AMC’s Mad Men series is filled with poke-the-viewer-in-the-ribs moments where characters in a TV series set in 1960 are smoking and drinking like, err, mad--even with their kids around, and on the way, in the case of one pregnant character who smokes like a chimney. And yet somehow, we all managed to survive such a stone knives and bearskins culture. So I have to laugh when a celebrity gossip site, full of photos of Hollywood actresses in various stages of undress and occasionally in various stages of acts that would have caused the boys in the Hayes Office to go into complete myocardial infarction in 1960, has a puritanical headline such as this: " Britney Spears in a Bikini is Smoking... In Front of Her Kids ."
Gosh--I know I’m shocked.
Something else the characters in Mad Men wouldn’t be the least surprised by, because they had a millennium of history and common sense to go by: " Social stigma drives some women to remove tattoos ."
And as usual, ...
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Cindy Goes TrutherFrom: eddriscoll.com
Post Date: 2007-06-04 12:57:44
I’m not sure if this is all that new a development, but Jonah Goldberg notes, "Good Thing Cindy Sheehan Retired--She joins the tinfoil hat brigades":Speaking on the collapse of the twin towers, Sheehan stated, "It does look to me like a controlled demolition - I’m not an expert - but it does look to me like a controlled demolition - I’m looking at common sense."
"I do see some very high profile people saying it was an inside job," concluded Sheehan.As Jonah writes, "Has...
more Cold Cash Jefferson IndictedFrom: eddriscoll.com
Post Date: 2007-06-04 12:25:24
John Hinderaker makes a great point, noting that "I always thought that the Jefferson scandal hurt Republicans, ironically, more than Democrats":CBS News is reporting that this afternoon, Congressman William Jefferson of Louisiana will be indicted "on more than a dozen counts involving public corruption." No doubt our readers will remember that Jefferson was caught with $90,000 in cash in his freezer.
I always thought that the Jefferson scandal hurt Republicans, ironically, more than Dem...
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