The above is a screen capture from a Dunkin Donuts ad featuring Rachel Ray. Notice her scarf? Yeah, apparently that scarf equals symbolic support for Islamic Extremists. DD has since pulled the ad, as they don’t want to offend anyone. First off: How could anyone ever think that Rachel Ray or Dunkin Donuts had terrorist leanings? What the hell could be more American than sugary fried dough with jelly in them, being hocked by an attractive, smiling girl?
It’s pretty safe to say that the people making these accusations are crazy. I’m sure that plenty of ad campaigns get crazy feedback for ridiculous things like this, just as any TV show is going to get negative comments from time to time. The fact that Dunkin Donuts is pulling the ads says that they are suddenly listening to the crazy people that really don’t have a leg to stand on… it takes a special kind of paranoia to spot this sort of thing, and giving into it is truely letting the terrorists win.
I had cous-cous for dinner a couple nights ago… should I pack my bags for gitmo?
This was John’s last week-end as a free man, and we sent him off in style. John and I left the office early on Friday. I kept him occupied with beer and Wii while a bunch of his other friends organized at Scott’s house and came over in the limo. From here, we took the limo into Manhattan, went to John’s favorite restauraunt, and then went to see a great burlesque show (Where John got 30 seconds on stage to bust some moves). We also made John wear a pink shirt that read “Dr. Phelps is my wife.” I don’t think he stopped smiling the whole night.
I was just passing through the subway station in Times Square, walking up the steps behind some man. As he got to the top of the stairs, a woman made eye contact with him as she was heading down. They both looked at each other and had this exchange:
Her: Hi- It’s me from the hospital.
Him: Hi- I’ve been clean now for three and a half years. Have a beautiful life.
Not that I am bursting any bubbles here, but the democratic nomination process is winding down, and it’s looking like Obama has it all but wrapped up- Using a combination of CNN’s Election Center and Slate’s Delegate Calculator, I assess that Obama only needs to pick up an additional 40 Super delegates to win the nomination:
Right now, he’s got 1,904 delegates (1,612 State Delegates and 292 Supers). He needs to hit 2,025. Now, Let’s be very kind to Hillary in the few remaining races, and say she wins the rest of the races (besides Oregon, which Obama has that in his pocket) by 67% on average. I haven’t looked at any polls in the remaining states (Puerto Rico, Montana and South Dakota) but let’s pretend she wins them all.
Obama is still in the lead by 142 State Delegates, putting his total at 1985 total delegates when you factor in his already pledged Supers. That leaves just an additional 40 of the remaining unpledged super delegates that need to sign up with Obama for him to hit the 2,025 number. There are roughly 230 super delegates that have yet to pledge a candidate yet, which means that Obama needs just 17.3% of them to lock it all up.
At this point, I think Hillary is staying in the race in order to save some face- I think if she spends the rest of her time really talking up Obama and helping him defend himself against the coming onslaught of Republican attacks, she can keep herself in the good graces of the party, which she may need in 8 years when she runs again.
