October 13, 2007
WTF CF?
Chuck Foxtrot is an angry man. He’s angry at injustice and has a zero-tolerance policy towards ineptitude. This is not to say he’s dangerous or to be avoided. Chuck channels his rage into blogging, thus avoid the necessity to maim the miscreants who so enrage him. Perhaps because of the deprivations and hardships he endured as a child, Chuck has chosen to shine a spotlight on some of the most outrageously egregious behavior of humankind. His recent post about four young children being ripped from a loving home will probably make you angry, too. Their mother had done the right thing by her kids by placing them in a stable home while she entered drug rehabilitation. It turns out that she, despite her addiction, has more sense than the State of Utah. The irony is not lost on CF. I found myself nodding in agreement with his assessment of the situation, as I did with most of his ranting and raging posts. He’s angry about politics and the military and mass media too, but he conveys a message that will ring out with familiarity to most of us. He’s just saying the same things we’re all thinking, but he says them so much better.
It’s not all doom and gloom, though. Chuck is a renaissance man of sorts. I’ve never figured out why anyone would want to ruin a perfectly good taco by making it with fish, but if you’re into that sort of thing check out this recipe for talapia tacos. More tasty recipes are promised somewhere down the road. Chuck doesn’t find that it compromises his masculinity to admit that he watches The View and Kid Nation either, though I suspect that he has a blogging agenda in mind each time he turns on the TV. I think he’s planning on making a career out of being enraged - not that that’s a bad thing. He’s not out to change the world … much. He mostly just wants to name names and kick some butt. Take a stroll though WTF CF? and see if you agree that he’s targeting all of the right things. Chuck Foxtrot is intelligent, erudite and angry. He makes the combination look good.
[tags]anger, blogs, righteous indignation[/tags]
Posted by skeet @ 5:50 pm • Blogs, Uncategorized
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October 13th, 2007 at 7:33 pm, Tina Kubala Says:
Could someone with an awful blog I don’t care to read win one of your Tuesday Teasers… Every week I add another to my list of blogs to read… I’m running short on time…
October 14th, 2007 at 3:10 pm, Chuck Foxtrot Says:
Skeet
First and foremost, thank you for the excellent review. You’ve taken what must’ve been a very difficult blog to review and done it beautifully. Also, I got a laugh from the ‘righteous indignation’ tag you assigned…
Second, you really should try the tacos. Like I said in the post, I was adamantly againt trying that recipe, but my wife, a person much smarter than I, convinced me it would be a good idea.
And finally, I’m not really an angry person. I’m actually pretty laid back and generally happy in person. I just get annoyed with ineptitude and stupidity (which, conveniently, happen to show up to gether quite a bit…). I thought a blog would be a good place to serve as an outlet for that annoyance.
October 14th, 2007 at 3:13 pm, Chuck Foxtrot Says:
Tina,
Don’t worry. I’m sure to disappoint eventually. Heck, this week has been rather rough at work and has only given me enough time for a single post. So, I’m already well on my way to alienating any readers I might have…
Thanks for the compliment,
Chuck
October 14th, 2007 at 3:36 pm, skeet Says:
I can’t keep up with blog-reading, either, Tina. Just tooo mujch good stuff out there.
October 14th, 2007 at 3:38 pm, skeet Says:
I shall reserve judgement on the tacos.
I’m remembering now all of the things I meant to say in your review. It’s remakable that you have forged such a clear identity in a blog so new.
Yeah, I get it about the anger, but it made such a good hook for the review.
October 14th, 2007 at 7:34 pm, Whim Says:
He sounds cool. I’ll have to check him out.
October 15th, 2007 at 10:15 am, skeet Says:
He’s an intersting guy, Whim, and finds outrageous stories to share with his readers. I think you’ll like him!