Random, Relatively Minor Pet Peeves of the Week

Time's cover story:
The maker of Fahrenheit 9/11 heats up the election year with a new kind of political weapon. Is this good for America? MICHAEL MOORE'S WAR.



1. First off, I finally must agree with Eleven that Michael Moore is starting to become a shameless self-promoter. I mean, look at the cover picture: he looks like a sad-eyed starving child on one of those Christian-sponsors commercials, looking at us with his big doe-eyes, holding out the American flag, begging us to see it his way.

2. Fahrenheit 9/11 as a political weapon? Doubtful. The only people who are gonna take the time to actually go see this movie are people who already despise George W. and/or already see eye-to-eye with Moore. Maybe it'd be more accurate to refer to Michael Moore and his work as a sheep-herding tool rather than a weapon. Do you really think that ultra right-wing conservatives are going to be flocking to the theaters to see a movie about something that is against every fiber of their being? Doubtful. At best, they'll flock the theaters just so they have more ammunition against Michael Moore, more reason to despise him and his deviant ways. If Michael Moore is actually able to convince even one or two right-wing conservatives to rethink their ways, if his movie is able to get them to completely discard their prior ideologies and vote AGAINST Bush, then he deserves a medal of honor.

Newsweek's cover story:
The New Infidelity:
From Hester Prynne to Emma Bovary, female adultery was associated with desperation and shame. But now the workplace and the Internet are giving rise to more cheating, less guilt and more complex consequences. For women today, is straying still a sin, a badge of independence--or both? [DUN DUN DUNNNNNNN.]



Dammit, I was really gonna spout off about this one--things along the line of "NEW fidelity? What bubble have YOU been living in, Newsweek writers?" and something about double-standards and whatnot. But then my stupid internet shut down and I lost everything I'd typed up for today. Now I'm outta steam, but feel free to add your OWN two cents to this topic in my comments section. And once you get me going, I'll gladly jump in again.


Yesterday, I saw a commercial for a refrigerator THAT HAS A TELEVISION ON THE DOOR.

Why, God, why?!?

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