Just a pinch between the cheek and gum

Tennessee's Attorney General has discovered all crime has been eliminated from his state, all corruption has been eradicated, and now he wants to lecture pop stars on their bad habits. Country singer Gretchen Wilson has a new song, "Skoal Ring" and...

"...Tennessee state officials said she pulls a can of Skoal smokeless tobacco from her pocket during the song.

Shocking, just shocking.

That could violate the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement between U.S. states and tobacco companies forbidding tobacco ads targeting young people.

Tennessee's Attorney General Paul Summers said Wilson is a role model for youth, and he's asking her instead to "warn young people of the negative health effects of smokeless tobacco use."

There is nothing more earnest than those who would shut you up because it's good for the children. Last time I looked, some Country music star isn't a spokesperson for Big Tobacco, any more than they are for boozin', cheatin' husbands, dogs dyin', more boozin', cheatin' wives and gun racks.

But somebody's gotta ask, what is this attorney general gonna do when the Rolling Stones come to town? Ask that Keith Richards stand behind a curtain?