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		<title>By: Robert</title>
		<link>http://www.synapticdomination.com/2008/04/today-show-blather/#comment-83</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 15:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>More than likely true.  Maybe I should begin every article and meeting, with &quot;I&#039;m sorry, but I may offend you.  If so, I am very deeply concerned and do not wish you any ill feelings.  Let&#039;s begin.&quot;  I think that could be a t-shirt.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>More than likely true.  Maybe I should begin every article and meeting, with &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry, but I may offend you.  If so, I am very deeply concerned and do not wish you any ill feelings.  Let&#8217;s begin.&#8221;  I think that could be a t-shirt.</p>
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		<title>By: Jay</title>
		<link>http://www.synapticdomination.com/2008/04/today-show-blather/#comment-81</link>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 15:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You should probably apologize to every person you met.  They are most likely offended.</description>
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		<title>By: Robert</title>
		<link>http://www.synapticdomination.com/2008/04/today-show-blather/#comment-80</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 15:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LOL!  I thought, this could really be the subtitles on an actual news report.  It is a sad state of affairs and people tend to come out of the woodworks when there is any inkling of a dollar to be made.  I know I&#039;ll never be President because I&#039;m sure there is a person in my childhood that remembers an incident that forever altered their lives (according to their embellished version of the story) that I was responsible for.  I mean, how could I possibly be the leader of the most powerful nation on earth if I butted in the lunch line and took the last chocolate milk!  I must be selfish and untrustworthy.  Maybe I could even get Kathy Lee to interview me so I could give my unadulterated version of the &quot;true&quot; story.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LOL!  I thought, this could really be the subtitles on an actual news report.  It is a sad state of affairs and people tend to come out of the woodworks when there is any inkling of a dollar to be made.  I know I&#8217;ll never be President because I&#8217;m sure there is a person in my childhood that remembers an incident that forever altered their lives (according to their embellished version of the story) that I was responsible for.  I mean, how could I possibly be the leader of the most powerful nation on earth if I butted in the lunch line and took the last chocolate milk!  I must be selfish and untrustworthy.  Maybe I could even get Kathy Lee to interview me so I could give my unadulterated version of the &#8220;true&#8221; story.</p>
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		<title>By: Jay</title>
		<link>http://www.synapticdomination.com/2008/04/today-show-blather/#comment-77</link>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 15:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t know where the teacher was...probably in Utah where everything is illegal.  Here&#039;s my news for the day.

Angie Newsteller: &quot;Tonight, a very shocking and surprising story out of Podunk, Arkansas, home town of Presidential Candidate Ba-Rock Obama.  Like how I used adjectives and called him Ba-Rock, Duane?&quot;

Duane Leadanchor: &quot;Yes Angie, shocking indeed.&quot;

Angie:  &quot;Once frontrunner Obama, now Hillary Clinton is slowly skipping her way to the forefront.  Joe Lawsuit has went public, stating he was hit in the left ear lobe by a rock thrown by a young, Obama.  Apparently the rock, which was skipped by Obama, went off course, striking the child, who was reading the Bible whilst petting a new born kitten he rescued not three days ago.&quot;

Duane: &quot;A tragic story about a boy who had his whole life ahead of him.&quot;

Duane: &quot;It appears Paris Hilton has another wacky idea!  She wants to open up her own sweat shop!  Not so fast.  It&#039;s a place for women to go and sweat out their worries!&quot;

Angie: &quot;After this commercial break, we&#039;ll be back to tell you how two percent milk could be giving you cancer.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t know where the teacher was&#8230;probably in Utah where everything is illegal.  Here&#8217;s my news for the day.</p>
<p>Angie Newsteller: &#8220;Tonight, a very shocking and surprising story out of Podunk, Arkansas, home town of Presidential Candidate Ba-Rock Obama.  Like how I used adjectives and called him Ba-Rock, Duane?&#8221;</p>
<p>Duane Leadanchor: &#8220;Yes Angie, shocking indeed.&#8221;</p>
<p>Angie:  &#8220;Once frontrunner Obama, now Hillary Clinton is slowly skipping her way to the forefront.  Joe Lawsuit has went public, stating he was hit in the left ear lobe by a rock thrown by a young, Obama.  Apparently the rock, which was skipped by Obama, went off course, striking the child, who was reading the Bible whilst petting a new born kitten he rescued not three days ago.&#8221;</p>
<p>Duane: &#8220;A tragic story about a boy who had his whole life ahead of him.&#8221;</p>
<p>Duane: &#8220;It appears Paris Hilton has another wacky idea!  She wants to open up her own sweat shop!  Not so fast.  It&#8217;s a place for women to go and sweat out their worries!&#8221;</p>
<p>Angie: &#8220;After this commercial break, we&#8217;ll be back to tell you how two percent milk could be giving you cancer.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Robert</title>
		<link>http://www.synapticdomination.com/2008/04/today-show-blather/#comment-75</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 15:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You got me laughing at that one, not out of sheer comedic point of view, but because it could actually be the next big story on the news.  Director:  Lead in tonight is the skipping rock incident.  Make sure to deliver the lines with focus on the word rock, hit, and kid.  That should pull on the heartstrings of the voters.  Next day poll shows an abrupt change in support between candidates.

It reminds me of the John Kerry &quot;Duck Hunt&quot; episode he pulled a few years ago.  Now, I&#039;m sure he knew how to handle a gun and all, but trying to display his hunting prowess was beyond dumb.  Everyone knew his stripes, no need to placate the media masses.  I especially liked his description of how he hunted deer by sneaking up on them by crawling around.  Combat crawl up to a deer.... right.

Oh, and I didn&#039;t know it was wrong for an adult to buy or own liquor whether they are a teacher or not.  The school board should be fired.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You got me laughing at that one, not out of sheer comedic point of view, but because it could actually be the next big story on the news.  Director:  Lead in tonight is the skipping rock incident.  Make sure to deliver the lines with focus on the word rock, hit, and kid.  That should pull on the heartstrings of the voters.  Next day poll shows an abrupt change in support between candidates.</p>
<p>It reminds me of the John Kerry &#8220;Duck Hunt&#8221; episode he pulled a few years ago.  Now, I&#8217;m sure he knew how to handle a gun and all, but trying to display his hunting prowess was beyond dumb.  Everyone knew his stripes, no need to placate the media masses.  I especially liked his description of how he hunted deer by sneaking up on them by crawling around.  Combat crawl up to a deer&#8230;. right.</p>
<p>Oh, and I didn&#8217;t know it was wrong for an adult to buy or own liquor whether they are a teacher or not.  The school board should be fired.</p>
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		<title>By: Redlegs23</title>
		<link>http://www.synapticdomination.com/2008/04/today-show-blather/#comment-72</link>
		<dc:creator>Redlegs23</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 15:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I saw a story about a teacher who was fired for being in the parking lot of a liquor store.  I&#039;m sure he inteded to buy something, but hadn&#039;t at that point.

Yes, very few people indeed can&#039;t form their own opinion.  It&#039;s too easy to let others do it for us.  Why do research on a presidential candidate when everyone on TV is doing it for us.  &quot;Well, I kind of like Obama and what he stands for, but Susie Bullshit over here with News Channel 9 said he skipped a rock on a lake and it ended up hitting a slow kid.  Hillary it is.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I saw a story about a teacher who was fired for being in the parking lot of a liquor store.  I&#8217;m sure he inteded to buy something, but hadn&#8217;t at that point.</p>
<p>Yes, very few people indeed can&#8217;t form their own opinion.  It&#8217;s too easy to let others do it for us.  Why do research on a presidential candidate when everyone on TV is doing it for us.  &#8220;Well, I kind of like Obama and what he stands for, but Susie Bullshit over here with News Channel 9 said he skipped a rock on a lake and it ended up hitting a slow kid.  Hillary it is.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Robert</title>
		<link>http://www.synapticdomination.com/2008/04/today-show-blather/#comment-71</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 14:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Our local news station does an entire other show based on entertainment only.  Of course, their &quot;better&quot; portions show up on the actual news run in the evening.  I guess there just isn&#039;t enough real news to carry 30 minutes.  Well, not even that.  Throw in 5-7 minutes of weather, 5-7 minutes of sports, and another 5-10 minutes of commercials and you are left with about 5-10 minutes of actual news involving local stories and world events.  I&#039;m pretty sure there is more going on in the world than what 5-10 minutes of video can be condensed to.

Schools are becoming the dogs led by the organizations it seems also.  I recently saw a story about a female teacher fired because she had a side job that required her to wear a bikini on a fishing boat.  They resorted to saying she was fired due to absenteeism, but they did not follow the correct procedures.  As soon as they found out about the side job, she was toast.  Which way is the wind blowing?  That&#039;s where the prevailing thoughts of &quot;right&quot; currently are.  Very few people have no true theory of opinion formed within themselves.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our local news station does an entire other show based on entertainment only.  Of course, their &#8220;better&#8221; portions show up on the actual news run in the evening.  I guess there just isn&#8217;t enough real news to carry 30 minutes.  Well, not even that.  Throw in 5-7 minutes of weather, 5-7 minutes of sports, and another 5-10 minutes of commercials and you are left with about 5-10 minutes of actual news involving local stories and world events.  I&#8217;m pretty sure there is more going on in the world than what 5-10 minutes of video can be condensed to.</p>
<p>Schools are becoming the dogs led by the organizations it seems also.  I recently saw a story about a female teacher fired because she had a side job that required her to wear a bikini on a fishing boat.  They resorted to saying she was fired due to absenteeism, but they did not follow the correct procedures.  As soon as they found out about the side job, she was toast.  Which way is the wind blowing?  That&#8217;s where the prevailing thoughts of &#8220;right&#8221; currently are.  Very few people have no true theory of opinion formed within themselves.</p>
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		<title>By: Redlegs23</title>
		<link>http://www.synapticdomination.com/2008/04/today-show-blather/#comment-67</link>
		<dc:creator>Redlegs23</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 14:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think &quot;entertainment only&quot; shows is a debatable phrase, but let&#039;s leave that for another topic.  News stations are about one thing...ratings.  That&#039;s the same with all shows, if people aren&#039;t watching, then you won&#039;t be working..long.  I would like to see a study to see just how many folks watch real news vs. those who watch Entertainment Tonight.  Real news is too boring for some, probably because it&#039;s real and they don&#039;t want to wrap their head around how crappy the world is becoming.  That&#039;s why news anchors have to &quot;happy up&quot; every story.  Sorry, poor word choice.

I heard a story about a substitute teacher getting fired for &quot;wizardry.&quot;  He showed the kids a magic trick, basically.  The news anchored peppered it up with words like hocus pocus, his job did a dissapearing act and other &quot;magical&quot; tid bits.  I threw up in my mouth a little.  Oh, and it really never said why he was actually fired.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think &#8220;entertainment only&#8221; shows is a debatable phrase, but let&#8217;s leave that for another topic.  News stations are about one thing&#8230;ratings.  That&#8217;s the same with all shows, if people aren&#8217;t watching, then you won&#8217;t be working..long.  I would like to see a study to see just how many folks watch real news vs. those who watch Entertainment Tonight.  Real news is too boring for some, probably because it&#8217;s real and they don&#8217;t want to wrap their head around how crappy the world is becoming.  That&#8217;s why news anchors have to &#8220;happy up&#8221; every story.  Sorry, poor word choice.</p>
<p>I heard a story about a substitute teacher getting fired for &#8220;wizardry.&#8221;  He showed the kids a magic trick, basically.  The news anchored peppered it up with words like hocus pocus, his job did a dissapearing act and other &#8220;magical&#8221; tid bits.  I threw up in my mouth a little.  Oh, and it really never said why he was actually fired.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert</title>
		<link>http://www.synapticdomination.com/2008/04/today-show-blather/#comment-65</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 14:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sad but true.  But don&#039;t we have entertainment ONLY shows on television to satisfy this need?  It&#039;s sad that our news stations are so worried about ratings for the advertisers that they have to succumb to the needs of ratings to justify their existence.  Can&#039;t people just watch news for being news?  If you don&#039;t want to watch REAL news, go watch cable or the syndicated version of Raymond.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sad but true.  But don&#8217;t we have entertainment ONLY shows on television to satisfy this need?  It&#8217;s sad that our news stations are so worried about ratings for the advertisers that they have to succumb to the needs of ratings to justify their existence.  Can&#8217;t people just watch news for being news?  If you don&#8217;t want to watch REAL news, go watch cable or the syndicated version of Raymond.</p>
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		<title>By: Redlegs23</title>
		<link>http://www.synapticdomination.com/2008/04/today-show-blather/#comment-61</link>
		<dc:creator>Redlegs23</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 14:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Without entertainment, most American&#039;s will not watch the news.</description>
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