Cartography: Minor Point

Just a small observation for the time being. I've been unemployed for a few months now (ladies.....), so ive had mostly free time, needless to say. In my experience C-Span is the only television channel worth watching for a discerning adult. ok. I'll narrow and say cable television channel. Conan is on NBC along with 30 rock and the office, and lets not forget Journey Man (Clortho); south park and dave chappelle stand up routines generally sandwich the daily show and colbert on Comedy Central and lets not forget the sunday morning ol' folks political pundit showdown before brunch on nearly every network.

I watch mostly channel thirteen's news programming as well as nature and science shows of all kinds. This allows me to dupe my sedentary self into being blithely and pretentiously assured of my own self worth and efficacy while i deteriorate into some sort of low-protein, high-fat paste, that would likely make an effective low cost cocktail to be fed intravenously to beef cattle or pork swine, and would likely be an additive to your favorite Value Meal item.

However whilst atrophying i do come to some conclusions that may help you "survivors." Here's the thing... C-Span may be the most important channel on all television, but only during late night. not dave late-night, not even carson late-night. Im talking leno again late-night. Try not downing your nightly ambien just this one time, maybe the night before a national holiday, and you be likely to see the process of your government in action in ways you thought were only the stuff of meaningless didactic pontification by quasi intellectuals and those who make points based on how "they think it works," when they know absolutely nothing about how it actually works.

Now heres the catch. Even though we can watch oversight and accountability in action, and learn the effectiveness and general ethical center of the 535 congressmen and women we elect and basically let loose on the budget, without the correct administration in control, guiding public and foreign policy, nothing comes of it. Policies proven fallacious are renewed and objections ignored. Programs and contracts shown to be rife with malfeasance, detrimental to stability or even human safety, continue and receive additional funding year after year.

Partisan politics simply do not work. All it facilitates is corruption, kick-backs and unpublished earmarks out the obese ass. Congress's approval rating is at like 11%. Granted americans are fucking idiots and they're just looking for a scapegoat, but at the same time, they havent been able to mobilize on anything, pretty much at all. Congress will always use pork-barrel politics. Always. That is unless you know about it and bitch them out; cause all they really wanna do is be senators and congress-people. They want desperately to be elected again and again. So if you watch C-Span really late at night, you can then competently call them on their shit and force them to govern in such a way that effectively maximizes YOUR money and puts it to use in ways that affect you positively.

Notice how the crucial breaking point of the greatest country ever's entire system of governance is only made public between the hours of 3 and 6 in the morning on basic cable, inconveniently buried within the preview, business and shopping channels. NO ONE WATCHES THOSE. What the fuck america? What the FUCK? Stop fucking up the best country ever. You are doing it. Tape that shit. Watch it after Idol for all i care. Just get it together so we can get more welfare so i never have to go back to work. For Fuck Sake. Help a brother out.

Hopefully if we all do our C-part, the mainstream media will actually report on the news items that allow our nation to effectively keep us safe and not waste our money in unimaginable ways. seriously. try and imagine Cost Plus. I dare you. Let's see you have the sack to explode an $80,000 long bed truck with a flat tire rather than change it so you get paid more after the accounting is CORRECTLY done. Then do it like 5 times a week for 6 blood-soaked years with escalating debt and you'll be invited to the same conferences for "Advancing American Interests" as KBR and CACI. Start watching. Start taping and tivoing. Start bitching and letter writing. maybe then i can get some sleep.

-mlyt