dimwits

From Harper's Weekly Review (http://harpers.org/archive/2008/02/WeeklyReview2008-02-05), something that amused me:

. . . in Britain retail chain Woolworths withdrew from sale a bed for six-year-old girls called the Lolita Midsleeper Combi after receiving complaints from parents. “We had to look it up on Wikipedia,” said a store spokesman. “But we certainly know who she is now.”

dimwits #2

Oh, but here's a bit of dimwittedness that's significantly less amusing: 

President Bush Eliminates Funding for Reading Is Fundamental's Historic Book Distribution Program Serving 4.6 Million Children

Statement from Carol H. Rasco, president and CEO of Reading Is
Fundamental

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a
statement from Carol H. Rasco, president and CEO of Reading Is Fundamental:

"President Bush's proposed budget calling for the elimination of Reading Is Fundamental's (RIF) Inexpensive Book Distribution program would be devastating to the 4.6 million children and their families who receive free books and reading encouragement from RIF programs at nearly 20,000 locations throughout the U.S.

"Unless Congress reinstates $25.5 million in funding for this program, RIF would not be able to distribute 16 million books annually to the nation's youngest and most at-risk children. RIF programs in schools, childcare centers, migrant program, military bases, and other locations serve children from low-income families, children with disabilities, foster and homeless children, and children without access to libraries. . . .


You can read the whole article at http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=HWRPT_BKS.story&STORY=/www/story/02-07-2008/0004751252&EDATE=THU+Feb+07+2008,+07:00+AM