Plunging Towards Gomorrah
Miscellaneous
Big Crowds, Thin Skin, and Paris Hilton
Aug 30th
Hilton/Beck 2012
Radio Silence: Gauging by the news today it’s difficult to know that a 300,000-person rally even took place in Washington D.C. over the weekend. I guess that means there wasn’t a race riot or some other event for the mainstream press to cover. The story that a peaceful crowd upset with the current course of the federal government just isn’t news during an election year.
Thin Skin Watch: Imagine if President Bush dedicated time to whining about how someone the Left treated him. Say what you will about him, but he never did, nor did any of Obama’s predecessors. I guess they felt it was unbecoming of the office to do so. Of course none of our previous presidents were “community organizers,” whose only job it is to whine. President Obama wants to blame all his problems on someone else and then he’s upset that some people aren’t happy. The press didn’t seem to mind when over 20 percent of Americans thought 9/11 was an inside job. Why am I supposed to be upset that people think he’s Muslim? Has anyone in the press bothered to check out where Obama went to church for decades and question whether or not it should really be defined as “Christian”?
Culture of Corruption Watch: Another Democratic member of Congress has been caught violating rules. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson was spreading the wealth around to relatives:
Longtime Dallas congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson has awarded thousands of dollars in college scholarships to four relatives and a top aide’s two children since 2005, using foundation funds set aside for black lawmakers’ causes.
The recipients were ineligible under anti-nepotism rules of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, which provided the money. And all of the awards violated a foundation requirement that scholarship winners live or study in a caucus member’s district.
Obviously Johnson isn’t to blame. It’s the racist anti-nepotism rules that are at fault, which is why it’s such a good idea to expand the scope and power of a centralized bureaucracy so that the “oppressed” can make sure they and their friends are taken care of. “Social justice” means never having to say your sorry.
Paris Hilton News: The biggest story over the weekend was the Paris Hilton arrest. Miss Hilton’s life is much more important to the average American than what’s going on in Washington D.C. No comment from Camp Hilton about her opinion of the events at the Lincoln Memorial. Oh well, at least Hilton has some idea of international affairs, particularly the complicated nexus between Bogota and Los Angeles.
Racism in New York, Gatekeepers, Fear, and Time
Aug 16th
Blame Arizona: When eight young black men violently beat up a Hispanic man for no apparent reason, leave it the Associated Press to speculate. What could possibly be the reason for the violence?
Residents of Port Richmond – where an influx of newcomers from Latin America over the past decade has transformed the community – alternately blame the attacks on the economy, unemployment and the debate over Arizona’s immigration law.
And although most of the suspects were described as young black men and investigated for bias crimes, a grand jury has indicted only one of seven people arrested on a hate-crime charge.
Just for a minute let’s imagine if a group of white men beat up a black man. Would the Associated Press write:
Residents of Port Richmond – where an influx of newcomers from Africa over the past decade has transformed the community – alternately blame the attacks on the economy, unemployment and the debate over Affirmative Action.
That would be an outrageous excuse for this type of violent behavior. There’s simply no excuse for this when it happens. Why is it happening? If you look at the history of civilization, newcomers are always greeted unfavorably by the locals. These black men are simply passing on the same ignorant prejudices that greeted the Irish, German, Catholic, Chinese, and Jewish immigrants that first came to America. In other words, they’re racists.
Gatekeeper Watch: Even TechCruch has succumbed to publishing articles discussing the decline of the mainstream media gatekeepers. Jon Orlin complains that hoaxes are more problematic today because the mainstream media isn’t there to protect us any longer.
This past week, formerly unknown actress Elyse Porterfield fooled millions playing Jenny, the fired Dry Erase girl, in a clever hoax. Right now, I guarantee other pranksters are dreaming up new schemes to fool you again. And journalists, who at one time were tasked with protecting the public from such lies, no longer have the same power to block them.
Club Soda has covered this meme well in the past. I wish I could get a nickel for every time I read an article like this. Liberals liked the status quo because they published nonsense for generations and no one could do anything about it. The reason Rush Limbaugh is so popular is because in 1990 the entire press was dominated by the Left. Limbaugh was the only easily accessed source for a conservative viewpoint.
Other than John Stossel, who is doing real investigative journalism about the inefficiencies of the government? The press isn’t interested in anything except faux objective reporting. “Objective reporting” does nothing except further the agenda of Democrats. That’s why, just like you can always find a cop at a donut shop, there’s sure to be a “journalist” at the proverbial Kinko’s fabricating the next “fake-but-accurate” news story.
Don’t Give into Fear: After using fear to sell the stimulus bill, ObamaCare, financial regulation, and cap and trade President Obama is now urging Americans who will listen to “don’t give into fear.” Then he proceeded to scare people.
On Monday, he warned of reliving a dreadful past, saying Republicans want voters “to be afraid of the future.” “The worst thing we could do is to go back to the very same policies that created this mess in the first place,” Obama said at a fundraiser in Wisconsin. “In November, you’re going to have that choice.”
If we could only relive the dreadful past of 5% unemployment.
Good-bye Cathy: This is probably the greatest news ever. The reign of terror sometimes known as the comic strip Cathy is finally over.
Cathy Guisewite, the strip’s creator, announced on Wednesday that she is ending the popular cartoon’s run, The Associated Press reported. Ms. Guisewite, 59, said that the autobiographical strip has been “the most astonishing form of therapy,” but that her “creative biological clock” was ticking, and she wants to try something else — although isn’t sure what.
Have you ever noticed that the greatest comic strips always end too soon and the mediocre ones live forever? Here’s hoping Pearls Before Swine and Get Fuzzy have a few more great years ahead.
Way Too Early Poll: A poll in Iowa shows former Governor Mike Huckabee leading all other hopefuls. Gulp! There’s not enough Maker’s Mark in the world to wash that pain away.
Time is on Obama’s Side: It’s been known for a while that Time magazine is basically another branch of the White House. The “newsmagazine’s” bias has been on display for a long time, but its ass-kissing has reached an all-time low. When Mark Halperin writes an article entitled, “Obama’s Islamic-Center Stance: Why the GOP Shouldn’t Run Against It,” you can rest assured that the GOP should take the opposite advice.
Site Problems, Dogs, Flight Attendents, and Fallen Idols
Aug 10th
Media Temple Issues: The Daily Plunge is experiencing some hosting problems. Our host, Media Temple, got hacked a few weeks ago and it appears that WordPress users were the target. I’ve solved the problem about a website redirect, but the blog has been sluggish the past few days. Hopefully Media Temple eliminates some of the down time. This blog has been running at a snail’s pace on the backend and completely reinstalling may not be the answer.
Dog Bites Man, Saves Life: Who says our health care system doesn’t work? A dog bit off a man’s big toe and actually saved his owner’s life. No, really!
Kiko smelled an infection in his owner’s right big toe and set about “amputating” it. Which in doggie terms, of course, means he ate it. All the while, Kiko’s owner, Jerry Douthett of Rockford, Mich., lay passed-out drunk in his bed. (We told you it was bizarre.)
Mr. Douthett had been told by his wife (a registered nurse) to get the toe checked out by a doctor. Instead of heeding his wife’s advice he decided to get wasted instead. The dog took care of the rest.
JetBLUE: Today, the actions of Steven Slate will live in infamy. The JetBlue flight attendant had a complete meltdown after a flight had landed at JFK. Evidently one more rule breaker pushed Slate over the edge.
Slater, a 20-year veteran of the airline industry, cursed at the passenger on the plane’s public address, announced he was leaving, grabbed a couple of beers from the galley and slid down the emergency chute that he had deployed, officials and news reports said.
This is a meltdown of Mel Gibson-like proportions. However, no one is really rallying around Mr. Gibson. Slater, though, has already received the admiration of many on the internet. Slater’s lawyer has already come up with a defense.
“People just don’t have courtesy for one another. He’s been in the airline industry since he’s 19 and people just aren’t polite. I don’t know if you travel, aren’t you aware of how rude people are?” defense lawyer Howard Turman said.
I think we can all sympathize to some degree about having to deal with classless morons; however, mean people aren’t a new phenomenon and being rude to an entire plane full of passengers cannot be justified under any circumstance. Slater deserves whatever punishment he receives, which we hope will be riding in coach every day for the rest of his life.
Dennis Kucinich News: White House press secretary Robert Gibbs is getting annoyed with the nutroots. Gibbs told The Hill that the Left “wouldn’t be satisfied if Dennis Kucinich was president…” I think we can all agree on that point. Does this signal an eventual move to the center by the President? Maybe, maybe not. Gibbs seems to think they’re in the center already, if you consider “center” to be slightly left of Fidel Castro. That’s not a good sign.
Fallen Idol: Lookout Lindsay Lohan! American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino tried to kill herself and, of course, it didn’t work out. Although Fantasia was unsuccessful, this just might be the kick-start her career needed. Hello rehab!
Epic Mobile Home Commercial
Aug 7th
The video below is by far the greatest commercial ever for a mobile home liquidation company. I’m not sure it’s effective, but at least people are talking about it. The Cullman Liquidation commercial has received over 2 million views on YouTube.
Bud Light Has What Drinkers Crave
Jul 3rd
There’s a new trend in advertising. First Dodge released an advertisement featuring George Washington driving a Challenger. Now Bud Light has its own version of the Founding Fathers. Just in time for the Fourth of July Bud Light commercialized its take on the Declaration of Independence. The commercial is a bit tasteless for me, but I’m sure it will be a big hit with the target audience.
Neither one of these companies is under complete American ownership. Anheuser-Busch is owned by a Belgian company. Not that that’s necessary a bad thing, but there’s something about these commercials that reminds me of the movie Idiocracy.
For those who have not seen Mike Judge’s view of the future it’s a lot like the characters in a common Bud Light commercial. People are completely stupid, unable to do anything except pursue pleasure, and they’re ruled by morons. We’re already ruled by morons, so there’s not much further to go. Here’s a scene from Idiocracy where the main character (Luke Wilson) explains that Brawndo (Gatorade) is killing the crops. Brawndo’s marketing is so persuasive that he can’t seem to make them understand that plants need water (FOX is blocking this video in some areas. Here’s an alternative link).
This might seem like it’s ridiculously over the top, but 25% of Americans don’t even know who the United States fought in the Revolutionary War (it was Ireland, by the way). The Entertainment Age is slowly but surely rotting the brains of the American people.
Bigfoot with Beautiful Hair
Jun 21st
This is easily one of the greatest news stories of all time. Here we have a guy named Tim Peeler who thinks he saw Bigfoot. Not only that (Tom Harkin), he “rough talked him.” Peeler describes the creature as a ten foot tall, six fingered Bigfoot.
I should note that I grew up in North Carolina and I’ve never seen a Bigfoot. However, there are more than a few pre-evolutionary proto-man creatures walking the streets of Statesville, some of which currently haunt various sports bars in Sarasota, Fla.
The Oil Spill and 7 Degrees of Kevin… Costner?
May 25th
- Waterworld – Quite Possibly the best movie ever…..EVER!!!!!
Like many Floridians and Americans in general, I am intently following the coverage of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. I have been fishing and diving in these waters for over 20 years, so it is infuriating to watch the mediocre response from BP, our arguably infallible federal government, and the unfortunately non-empowered local governments.
According to an article found on the always unbiased (see sarcasm) NPR website, Lisa Jackson, administrator of the EPA, says that the federal government is doing a great job so far. She goes on to say that we should not criticize their efforts for failure to do so would be “Monday-Morning Quarterbacking.” I hope someone is checking Jackson’s bank statements for a large direct deposit from John Q Taxpayer into her checking account made possible by the Karl Obama Administration.
BP has already dumped 655,000 gallons of a toxic oil dispersant into the gulf called Corexit. Jackson’s EPA gave BP 24 hours to use a less toxic, more effective dispersant, but BP outright refused… with no consequences. Way to stick to your guns, Fed and EPA!! Good thing there aren’t any wealthy oil lobbyists in Washington or I would be suspicious of this lack of consequences (see more sarcasm).
By the way, using a dispersant for an oil spill is the equivalent of someone defecating in your bottle of drinking water, dumping a bunch of toxic chemicals in the water that only make the feces break down into smaller chunks and then yelling, “Drink up!”
However, my anger over the lack of response and obvious corruption was temporarily curtailed by an article about Kevin Costner and his oil/water separating centrifuge. This brought to light a long series of crazy coincidences between Kevin Costner, the oil spill and the must-see 1995 blockbuster movie Waterworld.
1) Both the movie and the oil spill in the Gulf are disasters of epic proportions.
2) Kevin started the company Ocean Therapy Solutions after the Exxon Valdez spill. Coincidentally, the ship full of oil featured in the movie was the Exxon Valdez.
3) The bad guys in the movie were called smokers because all of their engines ran on nothing but oil.
4) Kevin Costner co-starred with Elizabeth Mary Mastrantonio in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (another must-see). Mastrantonio later starred in The Abyss, which is completely set under water.
5) The so-called Waterworld is created due to global warming melting the ice caps, which every actor in Hollywood, including Kevin, believes is caused by human influence… or should I say the “ancients”?
6) When Kevin dives down to see the submerged city in the movie, it is clearly the city of Denver because your can see the Norwest Building, which is shaped like a cash register. Club Soda currently resides in Denver, future underwater megapolis now sweltering in dry 60-degree temperatures.
7) Dennis Hopper plays the villain in the movie and his character’s name is Deacon. My name….the Deacon.
Finally, if Kevin’s oil-water separator (I find it hard to believe that it’s really difficult to separate two things that are notorious for not mixing) is embraced by BP or the Fed, he and his company will most likely generate millions in profit. This makes me think that the original explosion of the rig was a conspiracy created by none other than…
"With this arrow I will finally break even on that stupid movie" - KC
Where’s My Bailout? In a Vending Machine? Fantastic!
May 18th
San Antonio has declared war on fat, according to a recent article in the San Antonio Express-News. Aided by $15.6 million in federal stimulus dollars to combat obesity in this restaurant-heavy city that has also been tagged as one of the fattest cities in America, San Antonio is spending our tax dollars with wisdom.
Remember Doritos! Remember Dr. Pepper! Remember the Alamo!
First up is the elimination of sugary and fatty confections and beverages in the city’s 250 beverage vending machines and 75 snack dispensers. Instead, San Antonio residents will get to choose from a delicious smorgasbord of waters and diet drinks. Yummy! But that’s not all! Bags of chips will have to be less than 1.5 ounces.
Fortunately for city employees, the article notes, they won’t be banned from consuming fatty foods and drinks at work. But one wonders how far off that ban is, and when government will begin regulating a citizen’s intake of fatty foods and drinks. It’s a Utopian future of organic whole grain rice cakes harvested locally by illegal immigrants, washed down with government-approved water.
“I asked the staff to remove the high-calorie soda drinks from our vending machines,” [City Manager Sheryl] Sculley said. “I’m a fitness person, and I care about our employees, and I want them to be healthy. And I think this is a very small gesture.”
I have a small gesture in mind as well. It involves the strategic deployment of the middle digit of my hand in the general direction of City Manager Sheryl Sculley and the other nanny ninny busybodies who want to confiscate my sugar, fat and calories. You can have my Doritos and Dr. Pepper when you pry them from my cold, dead hands.
Real Genius – More Men are Geniuses?
May 8th
Here’s a topic our politically correct culture is unable to discuss. Why are there more men than women in the top echelons of science and math? Feminists blame gender discrimination, but others like Obama’s chief economic adviser Larry Summers and professor Richard Lynn have a different idea. Richard Lynn is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Ulster. He believes that, on average, men’s brains are better at math and science than women. As you can imagine this is a controversial idea, but should it be?
As a psychologist who has dedicated his career to the study of intelligence – and, in particular, to how it differs between the sexes – I can tell you that in my academic circles these IQ figures are barely disputed.
Ever since the Frenchman Alfred Binet devised the first intelligence test in 1905, study after study has confirmed the same result. When it comes to IQ, men and women – at least once they’ve gained adulthood – simply are not equal.
Professor Lynn goes on to theorize as to why the differences exist, but the simple fact is that men and women are different. This should shock no one, unless you’re dedicated to believing a ridiculous, illogical ideology that tells you otherwise. It doesn’t mean woman are inferior. Most people are of average intelligence. How many super geniuses are there? Not many. There’s no doubt that woman are better at certain tasks as well. It should also be noted that men are more likely to be super idiots as well. This kind of frank dialogue should be encouraged in our society, but gauging from the comments in the article I don’t think that will happen. Ah, the logic and rational reasoning found amongst the super-ignorant left is a feast for the senses!
Two disgusting things about this article: the badly substantiated content and the fact that the DM allowed it to be published. As another commentator so rightly said: you can write any old drivel you like about women and get away with it. This article conveniently ‘forgets’ centuries of cultural, social, economic and physical oppression of women. We don’t start from the same start line because of all that and because we STILL live in a sexist world. Can’t believe this man is now a senior advisor to Obama. How depresssing.
- colette, Preston UK
Judging by the fact that Colette is confusing Larry Summers with Professor Lynn, it’s obvious she didn’t read the article. But her response is typical. It’s one of paranoia and an approval of censorship. As Professor Lynn points out this aversion to logic is what confronted Galileo’s theory that the Earth revolved around the Sun. Larry Summers was forced to leave Harvard for pointing out the facts of a study. Political correctness is suffocating debate. It exists on both sides of the political spectrum, but it’s an epidemic on the left.
Plunge Announcement
May 2nd
The Daily Plunge is proud to announce the arrival of a new contributor. The Deacon will be the newest author to grace this site. Deacon was raised in Sarasota and learned to love the sun, the music, and the Gators. Music has been an overlooked area here at The Plunge and The Deacon will not stand for it. He will diligently scour the airwaves and the internet to find the best music. If I know The Deacon I’m sure there will be more to it than that, so be on the lookout for The Deacon’s posts in the future…
