Poor Christina Aguilera--first she promotes Thai sex tourism in that 'Dirty' video, then she... perhaps showed a little too much skin during the making-of program. "I'm not great," says Christina, "at faking my way through trying to live up to the perfect American virginal sweetheart kind of thing." I wonder if she has someone in mind. Here's a Washington Post article about telemarketers. And a NYT article on economic inequality. In more vaguely-political news, dig this very... well-thought-out posting from an administrator at 'Democratic Underground.' New restrictions on, well, free speech. My favorite part is the description of Republicans as 'the forces of evil.' Here's that Woody Harrelson op-ed, that Sean Penn ad (and coverage) and the Barbra Streisand 'truth report,' which, for me anyway, evokes the 'innocence report' that Homer put on local television after he was accused of sexual harassment. Oh, and here's a predictable opinion from the Rev. Moon's Washington Times on the recent rash of celebrity advocacy. Here's an Erik Davis essay about... the concept of 'jungle' and the artificiality of green Hollywood. And hey, some Doonesbury character got a weblog. Trudeau's kinda slow on the uptake this time, comparitively.  ¶ 3:00 AM