The regulation of a fad that kills

Once again, Europe is kicking our ass in the proper role of government.

As The New York Times reported today:

“The French parliament’s lower house has approved a bill that would make it illegal for anyone — including fashion magazines, advertisers and Web sites — to publicly incite extreme thinness…”

Last year, Spain banned super skinny models from the runway, and France isn’t far behind. Much of this has been spurred by the 2006 death of Brazilian model, Ana Carolina Reston, who died at 88 pounds.

The proposed French law would “give judges the power to imprison and fine offenders up to about $50,000 if found guilty of ‘inciting others to deprive themselves of food’ to an ‘excessive’ degree.”

I’d hope that the author of this post, titled “How to become a better anorexic,” from everything2.com, would be fined this $50,000, if accessible in France.

And as for the US, fashion and self-degradation will continue to strip the minds and bodies of all meaty substance… one cute top at a time.

They say he’s a war hero

After watching this, I realized that war must have destroyed McCain’s mind.

This man is far from a hero.  No person, especially a presidential candidate, has any right to joke about the bombing of other countries.  It is disgraceful that anyone could find his song silly.

I first read about this in The Economist.  I can only hope that discourse about this matter will cause an awakening among the conservatives who think McCain is the right person to lead our country.

Youthquake

Yeah! Youthquake, y’all!

That’s how we’re gonna get the country under control. Gettin youthie.

I love the Daily Show.

Click here for the hilarious clip.. dang WordPress won’t let me imbed it.

“Bitch is the new black”

Tonight, on SNL’s first show back since the writer strike, Tina Fey announced, “Bitch is the new black,” referring, of course, to the Clinton/Obama race to the presidency. Who knows, maybe Fey will be asked to become Clinton’s new campaign manager. Hills needs a little boost, and bitches know what’s up.

Austin has definitely been in the thick of things the past week, with the two Dem candidates hashing it out on the UT campus Thursday and Obama’s rally at the capitol on Friday night.

The debate was good, but the rally was awesome (especially because anyone could go for free). I went to Obama’s last appearance in Austin, at Auditorium Shores, in order to find out about his policies first-hand. Yesterday was much different. This time, people came to see the next president- not just to support the man and listen to his ideas.

I’m a believer in Obama, but I have been for a long time. If Clinton’s your gal, that’s fine, too. But we all need to remember that primaries are PRIMARY and nothing is set in stone yet. Remember the last presidential race? Everyone I talked to (with at least 3.12 brain cells) thought Kerry had it, even on election day.

Anything goes in this country. Vote then wait. That’s all we can do.