I'm ready to give up on MSNBC and the lame stream media altogether.

[mike_c]

29. I gave that shite up more than 20 years ago and have never regretted it....

Seriously. On rare occasions, like once every few years, I'll turn the TV on in a hotel room, just out of curiosity. I have NEVER lasted more than about half an hour of channel surfing before being absolutely appalled at what passes for "normal" broadcast entertainment in America. It creeps me out to think that I'm probably one of the only people on my block not glued to the tube each night.

My partner, who gave up television five years ago when she moved here, recently said something similar after visiting family in Texas-- first, she too turned on her hotel TV and found its programming asinine, then she remarked that her relatives have a flat screen in just about every room, and they're ALWAYS on when folks are awake. When they come home from somewhere else, the very first thing someone does is turn on the nearest television.

That is addiction to stoopid, right there.