The White House wants to wreck your Super Bowl viewing experience

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At Least One Super Bowl Ad Won't Be Funny [Drugs Are Bad]
Published 1/12/2008 at Deadspin
I've just been wired an announcement from the Department of Stuff We Already Friggin' Learned In Third Grade: drugs are bad for you and they're illegal. Did you know they're illegal? They're also bad for you. Apparently the DSWAFLTG is not on the same page with the WHONDCP (White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, because they're about to drop some serious cash on a Super Bowl ad explaining such. And don't expect to laugh either: [T]he organization, which aims to create programs to stop illicit drug use, drug-related crime and violence, and drug manufacturing and trafficking, will run at least one commercial during the event.They ...

Around the Blogosphere for 1/12
Published 1/12/2008 by Anthony Hall at MVN Outsider
From MVN’s sports bloggers: In this week’s edition of The Last Page, Evan Brunell examines Major League Baseball’s failed diversity initiatives. [The Last Page] A bizarre twist in Atlanta: In one night, the Hawks lost to the Wizards, and learned that they were were going to lose a mark in the win column for a December game. [Impending Firestorm] MVN’s Andrew Strickert previews Sunday’s Colts-Chargers game. [The NFL Source] Does Chad Johnson want out of Cincinnati? [The Bengal Blitz] For the Jaguars to beat the perfect Patriots tonight, they must control the tempo of the game ...