Bwakfat introduced a discussion on Pundits and their effect upon cable news as well as our nation. We came to the conclusion that pundits make punds.

Now everyone knows that a pun is a word, line or statement capable of two or more meanings.

A pund is a cliche that is devoid of any meaning whatsoever.  Here are a few, some I grew up with, some are newer, but they all will be heard every day on cable news as well as nightly news on the networks:

1.   It is always darkest before the dawn.  This is patently false.  If one is ever disposed to rising before dawn, he would find that it seems to get lighter and lighter and lighter until Rosy Fingered Dawn (Homer) brings forth the new day.  Now once in awhile a great thunderstorm creeps just over the eastern horizon and in fact it is darkest before the dawn, but know one really knows dawn has actually arrived without consulting an almanac.

2.   Everyday in every way we are getting better and better.  No, we are all not getting better and better. Many of us reach 50 and it is all downhill from there. But that is ok because it used to be 40.

3.  We are witnessing history.  History is yesterday.  Sometimes this morning if it is noon. I figure history is usually at least 12 hours old. Cable news will always advertise that  they are presenting to you history as it is being made.  That is what journalism is supposed to be, not history and cable news has given up journalism years ago.  About the time of the OJ trial--the first one.

4.   This is the single greatest (quarterback, running back, defensive end, baseball player, golfer, pick your favorite sport, team, player here) I have ever seen.  Except that, of course, Tiger is the single greatest golfer you have ever or will ever see.

5.   We have reached a new era in (politics, war, fashion, communications, journalism, you can just about pick anything you feel like here)

6.   My mother-in-law is so fat....no that's a terrible stand-up routine. I get mixed up sometimes.

7.   Stay tuned because MSNBC is THE place for news.

8.   There are two sides to every issue.  NO. This is false.  Sometimes, most of the time in fact, there are two or three hundred different sides to an issue but you cannot fit that many perspectives into a news slot and still show commercials.  The earth is not 8,000 years old.
Tom DeLay does not have anything of interest to say about anything. And most Republicans really do not have anything of value to put on the table, so to speak.

9.   Never before has America  faced such peril.  Stay tuned, do not change that dial, we will show you what peril it is that you have never faced after this message from Viagra.

10.  We must put the partisanship behind us.  Ok. Tell that to DeLay, Frist, McConnel, Boener, Rove, Cheney, Cornin....Think about this: what exactly does that mean? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Vacuous.

11.  Lobbyists are destroying this country.  Not true.  Only 95% of them are really attempting to destroy this country.  Remember ACLU, NAACP, and scores of other groups interested in making sure that the poor, and the handicapped, and the powerless represent at least five percent of all the monies spent on lobbyists.  And they end up receiving about five percent of the government handouts.

12.  Earmarked legislation is bad.  Not true if the earmarked funds go to your state or to your father's company.

Think of your own punds and post them here along with your recommendations.
I will give them all to Bwak. Ack, ack, ack.