Posted by
The Blogtrotter on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 8:33:17 PM
FATAL ERROR OF THE BLUE FOX
I used to read stories with morals. And one of the stories I read several years ago was about a fox. Long, long time ago a fox looking for food wandered out of the jungle and came to a village. The fox came across a farm and proceeded toward the barn and accidently fell into a barrel of blue paint.
Fox is a smart animal and somehow he managed to rescue himself and ran back to the forest. As he was going back to his home other animals saw this strange creature and thought this is a special animal and needs to be treated with great respect. Soon other animals talked among themselves on how to treat this newcomer. There was a council meeting and they asked the king - of course, the lion - to temporarily step aside and make this strange blue animal their new king. The lion reluctantly agreed and the fox became the king of the jungle.
The fox presided at the council meetings and for a while the affairs of the jungle went smoothly. But some other foxes had some doubts about their new king and decided play a trick on him. As the next council meeting was proceeding a bunch of foxes began to howl.
Suddenly the new king joined the group and the secret was out!
The lion did not wait a moment to reclaim his royalty. And the rest is history.
Early in the morning of October 24, 2006 (today) I was watching NBC Today show to see how much of their precious time is devoted in the 7 to 7.30 a.m. time slot for "unpaid advertisement" for Democrat"ic" party. Matt Lauer and Tim Russert were counting how many House seats democrats already have in their column and which congressional districts they were. They couldn't hide their joy. At the end of the count TIME RUSSERT said to Matt "WE HAVE 20 SEATS."
Just as the blue fox, for a moment, Tim Russert forgot who and what he was. An impartial reporter or commentator would not forget to say "the democrats have 20 seats," even if it is their hope.
So the next time you listen to Matt Lauer or Tim Russert, you should not have any difficulty identifying them as Matt Lauer (D-NBC) or Tim Russert (D-NBC). Their reports and comments should be considered as unpaid advertisement for their party.