A Simple Question - Part 2

Ok, Mrs. P is down with a cold, so I'm basically spending the weekend driving kids and watching TV at night, waiting for the pick-up call. I did get to shoot today, but I digress....

Has anyone seen this Bayer commercial where Meredith Viera talks about the heart benefits of Bayer Asprin? I'm telling you, it's totally freaky. The woman is talking about Bayer and the whole time her eyebrows are moving up and down like they have a life of their own!

No joke, the rest of her face doesn't really move and the eyebrows just keep bobbing....upanddown...upanddown....upanddown..... They really aren't even reinforcing any point, they just bounce! Help me out here people, is this some bizarre side effect of Botox, or has she always been like this? I'll admit, this hasn't really captured my obsessive side as much as this commercial, but its getting close.

Kill The Monster

Why, I haven't had this much fun since 1979.....

Via Midwest Conservative Journal

Moses, You Controversial Guy!!!

So, Moses was back in the news this week as the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case regarding the posting of the Ten Commandments in a judge's courtroom.

I'm extremely ambivalent about this case as I'm not sure we really need to post the commandments or any other specifically religious items of any faith in our courts of law. However, I also do not believe that the constitution specifically bans this practice as we are guaranteed freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

Most interesting though, is this picture above. Yup, that's the big guy, Moses, holding the Ten Commandments in the chambers of the Supreme Court. If this is ok, then I'm not sure that posting the actual commandments is any different. Further, since most people seem to be unaware of this statue - not to mention a different Moses with the Ten Commandments on the wall outside the supreme court - then I have to as how divisive and exclusionary this practice would be anyway.

A Public Service To The Left....

Here at the Pursuit of Happiness, we have been dismayed at the decline of intellectual thought on the left side of the political ledger, and have written of it extensively in our short existence. At one time the Left came up with policies based on political philosophy that led to some pretty decent slogans; "Happy Days are Here Again", "The Great Society", etc.....

Sadly these days, the left seems to have nothing but slogans, and given the dearth of underlying ideas these tired, trite phrases have an extremely short "use by" date. What is a leading member of the left to do? Utter yesterday's slogan too long and you appear to be nothing more than a political hack in Birkenstocks.

So as a Public Service to the Left, The Pursuit of Happiness now gathers - for the first time in one place - Slogans of the Left that have passed their stale date:

1. Bush was selected not elected!
2. It takes a village.
3. Seniors will only be able to eat dogfood if Republicans are allowed to.....
4. Bush=Hitler (Sorry Senator Byrd, the Grand Kleagle hat still looks dashing though)
5. According to a New York Times Poll......
6. Michael Moore has clearly documented.....
7. No War for Oil!
8. Let the sanctions work, (or its newly minted cousin, Uday was going to overthrow his Dad!)
9. Arabs do not want self rule, there is no history of it in Islamic culture.
10. We're building a bridge to the 20th Century!
11. CBS news can now confirm...
12. Lets do it for the children!
13. The Brutal Iraqi Summer
14. The Brutal Afghan Winter
15. VRWC
16. Reporting for Duty!
17. The Arab Street

and finally, the most past dated slogan of the Left:

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Rather on Letterman Last Night

Everyone in the world is probably going to link to these guys this morning, but if you have any interest in the Rathergate dustup, this is really a must-see. Uncle Dan appeared on Letterman last night, and to hear him tell, the memo-gate thing was all a little misunderstanding. Sure people lost their jobs, but that was just because people focused too much on the memos.

I don't expect Letterman to conduct investigative journalism, but it was nauseating to see him fawn over Rather. Letterman should never have had this guy on.

One Simple Question

Will somebody please explain to me why KENTUCKY Fried Chicken plays Sweet Home ALABAMA during their commercials?

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

The Momentum Grows in Lebanon

On his visit today to Saudi Arabia, the boy optometrist, was told in person by Saudi officials that Syria must leave Lebanon. Now, as linked above, Syria's long-time ally, Russia, has joined the call for Syria to leave Lebanon. Not one to miss a good parade, Gerhard Shroeder stopped ruining Germany's economy just long enough to also make the same demand.

Towers of courage all, don't you think?