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• Heinz Commercial Furor Proves The UK Can Be Just As Bigoted

  The above photo is a screengrab (via the Daily Mail) from a Heinz commercial that recently ran in the UK during the day. The controversy, as you can see, is obvious... but there's more. The ad opens with two children, a boy and a girl, readying for school... Read More... Posted Jun 24 2008, 01:08 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: gay marriage, New York City, advertisements, television, commercials, offensive, united kingdom, gay marriage ban

• Should Christian Science Monitor Be Fed To The Lions?

  Forgive the controversy-baiting title: it really is necessary to draw your attention to the most offensive article written this year in the English language. The article, written under the name Shireen K. Burki for the always suspect Christian Science Monitor (hell, that's almost a triple negative), is so ghastly, so offensive, wrong, and off-base in its attacks on Barack Obama, that not only will Hillary supporters be outraged, McCain himself might end up weighing in on it... if he can locate his missing moral compass, that is... Read More... Posted May 20 2008, 11:21 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 10 comment(s) Filed under: Barack Obama, john McCain, offensive, Christianity, Muslim, democratic primary

• Against Your Wil (Wheaton)

  Did you guys know that Wil Wheaton has a groovy and unsurprisingly well-written blog? (Full disclosure: Stand By Me is the greatest movie ever made.) Many people of all sorts of unknown backgrounds are aware of and have read this excellent blog. However, Wil Wheaton has made a grand faux pas that his readers may never forgive: reiterating some nasty rumors about Hillary Clinton. Read More... Posted May 09 2008, 05:00 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: movies, hillary clinton, Barack Obama, funny, Wil Wheaton, President, offensive, sexism, austin, stand by me

• Let's Not Go to Prison

  Tonight is Bush's final State of the Union address, thank God. The Democratic response will be given by Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sibelius, who can't be too happy about having her Obama-at-the-convention moment ruined by her own son, who just announced the release of a board game called "Don't Drop the Soap." The game is as hilariously offensive as it should be. Read More... Posted Jan 28 2008, 01:33 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: politics, Democrats, john sibelius, board games, kathleen sibelius, prison, offensive