Archive for the ‘Politcal’ Category
In honor of tomorrows nuptials…
Smart.
I knew the difference- Do you?
We are just monkeys
This video does a nice job of summing up my own personal philosophy.
Cute!
I just watched yesterdays episode of THE DAILY SHOW, and I have to ask…
Is Kirsten Gillibrand the most adorable senator, or is she the most adorable senator EVER? You be the judge.
(I like my ladies to be all smart like!)
Look out, here come the f-bombs!
Downfall
If you know me, then you know I love the DOWNFALL meme.
Last night, I was reading Newsweek, (The issue from a week or two ago, with Hilary Clinton on the cover, calling her Obama’s “Bad Cop”), a magazine I normally enjoy. But, a passage about the DOWNFALL meme in the magazine kinda pissed me off. No, not kinda, it really got me mad!
They called the meme played out, which, okay, sure, it’s been around a while now and I can understand that some people may be sick of it (I’m not), but hey, that’s their opinion, and I can respect that. What I could not respect was the way they said it was a good thing that Constantin Films, the production company behind the film, had ordered the DOWNFALL clips off of YouTube.
Why am I angry? Because this is a case of yet another media company claiming “copyright” in an inappropriate manner, and ignoring the fair use laws that protect this form of parody and remixing. And, I would think that Newsweek, normally an intelligent publication, would be smart enough to understand the bigger picture.
I’m not the most articulate person when it comes to explaining all of this (without writing a five page essay), so go do some research and educate yourself on the topics of remix culture and copyright vs fair use. Trust me, these are important subjects in todays digital culture.
And on a somewhat related note…
Brandon Hardesty has been re-enacting scenes from films and posting them to YouTube for a while now. They are interesting, one man experiments in acting. Recently, he posted his own version of the (in)famous DOWNFALL scene. Pretty good, for a non German speaker!
Things that make you go hmmmmm…
Interesting fact: “more air marshals have been arrested since 9/11 (for crimes like smuggling explosives, domestic violence, drunk driving and human trafficking) than the number of people arrested by the marshals.” – From the office of Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr (R-Tn)
Smart.
I know this is too long for most people to watch, but love her or hate her, I think she has a damn good point here. – Any decenting views?
Teabonics
Stolen from BoingBoing… “Teabonics is a Flickr set of signs seen primarily at Tea Party Protests (that) feature ‘creative’ spelling or grammar.” Check out the link. But I must say, thet ass a terribel speler, I dont sea whats’ so funnie.
O’Canada
My favorite photo from the Olympics…
The End Is Near
Crap like this scares me. I’ve already come to peace with the fact that I am not going to be able to retire, that I’ll just work until I’m dead (hopefully sooner then later. Why delay the inevitable, eh?) BUT, I really really don’t want to live through the “Great-er Depression”. - http://www.marketwatch.com/story/our-debt-time-bomb-is-ready-to-go-ka-boom-2010-02-02
Dwight David Honeycutt for Conway School Board
The best politcal commercial of the year.
People are stupid
Why Do People Votes Against There Own Interests? – And interesting question possed by the BBC
THE DAYS OF MIRACLES AND WONDER
A humorous short story about time travel, technology, politics, cynisism and perspective. – I enjoyed.
Written By Greg Knauss, From his blog “An Entirely Other Day” – Entitled THE DAYS OF MIRACLES AND WONDER
“AAAAAaaaaaagh!”
“Please calm down. Breathe deeply. Anxiety is a normal part of the temporal displacement field. It will pass quickly. OK. OK? OK. Now: Hello. I am you, from the year 2010, two decades in the future.”
“Aaaaaaaagh!”
“I said, calm down. The panic will pass.”
“Calm down? Calm down? You’re fat! And bald! I’m going to be fat and bald!”
“Hold up there, Sparky. You’re already fat. And will it help with the bald thing if I assure you that you’re, um, romantically involved on a regular basis?”
“But…”
“Regular basis.”
“Yeah, OK, fair trade.”
“I’ve come to the past to tell you two things.”
“Other than the bald thing?”
“Yes. Other than the bald thing.”
“Is it about nuclear war? Because radiation would explain why all your hair has fallen out.”
“In 2010, Apple will introduce a new computer, called the ‘iPad.’”
“Hee!”
“You’re thinking of a sanitary napkin joke, aren’t you?”
“Hee!”
“Would you like me to describe this computer to you?”
“Is Apple even still around? Microsoft just launched Windows 3.0 and—”
“It’s about the size of a piece of paper, half an inch thick and weighs a pound an a half. It has 64GB of storage, can play tens of thousands of songs and can display everything from photos to high-quality video. It has a touch-sensitive screen, is completely wireless and can connect to the Internet from just about anywhere.”
“Aaaaaagh!”
“Pretty cool, huh?”
“Holy crap! Oh, my God! Do you guys have, like, flying cars, too? Did aliens come and give you this technology? That means I can get USENET anywhere.”
“Um. Yeah. The Internet expands a bit from USENET, by the way.”
“Gopher?”
“Yeah. Gopher.”
“Oh, man. Can I see it? Do you have one?”
“Well, no, I don’t have one, because it won’t come out for another two months. But, here, I’ve got a smaller one that can make phone calls, too.”
“Aaaaaaagh! Oh, my God. This is so cool! All this, and I’m getting laid, too? People in the future must be so happy!”
“Actually, no. People are sort of disappointed.”
“What? How is that even possible?”
“That brings me to the second thing I want to tell you. In 2008, America elects a black man President.”
“What? Really? Like Morgan Freeman in ‘Deep Impact’?”
“No, you anachronistic goober. That movie doesn’t even come out until 1998.”
“So, he’s like Disraeli or Thatcher, right? Only Nixon can go to China? He’s really conservative? Please tell me you don’t elect Alan Keyes President.”
“No, no. His name is Barack Hussein Obama.”
“OK, now you’re just screwing with me.”
“No. Totally serious. He’s liberal, intelligent, deliberative, pretty much everything the country needs after Bush.”
“Bush? But Bush is President now. Please don’t tell me that he’s still around in 2008!”
“Oh, no. You’ve got the good Bush. The other one is who Obama is cleaning up after.”
“Wow! That’s awesome. That’s wonderful to hear. People must be really— Oh. You’re going to do that thing again, aren’t you?”
“Yes, I am. A lot of his supporters are disappointed.”
“With what? A liberal black guy got elected President!”
“And in his first year, he prevented a second Great Depression, has stopped torture as official policy, is winding down an unnecessary war, has dramatically opened up the transparency of government and has gone a good way towards restoring America’s place in the world.”
“And people are disappointed?”
“They want more.”
“Like the people disappointed with the computer?”
“Yes.”
“So people in 2010 are dicks?”
“They’re cynics.”
“Oh, please. I’m a cynic, and all this stuff sounds incredibly great.”
“That’s why I wanted to talk to you, 1990 me. Your cynicism is important, even vital. God knows, there are times when it will seem like bunnies-and-rainbows optimism given what actually happens. Things get really, really bad for a while, and no amount of cynicism seems like enough.
“But I also wanted to make sure that there are some things that are, in fact, awesome. The world’s been through a hell of a lot, and I’m not sure I trust my own eyes anymore. I don’t agree with every one of Obama’s policies and I doubt that I’ll buy an iPad, but does that make their existence any less amazing? What would the bright-eyed, long-haired, involuntarily celibate version of myself from two decades ago think?”
“I think it’s amazing. All of it. And I’m even ignoring the fact that you can apparently time-travel.”
“Good. That’s good to know. I look at some of the stuff that’s going on, what we can do and what we’ve done, and I want to be astonished. But some small, mean, broken part of me thinks it will all go to hell, that it’s a trap.”
“Wow. You really are cynical, aren’t you? It all looks great to me. Magic. The future! Man.”
“OK. Thanks. Oh, and two more things.”
“Yeah?”
“Don’t ever used the words ‘Meh’ or ‘Fail.’”
“OK.”
“And in a couple of years, when you’re deciding if you want to go on a blind date with someone’s lawyer friend, do it.”
“Seriously?”
“Talk about awesome.”
Dems need to get some Balls
A little old, but it made me laugh today.
Makes ya think…
The potential of our nation is the greatest in the world. We just don’t always live up to that potential.
5 Jokes
5 Jokes About The Apparent Eagerness Of Certain Democratic Members Of Congress To Abandon Health Care Reform In Light Of Scott Brown’s Electoral Victory – From www.mnftiu.cc
1. A Democratic congressman walks into a bar. The bartender says, “Sorry, we don’t serve your kind here.” The Democratic congressman whimpers, “You’re right, I’m sorry, I never should’ve come in here, it’s all my fault, boo-hoo, please, bend me over, I’ll do whatever you want because I’m a little punk.” The bartender says, “Jesus Christ, you people are pathetic.”
2. What do you call a dead baby with no arms and no legs wearing a sombrero? I don’t know, but whatever you call it, it’s got about 1,000% more fight in it than these jackass Democrats.
3. A member of the House Democratic Caucus goes to the doctor. The doctor says, “I have bad news and good news. The bad news is you have a broken foot. The good news is, you’re a congressman, which means you have health insurance, which means you’ll be able to get treatment without going totally bankrupt, unlike many of your constituents, who you are actively betraying by thinking only of your electoral prospects. And also,” the doctor continued, “I can’t believe you actually broke your foot by jumping off a bridge just because a Republican told you to. What kind of spineless loser are you? Get out of my office. I can’t stand to look at you.”
4. The entire United States Senate is flying on a plane when its engines start to fail. The plane starts falling through the sky. There are 100 senators on board, but only 41 parachutes. The Democrats say, “Let’s give all the parachutes to the Republicans—that way we can just sit on our fat asses and die while the plane crashes because we’re a bunch of self-hating pussies.”
5. Little Johnny Congressman (D) was sitting in class one day. All of a sudden, he needed to go to the bathroom. He yelled out, “Miss Jones, I need to go pee!” The teacher replied, “Johnny, that is NOT the proper word to use in this situation. The proper word is ‘urinate.’ Use the word ‘urinate’ in a sentence correctly, and I will let you go.” Little Johnny thought for a bit, then said, “If a Republican wanted to urinate on me, I would let him because I have no self-respect.”
COD MW2
This is the world I live in. Made me laff!
Thou Shall Not Eat Rock Badger
The election was 8 days ago but… Look up Leviticus 11:9-12 & Deuteronomy 14:9-10 – Think the church will try to ban lobster in Maine next?
Seasame Street
My favorite YouTube comment of all time… “grover figures out in one minute what large swaths of the US won’t ever be able to understand”- octelcogopod
Politics
Made me laff… cuz it’s real!
Inequality Sucks
I gots the post election day blues-However, I’m taking solace in the fact that the arc of history is long, but it bends towards justice.
Net Neutrality Please.
Like the internet?Then study up on the “Internet Freedom Act” & stand against it.It aint good!Write to ur Senator/Representative.
