"Horse's Assery" - Virgil Minnelli's Monologue from The Mentalist

I just had to transcribe this magnificent monologue by Virgil Minnelli, the CBI boss from the TV series The Mentalist. One of the journalists asked the boss how he felt about a traumatic incident at the start of the show. Here's what he said to the reporter, Meredith:-

"Wow, Meredith, that ... You media guys. That's just ...

"Y'know, for eight years I've put up with the idiotic questions of the media and I've never said squat. But today, I must tell you, Meredith, you really set a new standard ... in horse's assery.

"You people have no ... concept of what we do. We go into dark, horrible places, alone and afraid. And we do it with no money, with broken down vehicles, with - with computers that have more viruses than a ten dollar whore.

"How? Good people.

"And I lost three good people today, and a fourth who's in critical condition, and you ask me how I'm feeling?

I'm feeling sad, you ... moron."