New magazine: RADAR. It punks out bush in the FIRST ISSUE.

[Bouncy Ball]

And it's not some magazine I have to go to Barnes and Noble or Manhattan to find--I found it right in my local-shmokel grocery store down the street in suburban Dallas.

Here's the online version, but I couldn't find an exerpt of the cover story, titled "Famous for WHAT?" http://www.radaronline.com/

Here, though are some sections from the article:

"At first glance George W. Bush and Paris Hilton have little in common. He's the leader of the free world. She's an idiot child of privilege who was frittering away her life on drunken partying before deciding, seemingly on a whim, to engage a retinue of handlers in an unaccountably successful quest to become a superstar.

Oh, who are we kidding? Bush and Hilton have EVERYTHING in common. And only in this precise cultural moment could they have risen so swiftly to the top of their chosen fields. This is the new fame, where talent and diligence take a back seat to, well, George W. Bush and Paris Hilton.......Bush and Hilton are prime examples of making it by faking it.

snip

No, faking it has almost no relationship to talent whatsoever. All that matters is that one's perceived success outstrips any actual accomplishment.

snip

After faking his way into the White House (compassionate conservatism, the Texas Miracle, a humble foreign policy), Bush knew exactly what to do next: fake his way through two terms of office (a "low-cost" war over "WMDs," Social Security on the verge of "collapse," a "pretzel" lodged in his "windpipe). And if the media doesn't fall in line quickly enough, well, the world is bursting with gay pimps who've long dreamed of visiting the White House and lobbing softballs during press conferences."

It goes on, but I can't quote more than that (copyright). It's tame stuff compared to what is said here on DU and it's nothing that any Democrat (and many others) doesn't already know, but the thing that really gets me is that it was right at every check out stand in this store. The cover has bush and Paris Hilton with the headline "No Talent? No Problem! How to be FAMOUS for Doing NOTHING AT ALL."

Now seeing THAT THERE was wild. Just wild. I picked up a copy very quickly. They also have an article called "TV's DUMBEST ANCHORS, an exclusive industry poll."

:rofl:

[Up2Late]

1. I have that one! Haven't really read it yet, but "TV's Dumbest Anchors"

is worth the cover price, alone!

[Bok_Tukalo]

2. Did you just get home and log on?

See now that is an obsession.

Wouldn't catch me doing that.

[Bouncy Ball]

3. Except.....that.....you are!

You are way funny, Bok. :rofl:

Enjoyed meeting you immensely.

Edit, I even found the magazine on my way home, when I stopped at the store for milk! The cover is hilarious. The checker said "Now why would Paris Hilton be on a cover with President Bush? She's nothing special!"

And I said "Well I don't think HE'S anything special!" and she just about choked she started laughing so hard.

It was fun...

[Bok_Tukalo]

5. Too funny

And as far as my actions are concerned (logging on and all that noise), I don't count because I am odd.

[Bouncy Ball]

6. You aren't any more odd than I am.

I only look a bit conventional.

:D

[ElsewheresDaughter]

4. i bought it last week for my teenage children...they read it cover t cover

Loved it too...subscribed to it for them now

[RevolutionStartsNow]

7. Great magazine!

This is actually its second incarnation; they did a few issues in 2003-2004, including one great article about Howard Dean long before he caught fire.

I found myself reading nearly every article in this new issue, and I quickly subscribed. I like the mix of politics and pop culture, but without the 10 pounds of ads that Vanity Fair has.

[Bouncy Ball]

8. I noticed that, too, it's not ad-heavy.

Which is nice.

[Straight Shooter]

9. Making it by faking it. That's perfect.

I've been looking for a new magazine to subscribe to. All the others are way too depressing. Those that aren't depressing have 30 to 50 pages of ads before the articles begin. I'm waiting for someone to come out with a magazine called "Ads." It will be nothing but ads for clothes, cosmetics and cars.

Thanks for the link :)

[ElsewheresDaughter]

10. Radar is a right wing rag...check it out here thay are anti democratic

The One Million-Dollar Woman
Overcome by the whimsical, Gremlin-cute spirit of the New York Post, we feel ourselves guided by the Invisible Hand of Murdochian forces as we write: Hollywood might soon have to rename itself Hillywood. How’s that, you reasonably wonder? Why, because of junior New York Senator Hillary Clinton’s way-out-west campaign-fundraising rage. Hillary has relieved Hollywood Dems of some $1 million for her Senate reelection bid, according to today’s LA Times. Riiight. What all those blue-bleeding movie moguls really want is Hill back warming her Senate seat — they could give a damn about what she does beyond that. Uh, huh. We smell a distinctly Presidential, anybody-but-Jeb-in-‘08 whiff coming off the donation fury.

One fund-erful Hillary dinner alone, at the home of radio syndication king Norm Pattiz, is believed to account for much of her new scratch. And the younger and more beautiful people — not normally associated with provincial politics — did their part, too: Christina Aguilera, Scarlett Johansson and Jake Gyllenhaal hosted a Young Hollywood event on Wednesday that drew so many guests, some stars were denied access. Eat it, Tobey! Besides setting the table for yet another Clinton-Bush scrap, this week’s events may also foretell upcoming political spats between Aguilera and her even more famous nemesis, Britney. Remember, long before Brit’s reality show made K-Fed look like the smart one, Ms. Spears sang — or did she lip sync? — the praises of the current prez. Woo-hoo! Partisan catfight. (MM & TG)

Jews: They’re Smarter Than the Rest of Us

Those wackos with conspiracy theories about the Jewish-controlled media are gonna love this one. An article in the Science section of the New York Times today suggests Jews are actually smarter than the goyish masses. Scientists at the University of Utah will be publishing a paper in the Journal of Biosocial Science that argues that members of the tribe have been “intellectually enhanced” due to natural selection:

In describing what they see as the result of the Ashkenazic mutations, the researchers cite the fact that Ashkenazi Jews make up 3 percent of the American population but won 27 percent of its Nobel prizes, and account for more than half of world chess champions. They say that the reason for this unusual record may be that differences in Ashkenazic and northern European I.Q. are not large at the average, where most people fall, but become more noticeable at the extremes; for people with an I.Q. over 140, the proportion is 4 per 1,000 among northern Europeans but 23 per 1,000 with Ashkenazim.
The researchers call their study a hypothesis and several scientists quoted the article say the theory is nonsense. “It would be hard to overstate how politically incorrect this paper is,” said one Harvard professor with a Jewish sounding last name.

Next week in the Times: A Sunday Styles piece on how Jews manage to save more money while shopping for designer goods, a Business section article on the preferential interest rates for Jews at Jewish-controlled banks, and a 17-word item on the last page of the Sports section on the history of Jews and athletics. (JB)

[Bouncy Ball]

11. What is that FROM?

And you just said above that you loved it and subscribed to it for your kids!

??????????

And this is their premiere issue, so where did you get that stuff?

[ElsewheresDaughter]

12. i did and am having second thoughts about loving it after reading this

i got it from RADAR online
http://www.radaronline.com/the-wire/2005/06/03/index.php#wire_000974


http://www.radaronline.com/

[KittyWampus]

13. Sounds Like Satire & Caustic Wit.

[CBHagman]

14. I saw the cover image.

The mere existence of Paris Hilton and George W. Bush (and with such wealth and power) reminds me of why violent revolutions occasionally take place.