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The Parent's Television Council is at it again. (And no, I'm not going to link to them. I'm not doing anything to push their traffic or Google ranking up. If you can stomach their site, you'll have to Google 'em yourself). This time it's Carl's Jr. and the Paris Hilton ad campaign . They're upset because the ad is too racy for kids and are calling for a boycott of Carl's Jr. Let's face it… obviously the ads aren't meant for kids. They're meant for the "18-49 year old males" demographic advertisers are lusting after and if your kids are watching the shows where this ad is probably running, maybe you should be paying more attention to their television habits. (Also, keep in mind that your younger kids aren't going to "get" what's going on here, and that the teenagers have already seen much worse on the Internet.) Or, better yet, if you're REALLY upset with what's on TV, turn the damn thing off and sit dow...

Isn't it reassuring to know that there are jackholes out there just looking for some celebrity to make "the wrong remark" so they can jump on it in righteous indignation? Isn't it even more reassuring to know that one of those jackholes is helping to run the country? Congressman Slams Maher Over Army Remark A congressman says comedian Bill Maher's comment… is possibly treasonous…. Once again, we've got someone who SHOULD know better whipping out the "treason" word because he doesn't like Bill Maher's sense of humor. I don't know what dictionary Rep. Bachus is using (he pulls this definition out of who knows where: "In treason, one definition is to undermine the effort or national security of our country.") but Webster's defines treason as "the offense of attempting by overt acts to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance…." I'm kinda thinking that, even if you take the OTHE...

Dobson Blasts Filibuster 'Betrayal' Of course, as with most compromises, it leaves something to be desired for people on both ends of the argument (after all, the three nominees that have NO business being justices in this country are going to get their chance at a vote). But as long as narrow-minded a-holes like this are unhappy about the outcome, I can't say I'm not pleased. In the steaming mess of illogic that I generally expect from this end of the political spectrum, I have to appreciate this one: Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Antonin Scalia, and Chief Justice William Rehnquist would never have served on the U. S. Supreme Court if this agreement had been in place during their confirmations. The unconstitutional filibuster survives in the arsenal of Senate liberals. Let's see… the compromise that so infuriates Mr. Dobson wasn't in place at the time of Thomas, Scalia & Rehnquist's nominations, but the filibuster was. And yet they somehow survived t...

Well, in my mind at least. See, a few weeks ago in Entertainment Weekly's Summer Preview issue, they had a feature on the new Batman Begins movie. In the article, they came off with this gem: "Despite the best efforts of director Joel Schumacher, the franchise lay in smoking ruins." Unable to let that one pass (since, let's face it, Schumacher's "best efforts" were the REASON the "franchise lay in smoking ruins"), I fired off a letter to EW… only to get an email from them last week, telling me they needed to confirm my info because they were considering using my letter in an upcoming issue. Sure enough, in this week's Entertainment Weekly (the one with Coldplay on the cover), thumb through to the letters section, and there I am! See, I CAN get published! (Did I mention that I'm amused as hell by this? Consider it mentioned.) SINCE you've gotta be an EW subscriber to see that link above, here's the quote from the article: Becau...

It's funny how I always seem willing to post about movies I DON'T like, and yet never seem to get around to it for the one's I DO enjoy. (The best/worst example of this would have to be my 2-part blog about the Hulk, a movie I can't get off my TV fast enough, and a comic I never cared about. Go figure.) So it's probably no surprise that I've blogged about The Pacifier and other crap (in a spring FILLED with crap movies) and barely mentioned any of the ones I've enjoyed… like Sin City . Some of the problem, of course, may stem from the fact that it's often easier to point out the flaws in a movie than praise its successes. It's also, sadly, often more fun to rant about squandered opportunities and failed experiments than it is to point out the small nuances that often go into making a film that just… works. But maybe I should give it some more effort. So, back to Sin City. It's not like I thought this was a flawless film. Nor even a great film, ...

I LOVE listening to PR flacks when they get on a roll. Their ability to take the English language into places you'd never expect is truly unrivaled. I really love their tendency for verbing nouns. Today on KROQ , they were talking to the PR person from Toto Toilets about their "1st toilet of the 21st Century," the Neorest 600 . Ralph's been raving about this thing since he got back from his honeymoon and how it "revolutionizes the whole 'going to the bathroom' experience" by automating nearly the whole process and leaving you with a "clean and fresh" feeling all over. While admittedly a "delicate" subject for drive time morning radio, I had to laugh when she was describing the cleansing experience and said "...when you're done toileting...". Done toileting. Truly, marketspeak at its finest.

These guys just crack me up… A Whimsical God, Part One

I keep hearing ads for Kingdom of Heaven today, and the last line in the trailer is Liam Neeson saying "Whoever dies here today, you will be among them". Which really sounds like the punchline to a "how dumb is Liam" joke.