Racism and hypocrisy ...

This ad on Indian TV was included as part of an NPR report.



NPR points out that while Michael Jackson's preoccupation with his skin color was the subject of much controversy in the US, in other countries the skin whitening industry is thriving. In India it is a multimillion dollar industry.

Anyway, I couldn't help think that if someone had attempted this ad in the US, they would have been excoriated for racism. Shows you how morality differs in different parts of the world.

Meanwhile, if you haven't been following the John Ensign saga, I can't blame you for it. Marital infidelity and the ensuing hypocrisy has surfaced on both sides of the political spectrum, and John Ensign is the latest in a long list. However, John Ensign, for a number of reasons, appears to be attempting to win the crown of the most hypocritical. This article does a good job expressing why.

Sheer brilliance in comedy!!

Jon Stewart again. The Daily Show Team is brilliant. 4 mins 50 sec into the clip there is an brilliant juxtaposition of McCain and Bush. It shows better than I ever could what I was trying to express a few days ago, that McCain has no new ideas.




... and this is probably best introduction to McCain you'll see. Its irreverent, but very funny. Enjoy.

I couldn't have said it better myself ...

Jon Stewart demonstrating why he is the best news team on TV. The extraordinary hypocrisy of so many in the news media and politics brought to you by the best news team on TV - The Daily Show. I would have said more, but the clip more than speaks for itself.




And the most emailed story on Yahoo News this morning was this one, exposing the number of fallacies in yesterday's GOP convention. Of course, a lie repeated often enough becomes part of people's consciousness, until people can't tell it apart from the truth.