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...Most of what comes out of analysts' mouths - especially the digestible version that most of us deal with - is drivel anyway. Like the ratings system - "Sell" ratings make up less than 2% of all ratings, with ratings like "hold," "neutral," or "market perform" standing in for the s-word. And the dot-com bust routinely saw stocks fall as much as 90% from their high before analysts removed their "buy" ratings...
Chalk it up to my own cynicism, or perhaps to my general distrust of the sugar-coated drivel that emerges daily from the Beltway and its environs, but I would not like the government to have access to anymore knowledge about me than is absolutely necessary. When someone in Washington authoritatively announces that they need more personal information, I want a good explanation why. I do not want the government to know what books I buy, what kind of music I listen to, who my friends are or where I buy my clothes. I do not want them to know...
...harmless drivel they pump out for the next hour is entirely uninteresting. Their attempt at a bad boy look, with all-black outfits and the occasional smoldering glance would probably have elicited multiple beatings in a rough neighbourhood. As vocalists, their wispy sound has to be augmented substantially by a large backing band and background vocals. As for dancing, O-Town’s bored movements lack either energy or real soul...
...Patient: Kevin Costner. Diagnosis: Delusions of Grandeur and Overall Yuckiness. Though Costner’s career has been nothing if a total muddle, there’s one thing that’s crystal clear: America doesn’t care about him anymore. After enduring drivel like The Postman, Message in a Bottle and For the Love of the Game (I exclude Waterworld because I actually think it was a darn good movie), even the most forgiving folk promised to boycott all future Costner exercises-in-ego. Which meant, of course, that Thirteen Days, his Cuban Missile Crisis drama...
...need rules. "No flaming" is a good one. We had no rules, so it was hard to cry foul when the discussion degenerated, as online talk is apt to do. One brother kept forwarding dirty jokes and chain letters. Others traded barbs ("You are an Ivy League idiot") and drivel ("How was David Letterman? I only saw second half...