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Half of the entertainment was reeling in shock that people could retain their credibility while saying things like "Oooh, a hurricane devastates New Orleans on Day One of the R.N.C.! God must love Democrats!" and "Harumph! I'll bet Sarah Palin faked her last childbirth to cover her teenage daughter's pregnancy!" - a simply mindboggling accusation, especially now that Palin's daughter really is pregnant. There should be consequences for saying things like that without evidence. I mean, it's one thing for Michael Moore to say them; he is a professional kook. But network news people?! Even in opinion-based shows they should at least put up a semblance of journalistic fairness. The way they abuse everyone they talk about, and talk with, they can only end up making their side of the dialogue look bad.
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The only other thrill of the holiday was discovering, once again, what an ass the Sprint network is. And I don't mean that in the nice sense. My cell phone was unable to find its network a half hour south of Jeff City. I was able to receive a page from my Dad, but I could not call him or text him in reply. Then, within shouting distance of the Lake of the Ozarks, I had trouble receiving a call from my Mom. I had to go out on my Dad's deck before I had enough bars to hear a word she was saying. Together with the fact that I can't even cross the state line without going into Digital Roam territory - as I have learned each time I have crossed the border into Arkansas - it is increasingly clear that "nationwide network" means one thing for Sprint and another thing for every intelligent being on earth. Which tells you another thing about Sprint!
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