Thanks for tip about news posted at end of the work week.
________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 7:16 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fame "Every morning I like to notice what yahoo is listing as news and in what order. Very interesting IMHO!" Yep. Also, what gets posted as news, at the end of the week on Friday. And the duration of posted stories - varies greatly. As for who is doing what behind the scenes, I always have a ready answer: fuck 'em.:-) --- In [email protected], Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > Doc, I will NEVER understand the Kardashian phenomenon. ugh! Nor that of > Honey Boo Boo and her Mom.ugh again! And sometimes I wonder if they're > really that popular or if the media is simply too lazy to find more > interesting people to write about. > > Sometimes I wonder if the Illuminati or powers that be or whoever, use such > *news* items to dumb down and distract the citizens, much like the > ancient Romans with their gladiator games, etc. > > Every morning I like to notice what yahoo is listing as news and in what > order. Very interesting IMHO! > > PS Before unlimited posting I would rarely post a second and even a third > time. It was frustrating when another thought came to me after pressing Send > button. Confession: I'm still keeping track of my posts. Don't know why. > Maybe don't like change, but habit makes change easier? > > > ________________________________ > From: "doctordumbass@..." <doctordumbass@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 6:43 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Fame > > > > Â > Not the musical, but the current cultural obsession (spearheaded by the first > family of being famous, For being famous, The Kardashians). > > I was watching Katie Couric's talk show ("Katie") a couple of days ago, and > Jon Bon Jovi was on. His song wasn't that great, but he was talking about the > "I want to be famous" cultural meme. He said when he was growing up, that > wasn't an expressed value in the culture. The reason he became well known was > simply because he would write and perform music, and he wanted to share it, > and people liked it. > > What a boon for the entertainment industry. Driven by reality-like TV, now > the entire population wants to be famous, for being famous. As my wife says > when something particularly tacky comes on, "Look Mom, I'm on TV!". An > extension of apes finding a mirror, on a beach somewhere. The entire tribe is > in a frenzy about seeing their individual reflections. >
