Friday, April 15, 2005
He was unfailingly kind to his inferiors, barely tolerated his equals, and was open contemptuous of his superiors
The above quote was spoken about former New York Herald Tribune Sports Editor Stanley Woodward, and was quoted in Allan Fotheringham's Birds of a Feather: The Press and the Politicians (written in 1989, before Dr. Foth went completely over the edge), which I am presently reading for the first time in many years, and noticing that it ought to be mandatory reading for student politicians and student journalists. Real politicians and journalists too, though they all really ought to have read it during their apprenticeships.
I caught most of an episode of The Apprentice last night, a show whose appeal continues - generally - to elude me. The contestants are a bunch of toadying brown-nosers. Not one of them deserves whatever the show's prize is. Donald Trump should also be kidnapped and forced to laugh at himself for at leas four consecutive hours. They should also make him do the same challenges as the contestants, that we might see how mightily he fails at them. That's more than enough on that, though - time to take my own oft-repeated advice for people who whine about the quality of television, books, or other media: if you don't like it, don't [watch/read/listen to/touch] it.
I'm presently working on a post inspired on Nick's comment on this post.
Finally, this is worth a look. If I've any members of the religious right in my readership, perhaps one would be good enough (anonymously, if he/she likes) to refute the arguments implicitly made in this ad.
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The above quote was spoken about former New York Herald Tribune Sports Editor Stanley Woodward, and was quoted in Allan Fotheringham's Birds of a Feather: The Press and the Politicians (written in 1989, before Dr. Foth went completely over the edge), which I am presently reading for the first time in many years, and noticing that it ought to be mandatory reading for student politicians and student journalists. Real politicians and journalists too, though they all really ought to have read it during their apprenticeships.
I caught most of an episode of The Apprentice last night, a show whose appeal continues - generally - to elude me. The contestants are a bunch of toadying brown-nosers. Not one of them deserves whatever the show's prize is. Donald Trump should also be kidnapped and forced to laugh at himself for at leas four consecutive hours. They should also make him do the same challenges as the contestants, that we might see how mightily he fails at them. That's more than enough on that, though - time to take my own oft-repeated advice for people who whine about the quality of television, books, or other media: if you don't like it, don't [watch/read/listen to/touch] it.
I'm presently working on a post inspired on Nick's comment on this post.
Finally, this is worth a look. If I've any members of the religious right in my readership, perhaps one would be good enough (anonymously, if he/she likes) to refute the arguments implicitly made in this ad.
