Halftime in America

111 Million people watched the Superbowl yesterday, according to NBC's Brilliams. Of course, the United States contains upwards of 300 million people: who wasn't watching the Superbowl? A rerun of CSI Miami can't be that important.

Anyway, I'm sure all of you watching saw this, Chrysler's 'Halftime in America' commercial featuring Clint Eastwood. Poignant, no? It combines patriotism, competition and fast cars. What's not to like?

Maybe it's because I'm of a younger generation, but my 'memories,' such as they are, of Clint Eastwood are...Well, they're all of Gran Torino.

So to see Mr. I Killed Tons of Gooks In Korea talking about America 'winning' the second half and knowing full well that our 'opponents' are (or at least are perceived to be) largely Asian and specifically Chinese is just a tiny bit uncomfortable. Seriously, Clint called an asian man 'Ching-Chong' in that second video.