Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Opposite ends of the scale

Thoughts on Bill O'Reilly and Squeaky the Chicago Mouse

As a general rule, I don't pay attention to Bill O'Reilly, who seems like just another loud conservative with possible degenerate tendencies. But I came across a link to the column above and since it was written by Roger Ebert, decided to check it out. Roger Ebert has had health problems I don't envy, but he gets paid, presumably quite well, to watch movies and write about them. In my world, he therefore has maybe the best of all possible jobs. Believe it or not, I never go to see a movie in a theater without reading Ebert's review first. For several years, I tried to catch his television show with Gene Siskel every Sunday night. So, yes, I guess I'm a fan. When I rate people from 1 to 10 based on their value to human civilization, Roger Ebert gets a 9.95 and Billy O comes in at roughly 0.00004.

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