I have some gripes!

"That's for sure": The more I hear this phrase, the more I want to tear my ears off my head and feed them to the birds outside. It by far is more obnoxious than "golly gee!", "gee wiz", "gee willickers!", and "boy oh boy". These are only less irritating due to their retro/classic nature. If "that's for sure" weren't so prolific, then fine. However, it seems once someone adds this phrase to their repertoire, it takes root, and flourishes. Then every sentence ends with this generic affirmation. It is the black hole of creative speech.

Whiners about fuel prices: We've had years and years of warning. Shut up.

Lou Dobbs: You are so out of touch and full of yourself that I wouldn't even know where to start. You are the ringleader of the media monkeys who think that what they are talking about (see flag pins below) actually matters, and that their opinions are 'news'. Four letter words aren't good enough for you, Lou.

Cable News: The only thing more annoying to me than Hillary Clinton's behavior as of late, is the political analysts who most often miss the point. There is much talk about strategy, petty issues like flag pins and guest pastors at churches, or how tired the candidates look on a particular day, while key issues are left on the side of the road like roadkill...

Big Media thinkers keep talking about ways of bringing Hillary Clinton's supporters over to Obama by combining a ticket, even when their constituents do not overlap as much as past Democratic candidates. His base transcends party lines, and that is why he was able to pass Sen. Clinton in this race. The old way of party vs party, and rallying the two isles behind a candidate hopefully are going to become less common. Our donkey and elephant parties do not represent what they once did, and are increasingly evolving, hopefully ending with extinction. In all honesty, our government would be better off without party affiliations. If there wasn't this bipartisan gridlock, perhaps positive change could result. In the end, the time I have spent listening to journalists, while the blood in my veins boiled, will never be recoverable. I could have just hit myself in the head with a brick and I'd been better 0ff.

Dog vs Bitch (ghasp):
Just think about it. Why is it so less offensive to call a guy a dog (the negative connotation), whereas it's feminine counterpart is so much more out of line. It's like many naughty or negative words which seem very un... naughty to me. If you want to argue that there are more intelligent words available, I completely agree. Hmph.

I think that'll do it for today. I'm trying to start writing again, but to be completely sincere, I find it extremely difficult to pour a full glass. Oh well..