For those of you who don't know NJ has been dealing with some wild fires in the southern Pine Barrens (yes home of the Jersey Devil)over the last few days. I found out about this while on line at the Johnette signing on Tuesday. For those of you who also don't know I am in the middle of one of my semi regular news black outs I'll explain these some other time. Sometime yesterday the wife and I received a phone call from my mother in law explaining that my brother in law who is an EMT in central NJ was being sent down that way to help evacuate hospitals. The smoke amount from these fires has been pretty intense particularly because of the type of foliage in the Pine Barrens that is burning.
Fortunately with some great skill (with in context mind you) the fires where able to be kept to minimum of human damage. After the phone call I went on line to find out what was going on. It took me 15 to 20 minutes to find a relatively informative piece that was not buried under mega word articles on Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie or a 4 sentence snippet with some guy going "uggh uggh fire down there uggh uggh". I guess this is one of the contributing factors to my black outs. Not even the local news stations/papers where able to provide me with any justifiable information. Where is this going. I just want news. I want facts. Not Left leaning not Right leaning. None of that crap. I want dull drab monotone emotionless news casters. I want Walter "fucking" Cronkite. I don't want entertainment. Make me have to force myself to stay awake during your 1 hour show. I don't want multi color stingers and all this other crap. Just give me the damn facts. News doesn't lean one way or the other because of partisan politics it does that because it's easier. If you lean one way or the other you don't have to do any research just call up a press agent and get your whole story fed to you then dress it up to look like one of those pretty video games that you will tell every one is rotting american youth in the next hour block.
AHHHH fuck!!! I'll just stick to getting my news from the paper hard nosed and gutsey enough to bring me the exclusive on Bat Boy
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