Monday, March 23, 2009

Butterflies and Zebras and moonbeams, fairytales

Early this morning, Timothy Geitner's office released the following:  Secretary Geitner has chosen Ms. Koko Taylor, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.  "She is tireless and will often work all night long to accomplish her goals.  She brings her own populist ideas and we look forward to seeing how they will work in our overall plan."

Geitner himself has been under relentless criticism from all quarters.  Fox news said, "at times he appears to be walking through the clouds, with a circus mind that's running wild."  CNN's Lou Dobbs shouted,  He's seems  out of touch, we don't know; does he know to little or too much???
 Rather than respond Geitner's office referred us to their web site where the following was posted:



Saturday, March 7, 2009

Senior Moment VS You were always on my Mind *...



In what has become a pattern of weekend announcements, the Obama administration today  released the name of a replacement for Sanjay Gupta, the TV personality and Ballywood movie director *.   In a brief statement a white house press spokesman announced;  The president has chosen Willie Nelson as the new nominee for Surgeon General.  While Mr. Nelson is not an actual medical doctor, the president feels strongly that he has played one on TV at some point or another YouTube - More Doctors Smoke Camels Than Any Other Cigarette  The president became close to Mr. Nelson during his campaign.  A letter to President-elect Barack Obama from Willie Nelson - Farm Aid  
During a phone conversation the president said "while you (Mr. Nelson) were not the first choice for this position, you were always on my mind". to which Mr. Nelson replied  "I feel you Mr. President  YouTube - Willie Nelson - Always On My Mind

Unlike Dr. Gupta, Mr. Nelson is a household name across the country.   We will list some of Mr. Nelson's qualifications on our web site:

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

50% OFF: Hitting the Snews Alarm

YouTube - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes "WAKE UP EVERYBODY" 1975





Today nearly every American understands the world of derivatives; Puts and Calls are household words.  The same is true for some of the complex financial instruments: CDS's, CDO's, DMV's, and ZIT's. It is common knowledge that investment elites and the truly rich became  enthralled with naked short selling. What we did not know is that these same overexposed and  over-leveraged megalomaniacs, were perhaps involved in something far more sinister.  Our confidential informant tells us that the US Attorney General, working with US Treasury Department, the CIA and others have uncovered groups of Sleeper Sells.  What exactly they planed to do is unknown. But by "following the money", agents were able to were able to trace large sums of money in and out of "Black Liquidity Pools" to banks in the Caribbean,  Here the moneys were mixed with Mexican Drug Cartel money and brought back as something called "Bermuda Shorts".  YouTube - Old Navy Commercial  We will have more as it becomes available 








Thursday, February 26, 2009

SHAMWOW No snews is good snews?

YouTube - Sham Wow...the LOW BUDGET informercial




Top intellectuals met at Harvard University this week to discuss iSnews, releasing this statement:  "Not only does it lack any journalistic merit,  it's content is vacuous, inane, and raunchy.  In short it's a Sham. The snewsmister responded with this:

"Wow, That's snews to me.  Dudes, I just can't get into the etiology or Elan Vital of iSnews, yawn." 

Here's what cartoonist, photographers, others had to say in defense of iSnews:


YouTube - Bill Griffith TV Interview, 2003


YouTube - Apocalypse Now - You can't go out into space...



And in a lengthy debate on iSnews by Norman Mailer Marshall McLuhan


Norman Mailer and Marshall McLuhan Debating 1968


Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Layoffs hit lol Factory///Millions Overdrawn at Memory Bank


YouTube - The Job


YouTube - CowBell


YouTube - Tom Waits - Rockpalast 1977 12 I Can't Wait To Get Off Work



Today the President had this to say:

"America, in case it's slipped your mind, is not the kind of place where people take a crisis lying down,   Government can do a lot.  Government is doing a lot.  But people have to understand, they have a responsibility to keep moving.  Sure, there's belt tightening, and that can be a good thing, but too much of it, can cause constriction, like what we see in the financial sector. We need to find a way out of that constriction.  I know I said during my campaign we don't need to look back, we need to look forward, and that's right.  But you've heard the saying, 'those who forget the past are destined to repeat it'?.  So sometimes we have to take things from the past that worked, and that's what my administration is doing. So before, as some are suggesting, we call something a failure before we even try it, lets do it, lets give a shot.  We're a country of entrepreneurs, of innovators. Maybe we all can't start a business or event a new miracle cure. But here's some things we can do; What about ebay? What about selling some vegetables out of our summer garden? Having a yard sale or collecting some returnable bottles or cans? That's helping the environment.  What about old school? Amway products. I read a letter  from  a women up in Cambridge MA a few days ago, and she told me. Mr President I'M 56 years old, my kids are grown and I'm on the street corner selling spare change news, a paper for and about homeless people. So here's my plan:  YouTube - Do The Hustle

 So, my fellow americans, lets light a fire under it.  From this point we can move to millions of green jobs that protect the earth because  the winds of change are blowing, do you feel me?"  YouTube - Boogie wonderland - Earth Wind and Fire


Vice President Joe Biden: Now all we have to do is, Do It  YouTube - Starsky & Hutch Do It!    YouTube - B.T. Express - Do It (Til You're Satisfied) (Remastered)


George Will: the president is listening, I see a little hand jive in there


Clinton:  the "I dream of Jeanie" dancers that was my idea.   YouTube - i dream of jeannie    YouTube - GEANNIE WANTS A WEANNIE          YouTube - Cappuccino - Hell Dance With Me (Disco 1981).


Krishna Guha: Is it sound policy? It's not a yes-no type of thing. The sound though is good.


Lindsey Graham: Dancing around the subject won't work, We've tried it many times, it doesn't work YouTube - You Got me Going In Circles - Friends of Distinction


Mitch McConnell:  Old School, what about some plain old constructive ideas     Today Show video: Strategies for the unemployed


Press Sectary Robert Gibbs faced some intense questioning.  "I'll take the last part of the question first, why didn't the president talk about this during his campaign, was it a secret agenda, why is he springing this on us now?. Duhhhhhh

Frank could you run that file footage please.  YouTube - One Nation Under A Groove - Obama  

YouTube - Barack Obama Dances (again) on Ellen   YouTube - Michelle & Barack Obama dancing with Ellen DeGeneres


Now for the last time, I'm not going to comment on any of my family members living or dead Bee Gees - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   I'll just keep referring you to the file footage: YouTube - Bee Gees Video - 




Monday, February 23, 2009

iSnews "Flash" (feet don't fail me now)

YouTube - Marshall McLuhan about Global Village


While the Press and American public have been fixated on the economy and the government's handling of it, new rumors are again surfacing that the government is being run by a secret "shadow government" operating somewhere inside, of all places, the government.  This rumor which was pervasive during the Bush Presidency and was thought to be a cabal of Dick Cheney and other neocons who operated secretly with the CIA and other agencies.  But now concerns are forming again.

Here's what we know: a secret tape has emerge that appears nowhere on the government web site.  It contains patriotic overtones but of What??     YouTube - One Nation under a Groove - REMIX - 1978 Parliament Funkadelic

We have also learned that the president has chosen a person to be a special envoy to North Korea. He left the US today on a private jet reportedly used in some of the CIA's extraordinary renditions.  Our source said this. Mister Collins will have full diplomatic powers. He will deal directly with Korea's leader, whoever that is.  He worked successfully on his Mother-ship Connection and that's what drew the president's attention. Like most countries we are totally in the dark over there, but I'm sure Mr. Collins will be able to shine a light on things. He has orders to "tear the roof off" if necessary and believe me he has some extrodiary renditions of his own. Some background YouTube - Ejemplo de Base slap combinacion de tecnicas

Here is what we have been told about Mr. Collins.:  YouTube - P-Funk All Stars with Bootsy Collins: Mothership Connection

YouTube - Flash Light (Part 1)- Houston 1978    

YouTube - p-funk "Tear the Roof Off" 

background:


Sunday, February 22, 2009

It depends on what your definition of torture is.....






While Americans whirled after the Sunday morning political talk shows, the president met behind closed doors, shielded from the public, to forge a new template to address the worsening economy.  The public asunder, Republicans derisive,  the president taking criticism from every quarter, Obama has moved in what some are describing as "his boldest steps yet".  Inside sources tell us that the president has chosen a couple from Finland to stimulate his policy both here and abroad.  "They will address the charges of protectionism in the EU, Russia, China, Canada, and else where"

"Here, they will offer an alternative to just standing around and watching our way of life spiral out of control. They are seasoned veterans, and speak a universal language. We gained access to a copy of a tape shown to those present; members of the cabinet, Directors of CIA, NSA, Homeland Security,Military Chiefs of Staff,  Speakers of both houses, minority leaders, members of several key committees, and even former Presidents. The president will present more details in his address to nation on Tuesday night.



Republicans had a unified response releasing there own versions:

John Boehner: "Finland, isn't that a socialist country?"
on reforming entitlements, taxes, and taking back the wealth of the country (that we deserve) 
 senate version bootstraps version:  YouTube - James Brown-Get up Offa That Thing      

Mitch McConnell: "What do I think? It depends on what your definition of torture is."

John McCain:  "They lost me some where in there, but it sounded like one step forward, two steps back."  YouTube - Learn how to Waltz - Ballroom Dancing

Lindsey Graham: "What's next, mechanical bull riding?. Look I keep trying to tell you people, central planning like this, it's been tried before, it doesn't work".



White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs:   "First, were dealing with hear say, I'm not going to get out in front of the president on this, he will tell everyone what he plans on Tuesday night. Second the president has always maintained that he is willing to listen to all good ideas.   Personally, I'm partial to that falsetto voice, I think it can still be very effective". They later released this video on their website: YouTube - James Brown - Good Foot (Rare)

Bill Clinton: Well, I like what Mitch McConnell had to say but I would just ad this, wait is Hillery still in Asia? 

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Manic-depression is a frustrating mess; Channeling Mark Shields

 YouTube - McLuhan Way: In Search of Truth

Last night on the PBS News Hour viewers were treated to a rare site;  the usually staid and immemorial pundits, Shields and Brooks, almost came to psychic body blows over the alleged negative style of the the president. 
David Brooks:  "no, all I'm saying is that the president appears negative all the time.  Every time we see him he's mentioning some other problem, whether it's the economy, jobs, Afghanistan. The people need some assurances from him that things will be OK that's all."

Mark Shields:  Jim, the American people are tired of leadership that's in some kind of collective denial.  Tired of a president that seems out of touch with reality. Things are serious, Jim.  It would irresponsible for the president to engage in "happy talk". He knows about the American Dream and he wants to make that dream come true for as many Americans as possible. He's talking about the things he wants to do to push this country forward.  Americans need to decide for themselves what they want to do. I think it's a stretch to say that the president is always down, haven't you seen that smile of his? YouTube - Obama Smile  But "happy talk" no I don't think so. Honesty Jim, that's what called for. YouTube - Billy Joel - Honesty

Brooks:  "Well Mark has got somethings right, happy talk, I think that's exactly what we need."

Jim Lehrer: "Gentleman we have to leave it there. You can follow this on line at PBS.org slash News Hour"  

PBS later released this on line for those unfamiliar with Oscar Hammerstein  or born after after 1980

White House press Secretary Robert Gibbs said this when asked,  "The president has more important things to do than comment on what took place on PBS. I'll add though, he's the commander in chief, not Psycho-therapist in chief and  I'm not going to comment on what the president thinks people should think. Besides the conservatives should be happy aren't they the ones who are always saying people should pull themselves up by there boot straps. Please check out our  web site: 





Later an unnamed source said, the president is not uncaring, we are releasing  something through National Institutes of Health and the Department of Health and Human Services









Friday, February 20, 2009

Lounge Lizard Politics





As the Nation's economy unravels, the president announced today he has chosen a new post racial "K team*" to inject a new message into the Washington echo chamber.  Starting with some popular themes of the Carter Administration, the president has remixed the tenents to add a soulful trickle up supply-side beat.  He shocked some Washington Press Corps veterans when he abruptly appeared in the briefing room, and thought while in  keeping with his new relaxed dress code of sans coat and tie, the patterned polyester shirt with oversized collar  unbuttoned to the breast bone had some reeling.  "This is not politics as usual" he said. Some members of liberal press questioned,  isn't this turning your whole recovery package on it's head?. "No, not at all.  This isn't some kind of blue dog break dance.  I think the mission of the K team is clear, to send a message that reverberates with Americans.  I said throughout my campaign, there's not different kinds of America, there is just one United States of America. This message is targeted to the top 5% of the population.  Were not going to leave people out of the picture just because they have a lot of money.  I think the chorus speaks directly to them.  If they miss it today, or don't get it right away, they can just press the replay button. Were posting it on uTube.    YouTube - "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough"  

Reactions were mixed:
CNBC's Larry Kudlow,  "what took him so long?  Can we please start drilling now!"

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi;   I gave it a 95, the lyrics of course, but it's so easy to dance to

Senator Lindsey Graham; " this is nothing more than Lounge Lizard Politics. It's been tried before
it doesn't work."

George Will of NBC's Meet the Press; "In my day we called it the hand jive."

While returning from an overnight flight to California, to speak to the Governor on ways he can stop speaking so strangely,   White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs tried to answer questions. " Look, no matter how many ways you ask it, I'm not going to get out in front of the President on this one, and no I don't know what the hand jive is."