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May 25, 2004 Why is it that whenever I’m just sitting here minding my own business, someone always comes up to me and says, “Have you seen that awesome new Michael Moore movie? You know, the one where he says: ‘President Shrub conspired with Hitler by building a time machine at a secret government base (located in Ogden, UT) funded by Citrucel, a company with strong links to both Osama bin Laden and John Travolta, thus proving that the Republicans are really bent on genocide, rape, pillaging, stealing elections, and manufacturing fiber’?” At this point, I usually sigh and say, “No, Mr. Rather, I have not seen that new movie.” But it brings up an interesting point. In fact, it’s so interesting, it’s the point of this article. And that point is Bob Costas. What does Bob Costas have to do with politics in Hollywood? It’s complicated. First, I needed a title for this article despite the fact that I wanted it to be about Bob Costas and titling it anything with his name in it would have kept you from reading it because no one wants to read an article about Bob Costas (except, perhaps, Bob Costas). So you might be wondering why I chose to write something about Bob Costas today. Well, the reason this is about Bob Costas is because I read the Strakalogue (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,120789,00.html) this morning (which, although not written by Bob Costas, is usually not about him either). There, Mike Straka wrote: “The best thing that happened to Bob Costas' career is NBC lost all the sports he likes to announce.” I couldn’t agree more. And that, my fellow humans (and Democrats), is the connection. I couldn’t agree more connects to Michael Moore. See? And with these type of connections, we have inadvertently stumbled upon the terrible truth that Mr. Moore wanted to keep buried, but which dedicated professional journalists (as well as lazy ones, like me) can now trumpet to the entire world: Bob Costas is Michael Moore, which proves the conspiracy theory right! Plus, it’s also the tenth time that I’ve used the name “Bob Costas” in this article (eleven times if you count this one). I guarantee no one else on earth has ever accomplished that feat in an article entitled “Hollywood and Politics.” I can’t imagine why that would be the case. ------------ About the author: Peter Pike lives in Colorado Springs and is most certainly not Bob Costas. He is also glad that Bob Costas does not do sportscasting for the Stanley Cup Finals, or else we'd have to watch 7 mini-documentarys about the factories that provide wood for the sticks, rubber for the pucks, and pastic for the pads, all while the game is forced to a little tiny square in the upper right hand corner and which, by the time the feature is over, shows us the score is now 3-2. His website (Peter's not Bob's) can be found at PeterPike.com. Email: peter@peterpike.com Tell a friend about this site! ------------ |
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