I’ve got Eric over at Myoptic Zeal to thank for my, or rather “our“, 15 seconds of fame.
Yesterday CNN did a small piece on the “Viagra for Sex Offenders” story where they mentioned Eric’s blog and his link to this one. They went on to mention ‘The Bull’s‘ take on the entire mess. Being not in the least modest, let me quote a portion of the transcript of JUDY WOODRUFF’S INSIDE POLITICS for you here…
WOODRUFF: According to a new report, dozens of convicted sex offenders in New York are taking Viagra, and Medicaid is paying the bill. The story is sparking a great deal of anger and getting a lot of attention in cyberspace.
Let’s check in now with CNN political producer Abbi Tatton, and Jacki Schechner, our blog reporter.
Hi, Jacki.
JACKI SCHECHNER, CNN BLOG REPORTER: Hi, Judy.
What does this mean? It means a lot of high-level sex offenders are getting Viagra, and you are paying for it. It’s outrage on all sides of the blogs
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We start today at MyopicZeal.blogsome.com. This is Eric, who is a programmer in the Midwest. Named his blog, by the way, for the phrase “myopic zeal” that came out in the Rather-gate report. But he has a roundup of blog reaction to issues, and today he links to one blog called ondogriver.net.
This is Mark Jones, who is a political Independent. He’s a Navy veteran and has a story which he admits might be too much information, but says at one point he did need Viagra after surgery and he was unable to get it paid for because he’s a veteran under the care of the Department of Veteran Affairs Medical. Says that his doctor did give him a private prescription, but wondering if this means that America’s veterans are of a lower priority than convicted sex offenders.
(Entire transcript can be found here.)
What do you know! They got my name right and damned near got the complete address to my blog! Now that 15 seconds of broadcast transcript felt really good… For about the 15 minutes of fame one is allotted in this lifetime. Now it’s back to the grind.
Omar, out.
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