Luddite Matthews Worries About 'Robot' Pages in U.S. House of Representatives
Chris Matthews is just a caveman political commentator. Our technology confuses and frightens him.
The "Hardball" host went off on an odd tangent -- akin to President Obama's ATMs-kill-jobs riff -- on today's program about the end of the U.S. House of Representatives page program, grousing about how robots are replacing people (video embedded below; MP3 audio here):
Well, here's a great old Washington institution that has fallen victim to the budget ax: the congressional page program. Do you believe it?
The House of Representatives has ended the program for good. It's brought young people to work in the Congress for the past 175 years. House Speaker John Boehner and Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi told their colleagues that BlackBerrys and other technology has largely rendered the pages obsolete. Ending the program will save about $5 million a year.
More robots! We'll be right back.
Boy, isn't this the story of America? Roblets [sic] robots, replacing people.
Matthews of course failed to mention that the U.S. Senate will still continue its page program.
To be fair, a lot of senior citizens like Matthews are dreadfully frightened by robots, and for good reason!:
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If only Matthews were
Submitted by stratman on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 6:25pm.
If only Matthews were replaced by a robot. I'm sure they could program spittle and stupidity to emulate Tingles.
Is he concerned
Submitted by Bob K on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 6:25pm.
that politicians will not have Pages to molest in the future?
Not to worry Chris, robots
Submitted by rbosque on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 6:24pm.
Not to worry Chris, robots don't give in to randy politicians like real people. After a while the politicians will get their groins cut up.
Matthews is
Submitted by Bodini on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 6:29pm.
Matthews is nothing more than a robot who can only parrot the Marxist talking points of the Obama Whitehouse!
Look at that picture. It's
Submitted by Antisocial-ism on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 6:41pm.
Look at that picture. It's Conan O'brien in 25 years.
If we have to accept mercury filled light bulbs, then Matthews
Submitted by ekslib on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 6:51pm.
should learn to accept new technology, too.
Matthews is counting on
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 7:11pm.
The elites like Matthews will have the right connections to get whatever type of lightbulb they desire.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
If only San Francisco voters would render Pelosi obsolete
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 7:12pm.
Now, if Chris Matthews gets replaced by Max Headroom, I'll tune in.
Misplaced Concern
Submitted by easygoer on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 7:23pm.
Maybe Matthews should be more concerned about the robotic House members who have been on spending auto-pilot for years.
Imagine....
Submitted by bigdaddy on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 8:35pm.
...if the MSM had robots hosting their shows, spouting the WH talking points on a daily basis, deciding what was newsworthy and who needed to be smeared today, deciding who would be elected....What?....Really?....Already??....You don't say....
For Tingles, it's a clear case of forbidden fruit.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 10:12pm.
I say put Bender in charge of the robot pages. He'd straighten them out immediately.
The "new page" prototype (video)
Submitted by Grumpy in Arizona on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 10:29pm.
...Notice Debbie Whatshername Schultz's keen observation at the 10 second mark:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOIjdFqwSF4&NR=1
- Grump :o)
I was not aware blackberries were classified as robots.
Submitted by The Vet on Wed, 08/10/2011 - 2:46am.
But what do I and my good friends Merriam and Webster know -
Robot a : a machine that looks like a human being and performs various complex acts (as walking or talking) of a human being; also : a similar but fictional machine whose lack of capacity for human emotions is often emphasized
Sorry.
Submitted by Anon150 on Wed, 08/10/2011 - 6:50am.
Not sittin' through commercials (Hulu clip).
Your loss, it's a classic
Submitted by Ken Shepherd on Wed, 08/10/2011 - 10:42am.
Your loss, it's a classic funny fake commercial. Besides the commercial is maybe 5 seconds long.
Musta been tough these last 60 years.
Submitted by The Vet on Wed, 08/10/2011 - 10:53am.
What with all the commercials being thrown in your face (TV).
Joking! Ha! Here is a smiley. ;-) Let you know I was joking.