As a Democrat I must say that I have always had an affinity for a good old fashioned strike. Even as I have aged and developed more moderate fiscal leanings I still love the power that a union holds when they say that they will not work unless they are treated more fairly by “the man”. It is really beautiful to me the power that a small group of people holds when they strike. It’s cheesy to say, but its one of the things that makes America a truly great country!
With that being said, as a consumer of pop culture, it is not great that the Writer Guild of America has gone on strike.
This issue is not getting the media attention that it deserves so I will provide the details. As I’m sure you are all aware, all television shows and movies have writers. Well, not all. Reality shows do not, but who wants to watch “Tila Tequila” followed by “I Love New York” on repeat? The strike is taking place over “new media” that the writers want to get a bigger stake of. Residual pa ... more »
Posted: November 6, 2007 2:04 pm | 0 comments
Tags: farmer wants a wife, hollywood, movies, pop culture, television, writers guild of America
Hey everyone! Make sure that you check out senate next Wednesday, November 14th! We will have a panel titled “Got Inclusion?” It should be a great panel about inclusion at Simmons.
It will be in C-103 at 3:30 pm! Be there!
Posted: November 10, 2007 11:39 am | 0 comments
Tags: inclusion, SGA, Simmons
There has been some discussion over the past few months about political trophy wives in the media, specifically Fred Thompson’s wife, Jeri Thompson, and I can’t help but add my two cents to this debate.
Jeri Thompson hails from Naperville, Illinois, not far from Wilmette. She went to DePauw University in Indiana and spent about ten years living “in sin” with a boyfriend and not doing anything particularly “career oriented”. In the late 90’s she met divorced senator Fred Thompson and they started to date. At this time Jeri was working on a website about Tennessee politics and her relationship with Fred catered nicely to this venture. He is 64 and she is 40. They were married in 2002 and he is now running for the presidency.
First and foremost I would like to state that I absolutely hate when people bash large age gap couples. Are they happy? Is it what they want? Good! Go mind your own business! How does her being younger affect anyone other than her and her significant ... more »
Posted: November 12, 2007 10:01 pm | 1 comment
Tags: age, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Jeri Thompson, politics, relationships, trophy wives
