Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Un-eco-friendly

I love the Discovery channel's show Deadliest Catch, but even I had to stop and blink when, on a recent episode, the crew of the Cornelia Marie dumped a truck into the Bering Sea.

Here's what happened: The Hillstrand brothers, who own the ship Time Bandit, decided to prank Phil, the captain of the Cornelia Marie, by exchanging a rusted out old truck for one of Phil's crab pots. When Phil discovered it, laughed, and radioed the Hillstrand brothers, his crew then dumped the truck into the sea. Am I the only one concerned about this? I love the show, but that was like watching someone dump dog poop in your front yard. Disconcerting.

I wonder what else the boats are offloading out there when no one's watching.

One of my favorite tunes of all time

This is one of my favorite songs of all time, revisited by a young singer from Britain. I hope it revives the popularity of the song.

Miley-gate: One parent's perspective

This whole Miley Cyrus "controversy" is ridiculous. The same parents who buy their kids the slutty-looking Bratz dolls are most likely the ones outraged by photos that, in my opinion, are art. I think the photos are beautiful. Cyrus looks like a perfect porcelain doll.

I am the mother of two young girls, and they are fans of Miley Cyrus.

My oldest daughter (who is age 11) and I looked at the photos. She said she was worried that Cyrus might drop the cloth covering her breasts--but otherwise we agreed the photo looked like a painting you might see in a museum. That's how I see it. It's art, at its modern day finest.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

It's all about the spin

Watching the Democratic primary is like ...well, crossing my eyes and trying to touch my nose with my tongue. It is a real sign of bully politics when they are pressuring Clinton to step down "just because" Obama has a lead. Yeah lady, move over for the MAN. Step aside, just like Rosie the Riveter had to go back to the kitchen and play nicey-nice after WWII.

Well, I say, screw that.

For those of you who might suggest I'm racist because I don't think Clinton should sit down and shut up, you're wrong. I would disagree in that I would vote for a Mexican woman, a Black woman, a Native American woman, a striped woman before I would vote for an equally (or less in this case) qualified male. You could call me a womanist. You could call me a bitch. I have been called worse, but I imagine Hillary can up me on that.

And how do we know the prO-bama camp isn't a front for the Repubs? I still think it is an excellent ploy--divide and conquer. Let them fight it out. One thing's for sure, Jesus will keep the red states unified. Another man. Sigh.