The Chris Matthews Show: am I the only one who sees how transparent he and his guests are? After all, these people are at the top in their fields, journalists, editors, Pulitzer Prize winning authors. But are the emperors naked?
Today, they were discussing Conservatives and Republicans criticism of BHO’s "beer summit." They played a clip of Rush Limbaugh stating that the beer summit diminishes the office of the presidency. “It’s all about Obama” said Rush, referring to his opinion that BHO's motivation is to be seen as the post-racial president, but in this case acted as just another race baiter. For Rush and his fellow Conservative commentators, they said, Obama is all about race. What a horrid bunch of low lifes these Conservatives are.
Later, for the last question of the show, Matthews asks his panel if they think BHO will ever inject another race comment again. Their answers, each and every one, was, “Well, sure he will. That’s who he is.”
So first they criticize Rush for saying that BHO is not the post racial president he claimed he wanted to be. Then they openly admit that BHO is not the post-racial president he claimed he wanted to be.
That's what I thought I said.
If Matthews had the moral fortitude or the intellectual honesty to put even one Conservative on his panel, I do not think they would have gotten away with it. That’s why Matthews almost never has opposing viewpoints on his show.
Naked? These top people in their field are indeed as naked as a baby's butt. Not a pretty sight.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Monday, June 16, 2008
Long Enough!
How many times I've wanted to start my own blog, just to get things off my chest, or to make some profound comments on the world condition, or maybe just to vent and rant? Well, here it is, finally. I just got off the phone with Air Canada, and customer service is such a joy in this society, I just had to post.
After making a round trip to Lehigh Valley Airport for nothing, I called Air Canada to find out why my son's flight got cancelled. Yes we had thunderstorms, but when I left the house, Air Canada's web site showed the flight status as "On Time" fifteen minutes AFTER the flight was to take off.
On the way home, within 30 minutes of the scheduled arrival, the sun was shining here in the Lehigh Valley. Beautiful, as a matter of fact. So I called Air Canada and the arrogant operator seemed perplexed as to why I was upset over this. Isn't this what we should expect from airlines? "Esplanations? Ve don't need no stinkin' esplanations!" So I went back to the Air Canada website, went to the "Contact Us" page, and then clicked the "Click Here for complaints" link. Wow, what efficiency! I left a polite note asking who i should send my gasoline bill to. When I clicked send I got this:
(I swear, I did not make this up.)
"Thank you for contacting us. This is an "auto-response" which confirms we have received your message.Our current processing time is 21 business days for general customer concerns and 8 weeks for baggage related issues. There is no need to re-submit your information, we will do our best to get back to you as soon as we can. Unfortunately, Customer Relations is unable to accept email attachments. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause."
Lovely. 21 days to get any answer at all. 8 weeks to get info about baggage. How can they stand the pressure of providing such fabulous customer service? Do they pay their people enough to achieve such levels of greatness?
I know, I know. The airline industry is under stress, fuel prices, unions, yada, yada, yada. And when an airline goes under, they blame the economy.
Male bovine excrement.
This is why I drive anywhere I possibly can within reason.
Airlines are nothing more than overpriced, elite bus services that fly. The only thing missing is gum under the seat. Lets just all admit that, keep our expectations low, and we will never be disappointed.
And if you are in the airline industry, get over yourself. Maybe you are one step above a taxi dispatcher, but I don't think so. Even Louis DePalma didn't take himself seriously.
After making a round trip to Lehigh Valley Airport for nothing, I called Air Canada to find out why my son's flight got cancelled. Yes we had thunderstorms, but when I left the house, Air Canada's web site showed the flight status as "On Time" fifteen minutes AFTER the flight was to take off.
On the way home, within 30 minutes of the scheduled arrival, the sun was shining here in the Lehigh Valley. Beautiful, as a matter of fact. So I called Air Canada and the arrogant operator seemed perplexed as to why I was upset over this. Isn't this what we should expect from airlines? "Esplanations? Ve don't need no stinkin' esplanations!" So I went back to the Air Canada website, went to the "Contact Us" page, and then clicked the "Click Here for complaints" link. Wow, what efficiency! I left a polite note asking who i should send my gasoline bill to. When I clicked send I got this:
(I swear, I did not make this up.)
"Thank you for contacting us. This is an "auto-response" which confirms we have received your message.Our current processing time is 21 business days for general customer concerns and 8 weeks for baggage related issues. There is no need to re-submit your information, we will do our best to get back to you as soon as we can. Unfortunately, Customer Relations is unable to accept email attachments. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause."
Lovely. 21 days to get any answer at all. 8 weeks to get info about baggage. How can they stand the pressure of providing such fabulous customer service? Do they pay their people enough to achieve such levels of greatness?
I know, I know. The airline industry is under stress, fuel prices, unions, yada, yada, yada. And when an airline goes under, they blame the economy.
Male bovine excrement.
This is why I drive anywhere I possibly can within reason.
Airlines are nothing more than overpriced, elite bus services that fly. The only thing missing is gum under the seat. Lets just all admit that, keep our expectations low, and we will never be disappointed.
And if you are in the airline industry, get over yourself. Maybe you are one step above a taxi dispatcher, but I don't think so. Even Louis DePalma didn't take himself seriously.
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