AUTHOR: Dave Sypniewski DATE: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 ----- BODY: Remember how Maury Povich burst onto the scene in the late 1980's? It was a little show called, "A Current Affair." After a couple of years, he decided to venture out into unchartered waters in an already over saturated talk show world. It was a chance for him to redeem himself for his shoddy work on "Affair" and try to get somewhat equal to his wife Connie Chung in professionalism. It was good for a while...Maury helped some folks along the way and showcased some special people people with special talents. I've got to tell you, in 2005 Maury is back at the other end of the spectrum again and is more trashier than ever. He makes Jerry Springer look like a choir boy. The show is filthy, dirty and it's the same thing over and over, like a broken record. What a household that must be. I'd like to be a guest at the dinner table when he and Connie are talking about one anothers day. Remember, Connie was a newswoman who sat alongside Dan Rather and had her own show on CNN. Neither of which lasted long. Could it have been Maury's reputation derailing her career? While she was out covering 9/11, Maury was interviewing men who wear women's underwear and like to be spanked! Now we're on the paternity business EVERY day. It really says something about the kind of society we live in where a black lady swears she's only slept with one man but yet, comes on the show a dozen times because the DNA evidence of the guy she brings with doesn't match that of the baby. This only goes to show that if "The Maury Show" calls on the caller ID and you're a man, let the machine answer! ...I was out the other day looking for some props to set up in the window for Halloween. Usually, all you need to do is go to one of the farm stands if you want the real stuff otherwise, a craft store like Michaels will do just fine. It was slim pickins at both places except for the pumpkins which were in abundance. I thought a bale of hay and perhaps some indian corn would be a nice, finishing touch to the display. So, I ask the girl at the store about the indian corn and all I got was a blank stare. I explained it's the multi-colored corn that typically is only used for decorating. "Oh, sweet corn" she said. No. Sweet corn is yellow and you eat it. Indian corn is brown, black, orange sometimes red or orange. "Oh, you mean harvest corn?" To which I reply, "What is THAT?!" Turns out we were both talking baout the same thing. What I want to know is, who took the "indian" out of the corn and why? What tribe got their feelings hurt between last year and now that we had to rename the stuff? It's kind of funny that after so many years the Indians are now getting worked up over the land that we stole from them and we must walk on eggshells when approaching this subject. Hey, the way I see it, if you were born here in America, that automatically includes you and me. But don't call me "Native American" or I'll slap you silly with a bottle of Canola Oil! -------- Squealing Pig WORLDWIDE!: Shame on Maury and a politically correct Halloween!

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Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Shame on Maury and a politically correct Halloween!

Remember how Maury Povich burst onto the scene in the late 1980's? It was a little show called, "A Current Affair." After a couple of years, he decided to venture out into unchartered waters in an already over saturated talk show world. It was a chance for him to redeem himself for his shoddy work on "Affair" and try to get somewhat equal to his wife Connie Chung in professionalism. It was good for a while...Maury helped some folks along the way and showcased some special people people with special talents. I've got to tell you, in 2005 Maury is back at the other end of the spectrum again and is more trashier than ever. He makes Jerry Springer look like a choir boy. The show is filthy, dirty and it's the same thing over and over, like a broken record. What a household that must be. I'd like to be a guest at the dinner table when he and Connie are talking about one anothers day. Remember, Connie was a newswoman who sat alongside Dan Rather and had her own show on CNN. Neither of which lasted long. Could it have been Maury's reputation derailing her career? While she was out covering 9/11, Maury was interviewing men who wear women's underwear and like to be spanked! Now we're on the paternity business EVERY day. It really says something about the kind of society we live in where a black lady swears she's only slept with one man but yet, comes on the show a dozen times because the DNA evidence of the guy she brings with doesn't match that of the baby. This only goes to show that if "The Maury Show" calls on the caller ID and you're a man, let the machine answer! ...I was out the other day looking for some props to set up in the window for Halloween. Usually, all you need to do is go to one of the farm stands if you want the real stuff otherwise, a craft store like Michaels will do just fine. It was slim pickins at both places except for the pumpkins which were in abundance. I thought a bale of hay and perhaps some indian corn would be a nice, finishing touch to the display. So, I ask the girl at the store about the indian corn and all I got was a blank stare. I explained it's the multi-colored corn that typically is only used for decorating. "Oh, sweet corn" she said. No. Sweet corn is yellow and you eat it. Indian corn is brown, black, orange sometimes red or orange. "Oh, you mean harvest corn?" To which I reply, "What is THAT?!" Turns out we were both talking baout the same thing. What I want to know is, who took the "indian" out of the corn and why? What tribe got their feelings hurt between last year and now that we had to rename the stuff? It's kind of funny that after so many years the Indians are now getting worked up over the land that we stole from them and we must walk on eggshells when approaching this subject. Hey, the way I see it, if you were born here in America, that automatically includes you and me. But don't call me "Native American" or I'll slap you silly with a bottle of Canola Oil!

posted by Dave Sypniewski at Tuesday, October 11, 2005

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