Erica Jong's crazy talk.

Fear of Flying feminist author Erica Jong seems to have broken into the liquor cart at Huffington Airlines and is now seeing "pink men" as the route of all evil in the world:


"I am so tired of pink men bombing brown children and rationalizing it as fighting terrorism. I am so tired of pink men telling women (of all colors) what to do with their wombs--which connect with their brains--in case you forgot."
You get the idea. See does throw in a token remark about men of other colors:

"And by the way some brown men and tan men and wheaten men do these things too."
No really? You don't say. But, it's the pink men Jong has a problem with.


"Don't tell me about women who kill. I know there are some--but fewer. "
Here Jong puts her hands over her ears and sings la, la, la loudly. As Jong ignores the mother here in D.C. discovered living a house with the decomposing bodies of here four children in the upstairs rooms. They were possessed according to the woman. At least this woman did not blame the pink men as Jong does. Jong also does not want to hear about how woman can be as corrupt as men once they get into positions of power. It's only the pink men who can't be trusted. Yeah, right as this tale of corruption shows. Obviously an intervention is in order. I think Margaret Thatcher, Imelda Marcos and Joan of Arc need to slap some sense into Jong and stop this feminist crazy talk..

Time: Person of the Year.

Well imagine coming back to the United States after being away from keyboards, monitors and the mainstream media for a week to read this:

You were named Time magazine "Person of the Year" on Saturday for the explosive growth and influence of user-generated Internet content such as blogs, video-file sharing site YouTube and social network MySpace. -Reuters 12/17/06

BCP has been named Time magazine's Person of the Year! Well, me and millions of other bloggers anyway. I humbly accept this honor and pledge to continue speaking truth to power, holding the mainstream media to account and keep on with the struggle to make sure both parties in this country stop harming the middle class who have made a country like the United States great. Here is the money quote from Time:

"It's about the many wresting power from the few and helping one another for nothing and how that will not only change the world, but also change the way the world changes," -Lev Grossman

However, this is no time to be uncorking the champagne as there are forces out there who want to take away the freedom and power we bloggers now enjoy on the net as Jonathan Rintels points out. So the struggle for freedom and the free flow of ideas continues as it has over the ages and it is a struggle that we all as individuals need to win. So I will take a few moments to bask in the glow of the Time Person of the Year honor, knowing full well that the work to keep freedom alive for the individual requires constant vigilance.