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elfsI was listening to the radio this morning and some pundit said that showing Janet's boob was an attempt by CBS and MTV to "excite the 19-to-49 year old male population that doesn't watch as much TV as it used to."
Give me a break. The "19-to-49 year old male population that doesn't watch as much TV as it used to" doesn't watch as much TV as it used because they're using the Internet, where naked boobs can be had at the click of mouse! Who do they think they're kidding? And if they really sold this routine that way, well, the "big three" networks are simply doomed.
And reading the foreign press, man, do we seem like the laughing stock of the planet. All up in arms over the momentary flash, but not so upset at kids swearing at an ugly car, horses farting in a woman's face, and a monkey telling a beautiful woman "Whaddya say we take this upstairs"?
What the NFL should have said.
I got spammed. Someone posted spam to an older entry of mine, using my "don't filter livejournal" code to get around my usually excellent spamfilters. If this starts to happen regularly I shall have to write code to automatically clean up my LJ and deny anonymous posting.
And there's an excellent piece over at The American Enterprise on why Greenpeace's campaign against biotech agriculture is doomed. Consider this tidbit:
Georgia is set to become the next laughingstock of education in our country. The state director of education there has declared that "'Evolution is a buzzword that invites controversy" and wants the word removed from state textbooks.
I saw a pundit a few days ago comment that "'Slavery' is a buzzword that invites controversy, so maybe Georgia should consider removing it, too."
He was only kidding. Georgia took him seriously. In all the hullabaloo about science education, the history curriculum has gone largely unnoticed. But the block of American History from 1787 to 1876 has been completely removed. Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and the Underground Railroad: gone. The Trail of Tears: gone. The Civil War: gone. Fort Sumter? Robert E. Lee? Abraham Lincoln? They will not be discussed in Georgia's history classes.
Give me a break. The "19-to-49 year old male population that doesn't watch as much TV as it used to" doesn't watch as much TV as it used because they're using the Internet, where naked boobs can be had at the click of mouse! Who do they think they're kidding? And if they really sold this routine that way, well, the "big three" networks are simply doomed.
And reading the foreign press, man, do we seem like the laughing stock of the planet. All up in arms over the momentary flash, but not so upset at kids swearing at an ugly car, horses farting in a woman's face, and a monkey telling a beautiful woman "Whaddya say we take this upstairs"?
What the NFL should have said.
I got spammed. Someone posted spam to an older entry of mine, using my "don't filter livejournal" code to get around my usually excellent spamfilters. If this starts to happen regularly I shall have to write code to automatically clean up my LJ and deny anonymous posting.
And there's an excellent piece over at The American Enterprise on why Greenpeace's campaign against biotech agriculture is doomed. Consider this tidbit:
For six years, anti-biotech activists managed to prevent the introduction of G.M. crops in India. This was largely the work of Vandana Shiva, the Oxford-educated daughter of a wealthy Indian family, who has campaigned relentlessly to "protect" poor farmers from the ravages of multinational seed companies. In 2002, she was given the Hero of the Planet award by Time magazine for "defending traditional agricultural practices."Read the whole thing.
Read: poverty and ignorance. It looked like Shiva would win the G.M. debate until 2001, when unknown persons illegally planted 25,000 acres of Bt cotton in Gujarat. The cotton bollworm infestation was particularly bad that year, and there was soon a 25,000 acre plot of beautiful green cotton in a sea of brown. The local authorities were notified and decided that the illegal cotton must be burned. This was too much for the farmers, who could now clearly see the benefits of the Bt variety. In a classic march to city hall with pitchforks in hand, the farmers protested and won the day. Bt cotton was approved for planting in March 2002. One hopes the poverty-stricken cotton farmers of India will become wealthier and deprive Vandana Shiva of her parasitical practice.
Georgia is set to become the next laughingstock of education in our country. The state director of education there has declared that "'Evolution is a buzzword that invites controversy" and wants the word removed from state textbooks.
I saw a pundit a few days ago comment that "'Slavery' is a buzzword that invites controversy, so maybe Georgia should consider removing it, too."
He was only kidding. Georgia took him seriously. In all the hullabaloo about science education, the history curriculum has gone largely unnoticed. But the block of American History from 1787 to 1876 has been completely removed. Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and the Underground Railroad: gone. The Trail of Tears: gone. The Civil War: gone. Fort Sumter? Robert E. Lee? Abraham Lincoln? They will not be discussed in Georgia's history classes.
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Date: 2004-02-04 05:46 pm (UTC)and as for janet jackson lol um i have a screen shot of the breast and she isnt even wearing a pastie lol not that im complaining its a nice breast but people on the news were saying she was wearing a pasty nope that silver shinning thing is a nipple ring a big freakin nipple rin that pretty much covers a good amount of the breast but the ntip of the nip pokes through and has a pin through it i just have to say ouch
on the georgia school mess im glad im in north carolina as georgia needs serious psycological help
by denieng history people are doomed to repeat it
oh and if any one is interested in sending me the free ticket thing for LJ membership you can send it to my spam e-mail magusdeltek@aol.com
i only use it when i have to sign up for things
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Re: dont deny anonymos posting
Date: 2004-02-04 05:54 pm (UTC)Re: dont deny anonymos posting
Date: 2004-02-04 09:38 pm (UTC)ok im an idiot
Date: 2004-02-04 06:21 pm (UTC)i signed up and im waiting on the confirmation msg