"Ernie Piles"

You know I've had this here bloggy-blog for about two and a half years now and I cannot recall previously mentioning Geraldo Rivera.

I could be wrong, Geraldo's contribution to journalism since the early 1980s is only noted for its inconsquential productivity, other than producing buffoonery. Like the inside of Al Capone's vault, or Laura Bush's womb (what, too harsh?...are you sure?).

So yesterday, because Brian Kilmeade has to go to bed early, it was time for FoxNews to do what FoxNews must do and be incestuous in its interviewing. They had "the mustache of blundering" on O'Reilly and they falafeled each other to a fine blather. Eventually Geraldo summoned forth:

I've know John Kerry for over thirty five years. Unlike me-he is a combat veteran, so he gets some props, but in the last thirty five years, I've seen a hell of a lot more combat than John Kerry...

Yes, indeed:


Here is the result of Geraldo combating the notion that Klansmen really shouldn't be seen or heard in polite society.


Here is Geraldo reporting that he was on the "hallowed ground" where American soldiers had been killed, when he was in reality about 300 miles away from that spot, combating all notions of physical reality.


And a few months later, here is Geraldo combating the notion that you should not reveal the location or operational plans of American troops during combat in Iraq. Something that led to him being ordered to report on combat by not being anywhere near where it was occuring.

I salute the Ambrose Burnside of combat reporting, Geraldo Rivera.