The World is a Vampire
Better late than never . . .
Boycott This
The reactionary conservative magazine Human Events Online has identified The Ten Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th centuries. I agree with their selection of Hitler's Mein Kampf, but are they truly serious about John Dewey and John Maynard Keynes being on the list? John Stuart Mill's On Liberty was also considered but did not make it into the top ten. We all know what a wacko commie that limey bastard was.
The Parents Television Council (PTC) is valiantly leading the fight against the Paris Hilton-Carl's Jr. ad. However, they also need your help in their campaign against Sex in the City which is currently showing on TBS. The PTC believes that the graphic language and titillating scenes of sexuality in the program are not suitable for young viewers. My wife loves this show. We tivo it at home and I'm usually nicely coerced into watching it. With its dialog about men giving women pearl necklaces, whipped cream sex, fancy vibrators, and guys exploding in their pants, some may think the show is too hot for a 9 p.m. time slot. While this show about superficial sexually-depraved women who worship coitus and consumerism is shallow, it is not worthy of censorship.
The final boycott of the day can be found at Boycott Liberalism where, well, they want to boycott practically everything. This week they've blacklisted The Eagles Live in Australia on NBC, Newsweek magazine, Willie Nelson's album The Ghost, The Dave Matthews Band's album Stand Up, and Ashton Kutcher's new movie A Lot Like Love. If the wackos at Boycott Liberalism advocate banning these evil liberal heathens, that means they must be worth checking out.
Deep Throat
So, Deep Throat is some 91-year old senile guy. Hmm, I wasn't alive during Watergate so that's why I'm not too interested in this story. But I wanted to find a picture of the guy so I did a Google image search on "Deep Throat". Needless to say I was a wee bit startled by the explicit results. Give it a try if you dare. Note: Moderate Safe Search must be turned off.
Today in History
455 - The Vandals invade Rome and plunder the city for two weeks. Really? They're from Orange County! I dig their hardcore punk-ska sound.
576 - Benedict I, the first strongly Eurocentric pope, was made Pope. Our current Pope Benedict XVI takes his namesake from Benny the First. What do you know? Benny the Sixteenth is also pretty Eurocentric.
1953 - The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom becomes the first of its kind to be televised. Her coronation results in a wave of televised ceremonies which are both anachronistic and utterly pointless.
1998 - Voters in California approved California Proposition 227 which abolished the state's bilingual education program. Sorry, no hablo español más.
Re: Sex & the City...the original HBO of the show is/was much raunchier. The toned-down TBS version is absolutely innocent in comparison.
Posted by: lunascorp | June 02, 2005 at 01:24 PM
Lest we forget that commie blasphemous "Age of Reason" by Thomas Paine...how'd they miss that one!
;)
Posted by: Mike | June 02, 2005 at 03:06 PM
It's hilarious how people now want to boycott Carl's Jr because of a bad commercial, rather than because of the high fat/low nutrition food that they serve. People are just taking TV way too serious.
by the way, I decided to add a link here on my blogroll.
Posted by: moose | June 02, 2005 at 09:07 PM
I'm not sure I believe in the concept of a harmful book...
No matter the contents, author or even truthfulnes, I don't see how a book can harm a man.
Posted by: The Alchemist | June 02, 2005 at 10:52 PM
Blagh wouldn't cry if they got "Sex in the City" off TBS, except they'd probably fill the slot with another fucking showing of "Miss Congeniality..."
Does TBS purchase broadcast rights "in perpetuity?"
And when they're done with that, they can take care of CSI for Blagh- All Fucking Three Shows...
Posted by: Blaghdaddy | June 03, 2005 at 02:19 AM
Found some Linda Lovelace pics, didja?
Seriously, i would encourage you to rent "All the Presidents Men", with Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford. It is a great view of one of the most important, and vile, events in American history. Many critics consider this movie to be the greatest political thriller of all time. And Hoffman and Redford are magnificent
Posted by: greatwhitebear | June 03, 2005 at 05:42 AM
The only case I've ever seen where a book is harmful or dangerous is when a copy of "The Stand" fell off a ledge ten stories up...
I rest my case.
Posted by: The CultureGhost | June 03, 2005 at 07:22 AM
lunascorp - You're right. We've rented the original HBO versions on DVD and there are at least 50% more cock references than in the TBS version.
Moose - They missed Tom Paine! One of us fine patriots should email those folks and let them know.
Blaghdaddy - I think both TBS and TNN play the same movies every single week. I swear I've seen The Breakfast Club on TNN at least about fifty times.
Posted by: Agitprop | June 03, 2005 at 08:48 PM