Bastards!!

One thing that has made being this far from home easier has been the World Wide Intery Web, and been able to keep up with events back home - not to mention, communicate with loved ones online etc. However, as much as I bitch and moan about the lefty media - reading The Herald, Stuff and a number of Blogs has provided a real sense of connectedness to everything I knew before.

Well all good things come to a commercial end, and now it appears that that connectedness will come at a price! This charming message from The Herald website:

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Published: Wednesday 21, September 2005 4:59.00 AM
Content Type: Comment
Words: 680

Mustering up all my calm and eloquence - all that I can come up with is - 'bastards!!'. With a capital 'ards!'. [capital 'ards' deliberatly in lower case; so as not to upset the more sensitive, online ear - Ed]

Further, I ponder the question: if the raving lunatic that is, Brian Rudman, is 'premuim content' - then what does that say about the rest of The Herald?!?!? Possibly what I have been saying all along...