I'm at my mom's house and the TV is on CNN (we watched Obama's press conference about a half hour ago) And I found what came on shocking.
An attack ad!
Less than 100 days into the new administration, almost 2 years from any substantive election, and already an ATTACK AD!!%@%#??@^!!!!!!
The ad is called SHOCKED and it was paid for by a group called the American Issues Project, a right wing group created by Harold Simmons (founding member of one of the finest organizations in US history, Swiftboat Veterans for Truth). Simmons was the lone financier of the AIP when it ran ads attacking Obama for his links to Weatherman Bill Ayers. These attack ads were themselves attacked by the associated press for their questionable "facts" and illegality...oh yeah, American Issues Project is registered as a 501c4 and thus not allowed to do partisan electoral politicking, but alas, if your not very concerned with the truth, you probably don't give a toss about the law?
I just attack their morals. There's really no point to being so divisive at this time in the political cycle. This trend is a bit frightening to me. Are we in for a 24/7/365ization of the smearing (and anointing) of politicians et al? THE WORLD TODAY! HELL IN A HAND BASKET I TELL YA!
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Speaking of anointing...another victory for Stephen Colbert!
NASA conducted a poll to determine the name of a new node of the International Space Station, and the winner is..."Colbert"!
According to NASA the poll was not intended to be the final word on what the name will be, but rather to aid a naming committee that will make its determination in April. They say they will almost definitely name SOMETHING on the ISS after Colbert, but perhaps only a toilet...PATAH!
This is the biggest Colbert related naming sham since Hungary switched the rules of the naming contest for their new bridge over the Danube so that only deceased people could win. Colbert is however supposed to have his DNA included in the space station's Immortality Drive archive of human DNA.
I guess Stephen will have to make due with the spider species named after him Aptostichus Stephencolberti.
He was named this after he complained about the Myrmekiaphila Neilyoungi on his show.
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My friend Sean noted last spring that he hates the Utah Jazz because he doesn't want the Mormons to be happy.
I agree with him.
Even though they have AK-47
Andrei Kirilenko, the scrawny Russian defensive menace.
Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo (not on the Jazz) may be the oldest player in the NBA, but he's not entirely positive when he was born, making him 44ish.
1 comment:
My dearest brother... I appreciate the compliments, but you should take care in spelling your complicated last name correctly when making up links!
I did see that ad on CNN last night, and I remember rolling my eyes and wondering who the heck would be up to this stuff already. Thanks for spelling it out... It's sort of exactly as I expected.
Oh, and I think that last pic with the tall Russian dude is lost on me... Maybe I need to follow sports more?
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