The Fellating of "T"ed Kennedy's corpse. This is not about COMCAST

comcast comcast comcast comcast -- this post is NOT about COMCAST

thought I'd get that out of the way for now.


Anyways, what is up with the media's fellating of Edward "Ted" Kennedy's (or, as I like to call him, the cannibal of Chappiqua) corpse?

Even if it is by extension directed towards the whole Kennedy family, I still don't see it.

See, the Kennedys have never been more than an idea. Jack and Bobby were both shot before they could do anything significant. Ted never got his big things passed.

Jack was the first catholic president, and as a catholic, I admire that, but there haven't been any since, and only one has ran on one of the "winnable" tickets (2004, John Kerry).

Jack had the missile crisis, sure, but he also had the bay of pigs.

There was also the Civil Rights Act, which wasn't introduced until the end of his term, and not ultimately passed until Johnson became president, ultimately saddling him with the aftermath.

Bobby was Attorny General for 4 years, then NY Senator for about 3 (why New York instead of Massachussets, I have no idea) before he ran in the Democratic Primary, dieing before the ticket was officially formed. Again, the idea is there, and it is huge, but there wasn't anything ultimately to show for it.

Ted, unlike his two older brothers, had a long career in public service. Unfortunately the only thing he really has to show for it is Massachussets pork and the voting age act, passed very early in his Senate career. There's also a failed bid for the Democratic ticket in 1980, campaigning largely on the platform of public healthcare.

There's an unworking idea there. At least 29 solid years of campaigning for one single issue, and never gaining an inch.

Oh, and did I forget to mention Ted killed someone once?

So let me rephrase this again -- What is the big deal with the Kennedys?

-- Knuttel

OMG!! COMCAST CARES!!! 1

So, sometime after I posted my last entry, I received a comment from comcast, passive aggressively displaying displeasure in my negative things to say about comcast. The message is as follows.

"Go Phillies!

Sorry if we are causing you inconvenience by transferring analog channels to digital. We are simply making more room for more channels. For every analog channel, we can fit up to 12 digital channels or up to 3 HD channels.

You can pick up the DTA (analog to digital) converter at your local office. The first 2 are free. Let me know if you need help with this.

Regards,

Mark Casem
Comcast Corp.
National Customer Operations
We_Can_Help@cable.comcast.com

August 20, 2009 10:22 AM"

This was sent by a username of "comcast cares 1" which, of course, has no posts.

Frankly, this raises more questions/concerns than it answers.

1. Does comcast have employees who simply surf the web looking for negative press? I can count the readers of this blog with a closed fist, yet I get this comment.

2. The cable companies have 3 years from last May (est) to turn their non-local signals over to digital. Comcast is beginning this transition now. Digital tvs have only been on the market a very short period of time, and most house holds have more than 2 tvs. 2 free digital converter boxes mean nothing when those channels aren't necessarily guarunteed and they really just want to switch you over to having a cable box, with extended coverage.

3. Why do they assume I am a phillies fan? Assuming they have only read this post, I am merely a fan of good pitching and gm-ing.

4. Assuming they have read my other posts confirms any suspicions that comcast is indeed spying on me further. My proximity is not very far from comcast's headquarters, not to mention.

5. They do this just as verizon is finishing installing fios into the grid for our neighborhood. My guess is they're hoping to get some impatient slob who cant wait to see what happens on next week's "deadliest catch" or "ice road truckers" to invest somewhat of something into getting those boxes, or even upgraded cable, rather than even waiting for an alternative to at least call a bluff upon.

6. Fuck you comcast, I could be watching hardball. Instead I'm stuck with watching CNN fellate ted kennedy's dead corpse. That's not to say MSNBC wouldn't do that either, but at least they have hardball.

7. You know they're playing The Magnificent Seven on that classic movie channel? Yeah, I love that movie. Fuck you for taking it away from me.


I'd also like to point out that the person left behind zero useful information in clarifying any of this. He left a name, sure, but no telephone number, and no personal e-mail address. Actually probably a safe move, cos I'd find a way to spam the shit out of either or.

Oh, and the 3 HD channels per analog line or whatever? Yeah, that's bullshit. Your only supposed to run 2. 3 dillutes the quality, but I bet you didn't know that, and I bet they didn't tell you.

Death to Comcast
-- Knuttel

guffitall

so it's been a while since I last wrote, but whudevs. A few things that are/were on my mind.

Phillies -- good job not breaking the farm to get Cliff Lee. Last I checked, he just threw a complete game while getting two hits of his own. Roy Halladay, for whom the Blue Jays wanted the two prize jewels of the farm system (including possible NL rookie of the year J.A. Happ), gave up five runs in five innings.

Comcast -- Comcast has declared war upon me. They have the audacity to demand that the cable running into the house must also go through a digital cable box. While this may have the added bonus of giving unto us the N, home of Degrassi, this is evil and underhanded. Slowly they are taking away basic expanded cable channels, such as the history channel and food network. Worst of all, they are robbing me of Hardball. These people will pay for their sins, surely. But the thing is, cable in itself is already "digital". In fact, the digital versions of these channels come in on the hdtv we have. To resume getting these channels, we would have to get a cable box for each tv in the house, for which each would most likely be paid for separately. So, to summarize, in order to maintain the number of channels we get (and i assure you, we only get basic cable), we would have to pay more for a higher service. Methinks this is a blackmail of sorts.

Healthcare -- this issue is actually kinda huge, so I'm gonna leave it alone for here, and most likely post something more comprehensive in a day or two.

meh, good enough for now

-- Knuttel

immediacy

a slew of backlogged posts to be posted post-haste.

a variety of topics to be covered topically (as if by a cream or salve, indeed I do heal).

-- knuttel