Why Is Sen. Chuck Grassley So Upset With the History Channel?
- Posted on April 1, 2012 at 7:28pm by
Erica Ritz
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Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) hasn’t been quiet about his disappointment with the “History” channel in recent months, tweeting more than a few times on the matter.
Specifically, the senator seems to be upset that the channel’s programming has gone from “history” to, well, other things.
New York Magazine humorously highlighted Grassley’s criticisms, by date:
January 6, 2012: Grassley’s rage begins, nearly coinciding with the New Year that, according to Mayan prognostication, might be the last. Coincidence?
February 1, 2012: Grassley, unlike much of America, is not charmed by Pawn Stars. “I turn to History channel frequently bc I like history. There is nevr any history unless u r an antique dealer. Change name!”
February 29, 2012: Grassley is disappointed by Ax Men and plaintively wonders about the title yet again. “Just turned to history channel. No history. I used to get history. Why do we h v such a channel when it doesnt do history.”
February 25, 2012. Grassley is disappointed by Mudcats and once again sounds his unbarbaric yawp. “Just love history. So occasionally I turn to history channel. ‘mud cats’ when wi they put history back on the channel.”
March 10, 2012: Grassley is disappointed by Modern Marvels: Muscle Cars. “Just tuned to History channel. Once again no history.”
March 13, 2012: Chuck Grassley admits in a public forum to enjoying a History network reality show. It is American Pickers. The occasion is a momentous one. Is he embracing the channel’s new slogan, “History, made every day”?
March 14, 2012: Reports surface that History has ordered its first scripted series, Vikings. Chuck Grassley does not comment.
9:35 p.m. on March 18, 2012: Chuck Grassley is disappointed, once again. “History. No history. Axe man Timber Nothing historical. Back to FOX. Sigh. Suggest name to change channel name.”
And the senator spoke out a number of times about the channel over the weekend.
He tweeted Saturday, “Watch the nonhistory channel. ‘top gear’ is on. Real educational!!!!!!!” and Sunday ,”Wondering if No History Channel would be [interested] in covering my axe and chain saw work at my farm for Axeman. At least it would b new.”
A quick search of the History channel’s website reveals that, indeed, shows like Swamp People, Ax Men, and Pawn Stars are far more prevalent than documentaries on historical events.
No word yet on how the senator feels about National Geographic.
(H/T: Twitchy)
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Comments (357)
Master_and_Commander
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:43pmThank you Chuck Grassley, I love you for those tweets haha. He’s right, the History Channel used to be about history, now these days it just sucks…
Report Post »duhwut
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 9:58pmthe history channel’s alternate channel, history channel 2 (or something like that) actually has some history on it. but its not on regular cable. regular cable feeds off of what people are into, and its usually stupid crap, and we all suffer.
Report Post »americansfightingforcommonsense
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 10:32pmI noticed a long time ago. I used to be a loyal watcher when they had actual history, but now I can not handle the programing. It is NOT historic, it IS crap programing. They want to dumb down society to push marxism upon us.
TomFerrari
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 10:59pmWow. Somebody noticed?
Kinda like “SyFy”?
I call this Opryland-ing. Big corporations get involved with things that had great origins and had MEANING. Then, they sell out. Opryland was my first recognition of this. Gaylord (a CANADIAN company) bought it and operated it until they decided to tear it down and build themselves a shopping mall. Now, a couple decades later, Gaylord wants Dolly Parton to go in halfsies on a water park across the street, to be called “Opryland”. Not the same, no matter what they call it.
SyFy started buying syndicated crap and broadcasting it. You know, hardcore science fiction like WWF wrestling. The list is long and undistinguished. Tech TV was bought by G4 (video game tv). Now, with the two combined, we have… G4 video game tv. (sans tech tv)
The race to the bottom was a swift one. We now have 500 channels of crap, instead of 13 mediocre channels. Good shows come along, like “V” and mysteriously get cancelled, in spite of ratings. Then there was BSG (Gallactica) and the UNIONS and their strike. We lost several good shows over that strike. Why didn’t we get a seat at the bargaining table?
Report Post »Change the channel you say? To what? I’d LOVE to have something to watch in addition to #GBTV and FoxNews.
woodyb
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 11:35pmI sure vote with Chuck on this one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is this the sort of stuff they teach in HS History classes nowadays????????????
Report Post »jzs
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 11:43pmI don‘t have cable but when I travel I’ll check it out. I like the shows about how aliens create crop circles. Aliens also are promoting the Caliphate, subliminally telling Democrats to create FEMA camps for the internment of conservatives, and using their powers to promote the idea that the United States has an obligation not only to support the richest people, but also the poor. Some say Jesus was, in fact, an alien because he supported those ideas, including the FEMA camps, if you care to read between the lines of his socialist doctrine.
Report Post »Trenaway
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 12:07amYou people complaining about what is on History are missing the point of this story! Number one you are all stupid for complaining! Number two, IF YOU DO NOT LIKE WHAT IS ON THE CHANNEL NOBODY IS MAKING YOU WATCH IT!!!!! Number three, some people like it, because it is not pushing an agenda.
Report Post »The Gooch
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 12:43amEh, the Military Channel isn’t sick with the reality plague… yet. Every week on way too many channels there’s a new show about a merry band of fringe characters chasing snakes, cars, garbage, fish, gold, oil, gators, Bigfoot… you name it. And why? Because this stuff is simple, stupid and cheap. It also nibbles at the ego of too many viewers. “Hey, I’ve got a great idea! Make a show about me as I colorfully go about my not so glamorous pursuits.”
Report Post »Face it, America. We like whores. And they can be cheap, dirty, mindless whores. And we wanna be whores. This is Jersey Shore programming for the more reserved and aged.
Whore on, History Channel!!!
The Gooch
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 12:50amSee? Some folks like Trenaway jealousy defend their whores. That’s sweet.
Report Post »Watch and choose as you will. I‘m only aware of this trend thru the seemingling endless promos and the times when I’m checking to see what might be on The History Channel besides “Hey, Let’s Watch Some Guys Make Beer.” Come to think of it, if that’s not a show, it should be.
I agree. Vote with your wallet and vote with your remote. I don‘t agree that folks can’t have an opinion. I say this to all comers and challengers: Nothing can compare to the abject suck fests that are Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz. Those shows aren’t on the History Channel. At least there’s that.
RabidPatriot
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 3:20amSwamp People and Top Gear pay the bills so they can produce history programs. MTV found that music videos do not pay the bills so they rarely play them anymore. Most people that care about history read books.
Report Post »IPFW_11
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 3:38amHe is right for sure. The History channel used to be one of my favorites when they covered history. I hardly watch it now since it is nothing but reality shows.
Report Post »SacredHonor1776
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 4:35amJZS, you almost completely described the history channel last time I watched it. It went from alien abduction stories, UFO sightings, crop circles, area 51, ESP, ghosts type topics… Next it was the Jesus didn’t die on the cross and he Mary Magdaline hitched up and moved to France where his bloodline flourished… Toss in a little Rennes Le Chateau conspiracy… Mix in some illuminati/free masons…. yes other traditional conspiracy stories, FEMA camps, manchurian candidates, etc… This was a few years back though…
Oh and Nazis lots of things on Nazis…
Report Post »orionreplay6607
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 4:49amHallelujah. I was knew I wasn’t alone. We were just talking about this last night and I was expressing my dismay at the selection to watch on “History” (which I do put in quotes purposely). Sad. I used to love the channel.
I’m afraid to say, it’s like how folks can also say “Remember when MTV played music videos?”
Report Post »BuggiOlleo
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 7:00amSo goes with all Cable TV.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 7:24amshould be called the garbage channel. worst of it “IS” you have to PAY for it, too.
Report Post »mils
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 8:00amyeah, just shows about people acting dumber than usual…and actually filming it…
Report Post »mils
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 8:02amyeah, just people acting dumber than usual and actually filming it…
Report Post »We don’twatch History channel any more…dumb humiliating stuff..
teresa2010
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 8:17am@jzs …… Go Obama lover GO!!!
Report Post »Marine25
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 8:35amIf you are going to champion capitalism in it’s purest form, you have to shut up about the history channel. They are trying to stay in business and America is inexplicably hooked on reality tv. This is, by the way, the same Chuck Grassley that wants to defund PBS and NPR.
Report Post »SacredHonor1776
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 8:43amOh believe me I turned it off. Got rid of cable altogether, and invested the money in Netflix/roku, etc. still cheaper than the 100s of stations I never watched…
People have a right to complain though, sometimes ‘menus’ get changed if there is enough public demand, for something different. The ‘customer is always right?’ They look into which is most successful and wanted, gets more ratings in order to increase revenues…. Then again MSNBC has never let complaints and low ratings stop them….
Report Post »SacredHonor1776
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 8:48amYou mean remove the government funding of biased government run propaganda arms like PBS and NPR?
It’s one thing to get money through pledge a thons. It’s another to get it from the government. Especially if it’s going to stick to a single view, and not all views…
Report Post »Bum thrower
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 9:05amUsed to be ‘The Hitler Channel’, but that moved to ‘The Military Channel’.
Report Post »GIDEON612
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 9:24amIf any of you rely on the History Channel for real history…..I feel sorry for you.
Report Post »Silversmith
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 10:00amThat’s the trend today in products, legislation, and, I guess, cable channels. They all say they are one thing, and are usually the opposite.
Cut off my cable in December — I’ve had it.
Silversmith
Report Post »The Gooch
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 10:10amOn a forum that EXPECTS people to add commentary and voice their opinions, many a poster asserts we aren’t allowed to do just that. That’s funny. Telling people to shut up after you vent your spleen on this forum is like showing up for a family picnic and deciding who gets to eat and who stands by and just watches in silence. While you make a pig out of yourself.
Report Post »Dear bullies, get bent.
@leftfighter
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 10:41amAgree. History isn’t about history anymore.
It’s almost *almost* *ALMOST* like whoever owns History is a Progressive who doesn’t want us to know our history, doesn‘t think it’s important, or maybe has bought in to Moochelle’s “change your history” comment.
Who owns History?
Oh yeah. GE via NBC Universal. …and who’s their CEO? Hello, Obama advisor, Jeff Immelt.
WOW! That’s a weird coincidence.
Report Post »southernORcobra
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 10:47amyep I have the same complaints about that channel
Report Post »caleamerica
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 10:59amIt’s so true, the History channel sucks. I do keep tuning in, in hopes that something of good history actually comes on. I hope the History channel sees this and changes its course.
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 11:14amHow about all the History Channel “crapumenaries” on “Ancient Aliens”, or “Angels and Demons”, or my personal favorite, “Aliens, Demons or Angels?”
Oh, and don’t watch their other crapumentaries for perspective on WWII. They’ll present the details out of sequence to make FDR look like a genius.
Report Post »pavepaws
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 11:30amTry H2. I’m glad he has the time to worry about a TV channel.
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 11:33amGovernment deleats history…the history channel deleats history….the news shows are just that…ONLY SHOWS, with no actual news…ALL EXACTLY THE SAME “reporting” which means just READING TELEPROMPTERS, and NOT ACTUALLY GETTING NEWS. The DRIVEL-NEWS- NETWORKS are great at COVERUP for real news stories, which would shoe the actual-real danger this adm. has put us in!!
Report Post »drbage
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 11:37amBut then the “History Channel” realized it had to do something to eliminate all those inconvenient truths that kept popping up when they tried to do history: either rewrite the history and have someone like Sen. Grassley call them out or produce mind-numbing shows about parts of America that play into the mantra expressed by the NYT as “slope-headed, Bible-thumping, gun-toting Neanderthals in flyover country.”
Report Post »JRook
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 11:57amGlad to see Republican Senators are focusing on the big issues facing our country. But then again if you just say No I guess they have time to be TV critics. Wonder how his critique syncs up with his stance on the free market.
Report Post »SacredHonor1776
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 12:56pmI have liberal historian friends that hate the history channel. Because its replaced history with pseudohistory or has little historical merit.
History Channel might as well call themselves Current TV…. Oops already taken.
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 1:22pm@Trenaway –
Are you stupid for complaining about others’ complaints? Seems to me that to complain about others complaining is just plain…. STUPID.
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 4:30pmActually, the History Channel used to be about the Nazis, but they ran out of old footage we hadn’t seen before.
Report Post »Irishred
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 5:46pmMaybe you and Senator Grasley would like to get out your check books and buy the network. Then you could show us real history shows until your money runs out. Then you’d understand the realities of the free market and find some programming that will pay the bills. I agree with your preference for true history programming but it’s just not what the market will support. Sad as it is, it’s a fact. Besides most of the “history” programs you see these days have been re-written to fit the PC culture so they aren’t really history anyway. Maybe you and the Senator can work on that too!
Report Post »kansasmo
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 6:12pmI ABSOLUTELY AGREE 100%!! I remember when the History channel began there was some great substance! There was a value of getting the viewers to experience history. However, it is not relative to history at all. And if they do have something somewhat historic, there is a political agenda behind it. I remember many Saturdays sitting around a watching programs on the presidents, wars, or world events. Not any more! I check out the history channel at times only to be disappointed every time! In my opinion, it all began with the stupid programs on the earth after humans were gone. Or the MEGA earthquake, tornado, volcano, etc.
Report Post »gambler63
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 6:28pmI agree not much history here anymore.Shows seem to belong to the discovery channel.I do like top gear and top shot but but see no history in those.
Report Post »GaryLThmp
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 9:15pm…///BuggiOlleo
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 7:00am
So goes with all Cable TV.///…
Actually, I made that same point in detail in other forums years ago…
http://www.toonzone.net/forums/showthread.php?163928-When-did-the-USA-network-stop-showing-cartoons
http://www.toonzone.net/forums/showthread.php?164972-Does-Cartoon-Network-lack-an-identity&p=2141816#post2141816
http://www.toonzone.net/forums/showthread.php?164346-TV-Week-article-quot-The-New-Non-Toon-Cartoon-Network-quot
If anything, the situation has gotten worse over the years. Viewers are faced with a few hundred channels on cable /SAT airing programming growing ever more generic, while low-powered and new digital TV channels sit neglected or actually targeting narrow audiences that cable abandoned!
Glenn Beck is poised to lose his shirt. Or he could be catching a wave that’s going to make him a multibillioinaire. Viewers were tired of programming to the lowest denominator by ABC/CBS/NBC a generation ago, they’re frustrated by cable/SAT today. If internet goes after cable’s disaffected viewers in a big way–well, cable could learn the hard way “Those who refuse to learn from history are fated to repeat it.” Get ready for another viewer exodus from broadcasting.
Report Post »Radioman69
Posted on April 3, 2012 at 10:29amI agree. There is very little history on The History Channel. It is mostly garbage except for American Pickers of course!
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on April 3, 2012 at 2:29pmThe liberals at the history channel don’t want educated people. They want mindless drones so the show crap like ancient aliens
Report Post »http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/401750/ancient-alien-thanksgiving
judymac10
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 11:45amI agree with him, History Channel has been very disappointing to me also.
Report Post »If I wanted to watch idiots try to outsmart animals that where here longer
then they have been I would watch animal kingdom.
cassandra
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:41pmP C BEDAMNED boy did you get that right , they are all pushing the history of slavery which was horrible but their were many Whites that stood up for the Blacks but they don’t delve into those stories,like Frederick Douglas was good friends with Abe Lincoln, or the other man that rode with Paul Revere was a Black man or all the Black Pastors there were during the Revolution preaching the word of God in Black and White churches yes there were people of low character there always will be but there were more people of good character and morals. Did they forget the Civil War? we will never heal with people like Al Sharpton,Jessie Jackson’s . If America is so bad how can Al Sharpton explain how he got where he is or Colin Powell,Condellisa Rice,Henery Lewis Gates and the list goes on ????
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 7:43amThat doesn’t fit with the victim narrative, see?
Report Post »Bayoublazer
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 12:50pmThe so-called “history” channel will NOT speak of the black men of color who OWNED slaves and NOT just to protect family members. They were actucal slaves working for their master. What about that history? And so many areas of history that is either not discussed or not politcally correct.
Report Post »antisocialist
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:40pmI kinda agree with Grassley. Williams remembers when MTV played music.
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 10:10pmAnd The Cartoon Network is now C-SPAN .
Report Post »TexanRon
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 11:25pmGood one about MTV! So true.
Report Post »15thGenerationAmerican
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 9:14amAre we really that suprised? After all History channel is owned by ABC, Disney and NBC
Report Post »SPOT_OF_TEA
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:38pmLooks like the History channel is history
Report Post »darkknight91
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 10:53amIt was far more fun when it was The Hitler Channel.
Report Post »Old_Bones
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:30pmHmm, I agree mostly. The Military Channel is still pretty good.
Report Post »gretsch62
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:29pmThe History Channel has become sensational reality tv with very little historical value. Contrived event have no place on the History Channel!
Report Post »Maxim Crux
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:26pmDish network just took the programming I like to watch from the history channel off the air and replaced it with the nonsense that is mentioned. I am getting rid of dish when the contract is up.
Report Post »JBARRANCHAZ
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 2:19amYou‘re talkin’ out your rear Maxim Crux. I have Dish and it is so much better than ComCast cable or Direct. I have History and H2. If you pay for base programing, deal with the lack of choices. But if you shop around you’ll find Dish is by far the best value, provided you don’t want Sports.
History had a series on the Revolution, the States, the Civil War, etc. Yes they have American Pickers, Swamp People, etc., but they run plenty of other programs too. I’ll take that over the CBS/NBC/ABC trash any day.
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:17pmthe history channel has been history for a while. So has Mtv Bravo the learning channel and so on. Its all B.S. now.
Report Post »Dahart
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 9:54pmNot to mention all the repeats after repeat after repeat……It dosen’t matter what channel I mean who meany times are they going to play X-Man…”..syh
Report Post »MatrixRedPill
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:15pmAt one point the end of the world kind of shows were on every night on cable. When some kind of subject is on night after night, all around the same theme, then it has become propaganda. What do Soros type want to drive the average people to do? They drive us like a school of fish, scaring us this way, knowing we will all go the way they want us to go. Maybe they wanted Christians to all give up?
Report Post »cassandra
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:14pmI use to like the History channel until I noticed how they started changing history their Thomas Jefferson Bio was so full of crap I turned it off
Report Post »Bayoublazer
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 12:56pmIndeed. This so-called “history” channel changes history IF they put on a “history” show.
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:14pmGrassley has too much time on his hands.
That being said, History Channel sucks.
Cancel your cable…go streaming!
Report Post »Bayoublazer
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 1:22pmCould it be when Grassley goes home at night & turns on the tube like we all do at the end of the evening, he notices the NON “history” channel & remarks on it. My son & I were just having this conversation last night. We don’t make the news, Senator Grassley does make the news. He is a senator winding down in the evening, wanting to watch an intelligent show & remarks about not finding one in the “History” channel. At least he is not having he & various family memebers taking jets off to different parts of the country or world for their Many vacations on Tax payers dimes. Thankfully, Senator Grassley is just winding down at the end of the day to watch the “History” channel & commenting on the false advertisment of it being called history.
Report Post »Dalady
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:04pmIs “history made every day” really the channel slogan? If it is, who owns that channel…son of Saul Alinsky? Textbooks are lame on the subject of American history, and now even the History Channel has limited history. Rules for radicals…OMG 2012
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:16pmWith about 5,000 years of Actual History… it would seem a History Channel would have a vast array of Subject matter to cover… rather than being another version of Reality TV!
Report Post »HumbleMan
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:48pmIt’s important to the communist agenda to erase history. Look it up.
Report Post »13axes
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 9:10pmHistory channel 2 or H2 has Ancient aliens-The Universe-How the Earth was made-What the Ancients knew-Hitlers last days-WW1 and WW2 in color-How the States Got there shapes-Modern Marvels History channel 1 sucks
Report Post »menticide
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 9:53pmAncient Aliens and the cancelled UFO Hunters series are just about the most entertaining thing to watch on History. I’m not saying that they are historically important in any way, but entertaining…
Report Post »Bayoublazer
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 1:24pmWell said, Humbleman.
Report Post »singray
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:02pmAll the shows he listed are a psrt of American Culture. What upsets him more. American Culture or allowing Americnas the ability to see how diverse we really are.
Report Post »SpaceCoyote
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:21pmit’s not culture that erks him. Although I’m sure it does. What the problem is, is the fact that history channel teaches nothing other than dont take your items to a pawn shop. I agree with him whole heartedly. I used to love the History channel. I dont anymore because there is no historical value to this network.
Report Post »Komponist-ZAH
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 11:27pmYes.
Who needs Charles Ives or William Faulkner when you have…Swamp People?
Report Post »rawmilker
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 11:40pmDear History channel & lib narratarive, there are no such thing as ancient space aliens.
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 7:41amIt’s called The History Channel, not The American Cultural Diversity Channel.
Kind of like the bass-ackwards names given to all the legislation in Congress. For example, The Affordable Health Care Act that makes health care unaffordable and takes away free choice. It should have been named, The Communist Takeover and Bankrupting of America Act.
Report Post »godhatesacoward
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:01pmAnd this is why I don’t have cable, sat etc. I do roku though. I watch what I want to watch when I want to.
Report Post »crazyrightwingmom
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:11pmMy cable is also gone. When I travel and see t.v. in a motel I am again shocked…even more so….at the trash.
Report Post »I only learned history when I grew up and began reading autobiographies….love it! But didn’t learn it in school!
godhatesacoward
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:29pmAt crazyrwmom………Yes it takes time & knowledge to understand! Common sense does’nt hurt as well!
Report Post »marcus_arealius
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:00pmHistory channel is really ‘Correct the Right Wing Version of History Channel’
Discovery is really ‘See how humans are ruining the earth for animals Channel’
Food Network is really ‘See dishes you will never eat because you are too poor to afford the ingredients and Chef Channel’ .. Wow.
PBS is really the Crap Channel, need I say more
TMZ is ‘I can’t hold the camera steady and cannot afford a steady-cam Channel’
MTV is ‘Don’t show any frame shot for more than 1/2 second Channel’ (This encourages ADD)
I’ll think of a more complete list tonight after I cycle through the entire available channel lineup, why in the hell do I even own a TV anymore? Hmm.
Report Post »Dalady
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:16pmDon’t miss cable and still get Judge Judy. Love to see her take names and kick ‘em to the curb. Oh yeah, and reruns of How I Met Old Christine. Thank God for the library. OMG 2012
Report Post »rickroland
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:00pmDo what I did 12 years ago, cancel your cable television service completely.
The only T.V. I watch now is the occasional football or basketball game at a friend’s house or at a local sports pub.
Since I stopped getting cable, I have gotten all my news and entertainment via the Internet, don’t miss T.V. at all.
Report Post »crazyrightwingmom
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:13pmDitto!!
Report Post »randy
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:55pmBeen a year since I cancelled Cable and satellite.
Report Post »Don’t miss it at all!
taxpro4u03
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 7:59pmLike the internet – intelligent (most people) using their Creator-given faculties of reason, wisdom and logic akin to common sense and critical thinking SKILLS (increasingly difficult to identify as the operating THINKING game – even among the HIGHEST members of society/gubmint) understand b.s. at the outset when they see/hear it. Without independent SOURCES sited to ‘back up’ the claim — (you know, for independent verification due diligence stuff we as PEOPLE should do anyway in our discovery of TRUTH) — Just more B.S. from a politician — DVR is way kewel – LOTS of ‘historical’ stuff to follow in many venues – books still exist – but ya gotta know where to ‘look’ :-) “Question with BOLDNESS, even the very existence of God Himself.” Thomas Jefferson (I don‘t know waht ’God’ is — but I KNOW what he ISN’T – “I like your Christ. I do NOT like your Christians. So many are unlike your Christ.” ~Mahatma Ghandi
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 7:59pmGrassley’s right, the History Channel is to history as MTV is to music. I just hope he doesn’t try to act like a Democ*nt and try to pass some bill address it.
Report Post »Beckofile
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 7:51pmCancel your cable get a roku and subscribe to Hulu and gbtv. Watch what you want when you want and I save 150 a month
Report Post »taxpro4u03
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:06pmLike/LIKE — people tend to FORGET — “You only have rights IF you exercise them — properly.” — Trouble is — ‘thinking’ one has ‘rights’ don’t make it so unless you know WHO YOU ARE, and where they came from — then the task is to know how to STAND on them properly. Like at ‘work.‘ It’s only a benefit if you use it… RESPONSIBLY. Then of course, ‘they’ attack you for ‘leave abuse…’ :-)
Report Post »taxpro4u03
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 7:50pmkinda like the internet — intelligent people (most people) with critical thinking SKILLS and common sense (increasingly difficult to find today even at the HIGHEST levels of ‘gubmint’) can sift thru the B.S. and realize that although ‘reality teevee’ is there — so are some actual MIND joggers on actual historical presentations. Camp Douglas was one of the latest – nevermind the ‘glorification’ stuff (the victors are the ‘writers’ of history — and HAVE been since the Hyksos (egyptians called them the ‘shepherd kings’…hm sounds familiar in the Good Book) — Get BOTH sides of the ‘story,‘ dig UP what’s ‘buried.’ Compare and contrast. Reason, wisdom and logic will expose TRUTH. What one chooses to DO with that knowledge is the true test of…. ‘character.’
Report Post »RebelYell1862
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:47pm@TAXPRO4UO3 Most people have never heard of Camp Douglas in Chicago run during the “War for Southern Independence”. They may have heard of Andersonville in Georgia because of the P.C yankee spin on history, but Camp Douglas was far worse and cruel than any war camp run by the South. The Southerners there were starved, and left to freeze to death by the union and then instead of being given a Christian burial, most were dumped in the lake.
Report Post »Lt_Scrounge
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 11:36amHey RebelYell, if you want to see a Civil War POW camp that really sucked, take a trip to the Delaware/Pennsylvania border. There’s an ACW POW camp located on a island in the middle of the Delaware river that they have tours of. Half of the island is a marsh and full of mosquitoes. It was hell on earth for people living in tents in either the summer or the winter. Quite an educational experience to tour the island and see where the tents used to be.
Report Post »Bayoublazer
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 1:33pmLt_Scrounge, correction, War Between the States.
Report Post »khandahar&jalalabad
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 7:48pmIs it just me, or does sen. Grassley look like Jimeny cricket? He’s right, although I like Pawn Stars, it should be on another channel. But ratings are all that matter.
Report Post »Amica
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 7:44pmI agree with the Senator. I’ve been griping about the lack of history on the History Channel. Another one is fit tv, lots of medical shows, no workout shows.
Report Post »DeathTongue
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:24pmwell, if that’s a problem, what about the lack of anything funny on the comedy channel? Boondocks notwithstanding
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 7:39pmI‘m surprised he didn’t mention “Ancient Aliens.” Which is, perhaps, the DUMBEST (and ahistorical) show ever aired on TV that doesn’t involve following drunken d-list celebrities around as they argue with their manicurists and chauffeurs.
Report Post »dissentnow
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 7:51pmAncient aliens is on H2 these days, not history. I happen to really like shows like Ancient aliens and monster quest.
Report Post »burnbabylon
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:34pm@DISSENTNOW Best of both, Helen Thomas.
Report Post »Watchyer6
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 9:39amAgree. I actually fired off an e-mail to the History Channel a while back asking them to stop showing pseudo-science garbage about UFO’s and ancient aliens and trying to pass it off as “history.” There are many items of actual historical interest that I would like to know more about, not ancient aliens, swamp people, and extreme bluegill fishermen.
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 7:36pmI am forced to agree with the Senator. I used to LOVE the History channel, but it just became deluged with crap. You end up with lame reality shows and Mayan/2012/Nostradamus shows about the friggin’ apocalypse. That’s pretty much it. At the tail end of my History watching days the only show that they played that I truly enjoyed was The Universe.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:28pmYour too impatient. Michelle and Brack haven’t finished rewriting it yet. Another campaign promise!!!
Report Post »MatrixRedPill
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 9:49pmSynchronized “message” about the end of the world, 2012, aliens, ….
Report Post »Pouring out of cable and Hollywood.
KickinBack
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 7:34pmThere’s still H2 and the Smithsonian channel. Checking might be difficult for him though. I don’t hold my breath when it comes to the intelligence of some politicians.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 7:42pmI find myself agreeing with a politician….not cool……I have been complaining for awhile, how they don’t have actual history programs on that channel anymore. Of course, History, Discovery and several others all have the same crappy shows, because they will come up with a concept and turn it into a never ending string of shows. As an example, they have multiple shows about fishing/crabbing, various shows about gold mining, several about gun shops, people with metal detectors, people who buy storage lockers, people who run pawn shops, etc, etc..etc…….I wouldn’t mind so much I guess, if they didn’t all have the same contrived drama in them, where everyone is constantly in conflict and yelling at each other. I’m going to be cancelling my satellite soon anyhow, and finally make the jump to internet tv, since I have been mostly watching that for months anyways……thank you for enduring my rant…..:P
Report Post »P C BE DAMNED
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 7:46pmI’ve noticed the same thing including much hate speech towards whites with constant harping on slavery. America does not need to have any shame for a world that was so different. Folks like to say the Constitution is out of date and not applicable to modern times while the slavery issue is always and forever. Well its just the opposite. The Constitution knew what freedom was and enumerated it to all men,while slavery was old world and dying even then.
Report Post »crazyrightwingmom
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:16pmPC: Love your comment about how slavery is kept alive and the Constitution is dead to the libs….this truly does happen!
Report Post »chips1
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:20pmPC:
Report Post »Slavery isn’t dying. The largest Plantation owners are Jackson, Sharpton and Obama.