I must protest this gross and insulting generalization. I've been known to 'bend' a few degrees now and again myself, but there's no way I'd ever watch the Oscars.

That's just disgusting.

Watching the Oscars is like watching CNN: There's no reality in sight, anywhere, so who cares? If I wanted to waste that much time out of my life, I'd see my ex or something.

Allow me to go on the record right now:

-- I love movies, which means at a minimum I like the Oscars, because they're the best awards that movies can get.

-- I'm not gay, but I am willing to learn, as long as that means the Pentagon will post me someplace special.

-- Once again, for the record, "Garfield Ridge" has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with that fucking cat.

Cheers,
Dave at Garfield Not-The-Fucking-Cat Ridge

Ace,

Just for the record, I don't watch the Oscars.

Let me clear about this.

Whereas I don't own a television, and whereas I do know people who do, and I have, from time to time, been in their homes and places of business, and further to the point, I have been there when said televisions have been "on", I have never been anywhere at anytime, that could be construed as my having "watched the Oscars".

Regrettably, there have been several occasions where someone (usually my mother) has called me by phone and asked me "Did you see the Oscars?", I can say with all candor and transparency that I do not watch the Oscars.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

...

But I have dated actresses.

Does that make me, you know, Oscar curious?

But I have dated actresses.

Does that make me, you know, Oscar curious?

I dunno Ace, the word "admits" in No. 4 makes that headline pretty shocking, don't you think?

Queensryche refrence - nice!

BTW Ace - I hope you saw Goldstein's day of Oliver Willis mocking yesterday. 10 posts!

Good list, although the Nigerian doctor "need" your kind assistance (not "needs"--you think an authentic Nigerian speak that kind of English?).

Signed, Prefers watching the lovely Dusty's wet T-shirt contest to any damned Oscars.

Drudge has had this up for a day and a half now? He didn't even give Eason Jordan's RESIGNATION this much treatment. Time for a new homepage.

What a tool.

I don't know how funny any of this stuff really is. I just keep coming back to this site for the "Dusty" clothing ad. Damn, that chick is hot.

Who really cares if only gay people watch the Oscars anyway. Maybe they "get off" on it. Maybe while George Clooney is walking down the red carpet, gay people are getting busy on their carpet...who really cares. For Drudge to take up their homepage with this nonesense is insane. I have no more to say because I too am memorized by the Dusty girl!!!!

Besides Dave and his cat Garfield, who watches the Oscars? I never agree with the choices anyhow so why watch? I don't know many "stupid and jealous right-wing mouth-breathers and troglodytic wack-a-doos" that watch them either. I watched the Grammy Awards and it was surprisingly good, Gwen Stephanie stole the show with a song that borrowed from "If I were a rich man" from Fiddler on the Roof! Very Classy Act.

The thing is, such statements are actually going to cause more heterosexual males to watch. In fact, the controversey will cause more of all groups to watch.

If they keep Rock, I might even watch.

RE: The Dusty Ads

To borrow a quote from "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas": 'Beautiful fucking tits, man!'

(I don't know, or care if it ever won an oscar; it was just a good movie)

Remember when Steve Martin hosted the oscars a few years ago? He opened by saying something to the effect that everyone tuning in thinks everyone here is gay.

Okay, look: I'm a serious movie fan. I've hobnobbed with show people, even spent some time at Sundance. And I guess "experimenting" isn't completely out of the question--in a manly, Nordic way, mind you; no foo-foo stuff or anything. But I have never, ever watched the Oscars.

Careful what you say, folks. If Jeff Gannon hadn't accidentally let slip that he not only watches the Oscars but is still pissed that Moulin Rouge didn't win in 2003, he'd still be leading us into battle against the forces of evil today. Don't let this happen to you!

Ace,

I love the Dusky ad. Makes it feel like Fark in here. y'know, even MORE juvenile. Seriously, I love it. Great job on getting the ads your readers want. Now how about ads for PalmerCash VIntage T's (you know the girl with the REALLY nice tits).

Anyway, the only other stupid and pendantic thing I want to say is "burden of PROOF (or production or persuasion)," not "burden of evidence.

Now we know for certain that Ace isn't a lawyer.

"Dusty" not dusky

yeah, that ad's a little dark or something . . .

Hey, Instalink today.

I actually had a little trepidation about the Dusty ad when I saw what it actually looked like.

I guess for many readers -- well, many MALE readers -- it's not something to get bothered about.

At least not in bad way.

Another slightly less shocking headline:
BASEBALL BLOWUP: Canseco Insists He, McGwire Used Steroids...

Ace, the Dusty ad is fine. More, in fact, please.

ACE - I have "a little trepidation" about the Dusty ad. We need to be an example to the Left and Dusty doesn't help. And too many bloggers talking about slapping the old puppy around, "not that there's anything wrong with that" gives AOS a juvenile Animal House quality. I avoid Michael Savages' website because it's so tacky I'm embarassed for the right.

OK ACE'ers start the FOOD FIGHT!

I mean, they just STAND at attention...

The Oscar statues, I mean.

I too have a little trepidation about the Dusty ad.

It has nothing to do with the example we're trying to set because I think Dusty is a fine example (or two) of something.

My trepidation is staring at Dusty seems to give more pleasure than posting cogent thoughts. Will this effect eventually wear off...or is it permanent?

Is the Gazing at Dusty Effect the right's equivalent to the left's Eating Filet O Fish Effect?

Virgins,

Like I told the tool John from Chicago: One doesn't come to Ace's for debate and intellectual argument, unless one is a blithering idiot (or salivating moron).

I'm assuming you're joking, and leaving it at that.

The Dusty ad is ripe for attention in other respects, however.

No I'm not joking. The Dusty ad by itself is fine. But what if the ACE put up twenty more (from his extensive porno collection, just kidding!) that were far more explicit. What if this turned into a trend on the Right? I can just hear Morley Safer's voice "exposing" blogs calling them "soft core porn sites accompianed by wild and extreme right wing ranting." Michael Savages' website is an embarassment and makes it harder to take him seriously (like anybody does). Basically, it invites criticism because it's just too easy a target for the left to use to try to discredit blogging. And make no mistake about it: they are just beginning to try to do just that.

Coming on the heels of the reposting of " Man-Handled: The Greatest Fucking Thing That Ever Fucking Happened to Me In My Entire Fucking Life," I don't think it's too much of a danger here.

John - Yeah that's true, but porno pix offer a dimension that words just don't have. And I'm already tired of shocking the monkey over Dusty, could you find some new ones?

Virgins,

OK, then, you asked for it.

The Ace of Spades HQ, known for Margaret Cho evisceratings (hefty work, that), Paul Anka profanity, and the fucking squadron in Ace's pants, is not LGF, Powerline, or Michael Totten (to run the spectrum of "right" viewpoints). Hell, even Wizbang (a far more serious blog) indulges in a little female delights, to their credit. Men like pretty women. How hard is that to comprehend?

Not to speak for ace, but as a frequent commenter, this place is NOT a debate society, not an investigative jornalism exercise, and not a place that takes itself all that seriously. I love it that way.

You got a problem with a nubile body? Go take a long walk off a short pier. I'm not insulting you (really) I'm suggesting that you're mistaken as to the reasons why many (such as muyself) come here. Not everywhere needs to fit into your aesthetic mold, and especially when it comes to the Ace of Spades HQ, as a reader, I'm astounded that you would actually try to suggest that Ace not have a pretty girl's picture on the site. (I'm not flaming here, I hope that you really don't have a problem with pretty girls. If there are personal issues, I'll back off)

Sure we can have serious conversations (to an extent) such as the Lincoln/gay thread. But to suggest, even for a minute, that Ace's is where people turn for erudite and thoughfiul commentary is, frankly, ludicrous.

Ace's is a "humor" site. You know this, you're here often enough. Not everwhere in the right wing blogosphere needs or should be Belmont Club. Look at Goldstein's place: Martha Stewart prison diaries, crude and profane humor, irreverance. And you know what? It's funny.

Like Ace's.

Sometimes juvenile (with which the Dusty ad fits perfectly), sometimes serious (to a degree), but always with an eye to amusement. And Ace does a boffo job. (I think we need to use the word boffo more often)

You're not even postulating a "slippery slope," you're manufacturing an impossiblity.

LGF and Powerline, for instance, are places that would never have a Dusty ad b/c (a) Charles has a different personality, and (b) the Powerline guys are lawyers in active practice. Certain ads will "fit" certain places. Your fears of a creeping salaciousness on teh right are truly absurd.

Really, if you are that puritanical, Ace's must be a most uncomfortable place to visit. I don't think you are, but I don't know. You do pull soome weird shit out on occassion, like this.

I like you and respect your views, but as a loyal AoS reader, I say Hurrah to the Dusty ad.

Try the Dusty site; there are lots more pics.

I surprise myself sounding like such prig to bloggers. I just think ACE shouldn't get carried away with this kind of stuff, which by the way, even ACE had "a little tredidation" over. But to borrow a line from the Nazi General in Enemy At The Gates: "ve should trust de Fuhrer's judgment, he's gotten us this far." And so far ACE's judgment has worked very well.

Check out Maddox and his thoughts on Garfield

Virgins,

My trust in Obersturmfuhrer Ace has never wavered. Perhaps that is why I had trouble understanding your concern.

Perhaps also it is time for a visit from teh Digital Brownshirt Gestapo for your drifting into doubt. . . .

Seriously, though, I just don't see pr()n ads as a possiblity.

Though a little tasteful female nudity now and again wouldn't be so bad, huh, Ace?

Huh?

Hobby,

Have another glass of wine and I'll boffo you all night long, like a viking. Then we can watch the Oscars.

Senator,

What do you think I am, GANNON?

Wine and the Oscars? Have I suddenly turned bald and wearing tighty whiteys? Unless you're the Dusty girl, I'm afraid you are sadly mistaken.

Or teh ghey.

Or both.

(Even if you were Dusty "Sarah" I think I'd have a difficult time convincing the wife not to mind)

LOL, Hobs.

It was the funniest way I could think of to use "boffo" in a sentence.

Besides, I know you arent GANNON. He's a pitcher, not a catcher.

Well, played, senator, well played.

Touche.

LOL

72 Raisins; come on now.
You see her midriff. Big deal! And she's clearly NOT bra-less.
Totally non-offensive ad. You see way more at the beach.
Kim Dutoit has his weekend skin pics, and many of them are more revealing than that Dusty girl. He doesn't run a nasty site, he runs a manly site.
Perfectly all right.

Lauraw and hobgoblin:

Both of you ignored what I said. The reasons for finding Dusty of questionable utility are listed above and below. And neither of you addressed these concerns.

"The Dusty ad by itself is fine. But what if the ACE put up twenty more (from his extensive porno collection, just kidding!) that were far more explicit."

"... Basically, it invites criticism because it's just too easy a target for the left to use to try to discredit blogging. And make no mistake about it: they are just beginning to try to do just that."

I don't know how to make it clearer than I already have except to say that I don't object to the ad, but I don't think it a wise direction to pursue because if taken to an extreme it could be used to discredit blogging, something the Left is already trying to do and which is gauranteed to get much worse. We simply must be careful not to hand the Left a reason to find fault with blogging. Nothing more and nothing less.

Virgins,

I got your point. I just think itis absolutely absurd (I'm not flaming you personally, see explanation below).

There is no indication from the Dusty ad that would lead a reasonable person to fear "twenty more [ads] (from his extensive porno collection, just kidding!) that were far more explicit"

I think it's a great direction to pursue. Ace gets revenue, we get to stare at a nubile and beautiful young woman. That's a win-win.

I think for you to have a legitimate concern, we would have to have seen some ratcheting up of the ads to begin with.

Simply put, I think you're crying wolf.

Perhaps, but in a time of McCartyism against bloggers it might help to be holier than Ceasar's wife.

lauraw and hobgoblin:

I think a song from Gee Gee said it best:

You say poatoe, and I say patato,
You say tomato, and I say tamato,
Potatoe, patato, tomato, tomato,
Let's call the whole thing off ...