Not that I expect better from FOX, but turning economic collapse into "reality television" is a new low. And some of my friends wonder how I make it through the day without a cable subscription. Those of you who are at least 40 might remember that the whole selling point of cable, in the beginning, was that in exchange for a modest subscription fee, you could watch programming free of commercials.That worked out. Now all TV is digital, there's more advertising than ever (often woven right into the programming, including the news), and if you want the commercial-free stuff, well, that's extra. Pay for the privilege of having my brain assaulted? Thanks, but I'll pass. The shows I would watch are usually available on DVD in pretty short order, and I don't feel left out because I didn't see the latest episode of LOST at the exact moment everyone else did.
Anyway.
If you're tired of watching the half-baked, spinned-out, bullshit version of what's going on with the economy, read this. Or this. Or maybe take a look at this. Or this. And when you're thoroughly convinced that all is lost and everything is hopeless, there's some good news - maybe, just like television, none of it is real.
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