Oddly enough, an example of "shocking" behavior was the #1 story on "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" tonight. A man flying with his wife from Oakland to LA was bounced off a Southwest flight for wearing a t-shirt with "Good Bush - Bad Bush" written on it, with pics of female torso and the alleged leader of the free world under the relevant titles. He was wearing it under a long-sleeved shirt with several buttons undone. A flight attendant told him it was offensive, and asked him to cover it up. He did so without protest, then asked what the procedures were for filing a complaint. At that point, the pilot apparently intervened and had the man and his wife removed. They caught the next flight without incident and without wardrobe change. When asked, the man said he was a Republican, but his sense of humor knew no political boundaries.
I have a number of shirts I wear to cons that would get me bounced off that flight; the most "outrageous" is probably the Negativland "Christianity is Stupid. Give Up" shirt. At cons, people will ask about them, and interesting discussions result. As for that shirt, I consider it a succinct comment on a bloated, patriarchical, homophobic, hypocrital bureaucracy.
Do I wear it to "shock"? No more (or less) than when I put on an outfit with half-a-dozen different paisleys in it.
And, I was told the other day by the sales dweeb at my workplace not to wear any "offensive" clothing to work Monday, as Hallmark people will be coming in to do the annual slave labor (oops, I mean subcontractor) inspection. I'll probably wear that shirt, safely hidden under another, just because. As Dennis Miller said (back when he was funny), "Some of them are just for me."
And we all missed the 2004 Whisky Expo Saturday in San Francisco, damnit!
Anyway, I just wanted to note that I found the Van Winkle 13 y.o. rye is the perfect finishing touch to "Chili Con Paisley." A couple of shots added during the final re-heating were just the thing. Unfortunatelly, i can't seem to find it here in KC any more.
Avram & Epacris, you're closer than you know. Check out the newest "Rolling Stone" (Beatles "It Was 40 Years Ago Today!" cover story). It contains an article on some DC-area teens with a scanner, a printer, and no damn brains amongst them. Apparently counterfeiting is the trendy new high school thing. Whatever happened to sex and drugs?
Goo-goo-ga-joob (obligatory walrus reference).
Apparently there were a lot of people showing up at caucuses and registering as Democrats right there (perfectly legal). My cynical side immediately asked if these folks could be checked for previous party affiliation. It just seems like a very Rove-ish thing to do, having fake dems show up to skew the results. Then the very quasi-poetic side took over:
Call me paranoid
"New" dems skew caucuses
Shades of Tricky Dick?
Gephardt is dropping out, and will also announce that Andy Rooney has agreed to be a donor for an eyebrow transplant.
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