It seems so obvious. Maybe that's why I need a reminder once in a while.
hat tip = Democratic Underground
hat tip = Democratic Underground
Jan 29, 2015
Jan 28, 2015
A Mighty Metaphor
Jon Stewart having fun mocking the Press Poodles is nothing new - and also something that never gets old.
But what really comes to mind is the Clauswitz bit - paraphrased for my purposes: A good plan for your news show can survive anything except contact with actual events.
But the suits are in charge now, so "actual events" - aka: Reality, aka: The-Fucking-Truth - none of that matters if it's in conflict with The Plan.
Management made enormous commitments and invested at great expense to come up with The Plan, and Management is never wrong. We must stick to The Plan - The Plan is everything because fuck you, we'll drop you like a bad habit, that's why.
Of course, Stewart says it a lot better.
But what really comes to mind is the Clauswitz bit - paraphrased for my purposes: A good plan for your news show can survive anything except contact with actual events.
But the suits are in charge now, so "actual events" - aka: Reality, aka: The-Fucking-Truth - none of that matters if it's in conflict with The Plan.
Management made enormous commitments and invested at great expense to come up with The Plan, and Management is never wrong. We must stick to The Plan - The Plan is everything because fuck you, we'll drop you like a bad habit, that's why.
Of course, Stewart says it a lot better.
Jan 27, 2015
Unintended Truth
Some of those dirty fuckin' hippies have been trying to tell us for a pretty long time about how the "political center" has moved way to the right over the last 30 years, and practically everybody I know either shrugs it off or tells me I'm a fool for believing the left-leaning media which we all know has a wicked librul bias.
But then, along comes Steve King making a bit of a slip as he introduces Moose-alini at the annual meeting of the Kaptain Kornball Klub in Iowa.
This turns into the Mother of All Word Salads as it appears Palin tries it without the teleprompter, but listen close in the first few seconds:
Yeah, I know - I couldn't stay with it either. After the first few minutes, it's like you can hear your brain cells screaming as they start to die.
BTW - everybody and his fuckin' uncle is running on the Repub side so far, and I think it might be because the rubes' pockets aren't quite as deep as they used to be - having nuthin' at all to do with stoopid GOP economic policies of course - so you have to show up and do some of the huckstering in person - gotta work 'em a lot harder than just a coupla years ago.
I'll go out on what I consider a very short limb here, and I'll say that everybody not already positioned to get rich by holding an elected office is in this thing to boost their mailing lists, bolster their networks of "supporters", and make it all pay off by hittin' up every yokel for a generous donation...cuz that's what most of these jag-offs are - they're panhandlers; they're fuckin' moochers playin' every sucker for every dime, every chance they get. And boy has it been a good long run.
hat tip = Little Green Footballs
But then, along comes Steve King making a bit of a slip as he introduces Moose-alini at the annual meeting of the Kaptain Kornball Klub in Iowa.
This turns into the Mother of All Word Salads as it appears Palin tries it without the teleprompter, but listen close in the first few seconds:
Yeah, I know - I couldn't stay with it either. After the first few minutes, it's like you can hear your brain cells screaming as they start to die.
BTW - everybody and his fuckin' uncle is running on the Repub side so far, and I think it might be because the rubes' pockets aren't quite as deep as they used to be - having nuthin' at all to do with stoopid GOP economic policies of course - so you have to show up and do some of the huckstering in person - gotta work 'em a lot harder than just a coupla years ago.
I'll go out on what I consider a very short limb here, and I'll say that everybody not already positioned to get rich by holding an elected office is in this thing to boost their mailing lists, bolster their networks of "supporters", and make it all pay off by hittin' up every yokel for a generous donation...cuz that's what most of these jag-offs are - they're panhandlers; they're fuckin' moochers playin' every sucker for every dime, every chance they get. And boy has it been a good long run.
hat tip = Little Green Footballs
Jan 26, 2015
Comin' Back On Ya, Barry
OK, to be real clear - I hate the thought of the Secret Service guys brainstorming on how to handle this new type of potential threat, and coming up with the idea of carrying Obama around in a bullet-proof sedan chair or some-fuckin'-thing, but at the same time, why am I having such a hard time not thinking, "Payback's a bitch, ain't it?"
--and--
As Meat-Space becomes too dangerous for everybody but the cops and the military, when might we expect the emergence of the first All Cyber-Space President?
Today's Quote
"If you're very very stupid, how can you possibly realize that you're very very stupid? You'd have to be relatively intelligent to realize how stupid you are. This explains almost the entirety of Fox News." --John Cleese
Monday Tunes
Fever (cover) --A Fine Frenzy
Albatross --Fleetwood Mac
Duck Before You Drown --Dinah Washingtion
La Vie En Rose (cover) --Sophie Milman
Exactly Like You --Diana Krall
Dance Me To The End Of Love --Madeleine Peyroux
Europa --Santana
Albatross --Fleetwood Mac
Duck Before You Drown --Dinah Washingtion
La Vie En Rose (cover) --Sophie Milman
Exactly Like You --Diana Krall
Dance Me To The End Of Love --Madeleine Peyroux
Europa --Santana
Jan 25, 2015
Jan 24, 2015
Outa The Mouths Of Babes
So, "conservatives", DumFux News gets called out and then spanked by a dozen teenagers because it's just way obvious that Rupert World is a fantasy (aka: bald-faced lie), but you still hang in there believing practically everything that falls out of Bill O's ass - what does that say about you?
We all find it difficult admitting we've been wrong, and/or that we've been bambozzled, but seriously, you can't just go on denying reality when a high school journalism class knows more about Press Corps Ethics than your #1 Cable News Channel.
The real danger in having your head that far up your ass is that even if you open your eyes, all you're gonna see is your own shit.
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