tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post3624596496268083474..comments2024-03-29T00:04:32.434-05:00Comments on Althouse: Roger Ailes answers critics who say the women he puts on Fox News are mostly blonde.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70351534370338863782012-04-16T22:58:30.437-05:002012-04-16T22:58:30.437-05:00I can't beleive that in a thread about hot-blo...I can't beleive that in a thread about hot-blonde-right-wing women that nobody has said anything yet about the communication director for Scott Walker's campaign staff.purplepenquinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985523216476971244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50128671328304178402012-04-15T15:33:17.974-05:002012-04-15T15:33:17.974-05:00Though perhaps not blondeness, being easy on the e...Though perhaps not blondeness, being easy on the eyes appears is becoming a BFOQ for (R) politics as well.jimspicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16316014985662331998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1290496429428326592012-04-15T07:00:20.513-05:002012-04-15T07:00:20.513-05:00We've had stereo TV for ages. If newsrooms are...We've had stereo TV for ages. If newsrooms are still using excessive compression on sound, or microphones tuned for male voices instead of for the full dynamic range, they are being penny wise and pound foolish.Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31465157994518270732012-04-14T21:04:46.963-05:002012-04-14T21:04:46.963-05:00With utmost sincerity, "with utmost seriousne...With utmost sincerity, "with utmost seriousness and authority, like it was science, and though it made me feel..., I believed" is one of the keenest insights I should hope a teacher has.<br /><br />Teacher here being defined not as a job title but an attitude infused with the love of learning, and a love of inspiring the sharing of learning, in hopes of altruistic advancement, based in the gratitude hindsight affords all who abound in it.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.city-journal.org/html/17_2_clarence_thomas.html" rel="nofollow">Like Justice Thomas</a><br /><br />Bravo!Guildofcannonballshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352588747567045751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46895788603057688242012-04-14T20:33:41.728-05:002012-04-14T20:33:41.728-05:00I once allowed my hair to go back to its natural c...I once allowed my hair to go back to its natural color. Everyone told me that it looked better blonde. They were silly, I thought.<br /><br />Then I saw a picture of myself from a couple years before when I'd had it blonde. <br /><br />Those silly people were correct. <br /><br />My hair has been blonde ever since.<br /><br />Most of us naturally non-blondes don't have beautiful chestnut locks, gorgeous fiery tresses, or luscious ebony manes. Most of us have hair the color of mouse fur. It is easier to go from mouse fur to blonde than mouse fur to one of the others, so blonde it is.Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85998735843353930852012-04-14T20:21:14.455-05:002012-04-14T20:21:14.455-05:00It's really very simple. Blonde hair makes a w...It's really very simple. Blonde hair makes a woman look younger. Who could fail to learn this lesson after seeing the years fall off Sigourney Weaver in Galaxy Quest?<br /><br />I imagine this is because so many youths have blonde hair that changes color in adolescence.Mark Lindholmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14184361531569761797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-52597631590788660612012-04-14T19:41:39.769-05:002012-04-14T19:41:39.769-05:00"To get what's really going on, you need ..."To get what's really going on, you need to watch both simultaneously with the remote (another exclusively male TV skill)." - bagoh20<br /><br />They need to make a tv remote with a robotic thumb that you have to successfully wrestle to change the channel.edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11554432958239793555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80426422958517146612012-04-14T19:40:02.814-05:002012-04-14T19:40:02.814-05:00"He said it with utmost seriousness and autho..."He said it with utmost seriousness and authority, like it was science, and though it made me feel angry and rebellious, I believed him. Something about the technical equipment, which is another thing only the males can handle. "<br /><br />Eh, he probably believed what he was saying too. <br /><br />I don't know how many men feel this way, so I am not sure if I would be surprised by how many or how few have had this thought: Men created all of these things like radio and TV and so it stands to reason that men understand the science behind them better than women and so are better equipped to know the parameters of the technology. I suspect that normal men and women are a lot more like each other than either of them are like the kinds of men who thought up sending sound and moving images by radio waves through the aether.dbphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457585811847604584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75343754405016905882012-04-14T19:17:46.219-05:002012-04-14T19:17:46.219-05:00Women on television have far deeper voices than th...Women on television have far deeper voices than the average woman. In fact, one of the reasons that Sarah Palin gets mocked as a leader is her feminine voice. <br /><br />This prejudice hits men, too, by the way. Romney has a manly voice. Newt Gingrich does not.Saint Croixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17876368500159112781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64046545517882795912012-04-14T19:06:51.774-05:002012-04-14T19:06:51.774-05:00Fen said...
Mr Ailes,
FOX is wandering. ...<i>Fen said...<br /><br /> Mr Ailes,<br /><br /> FOX is wandering. I wish you would get them back on track.<br /><br /> The Martin/Zimmerman reporting was atrocious.</i><br /><br />Fen,<br />be glad you didn't see the HLN coverage led by Nancy Grace.<br /><br />She was an over the top emotional, weeping, hysterical boob when she had Martin's parents on. She made Prosecutor Corey seem calm and rational.<br /><br />It was awful television...Brian Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01772632205321099314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55813875623362127892012-04-14T18:39:31.394-05:002012-04-14T18:39:31.394-05:00"...reluctant to say female, since that conno..."...reluctant to say female, since that connotes to a creature you take to the vet to be spayed.<br /><br /><i>No, the creature you take to the vet to be spayed would be a "bitch."</i><br /><br />Already taken. For lawyers.Fenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16734571593963330215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8061272467247708492012-04-14T18:29:19.984-05:002012-04-14T18:29:19.984-05:00I hated being a blonde. Maybe it's a "gra...I hated being a blonde. Maybe it's a "grass is greener" thing. <br /><br />My sister's hair was very light, called a platinum blonde back in those days. Mine had more a more golden hue. <br /><br />Both of dyed our hair as soon as we left home. We looked horrible as brunettes and both finally decided on shades of red. <br /><br />But I totally understand what Ann means about the gray. When the gray appeared, I started dying my hair closer to it's original natural color. Blondes don't 'go gray' gracefully -- we often end up with sort of a sickly, dirty-looking yellowish gray. At least the blondes in my family do.Donna B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16771075314473811594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68657632208138425402012-04-14T18:06:05.241-05:002012-04-14T18:06:05.241-05:00What's wrong with getting the news from an att...What's wrong with getting the news from an attractive person? Male anchors are generally good looking too.Ambrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12186326715874648232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15897986974804738852012-04-14T17:44:20.935-05:002012-04-14T17:44:20.935-05:00Who has issues with the FOX blonds? Is there someb...Who has issues with the FOX blonds? Is there somebody trying to build a descrimination suit against FOX, methink?<br /><br />If there is a dumb blond on TV it's Chris MattewsNorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15401100627066769252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26116533979348064662012-04-14T17:25:29.933-05:002012-04-14T17:25:29.933-05:00Some feminist in the 70s confessed that one longs ...Some feminist in the 70s confessed that one longs for a male voice after a while in all woman meetings.<br /><br />I wonder if was only pitch she was noticing, or maybe content figured in.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55737753901914647482012-04-14T17:22:41.744-05:002012-04-14T17:22:41.744-05:00Laura Ingraham says she dyes her roots dark but sh...Laura Ingraham says she dyes her roots dark but she's joking.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39087292185632742142012-04-14T16:15:06.717-05:002012-04-14T16:15:06.717-05:00As far as I know there is only one way tell if the...As far as I know there is only one way tell if the lady is a real blonde--but being the gentleman that I am I wont go there.Roger J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12639676792043324100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17823879167234161402012-04-14T16:03:18.976-05:002012-04-14T16:03:18.976-05:00William you forgot Rachel Maddow. Now there's ...William you forgot Rachel Maddow. Now there's a scary looking woman!wyo sishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00985513448269574373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25607038450530469402012-04-14T15:52:04.363-05:002012-04-14T15:52:04.363-05:00There may be something to this.
There is a woman...There may be something to this. <br /><br />There is a woman who calls NFL games on TV and I just cannot watch the game if she is announcing.<br /><br />Don't know why, but it just doesn't "sound" like football.eddie willershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04624004872700778288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63119850520849622582012-04-14T15:07:36.233-05:002012-04-14T15:07:36.233-05:00Hagar,
Our instinct is to say "lady," b...Hagar,<br /><br /><i>Our instinct is to say "lady," but most of us have learned that that will get us a lecture, so we back off to woman, but are still reluctant to say female, since that connotes to a creature you take to the vet to be spayed.</i><br /><br />No, the creature you take to the vet to be spayed would be a "bitch." Or else a "queen," of course. (I do not know the generic name for a female ferret, I'm afraid.)Michelle Dulak Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18041391162535875301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27193686944948713682012-04-14T14:56:15.834-05:002012-04-14T14:56:15.834-05:00So I think it predates "diversity-speak."...<i>So I think it predates "diversity-speak."</i><br /><br />I prefer PCBS (Politically Correct BullShit). Only 4 syllables.<br /><br />I see what you mean about the other, but I'm out of ideas. Maybe we can get Ann to ask Amanda Marcotte and Jessica Valenti to weigh in on this. That would be entertaining.<br /><br />Especially if Valenti dons her Monica costume again. Mmmmm. Push that rack out, baby! You've come a long way.Fenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16734571593963330215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70698929996818367352012-04-14T14:49:43.374-05:002012-04-14T14:49:43.374-05:00Fen,
Policeman. Fireman. Craftsman. Businessman. ...Fen,<br /><br /><i>Policeman. Fireman. Craftsman. Businessman. Fisherman. Congressman. Salesman. Middleman. Marksman. Helmsman. Doorman.</i><br /><br />But <i>not</i> "man" in front of the name of a profession, functioning as an adjectival descriptor. I'm wondering why it is "male ________," but "woman ______", when the obvious counterpart to "male" is "female," and how "woman" (but <i>not</i> "man") came to be used in this way.<br /><br />It's not all that new, either. I just found an instance in a book written in 1963. So I think it predates "diversity-speak." <br /><br />wv: ropiing charew.Michelle Dulak Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18041391162535875301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72139368987557835772012-04-14T14:35:13.990-05:002012-04-14T14:35:13.990-05:00Heard Sarah Palin speak live recently- her voice i...Heard Sarah Palin speak live recently- her voice is richer than what comes across on t.v. An interesting essay is Anne Carson's "The Gender of Sound." McLuhan said radio was hot. I wonder if he meant a certain style of maleness.urpowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12843542966139343474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27288332713984227522012-04-14T14:33:08.645-05:002012-04-14T14:33:08.645-05:00One Saturday I was watching F & F weekend when...One Saturday I was watching F & F weekend when it occurred to me that all three hosts were Black. Julian, Lauren Green and Kelly Wright. It just hit me, though I didn't think of it when I first saw them sign in. That's the way Fox is. It's just people.<br /><br />Since then, the first two have been moved out and I sincerely regret it. I thought FNC did a great job hiring minorities but lately, not so much. The whole blonde thing. Well, it's more a GOOD LOOKING thing, considering THE FIVE.Tea Party at Perrysburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14027340628609336662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59686786905734786552012-04-14T14:32:44.189-05:002012-04-14T14:32:44.189-05:00I'm Ann's age and am hanging on to the blo...I'm Ann's age and am hanging on to the blond too, for the same reasons. Transition is a bitch. And when you let it go white, people have this annoying tendency to think something Terrible is going on that aged you so fast! Also I'd hate to have that severe, short gray hair that liberal women seem to favor so much.<br /><br />Besides, as long as one is still trying to work it's worth it to put on the appearance of someone younger, or at least someone who is still trying. <br /><br />So, many reasons....But I definitely believe in retaining professional help. No more Nice 'n' Easy for me.wild chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956296475651720602noreply@blogger.com