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Jens 'n' Frens
Idle thoughts of a relatively libertarian Republican in Cambridge, MA, and whomever he invites. Mostly political.
"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures." -- Daniel Webster
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Friday, November 22, 2002 :::
Kate Malcolm mentions the Bachelor. I seem to miss these cultural phenomena. I didn't know anyone was actually watching American Idol until the final show was about to air (I'm not denigrating the show here, but I didn't watch it, either); I didn't know people were watching the Bachelor, either. (I agree with Kate, even without having seen it, that the premise is creepy in a uniquely FOX way. Marriage isn't such a big deal; let's dangle it off a seventy foot high balcony for the viewer's pleasure, getting people hitched to people they just met. Improvement over the millionaire marriage, though.) I didn't know that Princess Di's death was a big deal until they preempted 60 Minutes because of it; the O.J. Simpson high-speed chase seemed barely reportable. Good thing I watch the mainstream media to be told what's important.
::: posted by dWj at 2:27 PM
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