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Thursday, April 9, 2009
Boomer with Attitude / News Special triple blog edition: OctoMom, Ken Lewis and more
Posted By John Grooms on Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 12:18 PM
1. If you're Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis, you know things aren't going your way when one of the Web sites getting the most hits these days is called BankofAmericaSucks.com. Or when financial news and opinion media are filled with debate over whether you should lose your job or not — or be prosecuted by the feds or not. But today is Lewis' 62nd birthday and since it might be his last as head of a monstrously huge bank, cut the guy some slack. If you see him Uptown today, try to resist the urge to give him a custard pie in the face.
2. As if to prove what's already known worldwide, namely that American culture is sometimes mesmerizingly grotesque, rumors have been swirling that OctoMom, aka Nadya Suleman, will get a reality show. The "debate" goes on. First, reports said she'd be on the TLC network, but they denied it. Now, In Touch magazine, for what that's worth, says it's definite that OctoMom is getting a show, on some network or other, in which she'll juggle taking care of 14 kids with a search for a man. OctoMom denies that she's going to have a show, although she has asked numerous people associated with the fertility clinic that set her up if they'd agree to be in such a show. It's OK, and probably normal, to want to both laugh and cry about this twisted situation.
3. You really should see Tom Toles' same-sex marriage editorial cartoon in the Washington Post today. It's a classic.
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