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ONE BULLET WON’T STOP HIM
May. 14th, 2009 10:00 am
Quit while yr ahead,
This is dF
May. 14th, 2009
Quit while yr ahead,
This is dF
And I’m only bringing it up for the same reason Jon Stewart did: the fact that this non-story has apparently been one of the biggest news stories in America for THREE F***ING WEEKS.
Seriously. What’s up with that?
Okay, yes, I know it’s because cable news channels thrive on topless photos, phony outrage and attention whores like fashion model wannabes, Donald Trump and Perez Hilton. Which is why we’d be up to our hips in Prejeangate no matter what her position on gay marriage turned out to be.
So I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.
To be fair, I appreciate that a lot of people feel strongly about gay marriage. So do I. But in the ongoing fight to make marriage an equal-opportunity institution, Prejeangate is at best a sideshow attraction to the real debate. Which, you may like to know, suits the people defending Prejean just fine. It’s a classic red-herring play. If you can’t win an argument over the rights of gay people to get married, start an argument over the right of a beauty queen to be against it.
Trust me on this. The only people who win from things like this are the media and The Donald. All the rest of us will get out of it is a younger, hotter version of Joe The Plumber.
Thanks a billion,
This is dF
Seriously. What’s up with that?
Okay, yes, I know it’s because cable news channels thrive on topless photos, phony outrage and attention whores like fashion model wannabes, Donald Trump and Perez Hilton. Which is why we’d be up to our hips in Prejeangate no matter what her position on gay marriage turned out to be.
So I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.
To be fair, I appreciate that a lot of people feel strongly about gay marriage. So do I. But in the ongoing fight to make marriage an equal-opportunity institution, Prejeangate is at best a sideshow attraction to the real debate. Which, you may like to know, suits the people defending Prejean just fine. It’s a classic red-herring play. If you can’t win an argument over the rights of gay people to get married, start an argument over the right of a beauty queen to be against it.
Trust me on this. The only people who win from things like this are the media and The Donald. All the rest of us will get out of it is a younger, hotter version of Joe The Plumber.
Thanks a billion,
This is dF
Book reports! Swoooooooooooooon!JUST FINISHED
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
I’ve never read Hammett (or seen any film version of his books), so I thought I’d start with the classic shamus Sam Spade chasing after a priceless MacGuffin. It’s a good yarn with a memorable cast of characters, but Hammett’s eye for detail and stage direction gets a little distracting for me. And I know Hammett/Spade was a heavy influence on Raymond Chandler, but given the false choice between Chandler’s hardboiled lyricism and Hammet’s functional prose, I’d give the edge to Chandler. Still, a good read, so I’ll give Hammett another go later.
JUST STARTED
Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman
It seems like a number of superhero novels appeared after Heroes became a TV hit, but this one seems more directly inspired by the classic comics, and also looks like a lot more fun with its ruminations on the life and times of a genius supervillain. Great title, anyway.
( Recent titles! Includes long-awaited Tricia Sullivan review! )
Evil genius,
This is dF
