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Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
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Awhile ago I had added the misadventures of Carmen Kontur-Gronquist, Mayor of Arlington, OR to my “Flesh! Oh No!” archives in which we keep close tabs on the the sight of good-lookin’ women in skimpy clothing inspiring reactions from others that are…bollywonkers.
I do not mean to join ranks with those who mindlessly drivel out stale cliches, like…”in America, we’re sexually repressed…in other countries, they let women go topless on the beach…there’s something about America where blah blah blah…” To our minds, those babbling idjits are living proof that you can have a good point to make, but by relying on lazy thinking and favoring too much your initial prejudices, come to logically weak conclusions anyway. Yes, most of our localities insist the ladies wear all of their bathing suits in public — and your point is?
But at the same time, it is quite silly to indulge in any & all condemnation in the presence of a lady in the flesh, or of a picture of such a female — or of a suggestion of a picture of such a female — in less than complete attire. As if her judgment, or lack thereof, in what to wear somehow justifies any silly decision you have to make about how much to get worked up over it. This, we contend, is a problem in twenty-first century America. It is one of two subjects, wholly unrelated to one another, that reliably inspires large numbers of people to dribble out the most perverse nonsense as if on cue.
And some of this nonsense has served as a “pretext” for bouncing out the Mayor of Arlington…
According to the person who spearheaded the recall drive, Ron Miller, the vote was 142 in favor and 139 against the recall of Mayor Carmen Kontur-Gronquist.
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“My reaction is that the democratic process took place, and that is a good process that we have in the United States, and it’s fair,” she said.
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[Miller] said Gronquist will leave office immediately. The Arlington City Council President will take over as mayor until a new mayor is selected.As for Gronquist, she said she is selling a poster of herself on eBay. A portion of the proceeds, she said, will go to the Arlington city ambulance company.
The ridiculous thing about this is that the real subject of the recall seems to have something to do with some decisions the Mayor made about golf courses. The underwear-picture thing, according to all the information I’ve been able to gather, was just the camel’s nose in the tent.
No self-respecting activist would say “I want the Mayor recalled because I found a picture of her in her underwear,” but they ended up doing that very thing. Had the golf decisions stood, but the underwear photo never come to light, this thing never would have gotten off the ground. And so her tragic tale goes into the file of evidence of modern busybody Dark Matter, the stuff that holds the cosmos that is the American Taliban together. Bible-thumping tightasses and jealous frumpy housewives who want to go out on their daily peregrinations without seeing any bare elbows and toes belonging to any ladies who might happen to look nice.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: This is rooted in jealousy, plain and simple, whether the complainant is a lady or a gentleman. If a female happens to come off as heavy, poorly-maintained or otherwise substandard, she can flaunt all she wants. You read about an unsuspecting lass getting in a peck of trouble over a swimsuit photo, and you know she’s lookin’ good.
H/T: Ace.
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“If a female happens to come off as heavy, poorly-maintained or otherwise substandard, she can flaunt all she wants”
And if you don’t believe it go to zombietime and look at almost any photo essay 😉
- Tom The Impaler | 02/28/2008 @ 12:05Yes, most of our localities insist the ladies wear all of their bathing suits in public — and your point is?
Well, I’m somewhat guilty of this, as charged. We ARE sexually repressed, or at least some of us are, and those that are have a tendency to screech about it… a lot. Those that aren’t typically go on about their business because…well, it ain’t no Big Deal, right? Until something like your subject matter happens.
As for the topless beach thingie… been there, done that, and those sorts of beaches have MUCH better scenery, on the whole. And I’m an equal-opportunity admirer (or letch…you choose), too. Larger ladies, ample ladies, substantial ladies…what ever you choose to call ’em… don’t irritate me at all, within reason. I prefer ’em generally. But I’m off on a tangent, as is my wont.
- Buck | 02/28/2008 @ 16:52It’s like the fire triangle, which pretty much guarantees if you have two or fewer of the critical components everything’s good, but if all three converge there’s an enormous problem.
The lady has to have a position of authority, she has to have an appealing face/figure, and she has to show a good portion of the latter. Madelyn Albright in a miniskirt can certainly live to see another day…but if Condoleeza does the same thing, say goodnight Gracie. And no, it’s not because Dr. Rice has the letter R after her name. Authority, Attractiveness, and Ass-flashing, if you have all three of those in the same place, the pretty head will roll. Set the clock by it.
- mkfreeberg | 02/28/2008 @ 17:07I blame the fact that, for the most part, women are vindictive, catty bitches, making their men, as Samuel L. Jackson remarked in Pulp Fiction, catty bitches as well. At least the ones with their balls in a jar on the shelf.
- dcshiderly | 03/02/2008 @ 04:34