because i decided i wanted ernie's words backing up my reference to them:
52:3217) 20-MAR-2003 09:35 Ernie ****, The Criminal Little **** so last night there was this war on TV cody was over and we watched this war on TV i didn't know what the show was called at first this war on TV thankfully tom brokaw told us "Operation Iraqi Freedom"
so there's this war on TV and the announce the name cody and i look at each other simultaneously we say "Operation Iraqi Freedom???"
what kind of a name is that for a TV show? i know they can't really call the show "Operation OneSided AssKicking" "Operation BlackHawkDown" has been taken by a really cool movie but you'd think they could name the show something better than this
for a brief moment i feel bad as cody and i talk shit about the name of this TV show because it's not a show at all
this is a real war being fought by real people who really bleed who will really die
so there's this war on TV and for a minute i remember that it's real but i stop feeling so bad about my reaction because they've turned this into a really bizarre TV show
there was the moment this morning or was it last night? i don't know there was a war on TV at the time
i don't remember what time that was supposed to be on let me check the TV Guide it's in there somewhere the show with the really bad name
so i'm watching this war on TV the gf asks me how war has been covered before this one i think for a minute and start with this quick rundown of how war coverage changed in the 20th century
after my rundown of all the changes in coverage that have occured to bring us this war live on TV on a special edition of dateline, or the today show, or the early show. . . let me check the TV Guide
so there's this war on TV and i'm thinking about how a nation at war is supposed to conduct itself there are those that say there should be sacrifice and sollemnity looking at the TV i wonder what these things are
war is on my TV it's a show like any other but i'd really rather watch "Ed" i think carol is supposed to tell ed she loves him this week
so there's this war on my TV and there's really no way to react to this show other than with some sort of ironic detatchement that supposedly died on 9.11, but it's back
such a strange show it's kinda like "The West Wing" but Pres. Bartlett is cooler looking than Pres. Bush i didn't like this actor's other movies, anyway
so there's this war on TV and i hope it gets cancelled soon it's a bit too much for me i wonder when "NYPD Blue" is on.
52:3223) 20-MAR-2003 10:27 Ernie ****, The Criminal Little **** please feel free to hang on to it or repost it or whatever just give credit where credit is due so that the CIA and NSA know who to come looking for and remember there are people living this day by day moment by moment
with gas masks in their desks and evac routes in their heads this piece is for them my friends who want to stop being brave
i would also like to point out, that nbc primetime aired with only two war updates-- which played during the commercials. and that it was the first time (according to my housemate) that they'd shown anything other than news coverage all day. huh. go figure.
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Date: 2003-03-20 10:48 pm (UTC)52:3217) 20-MAR-2003 09:35 Ernie ****, The Criminal Little ****
so last night
there was this war on TV
cody was over
and we watched this war on TV
i didn't know what the show was called at first
this war on TV
thankfully tom brokaw told us
"Operation Iraqi Freedom"
so there's this war on TV
and the announce the name
cody and i look at each other
simultaneously we say "Operation Iraqi Freedom???"
what kind of a name is that for a TV show?
i know they can't really call the show "Operation OneSided AssKicking"
"Operation BlackHawkDown" has been taken by a really cool movie
but you'd think they could name the show something better than this
for a brief moment
i feel bad
as cody and i talk shit about the name of this TV show
because it's not a show at all
this is a real war
being fought by real people
who really bleed
who will really die
so there's this war on TV
and for a minute i remember that it's real
but i stop feeling so bad about my reaction
because they've turned this into a really bizarre TV show
there was the moment this morning
or was it last night?
i don't know
there was a war on TV at the time
i don't remember what time that was supposed to be on
let me check the TV Guide
it's in there somewhere
the show with the really bad name
so i'm watching this war on TV
the gf asks me how war has been covered before this one
i think for a minute
and start with this quick rundown of how war coverage changed in the 20th century
after my rundown of all the changes in coverage that have occured
to bring us this war live on TV
on a special edition of dateline, or the today show, or the early show. . .
let me check the TV Guide
so there's this war on TV
and i'm thinking about how a nation at war is supposed to conduct itself
there are those that say there should be sacrifice and sollemnity
looking at the TV i wonder what these things are
war is on my TV
it's a show like any other
but i'd really rather watch "Ed"
i think carol is supposed to tell ed she loves him this week
so there's this war on my TV
and there's really no way to react to this show
other than with some sort of ironic detatchement
that supposedly died on 9.11, but it's back
such a strange show
it's kinda like "The West Wing"
but Pres. Bartlett is cooler looking than Pres. Bush
i didn't like this actor's other movies, anyway
so there's this war on TV
and i hope it gets cancelled soon
it's a bit too much for me
i wonder when "NYPD Blue" is on.
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52:3223) 20-MAR-2003 10:27 Ernie ****, The Criminal Little ****
please feel free to hang on to it or repost it or whatever
just give credit where credit is due
so that the CIA and NSA know who to come looking for
and remember
there are people living this
day by day
moment by moment
with gas masks in their desks
and evac routes in their heads
this piece is for them
my friends who want to stop being brave
and just be normal again
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i would also like to point out, that nbc primetime aired with only two war updates-- which played during the commercials. and that it was the first time (according to my housemate) that they'd shown anything other than news coverage all day. huh. go figure.