{"id":7598,"date":"2011-12-08T03:53:26","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T08:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/?p=7598"},"modified":"2011-12-08T03:53:26","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T08:53:26","slug":"mlag-issue-10-the-muppets-v-fox-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/mlag-issue-10-the-muppets-v-fox-news\/","title":{"rendered":"MLAG: Issue 10: The Muppets v. FOX News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Issue 10: The Muppets v. FOX News<\/h2>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>By <a href=\"http:\/\/mylifeasag33k.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan MacDonald<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI understand your lopsided political agendas. \u00a0I do. \u00a0And I  understand a lot of things about your network and company and it\u2019s fine  for people to have their own opinions and to voice them, especially when  they\u2019re backed up by facts. \u00a0Whether those facts are actual hard  evidence facts that, in turn, are backed up by actual physical research  or if those facts are hammered out by an army of chimpanzees on type  writers taking large doses of opiates and other such drugs  is\u00a0irrelevant.<\/p>\n<div>But recently your company targeted and attacked The Muppets for  playing host to \u201can evil billionaire oil tycoon\u201d as the movies villain  and \u201cbrain washing children\u201d into having a liberal agenda. \u00a0Pardon me  for being a bit brash and abrasive with my next question, but, did  everyone\u2019s skull cave in at the same time over there? \u00a0I mean, that\u2019s  the only reason I can see for a nationally revered 24 Hour news network  to play host to such claims. \u00a0There\u2019s actual news happening in the  world. \u00a0There is. \u00a0I speak for many an American person when I say this,  get your heads OUT of your asses.<\/div>\n<div>The Muppets only want a couple of things, to love, be loved, and to  give the world the third greatest gift. \u00a0And yet, here you stand,  pitchforks in hand ready to make wildly absurd claims about The Muppets  introducing class warfare into a child\u2019s mind. \u00a0It\u2019s absolutely  disgusting that someone could find that inside of a movie as pure and  innocent and beautiful as The Muppets. \u00a0And then compare it something  like Syriana. \u00a0WHAT?! \u00a0WHAT?!<\/div>\n<div>You\u2019ve done nothing but prove to the world, in around about 3 and a  half minutes that your sole purpose in your abysmal existence is to  destroy EVERYTHING that is wonderful and amazing and beautiful about  this world and it\u2019s people and it\u2019s entertainment. \u00a0You disgust me, FOX  News. \u00a0You disgust me.<\/div>\n<div>Mahna Mahna.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This was my personal reply to the Fox Network after they aired the following 7 minutes of \u201cnews\u201d<\/div>\n<div>http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/mmtv\/201112020036 \u2014 You\u2019ll have to click to view.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>That\u2019s all I can really say on the matter. \u00a0I\u2019m completely aghast  at how willing they were to throw an american institution as wholesome  as The Muppets completely under the \u201cdirty liberal communists!\u201d bus. \u00a0I  really want to see people standing up against this.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Join me and fight. \u00a0Or send a strongly worded letter.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Issue 10: The Muppets v. 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