Caleb Howe's blog

The following is a cross-post from TMR friends at AOL's Political Machine.

Airbrushing Alba
By Caleb Howe, Tommy Christopher, and Christina Cedeno

The internet is abuzz about the retouching of photos of Jessica Alba for a Campari calendar. We here at Christopher & Howe are appalled at the mere suggestion that even a slight change to Alba is necessary. Here's the before and after, followed by our commentary, along with guest commentator Christina Cedeno of YesToDemocracy.com.

Hey call in to Unusable Signal ! here. Lets suffer together! It's a night that will go down in history. Don't let it slip by without commetary.

promoted by Steven because it's important for friends to help friends-


So it's the economy, stupid. And due to my stupid economy, I am fundraising. I'm doing a blogging trip in Turkey in just over a week and as a small business owner in the construction industry who relies on credit markets for capital, my capital is a little less than optimal these days. So rather than put up a paypal donation link to beg ;) I've decided to try my hand at fundraising through T-Shirts and coffee mugs, etc.

Here are some of my first samples available now (click on the screenshot to visit my site):


Hope you like. I'm also open to requests and ideas.

Unusable Signal is a new liberal talk and call-in show on blogtalkradio. It airs 5 nights a week and features a number of liberal radio hosts. It also, on Friday, features me, the lone conservative.

It's a really funny show, often contentious, and some of the hosts will make you downright angry (especially over Palin), but you can always call in and give a piece of your mind. The liberal hosts are likeable despite themselves (in their way).

The conventions are over at last, and I was there for both. I interacted with a lot of protesters in the last two weeks in Denver and St. Paul. Sometimes I filmed them doing their own thing, sometimes I interviewed them, sometimes I caught them attacking Fox News. This guy, though, was really being too much of a jackass to just leave alone.

There's a long line to enter the secure area surrounding the convention center. This guy decided to stand next to the line and mock and deride all those waiting. So I thought I might have some fun with him:

I don't doubt that many in America have sneers or sarcasm, not dollars, for Idol Gives Back. I further don't doubt there are a few here at TMR that feel this way. I'm not one of those.

Charity is a beautiful force in the world, improving the lives and fortunes of the recipient and giver alike. And the fact that Americans can cross both ideological and popular culture divides and share a common, deep sense of compassion for the less fortunate, both here and around the world, is a bond between us all.

Sometimes charity drives and telethons can annoy conservatives when they start spouting liberal tropes and truisms, I know they can annoy me. I hope you can look past that and participate in a worthwhile effort.

Real children experience genuine improvement in their lives, sometimes transformative beyond words, as a result of this Idol charity drive. This is everyone's chance to help those kids.

I urge you to look past your objections and participate with conservatives and liberals, the cool and the uncool, hipsters and dorks and, yes, even celebrities and Maria Shriver. Please take time tonight to donate. If you really object, make this a night to donate to any charity of your choice.

Idol Gives Back

Other Charities:
www.ONE.org
The Red Cross
Salvation Army

Feel free to add others in comments.

Please take a moment and make this a night of charity. Somewhere in the world, a small face and a small voice is suffering. Tonight, America is going to answer that tiny cry for help. I hope you'll be a part of it. I know I will.


Cross Posted at Redstate