Wednesday, December 6, 2006

Recommended Reading

Fred Kaplan doesn't think much of the report of the Iraq Study Group.

I don't know if it's a workable plan for Iraq but after watching some of the news channels today, I get the feeling that's not the point. The idea is to minimize embarrassment for all the folks who got us into the mess in Iraq. If that means keeping U.S. troops there longer and getting more killed, or making the death toll for the Iraqi people get even worse...well, that's too bad. But we have reputations to protect.

• Posted at 11:02 PM · LINK

Today's Video Link

Today's click will bring you eleven minutes (that's right — eleven) of old commercials, starting with a Kool-Aid spot with the voices of Dick Beals and Paul Frees. After a Pillsbury ad, you'll see John Astin and Marty Ingels promoting their then-new comedy series, I'm Dickens, He's Fenster, an ABC promo for My Three Sons, a Barbie and Ken spot that I think is narrated by Olan Soulé, another Kool Aid Kids ad, a commercial for Mattel Spy Detector (with a v.o. by Mr. Frees again), a spot for Mattel's Vroom Bikes (announced by William Conrad) and some other stuff that I don't have time to list. Just clear eleven minutes and watch. You'll especially enjoy the commercial for Feeley Meeley.

• Posted at 1:43 AM · LINK