Scooter Libby/MSNBC Drinking Game:

Everytime Chris Matthews says 'HULLABALOO', take a shot.

Although uncoroborated at this time, Bill O'Reilly is reporting that all press were blocked from Obama's celebrity fundraiser event last night. It reminds me of someday past, when another up-and-comer of a presidential candidate made the mistake of miffing the media:

Ladies and Gentlemen, TRL has left the building.

Long live MTV.

I thought we were past this...




If you don't find this insulting, imagine the opposte.

I am woman, hear me gossip. I admit, I'm bad at math. I'm a chick. I love to shop for shoes. Tagline: Eat like a woman. Burger King now offers premium salads and water.

Guys, Burger King is kicking you right in the balls. Although they try to make this new "eat like a man" campaign tounge-in-cheek, the message is clear. If you don't eat their food, you're a huge p*ssy. And with today's blurred gender roles, this is sure to strike a nerve in a lot of men. How desperate. As if I didn't have enough reasons to stay away from Burger King.

Ever notice that Matt Drudge periodically will effectively out himself, by way of his choice to harp on certain stories? It's kind of funny to observe..

Drudge got particularly miffed when Chris Rock seemed to diss the Oscars just prior to acting as their host in 2005. "I never watch the Oscars," Rock had said in an interview during the lead-up to the Academy Awards that year. "What straight, black man sits there and watches the Oscars? Show me one."

After Joe Dirt, a failed career as an NFL commentator and a regular segment on Fox News, Dennis Miller has been sentenced to death by hanging. Upon being sentenced, the feisty Miller quipped "There's nothing wrong with being dead as long as you're insightful about it.”

 Godspeed Dennis, we hardly knew ye.

 Dennis Miller

1937-2006

I've noticed a recent trend in advertising lately.. I refer to it as the 'balls-to-the-wall' approach..

It seems to be the trend for some in industries who are currently being scrutinized for one reason or another. Take the fast-food industry.. As society collectively wises up and realizes that the ol' Classic Triple might not be aiding towards longevity, Fast Food has been collectively reacting in their ad campaigns..

There's the conforming approach: The market is demanding healthier items, so now they're offering them.. I've sure you've seen all the ads now touting items such as salads, fruit, or yogurt cups. What's kind of funny is the way these items are sometimes portrayed in the same light as the Big Mac or the Whopper back when they premiered; The ads offer the impression that a bowl of grapes with some walnuts is a new concoction that some McDonalds lab-chef dreamt up at the corporate headquarters. But otherwise these ads are otherwise pretty benign and conciliatory.

Wendy's was a little bolder, with their ad for their new Kid's Menu, where the concept of choice is given strange emphasis. A figurative child customer is told how he can now choose other sides in his Kids Meal besides fries -- such as mandarin oranges or 2% milk -- and the power that comes from this discretion is noted. It's the old Burger-King-Have-It-Your-Way routine but with a backhanded twist: Hey you can't blame us anymore if you get fat.. It's all up to you.. I wonder if the same agency that does the Big Tobacco 'Talk to Your Kids About Not Smoking' campaign did this spot. They are effectively indoctrinating a new generation of fast-food customer with a programmed sense of self-responsibility who'll hopefully not sue them in their later years.