were basically working for free. I wonder how much longer before these talented, idealistic younger friends take a hard look at their career prospects and jump ship.
I think it was a historical anomaly that for a generation or two journalism was considered a solidly middle to upper middle class profession that attracted the best and the brightest and rewarded them with placid little lives straight out of Mary Tyler Moore or Bridget Jones. It seems that for most folks in the industry it's going to revert to being a lower lower middle class gig. Maybe that will lead to better, more socially conscious journalism because writers will no longer be ensconced in Upper West Side condos prattling on about the cost of a decent private school in Manhattan. Glancing at other countries where journalism has much lower prestige and compensation suggests otherwise, that basically all the magazines are going to suck such balls that no one should ever speak of them, and the smaller newspapers (which in the future we will call local news feeds) will be rehashed press releases and newswire feeds written by mediocre shlubs, with a tiny elite of pubs doing great work.
All the future-people who would have been journalists, what will they become instead? Ballerinas? Astronauts? Jockeys in Dubai? It's a very exciting time for these counter-factual would-have-been-journalists. So many possibilities.
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11/28/09
I would happily fuck your ass by way of experiment/charity—if you could first be in touch with some pics, etc.
11/28/09
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Men rape. Generally women. That’s why it’s generally misogynist to make general statements justifying rape.
Homosexuals are men who like to have sex with men and are capable of romantic love with men. Sticking your dick in a vagina doesn’t make you straight any more than fucking an ass in prison makes you gay.
11/28/09
Until you've lost somebody due to someone's negligence you don't know how you'll react. Besides my aunt being killed, my son was killed in a horrible accident last year where somebody was completely careless. I can't go into details about it because there is a lawsuit pending. Even if we win the lawsuit my son is gone and the prick responsible is still walking around a free man. I still don't know what I will do even if we do win the lawsuit. Giving somebody money in exchange for a loved ones life is not a fair exchange by any means. Again, I didn't mean to make this personal with you, but when somebody dies I can relate to the story and look for true justice to be served.
11/28/09
Payback, he said.
Then, because he was outrageous and wanted to freak me out, he started to act out a prison rape.
But to get to the point, heterosexual men do rape other straight men in prison.
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I totally agree that people who commit crimes like this one get off way too easy: when a person is injured or killed, the criminal should face a serious punishment. I say let the potheads out, keep these assclowns in longer.
If you are 190lbs and a real biker, then yes, you most likely would win in a fight. So, if it came to that, I would have to bring my older brother along, who is a biker, hunter, and a union electrician in construction—though not to fight you. While you guys were trading war stories, I would escape. (In fact, from now on, when I read your comments, I think I will pretend you are my brother. Ha.) Anyway, cheers.
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Thanks again man, now I have to heart you, but in a non-gay way. *smile* Be cool.
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and, uh, pube sheets? ick.
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jk, but seriously, that's what I assume is the case.