Following the trend where comedians (Stewart, Colbert) tend to be the best at undoing all the spin and exposing the raw political reality, David Letterman’s reaction to McCain’s cancellation of his visit to the show provided the best analysis of the situation.
The Christian Science Monitor provided a good recap here – quite funny actually.
In contrast to Coke’s advertising trying to say that Coke is all-natural (!), Pepsi has focused its product development and advertising messages separately promoting lines that are "FUN" (as above) and lines that are "Healthy." Of course the goal should be to create healthy and fun lines, but at least where fun is what you’ve got, Pepsi makes the best of it! This commercial is a hilarious nod to Chris Kattan.
If you do nothing else today, make sure you view this – The Story of A Sign – La Historia De Un Letrero – it is well worth it.
http://en.zappinternet.com/video/nilSqaMboM/HISTORIA-DE-UN-LETRERO
(and it happens to be shot in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico, a town my Mom is from)
I got this on the internet and couldn’t resist sharing:
Michelangelo’s David is returning to Italy . . .
After a two year visit to the United States,
Michelangelo’s David is returning to Italy . . .
His Proud Sponsors were:
For Jewish leaders in the Chicago community that know him best, it is striking that so many Jews are suspicious of Barack Obama as a hidden anti-semite or as "bad for the Jews." If anything, Obama was chastised by some for his particularly close relation to Jewish Americans in Chicago. But the political aspersions have been cast, so it was gratifying to come across an article in The Forward that highlights Michelle Obama has a cousin who is a Rabbi! Maybe this will finally dispell some worries?!
The hypocrisy of partisan pundits – Karl Rove, Bill O’Reilly, Nancy Pfotenhauer, appropriately-named DICK Morris and even Sarah Palin – was hilariously exposed by the Daily Show’s Jon Stewart in what is sure to become a classic:
Nothing like Jon Stewart’s reporting to shatter one’s fantasies of political la-la-land. These segments highlight my foolishness in writing the earlier posts, and expose much of the hypocrisy of exclusionary politicians and regressive policies at this last week’s RNC convention – plus they are damn funny!
On the Stark Differences between McCain and Bush:
(make sure to watch between minute 4:20 and 6:10)
On McCain’s Transformation:
On Small Town Values:
Sarah Palin and Friends:
On Bristol’s Choice:
Start watching at minute 1:30 for a good interpretation of Rudy’s speech at the RNC. Also an analysis of Sarah Palin’s "rejection" of the bridge to nowhere, at minute 4:00.
This is neat. Could be useful for a viral marketing campaign.
THE BALL
You must click on the ball to make it change colors.
Click here: http://mazzanet.id.au/ball.php