January 25, 2007

How numb have we become? Yesterday, one of the morning shows ran an ad with this tag line: "When the fever is high enough to be a Code Orange.... Children's Motrin."

So Madison Avenue and pharmaceutical companies are now using Post-9/11 Terror Jargon (a) to push products, (b) to play upon the fears of worried parents, and (c) to re-calibrate the otherwise grim terror-alert color code so that it is somehow palatable, even cutesy and kid-friendly.

In case of a dirty bomb attack in your neighborhood, Buy Motrin--in the bright orange box.

Speaking of grim, here's a cartoon by yours truly...

...and for interested parties, I posted two political items on VanityFair.com this week, both humor pieces:

"Oscar-in-Chief" (about how President Bush, during his State of the Union Address, seemed to channel this year's Academy Award nominees)

and "Angelina & Oprah Set to Announce Exploratory Committees?" (on the ever-growing field of presidential candidates--21 months before the general election).