Agitprop: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Propaganda

Counterpoint.

Re: the below theory on President Obama's ass-fixation...

Single Look Theory

Much ado in the Blargosphere about this today. There are a lot of theories floating around as to the story behind this picture.
I called newly minted Democrat, and former Warren Commission staffer, Arlen Specter's office for a statement. Specter offers the most compelling explanation I have seen.

The Single Look Theory:

1. French President Nicolas Sarkozy looks at something,
2. causing President Obama to look down
3. at a white sneaker,
4. the nosing of a concrete stair,
5. a young delegate's hand,
6. and something else.

Brian Kilmeade: Open Mouth, Insert Bus

But it's alright as long as the members of these different species are from opposite genders...

via Gotcha Media

Crackbarry!

 

With audio! Other stuff here.

I'm only a bill, and I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill

Ladies and Gentleman, your 111th Congress:

Before a worldwide television audience, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Houston took the stage at Michael Jackson's public memorial on Tuesday and showed her proposed House resolution that would honor the King of Pop in perpetuity - or as the congresswoman put it, "forever and forever and forever and forever and forever."...

Introduced on June 26, the day after Jackson's death, House Resolution 600 lists several charitable acts by the singer over his long career and proclaims him as an American legend, musical icon and world humanitarian.

Ok. Sheila Jackson Lee, you are an idiot. 

Of all the reasons in the world for spending legislative time you have chosen to publicly honor an entertainer - and possible pederast, dude.

Is it because Michael Jackson could not achieve sainthood without the official recognition of the glorious, holy writ of law? Must the self-proclaimed "King of Pop" be enshrined in the state religion that is U.S. Law?

But they won't stop there...these high priests of the U.S. Constitution also want to take on the dreaded NCAA, too!

Hatch has made it clear that he’s no fan of the current system, suggesting that it violates federal antitrust provisions designed to prevent anti-competitive business practices.

"I've said before that I don't believe a plainer description of the BCS exists," said Hatch, who was one of the only senators to endure the full hearing. Sens. Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) made brief appearances.

Although the issue might strike some as a frivolous congressional pursuit, Hatch also chaired a 2003 meeting on the topic. In addition, President Barack Obama has also chimed in, saying that he prefers a playoff system over the current BCS system.

See...they love those NCAA players so much that they want to force them to play extra games in order to sell beer and talking baby ads to the television networks.

If Congress is going to engage in these tactics then I firmly believe that the great Billy Mays deserves a resolution proclaiming him the greatest infomercial spokesman who ever lived forever and ever and ever in this universe of ours.

I mean, it's only fair. 

But wait, there's more!

Snortle

Via.

The fate of my ferals, Fleabus video, lotsa music, here.

Michael Jackson: Still Dead

When Rick Sanchez isn't posting banal tweets about his birthday or chowing down with his family he is providing careful insight into the story selection process of cable network news.

Man, I really hope this Twitter thing is just a fad - but considering that Sarah Palin is going to launch a national campaign for relevancy via 140-character statements, I think we are going to see a lot more from this ugly social networking tool. 

Saturday Song, Or: Pay No Attention to What the girls or chryon say, though it's an apt metaphor for something

My feral cats, Palin's resignation, more.

This Country of Ours

Here's wishing everyone a happy, patriotic weekend.

There's a bonus song after the jump.

Waltz Manifesto

Chris Hedges:

The ability of the corporate state to pacify the country by extending credit and providing cheap manufactured goods to the masses is gone. The pernicious idea that democracy lies in the choice between competing brands and the freedom to accumulate vast sums of personal wealth at the expense of others has collapsed. The conflation of freedom with the free market has been exposed as a sham.

Sarah Palin:

Oh, thank God, it's nonpartisan. It doesn't matter your background, your demographics, your race, your political affiliation—it's such a uniting, healthy, fun, awesome activity. It cracks me up going to some running event and seeing some dude who campaigned so hard against me, or a lady who's been blogging some mean comments about me. But we're all there together and we're smiling and we're having a good time because we're going to do something healthy and active. We need more of that. That's what sports are able to do. It's a wonderful kind of diversion from the divisiveness that is politics or that is life. And my parents, they've got so many friends from so many different political bents because of all their years participating in races and organizing races. I was lucky enough to have been brought up in that atmosphere where I see the value in that.

My friend Dr Z enticing me to disc golf tomorrow:

You could meet Sally, my genetically similar unit. She's genetically similar to you, but not so much, so you will only like her a little, or you will have ambivalent feelings toward her.

I vote option three. More.

What the fuck does Osama Bin Laden have to do with anything?! What the fuck are you talking about?!

Remember Ward Churchill? The marginalized and discredited college professor, who when asked what it would take to motivate people to stand up in protest of the Iraq war, replied:

I don’t have a ready answer for that. One of the things I’ve suggested is that it may be that more 9/11s are necessary.

The FOX News analog for marginalized and discredited college professor Ward Churchill, is former CIA Bin Laden Chief Michael Scheuer, who when asked what it will take to motivate people to stand up in protest of illegal immigration, replied:

The only chance we have as a country right now is for Osama bin Laden to deploy and detonate a major weapon in the United States.

The pwogs are beside themselves. This fellow dares us to, "Imagine what would happen if someone on the left had said this." Ward Churchill would prolly tell ya.

This Thing On?

Stuff.

Saturday Song

Thanks A Lot, Fuckwad

The LA Times is right to place the blame for California's lack of governability on the structural barriers erected by Howard Jarvis and his tax revolters almost 31 years ago. For those of you wondering why my state's government is prepared to issue IOUs next week, this op-ed breaks it down into six easy pieces.

But then they have to go and make it sound all hopey at the end:

So what can be done about the dysfunction? In the next few weeks, a blue-ribbon commission is set to recommend sweeping changes in the tax system to stabilize revenue collections. Voters last fall approved Proposition 11, which takes away the Legislature's power to draw its own districts in favor of an independent commission. Next year, as they elect a new governor, Californians also will vote on a system of "open primary" elections aimed at aiding moderates, and they also will probably decide on one or more initiatives to dump the two-thirds budget vote requirement.

California Forward, a bipartisan good government group financed by major foundations, is crafting proposals to conform government systems and processes to modern management methods. And the business-oriented Bay Area Council is pushing initiatives for a state constitutional convention, the first since 1879, to wipe the slate clean and build a new, rational structure for state government.

Ooh - a blue ribbon commission! What was that, President Camacho?

Now I understand everyone's shit's emotional right now. But I've got a 3 point plan that's going to fix EVERYTHING. Number 1: We've got this guy Not Sure. Number 2: He's got a higher IQ than ANY MAN ALIVE. and Number 3: He's going to fix EVERYTHING.

So the solution to California's woes is electrolytes...or Jerry Brown.

Before You Accuse Me...

It's true that everyone is a hypocrite. But as a culture, we Americans (or perhaps humans in general) relish watching our fellow brethren fail. Failblog, Blagojevich, Jon and Kate, the list goes on...

The harder the fall, the higher the interest.

But we're not merely sadistic voyeurs - we Americans are suckers for a good redemption. To our credit, we can be very forgiving. Or maybe it's just our short attention spans in this 15 minute of infamy news cycle...but in a few years I'm sure Sanford's political career will be just fine.