My opinion: MSNB-illin'. When someone says "Tsunami," I can only think of the wave that took out 230,000 people the day after Christmas 2004.
Sure, it can be tough to grab the attention of American voters during primary season. And we all know that disasters man-made and natural bring in big audiences. But someone at MSNBC should have had the wherewithal to shout, "Too soon!" 9/11 actually happened on a Tuesday, three years before the Tsunami. Yet can you imagine the outcry if the network had gone with "Terrorist Attack Tuesday"? (If someone from MSNBC is reading, please don't use that.)
If they had to go with a disaster that involves mass killing, why not something less real, like "Deep Impact Tuesday" or "Cloverfield Tuesday"? Or something farther removed like "Hindenburg Tuesday," "Super Duper Antietam Tuesday," or "Mount Vesuvius Blow-Out Tuesday"?
CONTEST:
Let's come up with a catchy name for this Tuesday's election. One that will rivet the public without trivializing the deaths of a quarter-million people. In fact - and I know this sounds wacky - it doesn't have to involve the death of anyone!
I'll post the top five finalists tomorrow night. Then we'll vote.
THE PRIZE:
A Mamma Mia tatami mat!
You can use it as a runner...
or you can unfold it.
Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 7)
1. Dear Mo,
!Rapture Tuesday!
....after all the body count might not be a BIG as
some Christians anticipate!
ah,Clem at 6:21PM on Feb 2nd 2008
2. Twenty-TwoFer Tuesday (rock the vote)
Mardi Gras Martes (too international?)
Show us your Boobs Tuesday (double double entendre)
Vote for your Favorite Boob Tuesday (variation on a theme)
Dark Shadows Tuesday (reference to Groundhog's Day)
mo-NEEK-a at 6:25PM on Feb 2nd 2008
3. Is that a Christmas tree in the backround? Its February!!
melissa at 6:27PM on Feb 2nd 2008
4. AWWWW Mo!
WHIRLPOOL TUESDAY -'cause the stragglers go down the drain!
DameBuddyBoo at 6:29PM on Feb 2nd 2008
5. I concur with melissa - it's groundhog day! Time to say adios a- tree- gos!
DameBuddyBoo at 6:33PM on Feb 2nd 2008
6. NO NO not until Candlemas is over does he bring it down...!
What about: Agida Tuesday?
ah,Clem at 6:36PM on Feb 2nd 2008
7. Clothing Optional at the Polls Tuesday!
Bush/Cheney Be Gone Tuesday!
Has Nothing to do with Britney Tuesday!
(hmmm, I do like Rapture Tuesday, Clem)
suli at 6:37PM on Feb 2nd 2008
8. Tyranny Free Tuesday!
Marvelous Martes!
Not so Terrible Tuesday?
Blayze at 7:29PM on Feb 2nd 2008
9.
- Punxatawney Philabuster Tuesday!
- Vote for a Fat Groundhog Day (Wait...that's no way to talk about a former POW...)
- 350 Days till 012009 Day
- Delegapalooza
- I'm Giving Up Hope for Lent Day
slackferno at 7:34PM on Feb 2nd 2008
10. Dear Mo,
wait'll the nurses get in on it! :)
* O.J.'s "To Do List" Tuesday.
*Bingo Wings Tuesday (insert cougar snarl)
*Family Member Drug Intervention Tuesday
and based on my mood this morning,
*Where the !@#$ are my car keys!? Tuesday
*Richard Simmons in short shorts Tuesday ( I have my reasons)
Suli, thanks!..I really liked yours...are YOU a nurse!? :)
ah,Clem at 7:40PM on Feb 2nd 2008
11. Darn, I wish I was good at these things.
However, I'm looking forward to reading the entries and voting.
Good luck, everyone!
giftedgirl at 7:43PM on Feb 2nd 2008
12. Tactical Tuesday
Trajectory Tuesday
Turduckin Tuesday
Torsion Tuesday
Traumatic Tuesday....
Gabrielle at 8:00PM on Feb 2nd 2008
13. Aw Mo,
On Tuesday, Democrats are being asked to make a very bold decision.
It is one that transcends color and gender.
I’m not sure what the correct decision is.
But I think I know what the correct question is.
So my suggestion is:
Tarzanian Tuesday
Before anyone draws a conclusion,
Do the research.
P.S. Don’t confuse Edgar Rice Burroughs
With the Tasmanian Devil who burrows.
And note where his books were banned.
JG
John Giza at 8:08PM on Feb 2nd 2008
14. Why not go with the complete antithesis of something bad? Let's call it
TEDDY BEAR PICNIC TUESDAY!!!
If you go out in the woods today, you better not go alone....
Gabrielle at 8:40PM on Feb 2nd 2008
15. O.K. You are going to LOVE this one (please?)
This shall be my one and only entry:
(To The Tune of the Well-Known Rolling Stone's Hit)
Good-bye-Rudy Tuesday
Love,
Linda Gehron
Linda Gehron at 8:46PM on Feb 2nd 2008