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Daily Flush: Captain America, Miss Lohan and Massive Stars
Jul 21st
Captain International: Hollywood is busy creating the first Captain America movie. Some people might be tired of American exceptionalism, but it’s a little difficult to separate that from the character of Captain America. Well, not for Hollywood.
He’s [Captain America] a guy that wants to serve his country but he’s not a flag-waver. We’re re-interpretating, sort of, what the comic book version of Steve Rogers was.
Why even bother then? Just come up with a different character name. The audience that loves this stuff is going to be outraged and the film will fail. But hey, at least it will be politically correct. I just hope the producers find a part for Lindsay Lohan. That’s what the world really wants… a re-interpretation of Miss Lohan. In fact, how about Sean Penn as Captain America? He brings health care to average Americans and puts everyone who doesn’t like it in a freaking gulag! Awesome! Nevermind. I’m all for this re-interpretation.
Danger Will Robinson: If the election was held today any Republican would defeat President Obama (who, by the way, wants to serve his country, but he’s not a flag-waver). Before the GOP starts to celebrate a lot can change before 2012, especially since the Republican who polls best against Obama is Jon Voight.
Never Wake UP: Inception has been out a week and it seems like there’s a million different theories about the movie. Here’s a take I read earlier today that created more questions than answers. Warning: If you haven’t seen the movie this article should be avoided. I’m hoping someday to write about this movie and give you my own theory. I slept through most of it, so I’m not so sure I’ll ever do that.
Massive Star (not Lindsay Lohan): Scientists claim to have found the heaviest star ever discovered. It’s not Mama Cass or Lindsay Lohan, if you’re asking. The only reason I bring this up is because of this part of the article.
“Unlike humans, these stars are born heavy and lose weight as they age,” said Crowther, an astrophysicist at the University of Sheffield in northern England. “R136a1 is already middle-aged and has undergone an intense weight loss program.”
Is this really the best analogy Paul Crowther could come up with? I mean, stars couldn’t be any more different than humans. Instead, you could say, “Unlike humans, these stars ____________________.” Insert whatever you want, like, “These stars have been forced on a strict diet by fascist government regulations, a.k.a., physics.” Isn’t that much better? Stars aren’t like humans in any possible way. Unless, of course, you’re talking about Lindsay Lohan. I think our star, the sun, has a drug habit, just like Ms. Lohan. That’s why I think it’s kind of hot this summer, at least here in Sarasota. Get your s*^t together, Sun, before I fry to death on Siesta Key!
Speaking of Lindsay Lohan: She’s only going to spend 12 days of her 90-day sentence in jail. I’m sure by then she will have learned her lesson. I can’t wait for the comeback! Captain America, maybe?
The Daily Flush: NAACP Racism and some Good News
Jul 19th
NAACP: I wonder how long it will be before the NAACP repudiates its own racist elements? In the most cynical way the NAACP is the big winner in their race-baiting conference. The organization has become irrelevant, but here we are, still talking about the group after two weeks. The biggest winner is Andrew Breitbart. Mr. Breitbart continues to break news and drive liberals crazy (not that it’s difficult). BTW… Has anyone come up with incriminating evidence from the D.C. protest that proves Tea Partiers shouted racial epithets at black congressmen? Andrew Breitbart’s $10,000 reward still stands. It seems odd that in the era of the cell phone camera and the iPhone that no one can produce even a shred of evidence supporting racism at a Tea Party. Maybe that’s because there is no such evidence because it only exists in the fever swamps of the left? We flush and you make the call!
U.S. Manufacturing: I know there’s a lot of doom and gloom these days, but Carpe Diem sheds some light on why losing manufacturing jobs isn’t necessarily a bad thing unless you manufacture stuff. What is Mark J. Perry’s conclusion? A threefold increase in worker productivity is a major reason why there are less manufacturing jobs. Losing jobs is never pleasant, but manufacturing is going through the same cycle that farming went through 150 years ago. Soylent Green is people! Aughahgaghagagh!
Constituency: It looks like President Obama has found his constituency. The President’s approval rating sucks throughout most of the United States, but the residents of Washington, D.C. give Obama an 85% approval rating! It’s worth noting that the top ten states where Obama has the highest approval are also some of the most bankrupt. I guess if a state is used to bad leadership, what difference does it make? It might also have something to do with the fact that most of the residents either work for the government, are on the dole, are in their sixth year of graduate school or are otherwise drags on society.
More Good News: It appears the oil seepage two miles from the oil spill isn’t related to the BP disaster. I know that’s a load off the minds of the American people. Sure, there’s another leak out there polluting the Gulf, but at least BP isn’t responsible. It’s Obama’s fault!
Finally… It appears the racist member of the NAACP has resigned. The good news just keeps on coming. I’m sure the whole thing is a big misunderstanding and the truth is really that I’m a racist for even pointing out this story.
Update: It appears the video that was at the center of the controversy was edited in the worst possible way. Shirley Sherrod’s story is actually touching, except for the Marxist sentiments. However, it must be noted that the crowd of NAACP members seems on board with the whole “our kind” message. I expect that to be an overlooked part of this story.
The Daily Flush: Old Spice, Whoopi and Polls
Jul 15th
I don’t have anything in particular to talk about this evening, but here’s what I found when I went trolling for links…
Whoopi Goldberg: I forgot to mention this a few days ago, but it looks like I spoke too soon about Whoopi Goldberg. She doesn’t think Mel Gibson is a racist, racist. Goldberg believes the Tea Party has racist elements, but Mel Gibson’s rants are just the product of alcoholism, kind of like Reggae is just the product of marijuana.
Speaking of Mel Gibson, it looks like at least some of the tapes that have been released have been doctored. It seems like a stretch to believe the tapes could be edited enough to manufacture all those quotes; however, why would they bother editing the tapes? My suspicions were aroused by all the Old Spice ads peppered throughout.
Roman Polanski: It appears the Department of Justice under the mismanagement of Eric Holder botched the case by not relaying key information to the Los Angeles DA. I’m sure there’s a logical explanation for this, but my guess is the DoJ is more concerned about pursuing a nonsensical lawsuit against Arizona to be worried about child rapists at large.
Way-too-early presidential polls: Everyone knows it’s way too early for 2012 polls, but that doesn’t make them any less interesting. President Obama is polling below most of his prospective Republican rivals. The most shocking aspect of the poll is that he’s tied with Sarah Palin. That’s sure to send the left into a rabid conniption fit, not that it takes much to do it. All it really takes is two words: Sarah Palin.
Apple iPhone 4: Apple has really botched the PR with its new phone. The issue with the antenna has cause a lot of embarrassment. Steve Jobs is throwing together a damage control press conference tomorrow. Let’s just call it what it is… iDamage Control. BTW… What the hell are we doing with antennas in the 21st Century anyway?
Old Spice Commercials: Finally, I can’t help but point out genius marketing when I see it. The new Old Spice ads are fantastic. I found myself saying “swan dive” and chuckling to myself quite a lot today. No wonder I almost got fired.
The Young Frankenstein Recovery
Jul 2nd
“Please! Remain in your seats, I beg you! We are not children here, we are scientists! I assure you there is nothing to fear!”
-Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein
Back in April 2002, David Levy proclaimed that the Unted States was in “the Frankenstein recovery.” If 2002 was the Frankenstein Recovery, then this is the Young Frankenstein Recovery. It’s so bad that it’s a parody of a stitched-together, made-up recovery. Charged with finding what we need to reanimate our economy, the geniuses on Capitol Hill, a.k.a., Igor, bring us the Abby Normal brain of “stimulus” spending. Unfortunately, after inserting the abnormal brain and pumping megagigawatts of electricity into his creature, Dr. Frankenstein didn’t have a plan after it came to life.
Likewise, our own Dr. Frankenstein, Obama, and his foolish sidekick, Igor, have created a monstrosity that threatens to force a double-dip recession. Sure, I suppose there’s a smattering of “shovel-ready” jobs, but that doesn’t exactly save the economy. To see another version of how Obama and Congress explained all the pointless spending to the American taxpayer, please check out the video clip below (the part of Obama/Congress is played by Marty Feldman; the part of the American taxpayer by Gene Wilder):
Liberals continue to believe the Great Depression myth that Franklin D. Roosevelt’s massive growth of the federal government somehow saved the economy and will always save it. All it really did was create a 7-foot-tall, 54-inch-wide gorilla that lumbered around terrorizing the villagers for an entire freaking decade. Now the monster’s twice as large and the angry racists villagers are fresh out of torches and pitchforks. Oh well. At least it can sing Puttin’ on the Ritz…
The Scapegoat Presidency
Jun 30th
Who has time for solutions when there are so many people to blame?
I long gave up hope of the President being a uniting figure. The only people who actually believe that Obama wants to bring people together are so pitifully delusional it’s not worth the effort. What’s interesting to me is the fact the President is far more divisive than Bush. The Left loved to complain about how Bush was so divisive, simply because he existed. During Katrina did Bush ever call out politicians from the opposing party like the current administration?
It’s been a couple of weeks since Rep. Barton made his apology to BP and it’s been over 70 days since the oil started leaking. In that time Barton’s apology is the most positive political thing that’s happened to the Obama administration. I can only assume that’s the case because our great uniter is still bringing it up.
“The top Republican on the energy committee even had the nerve to apologize to BP for the fact that we made them set up this fund. Apologize to BP! He actually called the fund ‘a tragedy.’ A tragedy? A tragedy is what the people of the Gulf are going through right now. That’s the tragedy. And our government has a responsibility to hold the corporations accountable that caused it,” says Obama according to excerpts.
I can appreciate the fact that Barton’s remarks would seem a poor political move on his part; however, it doesn’t change the fact that there’s a never-ending oil spill. If a tar ball washes up on Siesta Key I don’t think I’m going to be any less angry because Barton’s comments helped Obama politically. It would appear that the President’s first priority is to find a scapegoat in every catastrophe.
Elena Kagen is Unfit to Serve
Jun 30th
In 2005 when President Bush nominated the White House counsel Harriet Miers to be on the Supreme Court the choice was widely ridiculed, particularly by conservatives. She lacked the experience to be a Supreme Court Justice. Now Presidential Obama has made the same mistake with Elena Kagen. The only problem is that it’s very likely that Kagen’s nomination will be approved with nary a peep raised by so-called progressives. There are simply too many distractions for the American people to pay attention and Kagen has the ideological approval of the mainstream press.
Yuval Levin has one example why Kagen should never be allowed on the court. Kagen basically distorted the scientific findings of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists to suit the White House.
Kagan saw ACOG’s original paper, which did not include the claim that partial-birth abortion “may be the best or most appropriate procedure in a particular circumstance to save the life or preserve the health of a woman,” but, on the contrary, said that ACOG “could identify no circumstances under which this procedure . . . would be the only option to save the life or preserve the health of the woman.” She wrote a memo to two White House colleagues noting that this language would be “a disaster” for the cause of partial-birth abortion, and she then set out to do something about it. In notes released by the White House it now looks as though Kagan herself—a senior Clinton White House staffer with no medical background—proposed the “may be the best or most appropriate procedure in a particular circumstance to save the life or preserve the health of a woman” language, and sent it to ACOG, which then included that language in its final statement.
This would be a scandal if a Bush appointee did something like this, but I doubt this even makes the news. What happened to the left’s supposed respect of science? President Obama has made that sickening remark a few times himself. I guess liberals only respect science distorted to fit a particular ideological outcome. Want to kill babies? Why not just make something up? Want to tax Americans back to the stone age? Hide the decline!
Does anyone really think Americans know anything about the Commerce Clause? That’s the double standard we’re living under. It’s the same reason why the Washington Post has an entire blog dedicated to conservatives and not to liberals.
Even if Obama withdrew the nomination it’s not likely he would pick someone better. Only Republican Presidents make the mistake of picking the wrong people and then actually withdraw the nomination. It’s never the other way around.
Real Problems: Illegal Immigrant Wages
Jun 21st
The White House says Arizona Senator Jon Kyle is a liar for claiming that President Obama is in favor of amnesty for illegal immigrants. It would be nice if the White House could be honest for once. Transparency is a goal this administration will never achieve. Now Obama’s Labor Department is worried about “fair wages” for illegal immigrants:
This is so idiotic I don’t even know where to begin. First of all, it’s illegal for companies to hire illegal immigrants. Shouldn’t we be more concerned that companies are hiring illegal immigrants? Personally, I’m not worried about the “exploited workers” since they moved here illegally and are obviously fine with being “exploited.” If I was an illegal immigrant the last thing I’m going to do is call the Federal government.
The nation is facing the worst recession is two decades and this administration seems more worried about illegal alien wages than about cracking down on illegal immigration. How does President Obama expect anyone to believe Senator Kyl is lying when the Labor Department is creating videos like that?
Update: Apparently Senator Kyl is backing off his remarks. It doesn’t change the content of this post, but it should be noted.
A New Kind of Democrat
Jun 21st
If the liberal press had their way Texas Congressional nominee Kesha Rogers would be the new face of the Republican party. She’s wants the United States to get out of the United Nations. Plus, she wants to impeach the president? Why haven’t we heard of Rogers before? She’s a Democrat. Oops, there goes that talking point.
Rogers, 33, told TIME she is a “full time political activist” in the Lyndon LaRouche Youth Movement, a recruiting arm of the LaRouche political organization that is active on many college campuses. The LYM espouses LaRouche opposition to free trade and “globalism” (the UN, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund) and it also calls for a return to a humanist classical education, emphasizing the works of Plato and Leibnitz. On her professional looking campaign website, kesharogers.com, she touts the LaRouche political philosophy — a mix of support for the economic policies of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the impeachment of President Obama — and calls Obama a “London and Wall Street backed puppet” whose policies will destroy the Democratic Party. During the campaign, she was photographed carrying an oversized portrait of the President with a Hitler-style moustache penciled on his lip.
I can’t say I know much about Rogers political philosophy, but I must say I’m intrigued. The left is spending so much of its energy branding everyone on the right as crazy, but there’s more than enough to go around on the left.
Book “Smarts”
Jun 14th
As we move closer to November expect the Left’s sophomoric attacks on the Tea Party to continue. It appears that the Tea Party will be the whipping boy for liberals too stupid to understand it’s their policies that are the problem, not the homophobic and racist Tea Party. Take, for example, this recent op-ed in the New York Times by J.M. Bernstein. Bernstein channels his real world experience as a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research (please note that none of the words in his “distinguished” title have any meaning in the real world in which 99.9 percent of us live).
It is not for the sake of acquiring political power that Tea Party activists demonstrate, rally and organize; rather, Lilla argues, the appeal is to “individual opinion, individual autonomy, and individual choice, all in the service of neutralizing, not using, political power.” He calls Tea Party activists a “libertarian mob” since they proclaim the belief “that they can do everything themselves if they are only left alone.” Lilla cites as examples the growth in home schooling, and, amidst a mounting distrust in doctors and conventional medicine, growing numbers of parents refusing to have their children vaccinated, not to mention our resurgent passion for self-diagnosis, self-medication and home therapies.
It makes sense that among Bernstein’s irrational fears would be home schooling. His career is philosophy and education; a career that thrives on the indoctination of others into his belief system. Bernstein would likely die if he had to work hard for a week day. Not that there’s anything wrong with philosophy, but he has no clue about politics or the concerns of the average American.
People of the Bernstein political/ideological persuasion are incapable of recognizing what’s going on in American politics. The President can do no wrong and liberal policies are never to blame. Instead, the only time liberals get trounced at the polls it’s because of angry lynch mobs. Where were these angry mobs in 2008 and 2006? Or did racists simply quit going to the polls for two elections?
Obama needs more time to write a book about what to do next.
Where does J.M. Bernstein learn about the Tea Party? His op-ed quotes Mark Lilla frequently. Who is Mark Lilla? Lilla is an expert on the Tea Party because he’s a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books, the New Republic, and the New York Times. Plus, he’s a professor of the Humanities at Columbia University. Oh, the humanity!
I won’t lose much sleep over the sophist chattering classes of “higher education.” This class of people has been out of touch for decades. The problem is these are the type of people Obama surrounded with himself for decades (a.k.a., an ongoing “college seminar”). If Obama was only writing books and hanging out with anarchists at the local vegan organic coffee shop commune that would be perfectly fine, but these people have no business running a grocery store lemonade stand, let alone a country.
With All Due Respect…
Jun 11th
…President Obama is acting like a jackass. When searching for asses to kick, the first target should be his own. When Americans elect a president they don’t want an Ass-Kicker in Chief whose job it is to fix the blame. They want someone who provides leadership during a crisis and will work without complaint to fix the problem. Instead, this president uses each and every crisis as an excuse for whiny bitch-baby partisan politics.
With all due respect, I don’t think it’s in our nation’s best interests for President Obama to be Buddy Hinton to our Cindy Brady. “Baby talk, baby talk!” Enough already!
When Mr. Obama first took office I was certainly skeptical, but I was also willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. By and large, I knew his policies would not be all that popular with me during the course of his term in office. I also knew that if he was true to his rhetoric during the campaign – the post-partisan reform he promised – I might even be somewhat pleased with his presidency.
Now, however, when Mr. Obama says, “Let me be clear,” I know I’m about to hear the least transparent version of the issue possible. I’m exhausted by the continuous campaigning. It never stops. Mr. Obama presents a stark contrast to all of his predecessors in this office who at least pretended to represent all Americans.
When there’s a massive oil spill in the Gulf, for instance, Americans scream for leadership. Blame, ass kicking and the usual partisan politics can come later. Unfortunately, all of the post-crisis hand-wringing is taking precedence over what’s really needed now. The whole thing’s backwards.
In Obama’s case, all that’s needed is at least the illusion of leadership. Better yet, how about real leadership? Why the hell would he waste time kicking people’s asses? Who is he anyway? Buddy Hinton?
His term in office has been surreal. When you call the Supreme Court on the carpet during the State of the Union address, ensuring that the Justices have to sit and take their lumps on national television while a bunch of ass clowns leap to their feet to shove it in the Justices’ faces, it shows a childish lack of integrity. That’s not leadership; that’s mean-spirited Chicago playground politics (“Baby talk, baby talk!”).
That’s what really sends me through the roof with this guy. Despite all the evidence from Mr. Obama’s past – his voting record, his associations, the dozens of books he’s written about himself – I thought that maybe, just maybe, he would elevate the presidency, that it would be truly post-partisan and a new era of good feeling would permeate Washington. Boy was I ever wrong.
Let me be clear. This is not about hating a black man, racism “straight up,” or whatever it is our 21st Century John Lockes believe any opposition to Mr. Obama’s policies reveal about those who don’t agree with his policies. With all due respect, if you believe that opposition equals racism I’d like to make sure you’re at the top of Mr. Obama’s ass-kicking list.
