It's Like A Winter Woodstock

Well, they haven't quite shut down the Thruway...yet...

Poor Ben Silverman

Op-Ed Contributor - Extinction-Level Television Event - NYTimes.com:

"Now, because the expanding television universe is shrinking individual audiences, and because NBC has shown depraved indifference to the idea of program development for the last decade, the network has no better option for the hour than moving Jay Leno from late night to prime time."

Social Networks

Does anyone still use Friendster?

Who you callin' stupid, stupid?

Games by Gov. Blago -- chicagotribune.com

People are stupid, and they're going to get a lot stupider.

Pardon my grammar, but that's my take on the two blockbuster news events of last week—the arrest of Gov. Rod Blagojevich and the Chapter 11 filing by Tribune Co.

Why so pessimistic about the public IQ?
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But what, tell me, other than mass stupidity, explains why voters in the 2002 primary chose this delusional Howdy Doody over Paul Vallas, an accomplished public administrator, and then again in the 2006 general election over Republican Judy Baar Topinka, a solid public official?

Leitch on Deadpsin sums it up better than I can:

It takes a special sort of journalistic jujitsu to find a direct correlation between Gov. Blago to MySpace in about 15 words. That would be worthy of salutation, Mr. McCarron, were I not such a mongoloid that I can't bring my hand near my head without accidentally slapping myself. Fortunately, I can go watch "American Idol" now and ignore all the planet's goings-on! Whew! Is that a newspaper over there? Get that away from me! Its inherent intelligence could corrupt my empty placidity!

In Leitch's piece, he also references the "Adolf Hitler Campbell" story from earlier today, saying...

You know, you think Adolf's pissed now, just wait a decade or so, when he tries to get his personalized license plates.

Absurd But Wonderful

20 Thick, Juicy Questions With Aqua Teen's Meatwad | The Underwire from Wired.com: "

Wired.com: Do you remember the animal(s) from which you were originally ground?

Meatwad: I've got a tough side, and a sweet side, like Mr. T. So they probably ground up some mighty beasts, like two lions and a cobra. Then something cute. A panda perhaps."