30 Mar 06 catch and release II.

The only survivor of the Sago Mine disaster Randal McCloy Jr. is headed home from the hospital today. You know not to sound insensitive but calling him 'brave' and a 'hero' as some of the news heads have been doing is little lame. The guy didn't die, that doesn't make him a hero or an inspiration. It makes him, well, not dead. Hey, I don't die every day. Where's my press conference?

To make matters more ridiculous, they made a big ballyhoo about renaming McCloy's street 'Miracle Road'. What the fuck is that? So renaming his road makes up for government and corporate safety negligence which is what caused the disaster in the first place? Sadly, Mr. McCloy coming from a small West Virginia town will no doubt be used and exploited by politicians and others. He's going to get Schiavo'ed, which is my new term for that sort of thing.

One last thing, if I hear one more person say “…thoughts and prayers…” I'm going to fucking puke. Say something more original, or at least don't say it twice in one sentence. Come on government peoples, you've got speech writers with college degrees don't you? Surely they can think of something better for you to say that the previous five guys at the podium didn't already express.

I have such a love/hate relationship with the news.

~FryGuy

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