Sorry, but it sounds like your friend needs to man-up and grow a pair. Yes, the free market is scary. It's filled with frightening things like "competition" and "risk." But our capitalistic society has enabled this country to be the most prosperous nation on earth. It has provided us with the freedom to take risks and be rewarded with success. And it also gives us the freedom to fail in our endeavors and then TRY AGAIN (Thomas Edison once famously said, "I haven't failed, I've found 10,000 ways that don't work"). It has raised people out of poverty, created millionaires out of high school dropouts and has inspired innovation in every field imaginable. Heck, capitalism has even created millionaires out of those who denounce capitalism! A centrally-planned economy where government controls the means of production is a proven failure. Even Lenin and Stalin couldn't make it work. Eliminating the profit incentive and competition doesn't exactly make for a booming economy. Destroying the motivation for individual success certainly doesn't make a nation stronger.

And while your friend may argue that "wheeler dealer types" and "financial people" are all crooked and corrupt, I'd argue that most businessmen know that it is not in their best interests to break laws, disregard the demands of the people or cheat, because it's bad for business, bad for their shareholders, and ultimately bad for them. However, a large bureaucracy can easily disregard laws and people, because if they have the power, who will stop them? I mean, just look at the government we have today. Chris Dodd will live the rest of his days comfortably retired. Bernie Madoff is rotting in jail.

Ah, the progressive women's groups, who love to go on and on about the freedom to choose. Suddenly they want to silence the voice of a woman who excersized that freedom and made the choice to have her child. Why? Because you can't talk about choosing life because then it proves that the other choice is death. It removes all of the hypothetical, feel-good messaging about "reproductive rights" and puts a name and face on an actual young man who, if it had been thier "choice", would not be alive today.

I see the risque nature of the ad. Hot tubs and chicks in bikinis usually send a particular kind of message. Pair them with a woodland creature and things just get weird. All I know is that at some point during the broadcast my 13 year old nephew said, "These ads are kinda lame " I had to agree with him.

Ironically, one of the most "offensive" Super Bowl ads I remember was one for CareerBuilder that aired a couple of years ago, and was not sexual at all. A woman is sitting at her desk at work and an anatomically correct heart bursts out of her chest, blood and all. The woman has this big bloody tear in her shirt and watches as her heart walks to over to the boss and hands over a sheet of paper with "I Quit!" on it. The tag was "Follow your heart." That ad came on and my 4 year old niece (who hadn't been paying much attention to anything except her dolls up till that point) looked terrified and said, "What happened to that lady! Is she going to die? Is she okay?" I completely understood the way she felt because that ad freaked me out too.

Trust me, I think the Go Daddy ads are stupid and juvenille and lazy. As for the Monster.com ad, I personally didn't get any sexual innuendo from that. I don't see much difference in that and Miss Piggy flirting and saying "kissy kissy" with the male human hosts of the Muppet Show. Sure, she wasn't in a hot tub with them, but some may say that "infers beastiality" too. Maybe I'm naive but I just thought it was a funny puppet playing a fiddle for a pretty girl who liked him because now he's this kind of rock star...with a fiddle.

I will agree that it's a shame that some advertisers and their corporate clients take the lazy route to sell their products. There are probably dozens of ways to promote the Go Daddy site, but it's easier to put hot chicks on TV and let the innuendo do its thing. And it becomes exhausting having to constantly make up excuses to give our kids ("Her jacket just popped open accidently son. I'm sure she was really embarrassed.") It would be nice to see a little more creativity and yes, modesty on television. But, in my opinion, your article took issue with several other specific ads that just didn't seem to be all that outrageous (the Bud Light ad you posted seemed tame and funny).

I'm totally in agreement with you on the Green Police commercial. I thought it was really funny, and really made fun of the overbearing environmentalists who think it's acceptable to search your trash for proof of Green Crimes while successfully plugging a clean diesel automobile. Like you said, if this car can get past the overbearing Green Police, it must be good.

It seems like you're really trying hard to be offended by some of these. I really think you're reading WAAAY too much into the Monster.com ad. Seriously, "inferred bestiality?" And men being excited about beer being in a fridge made out of beer isn't offensive or a slam on male behavior. I'm pretty sure most men would think that was pretty cool. (C'mon, you would, admit it). Were either stand-out commericals? No. Were either as bad as you make them out to be? No.

So relax a little. Here, how about a cold Bud Light?

You're right - Daniel Day Lewis' performance in Gangs of NY is awesome. Truthfully, it's the only thing that kept me watching the movie. He was the like the magical antidote to Cameron Diaz and Leo DiCaprio.

I completely agree that there is nothing racist about the menu (heck I love fried chicken, and I'll never say no to some tasty cornbread). But as you say, there would be outrage if FNC had announced this menu. I dare say several well-known NBC commentators would be shouting about the "insensitivity" and "racist" nature of it all. So why shouldn't we point that out?

We're simply using Saul Alinsky's tactic of making the opposition live up to its own standards. The left is constantly calling us racist for the most ridiculous things (even Scott Brown's pickup truck had a "racist element"). Why not make them live up to the same P.C. standards they wish to impose on us? By doing so, they're forced to defend themselves by saying "Oh, this isn't racist! You're being silly!" and therefore they expose themselves as the manipulative, hypocritical race-hustlers they are. It serves to destroy their credibility, proves the double standard, and weakens their ability to casually call people they disagree with "racist." And soon everyone will be able to serve whatever kind of food they like without fear of being called names or having to apologize.

How did you know I had polar bear for breakfast? (They go great with a little strawberry jelly)

“…mission is to engage and build the political power of young people in order to achieve progressive change in our country.”

Achieve progressive change. They give themselves away in their mission statement.