30 Jul 2008
by ryanin Entertainment Tags: drama, tv
Mad Men, which just started its second season on AMC recently, is fantastic television. This is a show I wanted so much to dislike, but couldn’t. The characters are awful people; the men ogle the women, the women demur and scheme, the office is a cesspool of lies, sex, and politics.
It’s great television, in other words. You cheer as the cheating husband finds the solution to his problem, allowing millions of additional sales for a cigarette company. You sigh in defeat as the good secretary succumbs to the lying bachelor on his wedding weekend. And, most importantly, you can’t wait to watch the next episode.
As I said, season 2 just got started, but I will try my hardest to wait until the DVDs come out. I’m 3 episodes away from the end of season 1 and I can’t imagine having to wait a whole week to know what comes next.
05 Mar 2008
by ryanin Michigan, Politics, Rants Tags: democrats, drama, Michigan, Politics
The governors of Michigan and Florida are saying it’s increasingly important that delegates from the two states be seated.
Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm and Florida Governor Charlie Crist say it’s “reprehensible” the voices of 5.2 million people who voted in the two primaries would be silenced.
They say it’s “intolerable” that the Democratic National Committee has stripped the states of their delegates for moving up their primaries in violation of DNC rules. [emph mine]
No, Governors, what’s reprehensible is both of you placing those delegates in jeopardy in the first place. Pretending the rules don’t apply to you is intolerable. It’s almost as if this was all a political gamble to pocket some delegates for your candidate.
The thing that chafes my butt about the entire drama is that this was done in flagrant violation of known rules. The DNC had told both states not to do what they went ahead and did anyway. And now, when it’s dire for Hillary Clinton, now the delegates in Michigan will go to the only candidate who, by an amazing co-incidence, was the only Democrat on the ballot.
It all stinks and none of either states’ delegates should be seated.
Governors of Michigan, Fla. call for seating Democratic delegates
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