CotD

Today’s color is White Cloud. That’s the toilet paper, not the water vapor in the sky. This commercial, apparently from the 60’s, is basically SFW, but it will probably earn you a few strange looks from your coworkers.

W AWOL from ANG?

Cecil Adams’ Straight Dope addresses a question about W’s questionable tenure in the Texas ANG. It seems that many strings were pulled to not only avoid active duty in Vietnam but also to avoid duty at home in the ANG. Adams’ take on all of this? “Bush’s enemies say all this proves he was a cowardly deserter. Nonsense. He was a pampered rich kid who took advantage. Why wasn’t he called on it in a serious way during the 2000 election? Probably because Democrats figured they’d get Clinton’s draft-dodging thing thrown back at them.” I think it’s a damn shame that this wasn’t brought to light, especially when W hawks his ANG service like it actually existed and pretends to be a “regular guy.”

W AWOL from ANG?

Cecil Adams’ Straight Dope addresses a question about W’s questionable tenure in the Texas ANG. It seems that many strings were pulled to not only avoid active duty in Vietnam but also to avoid duty at home in the ANG. Adams’ take on all of this? “Bush’s enemies say all this proves he was a cowardly deserter. Nonsense. He was a pampered rich kid who took advantage. Why wasn’t he called on it in a serious way during the 2000 election? Probably because Democrats figured they’d get Clinton’s draft-dodging thing thrown back at them.” I think it’s a damn shame that this wasn’t brought to light, especially when W hawks his ANG service like it actually existed and pretends to be a “regular guy.”

7-Eleven Brand Beer?!

According to this story from the Austin American-Statesman, 7-Eleven Inc. will stock its own private-label beer, called Santiago, starting this summer for $5.99 a six-pack. I never thought about it, but apparently “‘7-Eleven is the 800-pound gorilla in the beer business. It’s one of the largest sellers of beer in the country, somewhere in the top five with Wal-Mart and major grocery chains,’ said Harry Schuhmacher, editor of Beer Business Daily.” I think this will be the most highly anticipated new beer since Milwaukee’s Best Ice! Not.