“Hottest 2007 Calendar”
Wow. There are just so many things wrong with this, I don’t know where to start.
How about with the fact that over half of them are in the exact same pose? Check. If they’re gonna shoot a calendar, at least vary it up. They couldn’t come up with 12 different poses?
Say what you will, but the men and boys fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan are NOT fighting for our freedom. Our freedom was already fought for, back in what was called “The Revolutionary War.” They’re fighting, being wounded by the thousands, and dying, along with tens of thousands of innocent civilians, for someone’s ego, bully status, and God-complex. You can couch it in freedom terms all you want and sell your freedom fries and try to boycott luxury products that most Americans can’t even afford anyway and get everyone all amped up and patriotic, rah, rah, rah, but it reeks of trying to sell mayo for the same price in a smaller jar - something just doesn’t feel right about it.
I’m sorry, having Saddam Hussein out of power is the lesser of two evils? Really? I honestly don’t know which is worse. What’s the saying, “two wrongs don’t make a right?” Anyway, I digress. That’s a different blog post.
Now I think what the non-profit is for is great, aiding the wounded and their families, and the families of people killed in combat. That’s a noble goal. It’s just too bad that we wouldn’t need so much aid if this war had never been pre-emptively started in the first place.
It’s also too bad that the calendar itself that is raising money for support for wounded and killed troops isn’t bringing much awareness to those troops in the first place. Something tells me none of the wounded are going to make it into a beefcake calendar. Cause, you know, nobody wants to see that hanging on their wall, now do they? It might just cause them to be uncomfortable. And we can’t have that. We can’t have the reality.
No to mention the exploitation of the human body (and the military, good Lord). Just cause it’s men and not women doesn’t make it right. Yes, they can wear short shorts and they can rappel and they can tow inflatable rafts by hand and hold their big guns and pump iron and hold up their cammo tents and wear fatigues and face paint and puff up their shoulders and suck in their tummies with the best of them, but that doesn’t make them men. Or soldiers.
It makes them models.
I think I just threw up a little.
October 18th, 2006 at 12:02 pm
what is wrong with you? don’t men with scary big muscles and guns get you hot?
you’d better stop thinking and get a properly patriotic feminine identity.
October 18th, 2006 at 12:09 pm
You’re right. *smacks self on the forehead* It’s like Gaston told Belle:
“It’s not right for a woman to read. Then she starts getting ideas, and thinking…”
October 18th, 2006 at 12:57 pm
i thought that was the guy from “heroes”.
i wish guys and girls both saw that when they flaunt their stuff, it reduces their beauty.
since im a woman, i feel this way especially about dudes. when a guy is arrogant or poses sexy, it ruined it.
anyway,
that is another sad fact of reality. thanks for posting out on it.
October 18th, 2006 at 1:37 pm
wow.
you’ve just inspired me to write MY post about war. I was conducting it in my brain last night, but then I was feeling lazy/chicken.
yeah. the calendar thing is disturbing. funny how frequently the U.S. wants to show pictures of soldiers being heroic, and how rarely we want to show pictures of what places like Baghdad look like. That wouldn’t make a very aesthetic calendar, would it?
October 18th, 2006 at 2:45 pm
Girls, girls, girls. May I just say two things?
1. I totally agree with Kristen on her stance on the war. It’s a sham, etc.
2. If the third wave of the feminist movement has taught us anything, it’s that it’s OKAY to be domestic, choose to be a stay-at-home mom, and so on. It’s also taught me that it’s OKAY for me to oogle this hot man and any other man, no matter what his job, because I don’t discriminate.
And may I also just say to any other red-blooded girl who followed the link Kristen posted and was sorry not to see the other 11 months, I feel you.
October 18th, 2006 at 3:46 pm
the only photo in there that i would say makes for a real american hero is the one of the guys in fatigues on the raft. sure, it’s slightly posed, but it shows what these guys are about.
whether you are for the war or not, our soldiers have agreed to lay down their life in service to this country, whether they agree with why they are fighting. that is a true hero, not a ripped dude, half-naked, frolicking in the sea.
October 18th, 2006 at 5:46 pm
All right. Now I’ve seen all twelve months. There’s a reason that guy’s on the cover.
October 18th, 2006 at 5:49 pm
I thought it was the guy from the new superman movie, but the bulge wasn’t big enough, I guess.
October 18th, 2006 at 7:49 pm
does anyone else think his veins are kinda unsettling?
October 18th, 2006 at 7:54 pm
I thought Ben Affleck was the new Superman.
And Lauren — YES!?!?!?!
I think I can appreciate Amy’s equal opportunity ogling (now I’m giggling like a schoolgirl).
October 18th, 2006 at 10:52 pm
Okay, and I’m sorry, but is that a butt implant on that guy? The angle’s all wrong for that much you-know-what…
October 18th, 2006 at 11:09 pm
no ben affleck is only superman in the movie “hollywoodland” about the murder of the actor who played superman in the original tv series.
some unknown kid is the new superman in the actual “superman” movie. i think his name is brandon.
October 19th, 2006 at 5:26 am
so…i was watching martha stewart last week…which…by the way…was what has sent me on a craze to carve an obnoxious pumpkin…
anyhoo…i see the martha stewart show about once a year…that lucky day that i stay home from work to catch up on my real life…and it is always ALWAYS a life changing episode…
i share this with you because the NYC fireman calendar came out…and from mr. january to mr.christmas…they were giving fire safety tips…now…that’s hot…AND helpful.
http://www.marthastewart.com/page.jhtml?type=learn-cat&id=cat22341&catID=126&
October 19th, 2006 at 5:30 am
in the same episode she and andy dick carved pumpkins…now i’m thinking it just won’t be the same without andy dick when i carve my pumpkin…
i’m going to her site now…i think i may make a glitter pumpkin, too…because i’m on the third wave of feminism…which means i can knit sweaters…wear dresses that look like my grandma’s AND glitter pumpkins without fear of condemnation…
October 19th, 2006 at 2:26 pm
Guns are sooo NOT sexy. Ahhh. And I think if that they would be required to camoflauge paint this much naked flesh if they were really out there.
On another note, but a similar topic- last night in artist’s books class we were looking at one classmate’s book and he had a picture of a nude man (supposedly him, really a renassiance painting, and a side shot where you couldn’t see anything) and another classmate remarked to two women- It would be much better if it were a naked woman. I set him straight.
October 20th, 2006 at 10:30 am
Check out these videos.
http://www.glennbeck.com/video/index.shtml
October 23rd, 2006 at 3:33 pm
Putting the calendar aside. Which is very silly. I must make the following remarks.
Although freedom was fought for in the Revolutionary War, freedom is not finite. This is evidenced by the timeline of history after the Revolutionary War up to now.
There have always been factors in the history of the world that create infringements upon the freedoms of others, even the United States.
You are entitled to your opinion that the war is being fought “for someone’s ego, bully status and God-complex”, but you would be wrong, which you are entitled to be.
There are thousands of military personnel that would be happy to tell you why they joined the military and what they are fighting for in this war. Just ask. You probably wouldn’t like what you hear.
Yes. There are innocent people being killed in this war and you can thank the Islamo-fascists nazis for that, not American soldiers.
As far as your comments that most Americans can’t afford luxury products. This simply is not true. This country has one of the best economy’s it has seen in decades and if you choose not to take part in it, then that up to you.
October 24th, 2006 at 5:12 pm
I have several friends that have made it back from Iraq, some that haven’t. I have more going over there and more that are joining to go over there. I’m kind of surprised at your comments. The media does not reflect what good is truely going on over there. Just speak to some of the servicemen that have been there. The media lumps a month of bombings into one day to make it appear worse.
I know that everyone is entitled to their own opinion, as it is what makes America so great.
I’d buy the calendar. I like hot guys and I like to support those who have given up their lives for this great country which I call home! Call me shallow!
And since I work for a consumer product company, I had to comment on the Hellman’s Mayo price increase. There are a ton of consumer good products that get a reduction in size to keep the price from going up. Their cost in supplies has to be projected somewhere: either raise the price or reduce the size. Our company does it. We’d rather keep the product the same price than increasing it.