Mr. Trimboli, I Might Just Have To Try That Tea

The informal, almost flippant, tone of Michael Trimboli's recent blog post of Golden Peak Teas makes this Tea-loving Texan want to zip down to the grocery store and stock up my fridge on the stuff. There is no overt description on how the beverage is better than its competitors or a must buy for any seasoned tea drinker, yet the author does a great job of enticing the college-aged reader to take a break from studies to relax with a friendly bottle of "the home brewed sweet tea... With a hint of lemon and some honey, it smells very refreshing and clean."

I would not doubt this University of Central Florida graduated food buff in his opinion on the drink. Having neither met him or heard of Trimboli until recently, it is his Southern roots and objectivity that sway me. Those below the Mason-Dixon have a reputation as tea drinkers, and I am even more sold when he concludes that he has found yet another reprieve to the torments of triple-digit summers.

Inside the blog, the curious reader can find links to various sites of information on the beverage, from the manufacturer's page to product's, including a link to each individual flavor. A different click and you will arrive at the website for their awards distributor. Trimboli does not hide any content pertinent to the beverage, nor does he steal his words from the websites, but uses his own to entice the reader.

The only thing keeping me heading down to the store right now to fulfill the needs of my heritage would be the less than flattering picture of the bottle he chose to post. That and the fact that it is 7:15 in the morning. But it is the subtle taste description and understanding that a bottle of tea can sometimes be more than just a bottle of tea (if you've ever had to endure the heat and humidity of the summer months in the south) that make me want some Golden Peak.

Good Job, Mr. Trimboli. The content of your blog connects to me and because you haven't ramblasted how great this drink is, but advise to its superiority, I might just have to try that tea. Great advertisement.

Glenn Beck is Killing the United States

Fox News has unleashed an evil upon the United States that is slowly rotting the core of American democracy. Every week night his "news" segment follows the same routine: short introduction of a current issue, his opinion, then viewers call in to voice their view of his opinion. His viewers listen intently and interpret his ranting as hard-news instead of the op-ed pieces they are. Beck poses as a journalist when in reality he is just another conservative raving about his interpretation of the effects of current events.

What I worry about is that this sort of commentary is what journalism is turning into. While anybody can turn on the television and get the headlines of today's top stories, the hard facts of global happenings are being replaced by tabloids and "celebutante" journalists' opinions. What happened to the Walter Kronkites of the world? Where are the Peter Jennings that would report, unbiased to the world to decide their own standpoints on the work done by administrators and politicians?

I fear that Glenn Beck, the loud, ranting "offspring" of Bill O'Reilly, is the next generation of journalist. The type of journalist, unlike Anderson Cooper, the stoic investigative journalist of CNN, that tells the news as told to him by his advertisers and corporate heads. If you don't believe me, youtube any Glenn Beck video and bask in the finely-tuned (pardon the French) bullshit regurgitated by cable new's antihero.

Glenn beck is swaying the minds and killing the thinking souls of the American public.