The Sh*t's Already Getting Hard to Walk Through

That's certainly what our campaigners are thinking right now. Hillary, McCain and Obama (I didn't mention Huckabee or Ralph Nader because they're both in a different type of election - the "no way in hell" vote) are struggling while unknown sources (each other) fling poo at them. However, the ones towards the Junior Senator from Illinois, Barack Obama, seem downright cold.

First, there's this photo (above) that was thrown out quite recently, criticizing Obama for not putting his hand over his heart in the Pledge of Allegiance. Obama's response was that he always puts his hand over his heart during the Pledge. There are probably 1,000s of people in America that don't even know the Pledge, sadly enough.

And here's another nugget of stupid. This article, given to us by the AP, brings light to the controversy over a photo of Obama taken in 2006 in Kenya (his father's homeland) where the Senator is wearing traditional Islamic dress. Or to a lot of people, the bottom line is that he's in a Turban. And we all know Turbans + 9 divided by 11, then multiplied by 23 = epic fail for America.

Then there's Bill Cunningham's show of brilliance when he interviewed John McCain and called Obama by his full name (with the obvious intention of criticizing that his middle name is Hussein).

Is this American politics now? I'm not for people crying foul every time somebody of a different color or religion is criticized. (By the way, Obama is a Christian and has written what is in my opinion one of the best speeches on religion and politics given in our time). It seems to me, however, that a candidate should be attacked solely on their policies. If you don't believe there's no bias here, go try to find an article (that doesn't make headlines elsewhere) where somebody is trying to prove that Hillary isn't American enough because of her parents' beliefs or John isn't patriotic enough because of what he was wearing in another country.

A candidate's religion matters to some, sure. Where they come from is also just as important. But making those things the basis of an attack is lame. You couldn't use "his dad was a Muslim and he's wearing a turban in this photo" to keep Barack from getting a job at a bank; you shouldn't be able to use it to keep him from getting a job in the White House.

If you want some smear tactics, how about a video of Bill falling asleep during an MLK speech? These attacks are the same thing as the video of the Clintons supposedly falling asleep at Reagan's funeral. Except... this one has more drama/lolz.



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Fail: My Favorite Word

It's so crisp, clean and effortless. To see it spelled out makes you hear this gruff, finalizing voice.

Fail.

It's even better with the period at the end. There are many sounding posts that pay tribute to perhaps the greatest word in the English language: see The Fail Blog, and G4TV's Epic Fail Thursday blog.

Did you think that Epic Fail Thursday updated on Wednesday? Fail.

In the meantime, here are some more pics courtesy of Fail Blog. I think it might become a regular thing.

New Fanfic Completed!

Yay for creativity. This took me surprisingly not long even though its the most psycho story I've ever written. Read it.

Giants ROCK YOUR WORLD

Amazing game. In fact, the most exciting fourth quarter since the Tennessee Titans and the St. Louis Rams' Longest Yard. But screw the football - let's talk about the commercials.

1) Best one, hands down



2) Promising second



3) Funny and cute



Like the Super Bowl itself, the reigning champ Anheuser-Busch was crushed by underdog Pepsi for the funniest commercial. The Bud Light commercials lacked, save for the Carlos Mencia one. And the Clydesdale/Dalmation Rocky bit was cute. But other than that, the closest one to these was the AMP'D commercial where the guy jumped a woman's car with his nipples.

BTW, dancing geckos aren't that funny, even if they are dancing to "Thriller."

J.J. Abrams backs me up

Well, kinda. Last December I got on my soapbox and talked about Cloverfield/9-11 comparisons. Well, the movie's out and we've seen it (or you should have, at least), and I think this excerpt from the production notes of Cloverfield, found at Cloverfield Clues, says it best:

“’Godzilla’ came out in 1954 in the shadow of the bomb being dropped in Japan. Culturally, you had people living with this terror they had experienced – but in the guise of something absurd and preposterous. My guess is that it enabled people in Japan to have a catharsis.”

“To me, that’s one of the most potentially impactful aspects of this movie,” he continues. “It takes so many images that are so familiar, that are potentially horrifyingly scary, and puts them in a context that is ludicrous and laughable, so that people can experience catharsis in a way that doesn’t feel like they’re going through therapy. People have a hunger to experience that, and to process the terror we all live with in a way that doesn’t feel like you’re getting a social studies lesson. And at the end of the day, whether or not that’s something they’re aware of, this movie allows them to have that release. And for younger kids,” he says, “you just have one heck of a great monster movie.”

Yes, we do.

BTW, did you catch the Dharma Logo on the digital Department of Defense card at the beginning of Cloverfield? It's in the bottom left corner. I sure didn't. Thank you Cloverfield Clues.