I realize this happened last week, and that makes it past ancient history in today's 12 second news cycle world, but we didn't have the blog then and this was the news piece I felt signaled the arrival of the apocalypse, so give me a little leeway. If you haven't heard already, Dunkin Donuts pulled a Rachael Ray commercial because she was wearing a paisley scarf. Seriously. Michelle Malkin, a right-wing Fox News commentator (that's the nicest possible way I can say that) posted a piece in her blog angrily commenting on Ray's scarf, which she felt resembled an Islamic Keffiyeh and was "hate couture". The foxophiles went crazy, threatening boycotts and inundating Dunkin with protests, until they decided the best thing to do was remove the ad from the air. It's a paisley-freaking-scarf, people!!! I am now convinced that these folks have been depleted of all brain cells not absolutely necessary for basic life functions and typing.
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For us Oregonians the real controversy was that she was standing in front of a picture of the Oregon State Capitol. Is Rachael Ray promoting moving to Oregon? How dare she, the nerve and we don't even have dunkin donuts here anymore!
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