Random items of the day: Exploding Meat Sticks, Hot Babes, and the Crunchberry farm.
There’s nothing that has inspired my literary muse in terms of politics today, but there have been random things catching my attention.
While the explosion isn’t funny, the location is – Two missing, 21 hurt in NC Slim Jim plant blast.
Chris Woods, a worker at the facility, said he started running after feeling an explosion around 11 a.m.
“I was picking up a piece of meat off the line and I felt it, the percussion in my chest,” Woods said. “One of the guys I was working with got blown back, he flew backwards.”
What on earth do they put in those things? Ammonia burns resulting from the explosion in the plant?
I’m a bit reluctant to ever eat one of those again. Despite their smoky, spicy goodness, and past endorsement by Professional Wrestler “Macho Man” Randy Savage.
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Today’s SD blog war is brought to you by Todd Epp, Detroit Lewis, and Sobby on one side, and Cory Heidelberger and the Dakota Women on the other. What’s the kerfuffle? Todd started posting pictures of girls he thought were pretty. Cory and the Feminists (sounds like a musical group) at Dakota Women found it misogynistic, devoting at least 4 posts to the fact Todd was doing it. Detroit complained that women could be judgmental and misandristic too. Sobby posted a supposed picture of his cousin and other burqua clad relations.. and we won’t go there.
At the end of the day, who cares? Finding the opposite sex attractive is hardwired into our systems, and does help in keeping the species going. A picture makes Todd a pig? Well, oink, oink. Welcome to the club.
Besides – Todd, that is me in person with two of the utterly hottest babes from DWTS and Fox News. Too bad the pictures are ruined by the slob on the right. (Epp – You know you can’t touch this…)
Psst…. go check out the 15 hottest conservative women in the new media.
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That spy case is even wilder – apparently that Pierre SD drug possession case that went to the State Supreme Court involving the serving of the warrant on the Myers, America’s newest traitors, had a secret disposition after the warrant issue was sent back down to circuit court. Information was inadvertently released on it yesterday and after it was discovered that the final action on the case was actually a sealed disposition after being sent back down to the circuit level, people were desperately trying to stuff the cat back in the bag.
Which might explain why someone who had rows of pot plants in their basement was actually able to pass the background checks for a high level State department position. Who sealed the disposition isn’t known at this time, but as always, I’m sure there’s more to come on this.
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Tort reform opponents – seriously. If you don’t want lawsuit reform, you’d better rein some of the truly ludicrous things in that hurt your cause. Like this one:
On May 21, a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California dismissed a complaint filed by a woman who said she had purchased “Cap’n Crunch with Crunchberries” because she believed it contained real fruit. The plaintiff, Janine Sugawara, alleged that she had only recently learned to her dismay that said “berries” were in fact simply brightly-colored cereal balls, and that although the product did contain some strawberry fruit concentrate, it was not otherwise redeemed by fruit. She sued, on behalf of herself and all similarly situated consumers, some of whom may believe that there are fields somewhere in our land thronged by crunchberry bushes.
and…
The court, Judge Morrison England, Jr., also pointed out that the plaintiff acknowledged in her opposition to the motion to dismiss that “[c]lose inspection [of the box] reveals that Crunchberries . . . are not really berries.” Plaintiff did not explain why she could not reasonably have figured this out at any point during the four years she alleged she bought Cap’n Crunch with Crunchberries in reliance on defendant’s fraud.
and…
Judge England also noted another federal court had “previously rejected substantially similar claims directed against the packaging of Fruit [sic] Loops cereal, and brought by these same Plaintiff attorneys.”
Link: Sugawara v. PepsiCo, Inc., No. 2:08-cv-01335, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43127 (E.D. Cal. May 21, 2009) (PDF).
You cannot make stuff like this up.
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Comments
Egads, Ann Coulter is one skinny specimen! Yikes! She looks like she could seriously do with a few good beef suppers at Chef Louie’s.
Ammonia is used as a refrigerant in very large cooling systems. It certainly is not an ingredient in the finished meat product. As Conagra stores large quantities of meat, both raw and finished, they must have refrigeration in the plant.
Those of us with daughters care, Pat. We would like our daughters to be viewed as something other than meat to be ogled and screwed.
Cory –
As the father of 5 of them myself, I think raising them to be capable independent people works just as well – if not better – than going “OH MY GOD, THERE’S A PICTURE OBJECTIFYING A WOMAN. SHIELD YOUR EYES FOR IT WILL DAMAGE YOUR SELF ESTEEM!”
My daughters would ignore it, mutter “whatever,” and focus on something important.
I don’t think there’s one of my girls who can’t handle themselves, especially in the face of an airbrushed photo.
See. Carrie Prejean is hot, my daughters’ dignity is intact, and the world didn’t come to an end.
did heidelberger and the other feminists chime in about the Playboy rape-the-conservative-women kerfuffel?
or were they okay with that?
(Wonder – in case the readers don’t know anything about it – they can read about it here. -pp)
CAH, etc: Just wondering if you were outraged at the Playboy’s conservative-women-we-would-like-to-do-bad-things to. It was pretty hateful and in essence advocated violent assaults. Wonder if Dakota Women weighed in…maybe not, since the women were conservatives and pro-lifers.
And about the photos with PP: Everything I’ve read about Molly Henneberg has said that she’s one of the nicest people around as well as being beautiful.
Anon –
I can personally attest to that being true about Molly. As I related during convention, She was easily the nicest member of the national media that we ran across. She even hung out with us SD people. Her producer – also a sweetie – is a SD girl.
Give up, Anon. First, we don’t read Playboy. Second, I consider South Dakota issues more salient to my blogging than the national media stuff you want to churn. Third, I will agree, as I did over at the other blog where you are tryign to spread the meme, that the behavior there is wholly offensive. Oh, and get a name already.
Pat, you keep missing the point. My daughter will also focus on more important things. But she won’t just ignore it: she will call to task those who engage in such objectification. Perhaps your daughters and my little one can argue it out when they are Supreme Court justices (except mine will be outnumbered — dang!).
In the meantime, I won’t go around pointing out women to my daughter and saying, “Look, she’s hot!” Hot means screwable, and Dad pointing out women worthy of sexual fantasies isn’t a really good example.
Pat, a photo of a “Babe of the Day” on a political blog is a shameless ploy for hits, and I’m not sure what the point of the silicone recipient photo in your 7:23 comment is. If someone wants to look at “babe” photos there are millions of websites that will provide more “interesting” content than either you or Todd could provide. And, yes the Playboy list was in extremely poor taste.
Wait, crunchberries aren’t real!!!!
I thought that short little Captain dude brought them back with him on his sea voyages.
Cory – Ewww. What is with you? Saying someone is pretty does not – and should not – mean that they are mentally stamped with a “gotta jump their bones” label.
I’m the one who is an admitted pig, and I don’t even think that. That’s my objection to this trumped up faux outrage that seems to be spewing forth in Todd’s direction. It’s not about “eros” as much as it is simple admiration as shaped by his life experiences.
He says he finds a woman attractive or “a babe.” So what? What qualities he find attractive in a woman is subjective on his part, and that’s all. It’s an opinion.
And we express lots of those on our websites.
Is Munsterman bringing the hotties to the blog? I like where this blog is going!
I am all for a babe a day on the site!
Thanks for posting the Carrie Prejean photo! I will continue to check out this site for the articles.
Oh, boy……..
Like any of us old married farts has any kind of a shot of snagging one of these women in the first place? Besides, if I’m not mistaken, I think I cast a loving or lecherous glance at my beloved wife when we first met. IT’S HOW THOSE KIND OF THINGS START!!! Finally, if I ever did cheat on her, I know exactly the last words I would hear in this lifetime. They would be:
“Sweetie, did Daddy ever show you how to reload this thing?”
We got beer, Slim Jim’s, silicone, methane comments and jiggle shots to keep our attention during the boring parts. Wow, welcome to the NFL, PP.
Pat, you didn’t say “pretty.” You said “hot.”
Test the words this way: as you line the kids up for church on Sunday, tell one of your daughters she’s pretty. Then tell another of your daughters she’s hot.
Does the second statement make you feel creepy? If that doesn’t set your radar off, repeat the experiment with your wife in the room.
And indeed, suggest to your boss Mayor Munsterman a campaign strategy of emphasizing how hot (not pretty, but hot his daughters are. Go ahead, drive those web hits.
Cory – again, Ewww.
Why are you continuing to make it about lechery? If that’s what’s in your heart, that’s what you’re going to see.
(BTW, I used the word “hot” in this context mainly because it irks you, and this whole line of discussion is silly.)
-PP
If you marry a really good looking women and get lucky enough to sire some daughters than all you do to get attention from the masses is show up at events with your family. And PP you are not a PIG!!!! You just listened to your Grandmother who told you to always eat for some day you won’t be ablt to; just like mine told me often long ago. I listened, I eat, and love every bite. As for loving to look at beautiful women; that is God’s fault for making me a man.
And Cory, Charlie says that while having daughters that were/are Miss SD and Miss Teen SD, and like my girls, I’m quite sure that they’re able to handle themselves in the face of someone admiring them.
If not, Dad can always pull their arms out of their sockets.
Heidelberger and Nemec are just bummed because there are no “hot” lib commentators, media types, etc. They are all homely as mud fences.
No wonder there are so many ‘Blog War of The Day’. You’re arguing about BS.
YES, I can agree with CA on the actual effects of these ‘Babe o’ the Day’ comic strips. It’s not what people do 5 seconds after they see the photos – It’s the ‘Hmmm, I wonder WHY those people are being looked up…maybe it’s because they don’t have a fat stomach like I do!’
You really have to have your head stuck in a Playboy to not be able to see this. But then are you’re looking for NEW material in there aren’t you!
I only read the articles.
Besides, the point was more defending Todd’s right to post such material because it amuses him, and he believes that it would interest his readers. As well as to refute the ridiculous and over the top sputtering from Dakota Women and Cory.
There are no issues in the ‘Blog War of the Day’ and they are everywhere.
The effects of ‘Babe o’ the Day’ crap is subtle and long lasting. Men are visual. Women are emotional.
Example – Have you ever seen a Calvin car sticker pxssing on your favorite brand or whatever. I’m saying that is how females see the Babe images.
Another thing, you ever have a female bring up an issue you thought was dead or pointless after a long period of time. Females stew over issues. Then they either react or bury it.
I know that you can find hot women. But why do you want to show that you have nothing else to give?
Guy – I think that’s a comment for Todd’s blog. I’m defending his right, not following suit,
This sounds a lot like sensitivity training. Didn’t he get in trouble for something a little while back?
PP, Yes, Todd has that right.
It’s not sensitivity training…It’s ‘get you head out of your a55′ training. Just like lawsuits over fictional fruits.
Anon 9:15 & 9:19 – be nice.
Word is that Cory is going to be having a bad day when the new Regent – who I hear is from Madison – is announced.
Thanks for the disclaimer PP. Just so the guys know the facts here; my two daughters are also right at 6′2″, pump iron, run long distances, will drown anyone who follows them in the water, and can pump out 12 gauge rounds with the best of us all the while looking flat out gorgeous, or hot, or pretty, or whatever you want to call beautiful. But the most important trait they posess is quick thinking, which I attribute to being raised on a cattle ranch and needing to always be aware of their surroundings.
Funny how people keep getting personal when they want to avoid the issue. Keep trying!
Oh, and “holier-than-thou”? If by that you mean that I drop by to tell you you’re wrong and should change your beliefs, how does that differ from what PP, Sibby, and everyone else in the blogosphere does?
Todd/Pat:
As a father of three very pretty daughters, I personally don’t like the reference “hot” and don’t use it so I understand to some degree where some of your critics are coming from. I think it goes to the idea that it has a shallowness as it doesn’t highlight the most important (inner beauty and character).
However, I think their reaction is disproportionate to any percieved affront you might have committed. As much as one might try to disparage your character, neither of you are lecherous in any way. With apologies to Detroit, let me tell as story. It might not be exactly right and I might be combining two stories to make my point.
A famous Catholic Bishop and a young Priest were walking down a street of Rome when they came upon a very scantily-clad prostitute. The Bishop looked upon her intently as they passed her while the young Priest looked down at the street. After they passed, the Priest asked, “Why did you stare at her so? Are we not to take our vow of celibacy seriously and not even lust in our heart?” The Bishop responded, “My son, we are to enjoy all that God has made beautiful and there is no sin in this enjoyment. She is beautiful and I wanted her to know that I saw her so.”
Later, it was learned that this prostitute had entered a convent (ultimately became a Saint) and lived a holy life for the rest of her life. Most importantly, it was learned that it was this encounter on the street with the Bishop was the impetus for her giving her life to Christ. She said, “Nobody had ever looked at me with so much love and for the first time in my life I experienced the love of Christ.”
There are a number of points to this story applicable to this “blog war.”
1) The Priest was unable to look past this women’s outer appearance and see her as object. He had to look down lest he sin in his heart. He never really understood what the Bishop said until he himself had overcome his carnal lusts. The Priest looking down and the reaction of some (including myself) to not liking the use of “hot” to describe women says more about us than it does about either the “babes” or Todd and Pat.
2) The Bishop looked past this woman’s outer appearance and saw Christ in her. He didn’t see her as an object but a person made in God’s image. He understood the Priest’s struggle he once had the same struggle. But, he didn’t patronize the Priest by giving a cheap bromide but used it as a teaching moment. He answered in a way that the Priest would someday (when combined with wisdom and knowledge by experience) understand.
3) The prostitute was able to discern the difference between a lustful look and a loving look. She saw the intent and passed proper judgment focusing on the good and not the negative. I’ve told many women they looked beautiful (and in front of my wife) and they never mistook it as lustful or demeaning. Todd and Pat meant nothing lustful or demeaning either. Like me they are just “toads” and not letches.
I’m not going to try to explain the reaction of women but I will explain my reaction to not liking it. I’m more like the young Priest and sometimes unable to see through the outer appearance when presented stunning physical beauty. Charlie, Todd and Pat are more like the Bishop and able to see and appreciate their physical beauty without it being a dismissal of their inner beauty. More power to you guys. I’m on a journey to be more like ya. Hope I get there.
How many of you were looking at these pictures trying to change the womans point of view? Or even less cynical trying to enjoy her God given beauty? (I believe the reality was air-brushed away) I doubt you enjoy the beautiful women you pass on the street everyday.
Photos like these do effect the perception of how MEN view women, how WOMEN view women and how our KIDS view women. You can deny it but you’d be wrong.
And Charlie Hoffman using the word HOT to describe his daughters. That’s a little weird.
CA, As hard as you try you can’t change anyones beliefs. If you do they did not have beliefs to start. All you can do is present the truth as you see it, and stick to your belief. God knows I’ve tried!
Guy, you have to admit that Charlie’s daughters are pretty attractive young ladies.
Note PP’s careful avoidance of the language in question. It is obvious why PP did not refer to Charlie’s daughters as “hot babes.” Even Troy agrees that the language in question is offensive… before he drifts off into vaguely quantifying an affront where the affront itself, not the quantification, is the issue.
Dr. Meg Meeker wrote a good book on the relationship between fathers and daughters. ‘Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters’ Reading it would explain my point better than I have done.
I shall avoid the issue at hand. I’m just looking for a Dakota blog that will still accept pseudoanonymous comments so I could call both Todd and Cory poopie-heads for their overly restrictive comments policies. Thank you.
While still not weighing in, I thought Cory and perhaps a few others might be interested in an account of a blogger’s experience after a move to Discover and an included profile picture.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/03/25/singled-out/
Troy Jones could have ended this posting with intelligence towards the much larger meaning of words spoken in appreciation of beautiful women and now I am defending my defense of my good friend PP with an off the cuff use of the word “HOT” in the middle of much more glorious words used for beautiful women who just happen to be my daughters. Lets all watch a little NBA finals and chill!!
Charlie,
Question: When you sit on your porch when the boys come a’courting, do you have a 12 guage or 10 guage on your lap?
Here ya go Charlie, just what you wanted to close the topic with a compliment from Troy. I think those words from Troy Jones were…’More power to you guys. I’m on a journey to be more like ya. Hope I get there.’
I always thought the Epp and the other Pro-everythinger’s were made up of more substance. I was shocked he had to play the ‘Babe’ card to get hits. That’s usually how rock stations get listeners on their website when nothing else works.
Here I’ll help you out Todd. George W. Bush was the president for the last 8 years. Now go and post how bad things are because of him. That’ll bring up some good perspective!