Friday Open Thread
I’m having one of those days where I’m having difficulty transferring my thoughts into a blog post. Got some errands to run – will be back later, Lord-willing, to try again 🙂
Disturbing: America’s Next Top Model crowns skin and bones teen as “winner”
CBS News reports that the “reality” show America’s Next Top Model has chosen dangerously thin Dallas teenager Ann Ward as the winner of this season’s contest, and that the show’s creator and host – former model Tyra Banks – is unapologetic about the ANTM panels’ selection:
Rangel: Censured
It’s official: Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) has become the 23rd Congressman to be censured by his House colleagues:
Pay your bills on time? Racist!!
Yes, if you pay your bills on time and thus have a good credit score and the banks reward you with a lower-interest mortgage, it’s not because you’ve been responsible and thus represent a lower credit risk. Nope, it’s because the banks (and probably you, by extension) are RAAAAACIST!!
Not my ideal candidate, but…
So, this morning I was scanning blogs that linked to mine the previous day and, at the always worthwhile POWIP, I came across an old-but-interesting post by Enoch Root on the elitist accusations of, well, a lack of intelligence on the part of Sarah Palin. (And it’s been rearing it’s head again, lately.) But it wasn’t the post itself that got me thinking, and thus inspired this post, but an exchange in the comments between two of my Twitter-friends, Dan and Darcy, in which both said, in effect, “She’s not my ideal candidate, but…” and then proceeded to give reasons why they liked or sympathized with her.
Boehner to bring ‘change’ we can believe in?
The Politico reports today on how soon-to-be-House Speaker John Boehner plans to try and shake up the appropriations process as soon as the 112th Congress convenes in January (via Memeorandum):