David Gregory - Out - What Took So Long?

David Gregory - journalist putz and former host of "Meet the Press."

One of my pet peeves is when I see a phony continuing in a lucrative and respectable career just because he (or she) is part of the Good Ole Boy Club.  David Gregory was one of those phonies who finally got his comeuppance and was shown the door from his hosting gig at "Meet the Press."

When the previous host of MTP, Tim Russert, died unexpectedly six years ago I thought David Gregory was a good replacement for the renown and well respected Tim Russert.  Oh how wrong I was.

My first clue as to Gregory's lightweight and not serious "qualifications" was when I saw him as a backup dancer to the odious Karl Rove.  I could never take Gregory as a serious journalist after this little display of hubris.  What that embarrassing display of Good Ole Boy Humor showed me was that they're all in it together.  I just couldn't imagine a serious journalist like Tim Russert debasing himself like Gregory did seven years ago at this White House Correspondents dinner.

I've watched MTP for more years than I care to remember.  I used to watch MTP when Lawrence Spivak was the host.  Imagine Lawrence Spivak doing a back up dancer to anyone let alone such an evil presence as Karl Rove.  

Lawrence Spivak - a real journalist and host of "Meet the Press"

I tried to watch MTP with Gregory as the host.  I really did.  But every time I heard him ask one of his asinine questions, it sounded to me like he was just going through the routine.  He really didn't care about the answers he got unless it generated publicity for David Gregory.  

All my life I've felt like the little boy who witnesses the king parading before his suck up subjects naked.  The king's s subjects praise him to high Heaven, even when the king so bored with his many outfits he parades around naked.  "Oh look at the king!  Isn't he glorious in his new outfit?" Then there is me, the Little Boy who speaks the Truth.  Uh . . . . "The king has no clothes.  Why is everyone praising the king with no clothes?" 

"Hey! Wait a minute!  The king has no clothes!"

So the Andrea Mitchells and Joe Scarboroughs can praise David Gregory to the high heavens as a "wonderful journalist and amazing humanitarian" but I'll call him for what he really was.  A phony and a charlatan who had a free ride for way too many years just like so many so called "journalists" who are part of the same group.  You know, that Washington In Crowd.  The politicians and journalists who are all in it together.  Even the much praised Andrea Mitchell.  She's married to that 100 year old lizard, former chairman of the Federal Reserve system, Alan Greenspan.  

I was wondering how long the brass at NBC would tolerate last place ratings for the phony David Gregory.  I have to admit I was very surprised when they wised up and ditched his ass.  Don't feel too sorry for the aforementioned Mr. Gregory though, he's leaving by the back door with $4,000,000.  They always take care of their own don't they?

So goodbye David Gregory.  I hope I never see your phony smile again.  Maybe you can have a new career as an impersonator.  God knows you have enough experience impersonating a journalist for the past twenty years.   

It is SOOO  obvious - the next "Dancing With the Stars" contestant - David Gregory!

Random Thoughts on a Sunday

This morning I was trying to think of something unique and interesting to post to my blog but I kept coming back to my backlog of Random Thoughts. So here I go without trying to sound too negative. I’ll try and balance……




1) Mariah Carey – what is it with this woman anyway? Who buys her records? Who likes her? She is such a self centered, selfish, boring diva it is beyond me who supports this fat pig.

2) Jo Lo – same as above. I do not understand their “talent” or who buys their records? My mind is boggled every time I see her fat ass and all the “oohs and ahhhs.” This is attractive? No, this is a fat assed, no talent, selfish woman.

3) Computer viruses – who are these people who get their pleasure from disrupting and destroying computer user’s hard drives? What drives these people? And why do they all end up as “security specialists” working for big bucks for companies to prevent further virus spreads. These people should be used for target practice.





4) Political parties – when is the American public going to recognize that both political parties are bought and paid for by corporate and special interests and don’t have an interest or incentive to work for the good of the average voter?



5) Litterers – what kind of person throws trash out the window of their vehicle with no thought as to what will happen to that trash? What goes through their head when they toss that beer can out the window? Why don’t local governments enact a return policy on beer and soda cans? That would stop the litter. Oh, I forgot. All government, including local, are bought and owned by corporate and special interests.



6) Litter pickup volunteer teams – these are the true unsung heroes of our local communities. They take time out of their personal time to pick up the roadside litter that the thoughtless individuals I mentioned in No. 5 leave behind. Two kinds of people in the world. Those who litter and those who care enough to pick up the litter.

7) Turn signals – oh I could go on with many, many rants here but one I will highlight. Why most vehicle drivers don’t use their turn signal when driving or, when they do, they turn the signal on just as they turn? Are they really that lazy that they don’t want to take two separate motions of their hands?

8) Spaying and neutering dogs and cats – more true unsung heroes of our local communities. These people often spend their own money to insure that more unwanted cats and dogs are not born just to be put to sleep because no one wants them.

9) Commercials on cable TV – did I get it wrong but wasn’t pay TV supposed to be commercial free? I don’t even have commercial TV now (I have satellite TV which doesn’t offer local and network commercial channels) but I might as well with all the commercials I have to endure on CNN and MSNBC as well as all the other cable channels. This was another classic bait and switch pulled on the American public.



10) Bank and credit card charges – when did it happen that banks went from making money by loaning money out to people and small businesses to now where they make money by usury interest rates on credit cards, tricks and traps to generate fees on your bank and credit cards accounts, and gambling on hedge funds and other to complicated to understand market money mechanizations? Oh, I forget. Banks and credit card companies own our politicians.



These are just a few of my thoughts today. I have many more which I will post in the future. I just had to get some of them off of my chest this morning.



Again, I always have to put my complaints into perspective. I could be trapped under a slab of concrete after an earthquake. Everything is relative



P.S.



How did David Gregory end up with his own show on MSNBC? A more vacuous transparent person I have yet to see. Is this the best they could do to replace Tim Russert on “Meet the Press?” Howdy Doody time indeed.