Excuse me honey, your mental slip is showing

According to CNN, Dunkin Donuts has pulled an ad featuring Rachael Ray based on the fashion perspective of a...the words fail me.

Author Michelle Malkin decided that the ugly paisley scarf Rachael sported in the ad was part of some conspiracy to mainstream pro-Palestine/anti-war wear. Malkin made some vague connections to support her argument, and as a result, the donut chain yanked the ad to avoid any misconceptions.

One should also note that Malkin wrote a book entitled In Defense of Internment: The case for "racial profiling" in World War II and the War on Terror. The book takes a favorable view of Japanese internment camps, and uses them as an argument for...heck, you get the drift. Some people are impressed by the amount of research she incorporates into the book. I admit that I am impressed too. She conducted a whole lot of research and managed to draw the most ridiculous revisionist conclusion. That takes talent. Perhaps she used this same "talent" to draw her conclusion regarding Rachael's paisley scarf?

In a follow-up to the original scarfccusation post, Ms. Malkin (I am NOT posting a link. If you want to read it, you can google her yourself) opines that people who dismiss her view wouldn't be so forgiving if someone marketed a burberry plaid klan style hood. While that is probably true, it isn't a parallel argument. People have been wearing ugly scarves for a while, klan hoods--not so much.

"Oh, yeah. Well, that's why I wear sterling silver. I don't want to wear gold because that's what thugs wear," said the sarcastic lady while rolling her eyes.

Malkin goes on to say that we have to be diligent in a post-9/11 world about fashion that might lead to the mainstreaming of violence. I guess we need to add a fashion police division to the Department of Homeland Security?

How about an alternate theory? Prince wrote a song called Paisley Park (I think it was on an album by the same name). According to Prince:

The girl on the seesaw is laughing 'cause love is the color this place, it imparts. Admission is easy. Just say you believe, and come to this place in your heart. Paisley Park is in out hearts.

Maybe the paisley scarf encourages seesawing and laughter? Did Dunkin Donuts even consider Prince's point of view?

Of course not. 'cause that would be breathtakingly stupid.

You picked a fine time to grow a pair Scott

I received a call early this morning from my dad. He wanted to let me know that a mother cat and some kittens had taken up residence at his house. He also asked me if I'd read about former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan's new book What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception.

Apparently, the book confirms what most people suspect. The current administration spent most of their term in campaign mode, pursuing personal agendas at the expense of public good. Thanks a lot Scott. I'm sure the widows, widowers, fatherless, motherless, and those missing a child, fiance, cousin, or close friend due to the war and Katrina would've appreciated your candor at a much earlier juncture. Why now?

What people like Scott fail to realize is that their actions and interactions in the public arena aren't merely the details of THEIR story.

Scott's late admissions in a book that will probably make him rich demonstrates that he is just like those he castigates in his race to the top of the best-seller list.

Oh, the things that fall out of folk's mouths!

Folks have taken the concept of "much ado about nothing" to a whole new level this primary season. We've had to endure endless commentary from pundits, politicians, and every person with an opinion and internet access about every little word that has come out of the major candidates' mouths. Some of the comments were taken out of context, and some were just minor gaffes. Consequently, my eyes just rolled to the top of my head when I saw the CNN headline Clinton explains assassination reference. I clicked on the link anyway.

Now, her teeth should have jumped out of her mouth after she said that.

Update: She said it before.

What was that to say?