Fuss
Topic: Ranting
After all that late night fussing over "American Car" and "Your Misfortune", I woke up this morning with "His Truth Is Marching On" stuck in my head.

No, I'm not obsessed, and I can't begin to imagine why you would think such a thing.

Also on the topic of fussing, I've been keeping half an eye on stories related to Cindy Sheehan, because I like it when the right-wing media get their knickers in a twist. The story has recently been getting fairly regular coverage on Uncommon Sense, so keep an eye on that site if you're interested in online reactions to the story. There was also an excellent, outraged post on BARISTA about the machinations of the right-wing anti-Sheehan spin -- follow the links in that story, every one of them is excellent.

Update: Maybe I'm overthinking this, but my immediate reaction on noticing that the story that Sheehan's husband has filed for divorce is front-page news on Yahoo was that this is an attempt to discredit her by playing on the antiquated idea that a husband and wife always present a united front to the world, and by extension, that if a husband withdraws his support, it must mean that the wife is doing something wrong. I don't think that arguing that it's just that she's the celebrity of the moment and is getting the full muck-raking treatment explains it, because I keep coming back to the question of why this is a news-worthy story, and the conclusion that I can't get away from is that it's newsworthy because in somebody's mind, it makes Sheehan look bad. And I'm quite sure that even if that wasn't the thought behind the posting of the story, that's the interpretation it's going to get in certain circles, and just anticipating that response makes me see six shades of red.