Kudos to Tom. 

We are in the middle of presidential primaries, Ricin found in our own state senator's office, and CIA Director Tenant saying Iraq was never stated by analysts to be an imminent threat. And the biggest story on the news this morning was the continued saga of Janet's right breast.  Which, by the way, we all got a good view of on the cover of Rolling Stone a few years ago.  Both of them.  

What we as Americans view as news very rarely is. Oblivion is a dangerous thing. 

SMS






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From: UTC Staff E-Mail List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tom Bodkin
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 11:17 AM
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Subject: [UTCSTAFF] Wake Up Call - Repulsive Super Bowl Halftime


Friends,
The only reason there is a nationwide and UTC-wide discussion of immoral behavior by the halftime performers is because the United States government and CBS want you to. They want you to spend the rest of the year (at least through November) discussing nipples and pseudo-lesbians in order to distract America from the REAL issue, which is the grassroots ground swelling controversy over the unwarranted and blatant censorship of the MoveOn.org commercial. The perfect defense to the massive build-up by activists on CBS's border was to create a moral dilemma with Janet Jackson's breast. If you want to raise your voice over something, how about joining the grassroots movement and help remove the war criminal from the Oval Office. Offended? Take a look at the future of your civil rights and you should be offended. Take a look at human rights violations and you should be offended by what our country does. If you're not offended, at least consider the possibility that you've become blinded by the government's wool. Tom Bodkin Adjunct Faculty, Forensic Anthropologist "Breasts are natural, I have them too!"