Reasonable Nuts: Tonight on TV: The Wheel of Fourtune

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Reasonable Nuts of Yore:
"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in the people's minds." -- Samuel Adams, one of the original Reasonable Nuts
"I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive."
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." -- Thomas Jefferson, quite Reasonable at times, always a Nut.
"I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials."
"To disarm the people (is) the best and most effectual way to enslave them..." -- George Mason, unalienable rights nut
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Reasonable Nuts of Today:
"The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics." -- Thomas Sowell
"Most people who read 'The Communist Manifesto' probably have no idea that it was written by a couple of young men who had never worked a day in their lives, and who nevertheless spoke boldly in the name of 'the workers'." -- Thomas Sowell
"The purpose of an open mind is to close it, on particular subjects. If you never do â you've simply abdicated the responsibility to think" -- William F. Buckley, Jr.
"I would rather be governed by the first 2000 names in the Boston phone book than by the faculty of Harvard University". -- William F. Buckley, Jr.
"We might think of dollars as being 'certificates of performance.' The better I serve my fellow man, and the higher the value he places on that service, the more certificates of performance he gives me. The more certificates I earn, the greater my claim on the goods my fellow man produces. That's the morality of the market. In order for one to have a claim on what his fellow man produces, he must first serve him. Contrast that moral standard to Congress' standing offer, 'Vote for me and I'll take what your fellow man produces and give it to you.'" -- Walter E. Williams
"Creating false distinctions between human rights and property rights plays into the hands of Democrat and Republican Party socialists who seek to control our lives. If we buy into the notion that somehow property rights are less important, or are in conflict with, human or civil rights, we give the socialists a freer hand to attack our property." -- Walter E. Williams

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Monday, February 20, 2006

Tonight on TV: The Wheel of Fourtune

Canadian Blogger Damian Penny chimes in on Apprentice Overload. He blames NBC, but I think the problem is industry-wide.

Call me a grizzled old man in my mid-20s, but am I the only one who doesn't know when TV shows come on anymore? It seems like the networks, along with cable channels, scramble their lineup so bad that finding someone good to watch on TV any given night is like spinning a roulette table.

"My Name Is Earl", absolutely love the one show I saw, but haven't seen NBCs lineup ever since.

"The Apprentice", have only seen the tail-end of the same two shows they reaired about 14 times on CNBC one month.

"24", Absolutely loved the end of last season. The problem is that I saw "last season" only today on an A&E marathon ("3:00 am to 7:00am"). Otherwise, I'm never watching TV when they're showing it.

"Nip/Tuck", caught some episodes late in the season, but never saw the earlier episodes. The show completely disappears from the F/X lineup for months at a time, like football season.

"Monk", if this is such a excellent, groundbreaking show, then why does USA only air it at 2:00am on friday night!

Since when has every other show on cable TV become a Law and Order rerun? I'm a lawyer, and even I can't stand this show. Is there some rule in the New York State Bar that, when you start to practice criminal law, you're never allowed to see a bright pretty color ever again in your life?

When I was a kid, and there was a sit-com I was interested in, I always knew what time and channel it was on. Maybe I watch less TV now that I'm older, or because the internet has taken over my media habits. For all people involved, it would seem that planning to watch one show at one time on one channel is a thing of the past.

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