I would sue SYFY for everything they have done. The bait-and-switch they did with Primeval happened again tonight. I was angry, but I was going to give them hell on their forums, to find a thread or two had started recently. I found the threads were short, and that one of them talked about how their complaints were being removed from the forums. I can take the bait-and-switch and walk away from SYFY. I will not accept them violating the Constitution. (I can't get Obama, so I'm on a mission with this one.)
I am going to boycott SYFY programs. My parents, who I convinced to watch Scifi shows years ago, and they ended up liking them, will have to deal with SYFY themselves. I will not watch the new Caprica series, or Stargate Universal, and Eureka is an afterthought.
I endured NBC cancelling Surface, and Scifi cancelling Tremors, Painkiller Jane, Flash Gordon, Stargate Atlantis, Dresden Files, and thats just off the top of my head. However, the talk of making an edgier U.S. version of a show that was making $1.2 million profit in Britain per episode, that was cancelled to keep a 9 pm time slot for a drama, is simply unacceptable. They lied about the reason for it being cancelled, and the reason was petty. The channel ITV took something profitable, and because they wanted a drama, instead of an already successful show, I wish them the worst ratings in the future.
However, boycott SYFY. I urge you to do so. I'm actually leaning towards only watching tv series when they come out on DVD now, that way I watch when I want, and no hassels of commercials, and I get the full show (SYFY cut out scenes from Primeval to make time for MORE commercials).
Friday, July 24, 2009
Zelaya's Return - Finally
After the "return any hour now" headline was tossed around for over a week, Zelaya returned to Honduras today, for about thirty seconds before hopping back into Nicaragua.
This is going to be manipulated in many ways. He was not arrested by the forces present, but they probably did not want to act with the reporters, probably outnumbering them, watching closely. Zelaya can say he has control because he wasn't arrested. The Honduran government can call Zelaya a coward for not entering and doing the march to the capital as promised.
Despite this, the crowd in favor of Zelaya had to be dispersed in Honduras with tear gas when they became belligerent. Now, the quick return is described as follows:
LAS MANOS, Nicaragua (Reuters) - Ousted President Manuel Zelaya took a symbolic step inside Honduras on Friday but he paused at the border, backing away from a confrontation with Honduran troops waiting to arrest him.
Accompanied by a pack of international reporters and television cameras, the ousted leader in his trademark cowboy hat took a step or two inside Honduran territory in the small town of Las Manos on the border with Nicaragua.
Pausing to give live telephone interviews, he approached the chain dividing the two central American nations, stepping briefly over and holding the chain over his head in triumph for a moment and touching a sign saying "Welcome to Honduras."
With troops standing just yards away, he said he did not want to proceed further out of "respect for the principles" of the military.
Excerpt over. Zelaya paused out of fear of the arrest order those soldiers have, not respect for their principles. If he respected their principles he would not have fired the top general before being removed because that general refused to go forward with distributing ballots for a vote declared illegal by the supreme court and congress of Honduras. If he respected them he would not have stormed a military base with his supports trying to force the vote a day before his removal.
He has no respect for the Honduras military or the rule of law. He did not march to the capital because he has fear, not respect.
Update: The article this was based on is here:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE56N4YL20090724
This is going to be manipulated in many ways. He was not arrested by the forces present, but they probably did not want to act with the reporters, probably outnumbering them, watching closely. Zelaya can say he has control because he wasn't arrested. The Honduran government can call Zelaya a coward for not entering and doing the march to the capital as promised.
Despite this, the crowd in favor of Zelaya had to be dispersed in Honduras with tear gas when they became belligerent. Now, the quick return is described as follows:
LAS MANOS, Nicaragua (Reuters) - Ousted President Manuel Zelaya took a symbolic step inside Honduras on Friday but he paused at the border, backing away from a confrontation with Honduran troops waiting to arrest him.
Accompanied by a pack of international reporters and television cameras, the ousted leader in his trademark cowboy hat took a step or two inside Honduran territory in the small town of Las Manos on the border with Nicaragua.
Pausing to give live telephone interviews, he approached the chain dividing the two central American nations, stepping briefly over and holding the chain over his head in triumph for a moment and touching a sign saying "Welcome to Honduras."
With troops standing just yards away, he said he did not want to proceed further out of "respect for the principles" of the military.
Excerpt over. Zelaya paused out of fear of the arrest order those soldiers have, not respect for their principles. If he respected their principles he would not have fired the top general before being removed because that general refused to go forward with distributing ballots for a vote declared illegal by the supreme court and congress of Honduras. If he respected them he would not have stormed a military base with his supports trying to force the vote a day before his removal.
He has no respect for the Honduras military or the rule of law. He did not march to the capital because he has fear, not respect.
Update: The article this was based on is here:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE56N4YL20090724
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