Cranky Greg's View

Glenn Beck: Marketing Genius

Glenn Beck, of the Obama-hated Fox News network, is on the cover of the increasingly irrelevant Time magazine, and he is all everyone is talking about today.

Liberals hate him and he is even controversial amongst alleged conservatives, which is great news for Glenn Beck.

Glenn Beck could care less who loves him or who hates him.  All he wants to be is the topic of conversation.

So to watch David Frum bitch and moan about Beck just warms the cockles of Beck's heart, small as it may be.

And the Obama people who refuse to do business with Fox News as a result of Beck, well, it can't get any better than that!

Cranky Greg watches Beck whenever his TiVo will record it, but sometimes it doesn't for no apparent reason.  Cranky thinks there is a conspiracy involving the Obama people to keep Glenn Beck off his TiVo!

Cranky Greg likes a lot of what Beck has to say, but Cranky is not convinced that even Beck believes his own tales.  What Cranky Greg does know is that Glenn Beck is a marketing genius, and he's gonna milk this cow until it runs dry.

Chris Matthews is Disgusting

Watch this disgusting episode of Chris Matthews drooling over Ted Kennedy.  No mention of Chappaquiddick - Matthews merely stated that Teddy "grew up."  Chris Matthews is nothing but a Kennedy shill.

Cranky Greg is not here to diss Senator Kennedy because Kennedy was a liberal - many conservative politicians were very fond of Teddy - but Cranky Greg has a real problem when a U.S. Senator is involved in an incident in which a woman died and Teddy didn't report the accident for hours, and he ended up getting virtually a free pass.  That would not happen for most people.

MSM hypocrisy is really amazing considering the fact that recently Robert Novak died and all everyone heard about was the Valerie Plame issue despite over 50 years of unassailable journalism.  And when Ronald Reagan died, MSM OD'd on Iran/Contra and Alzheimer's.

But when a liberal icon dies MSM forgets about little details like a crime.

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WFAA TV in Dallas - 1970's Sign-Off

Remember when TV stations used to sign-off at night?  Here's the old sign-off from WFAA Channel 8 in Dallas.  Cranky Greg remembers this.....

Letterman's An Idiot

Just another reason why people are sick of David Letterman and his ratings suck.

Robert Novak: RIP

Robert Novak, the old conservative journalist, died today.  He was a cranky old bastard, which is precisely the reason Cranky Greg was so fond of him.

Cranky Greg recently read Novak's autobiography, The Prince of Darkness, and it was an excellent read for those of you who are interested in America's political history of the past 50 years.  It was the one autobiography where the author really revealed warts.  Most autobiographies make Cranky Greg laugh, but not this one.

In any case, Novak will be missed by those like Cranky Greg who get so tired of hearing the conventional wisdom and who detest "journalists" who fail to scrutinize those they like, such as Barack Obama.

Novak was his own man, and did his own thing, and his reporting was accurate.  He didn't care if his reporting hurt a Republican's political career or a Democrat's political career.

He was definitely a man of the old school.  Smoking, drinking, reporting.

Cranky Greg is going to miss Robert Novak, and it is too bad that Novak is going to probably be remembered for the Valerie Plame affair, which was ridiculous in its own right - not because of anything Novak did.

The recent passing of Walter Cronkite had the MSM in a frenzy of self-adulation and worship of Walter Cronkite who mostly wrote and read scripts.  Novak was more valuable to Americans in his day because he was a reporter.

But MSM won't slobber over themselves at Novak's passing.  Which explains everything.

Mr. Ed

The Genesis of Stereotypes

Ever wonder how stereotypes begin?  Take a look at this video from Fresno's local ABC affiliate, and you might see how stereotypes about trailer dwellers started.

Yes, this is Fresno, California.  Not Arkansas.  Not Louisiana.  Not Alabama.  California.

Avoid Sick People

Cranky Greg was watching the local 11:00 p.m. newscast tonight and learned that to help prevent getting the Swine Flu, that he is to "avoid sick people."

Trick or Treat!

Cranky Greg can't watch this show without almost dying!

Cranky Greg Hates Billy Mays

Cranky Greg would like to beat this guy's ass!  Dammit!