Thursday, October 1, 2009

First SNL, Now 'So You Think You Can Dance': Is Pop Culture Safe for Kids These Days?

I guess it's a good thing that I'm a news junkie, because popular entertainment's getting pretty raunchy these days - and that's saying something. Just last weekend, Jenny Slate swore on Saturday Night Live (and apparently Megan Fox put in a bump-and-grind star-turn with Kenan Thompson). And now it turns out that an auditioner on Tuesday night's "So You Think You Can Dance" flashed her private parts while rolling around on the floor. The New York Daily News has the story, " 'So You Think You Can Dance' Flash: Contestant Exposes Herself on National TV." But for a bit more of an in-the-know take, see DListed, "So You Think You Can Flash Your S***** On Network TV?":

THINK OF THE CHILDREN! First, Jenny Slate f*** bombed us all on SNL this past weekend, and now a giant bare vagina made an appearance on So You Think You Can Dance last night (see above NSFWish). No, Ryan Gaycrest was not a guest judge. An actual vagina popped out on stage when a dancer invited us into her carniceria during her audition. I KNOW! Our pure eyes have been tainted. We should have never boarded the Mayflower and come to America. Dark-sided!
Go to the OMG Blog for even more explict coverage (NSFW).

Everyone's apparently getting a kick out of it, but frankly, it's to the point where is actually not culturally safe to watch television - and readers know I'm no prude, But geez, I've got young kids!

American Nihilist Defends Suspected Terrorist Najibullah Zazi: Blames U.S. Imperialism!

Here's more of the standard-fare anti-Americanism we can expect from the demonic boys at American Nihilist, "Locking up the Innocent." The piece is defending Najibullah Zazi, who has pled not guilty to allegations the he's the mastermind of what's being called "one of the most serious terrorist attacks on American soil since Sept. 11, 2001."

Here's
the comments, from Dr. Obama Biobrain:

The man pled not guilty, yet they're keeping him in jail anyway. What part of "not guilty" don't they understand? It might make sense to keep him locked up if he had admitted he was guilty, I mean, assuming he wasn't making a joke. But someone who says they're not guilty? What sort of justice system is this? Whatever happened to the presumption of innocence?

And the main thing to remember is that this guy's an Afghan immigrant, so we really owe him something. After all, we sent our imperialist troops to his country, sullying his native land with our impure materialism and infidel religion, and we were guilty as hell. Yet our troops roam free, even after admitting to the murders of thousands of his people, while this guy remains locked up for merely wanting to murder ours.
In other words, Americans deserve whatever Zazi and his allies are ready to dish out.

Great. Real patriots over there at American Nihilist.

For the full details, see Atlas Shrugs, "
NY Jihad Raid Goes National: Denver jihad plot suspect admits Al-Qaeda ties," and "FBI: Notes on Jihad bomb-making in Zazi [the nazi's] handwriting - Target NYC,"

The Obama Experiment: 'President Obama’s Health Care Taxes'

From The Obama Experiment, "“Dictionary” on President Obama’s Health Care Taxes":

More good stuff at BarackObamaExperiment.com.

Related: James Pethokoukis, "Obama’s Not-So-Secret Plan to Raise Taxes" (via Memeorandum).