I thought I was watching Entertainment Tonight when I caught The Scarborough Report this evening. First, Joe plugged Pauly Shore’s Minding the Store, which I think is an incredible snooze, but then came the icing on the cake: Joe had on rocker Tommy Lee to promote his new “reality” show focused on the hijinks surrounding him living in a dorm in Lincoln, Nebraska (where, dear reader, I happen to be reporting live from tonight — let me tell you, they don’t call this the heartland of America for nothing!). Anyhow, Lee wouldn’t answer any of Joe’s hard-hitting Pamela Anderson questions, and kept turning the conversation back to focus on the release of his new album. Joe was peeved, but I was especially pleased when, in a later segment, LA Times columnist Joel Stein made fun of Joe’s BS entertainment reports on a slow news night.
Next, on The Situation, Tucker Carlson made a nonsense argument about the Pentagon’s decision to follow suit with the NCAA and quit offending both Indians and non-Indians by using American Indian names and imagery to title programs. CNN reports that Adm. Timothy Keating, head of Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command, sent a memo to the Pentagon that said exercises such as “Amalgam Fencing Brave” will, as of October 1, be referred to as “Amalgam Fencing Dart.” According to CNN, a spokesman for NORAD said the intent is to avoid using names that might offend American Indians. Bravo!
Of course, Tucker came up with some ridiculous rationale for disagreeing with NORAD’s decision. He thinks the “average Indian” would be proud to have Pentagon defense programs named after them. “I think it’s a sweet thing to do,” said Tucker. He also said that he doesn’t believe a decision like this should be allowed to be made unless 50,000 people agree. Yeah, I like that litmus test, Tucker. Do 50,000 people agree that you should be cancelled? I’m pretty sure of it.
Finally, in celebration of Rita Cosby’s new MSNBC show, I recently asked for opinions on why she has such a raspy voice. None of you had any ideas! It turns out that a lot of Googlers are curious about the issue, too, as I can tell that many hits are coming to my site from these keywords: “Rita Cosby’s raspy voice.” One poster on MediaLine.com made up this graphic to represent Rita’s physical changes over the years:
It’s a funny pic, but still doesn’t explain her voice.
OK, enough about MSNBC for one night. What have you been up to? The most interesting response gets a nifty souvenir from Lincoln, Nebraska.
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