When's the last time you saw anybody smoking on TV, unless it was in an old movie on one of the cable networks? Are smokers going to start feeling like blacks must have in the 1950s, when television producers pretended they didn't exist? Just a passing thought, triggered by:
Smoking in a film? Rate it R, so that no children under 17 are exposed to it.
That idea, at least, is what anti-smoking advocates were promoting at a rally Wednesday evening in Downtown Indianapolis.
Maryland is worried that its state song, written during the Civil War when people were kind of riled up, might be a little rough by today's standards, and there is some thought of softening it up:
The song begins with a hostile reference to President Abraham Lincoln, who brought troops through Baltimore en route to protect Washington: "The despot's heel is on thy shore, Maryland! His torch is at thy temple door, Maryland!"
Well, President Obama did promise to end the war:
The Obama administration appears to be backing away from the phrase "global war on terror," a signature rhetorical legacy of its predecessor.
Oh, my. Some distressing news. You don't have to 10-62 on this, but if you, do, 10-40 it, OK? It's a 10-18 situation, maybe even requiring a 10-33. So, 10-12 till I get back to you:
Today, the Dallas Police Department moves to a new plain-language system that's supposed to make communications more universal and less complicated. No more of those distinctive radio codes or signals.
Here's a solution that is far worse than the problem:
Newspapers perform a public service for democracy and should be allowed to operate as tax-exempt non-profits, U.S. Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D.-Md., proposed Tuesday.
Yeah, sure wouldn't want a toublemaking bully like him at any of my peace conferences:
I hate to bring up pigs again -- remember the whole pit bull vs. hockey mom and "lipstick on a pig" fiasco? -- but an old saying needs repeating: Never wrestle with a pig; you both get dirty, but the pig likes it. A variation might be: Don't try to tell jokes with a comedian. You both might get laughs while lapsing into bad taste, but only the comedian will get away with it. That's about all there really is to say about President Obama's Special Olympics joke on The Tonight Show.
Hey you, get those flowers out of the back yard! Are you trying to destroy the Earth?
Is planting azaleas in Dallas now politically incorrect? The favorite flowering shrub of Turtle Creek and Highland Park vistas will not tolerate our native clay soil. They need water to get them through a Dallas summer, even when the region is not suffering a drought.
Don't go getting your bongs from under the basement stairs just yet, but . . .
Attorney General Eric Holder has signaled a change in policy on medical marijuana.
