alterneting reads

Some good stuff on Alternet this week:

The message boards over at Fox have been burning up over the networks latest reality ratings grab: The Swan. The show takes 16 women and transforms them into “swans” via a team of trainers, nutritionists, dentists and plastic surgeons. The messages on the boards range from outright disgust to this particularly scary plea:

“These women who were chosen are blessed. I hope that one day, I too will be blessed in such a way. My husband says that we can’t afford any surgeries, so I’m just going to trust the Lord, and pray that one day I too will be given the opportunity to be a swan.”

Go on, read the whole terrifying article.

For anyone keeping score, here’s a great rundown of the facts, omissions and evasions made by Condoleezza Rice yesterday at the 9/11 hearings. Interesting, expected, un-reported.

Read more at www.alternet.org.