For that matter, do the girls that feel it is necessary to show their thongs know that for some of us that can remember, this looks like a woman’s cotex belt?

I also hate their music, just as my parents hated mine. My grandfather used to complain to me about hating his daughter’s (my mother’s) music — Frank Sinatra.

Get a life.

However, I find the entire concept of legislating it to be utterly stupid.

(AP) – Baggy pants that show boxer shorts or thongs would be illegal under a proposed amendment to Atlanta’s indecency laws.The amendment, sponsored by city councilman C.T. Martin, states that sagging pants are an epidemic that is becoming a major…

As so many parents are discovering to their dismay, what passes for “fashion chic” these days is not their ally. I’m reminded of the television commercial on lately for “CricKet,” the one featuring the young woman suggestively sauntering around in the low-cut jeans. When I see it, instinctively I leap out of my chair, exclaiming:

“I buy! I buy!! Twenty-thousand dinars for the dancing girl!”

- Uh, you mean they’re selling a phone? Whod’a thunk…

Elton John (ironically) sang the anthem of today’s popular culture many years ago:

It’s party-time for the guys in the Tower of Babel;
Sodom and Gomorrah,
Cain and Abel!
Watch ‘em dig the graves,
‘Cuz Jesus don’t save the guys
In the Tower of Babel.
Oh no, no….

On a much, much happier note:

OT-Just read O’reilly’s newsletter and it says MM is hosting Factor all next week.

Monday is already looking better!

- And Tuesday, and Wednesday….

There’s no such thing as an overdose of “The Michelle Factor!”

On the women’s side, a slightly lower rise can work well, and some (my wife included) even find a lower rise to be more comfortable as long as the waistband, ur, uh, hipband, isn’t too tight. In addition, for people like my wife, petite with a short torso, the lower rise can visually balance the figure. It’s not the low rise itself that causes the thigh problems; it’s the hipband being so tight that it pinches nerves.

There’s a simple answer to the problem for those who wish to be fashionably decent: wear tops that are long enough to tuck in or will otherwise still at least conceal the waist/hipband while standing.

For those who wish to be fashionably indecent, I think the law is a fabulous idea. I’m concerned about giving away any freedom, I suppose, but I’m not as concerned about giving away freedoms that, by definition of >95% of us, aren’t meant to be had in the first place.

For women…can we all just lighten up? There are bigger threats in this world than bouncing…well, I can’t say on this site (ok, another thing to add on my Yom Kippur list).

Fine, I am a hypocrite. God built me this way, accidentally or not.

Men should cover up, women should run wild.

http://blacktygrrrr.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/i-like-strong-smart-women-did-i-really-just-say-that/

http://blacktygrrrr.wordpress.com/2007/06/14/i-apologize-forwhat-am-i-supposed-to-be-sorry-for-again/

eric

P.S. If I ever have a daughter she had better cover up or be grounded forever.

But they also aren’t considered someone I’d ever date. I don’t look at them and think “I wonder what their views are on the globalization of the economy” or “I wonder what her thoughts are on the changes to FISA”.

It screams “I’m easy, take a turn.”

For the guys, it screams “I way too stupid to notice my pants are almost falling off. Don’t talk to me, I’m retarded.”

And if it’s considered the norm, I’m glad I’m not normal.

The fellas wear belts, by the way…they just buckle them UNDER the butt cheeks.

But there is a nice trend this summer for girls to wear bermuda-ish shorts (down to the knees! Yay!) and much more cover on the top. I hope to see more of that when school begins on Monday.