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DON'T
TRY THIS AT HOME;
"Chili Dogs,
Margaritas and who REALLY is America's news channel anyway?"
I got a call
last night from THE NEW GUY asking if i wanted to have some lunch
on sunday. He also mentioned some wacky idea FREEDOM MAN had about
the Diary's
200 scibbling, which should happen around this time next week, and
some sort of
contest... (but you'll hear more about that from Freedom Man...)
So while
i waited for the the New Guy to come by, i decided to watch MSNBC,
which was having a pretty typical show on the Terror Alert, with
a variety of
"experts" and even a guy who claimed to be an expert on
Plastics and Duct tape.
(Alas, i thought to myself; the comfort i once demanded is now mandatory...)
But what really stood out to me was MSNBC's claim that THEY were
America's news
channel. Huh? Wait, according to Shepard Smith and Bill O'Reilly,
FOX had
that prestigious distinction. Someone was fibbing and i wanted to
get to the
bottom of it.
So i called
MSNBC (1-888-msnbcusa) but the line was busy, and i must have tried
about 20 times. So i decided to call Fox (1-310-fox-news) and actually
got the
voice mail of someone important. So i explained the problem, left
my mobile
number and told them i'd appreciate it if they could get back to
me, preferable
sooner rather later. Then i tried MSNBC again and wouldn't ya know
it...SOMEONE ANSWERED!
Of course
i spend the next few minutes explaining about the "America's
news
Channel" problem until i was cut off by (let's call her "Kathy")
the MSNBC
screener, who seemed a little annoyed:
Me: I don't
think both networks can claim to be America's news channel. How
do
you stand on this?
her: Today's guest are terror experts and we are only taking calls
that pertain
to the war on terror.
Then SHE
HUNG UP ON ME. I was pretty disappointed but by that time, it was
1pm
and the new guy had just pulled up outside. We drove to "Pink's"
but the line
was WAY too friggin' long (more than 70 people waiting for hotdogs,
ok?) so we
instead drove to "Tail of the Pup", where there was no
one waiting (but then
again, "Tail" isn't on La Brea and Melrose, easily one
of the most popular and
trendy sunday afternoon shopping/hanging out spots). So we ordered
2 chili
cheese dogs each (w/ onions) and split an order of fries. It was
damn good
too.
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Mike Randle
mike@lovewitharthurlee.com
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