Happy April Fools. Youtube.com RickRolls EVERYONE
WARNING, all of youtube’s “featured video” today get you RickRoll’d.
And thus ends the meme of RickRolling. That is all.
Note: Rick Astley call this “all a bunch of bull” and has joined the Church of Scientology
This can’t be real… can it?
Music video for McCain… by: The McCain Girls…
Ok, there is no way that is real…
Everyday on the interweb is a new adventure…
Hillary just made me throw up a little in my mouth
Obama got great press because of the “Yes We Can” video, which incidentally was not produced by his people. Now see Hillary’s version, that her people put out.
Fuck American Idol, Stairway to Stardom has real talent!
Stairway to Stardom was some kind of public access show in the 70s and 80s that has less rigorous standards than Star Search, Showtime at The Apollo, or any talent show on television. Youtube has many of their greatest hits. Here are some of my favorites. Go below the fold for more…
Can We?
I have been supporting Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich since the race began, but in the back of my mind I always knew that he would never gain the widespread support of the American people. As expected, Kucinich has dropped out of the race, and the most promising progressive candidate at this point seems to be Barack Obama.
But how progressive is he? Obama (so he says now) would not repeal the Patriot Act if elected to office. He has, on numerous occasions, made statements about bombing Iran. He has also expressed admiration for one of the least progressive presidents in America’s history. His campaign has spent more time attacking Hillary Clinton than it has proposing solutions to the festering stinking garbage heap of problems that this country faces in the next four years.
But there’s also another side to all of these statements. Like it or not, this is how successful candidates play the game of politics, and it’s promising to see a Democratic candidate actually acknowledge that. If Obama gets the nomination, he will not become another inept milquetoast like Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis, Al Gore and John Kerry were come November. The man is unafraid to get some dirt under his fingernails, and those other idiots were terrified to play that kind of political game, and that’s a big reason why they lost.
Obama is incredibly popular right now, and he clearly possesses the knack for bipartisanship that Bill Clinton had. But while Clinton did some very positive things during his presidency–such as leaving office with a surplus–he also pared welfare down to near nonexistence and spent hundreds of billions of dollars on military expenditures. Will Obama take the same track? Is it possible for him to be successful and avoid that path?
I like the guy, and I think he would be a wonderful change for the United States. But he is not a savior, not a folk hero, not an activist, and not your best friend. He is a politician, and like all politicians, he is motivated by personal gain and self interest. That may lead him to fuck up the country less than his predecessor in the hopes that his historical legacy will be more lauded, but it doesn’t change the fact that Obama is in this thing (like every other candidate) for Obama.
Will.I.Am, Scarlett Johansson, John Legend, Herbie Hancock, and numerous other celebrities have made the music video below in support of Obama through DipDive. It’s kind of uplifting, but also just a little schmaltzy. It’s also directed by Jesse Dylan, who happens to be Bobby’s eldest son:
A little background information regarding this phrase “Yes I Am”. The United Farm Workers and Caesar Chavez developed this as a rallying cry in the sixties and seventies as they campaigned for labor reform (though they used the Spanish “Si se puede”). Obama’s commodification has ignited some hostility, since this is a very sensitive subject to the UFW (if you visit the link above, you can read about their legal battle with Aero Mexico over the phrase).
Is Obama using this rhetoric because he genuinely cares about the immigration situation? Is he concerned about the rollbacks on labor rights that have taken place over the last eight years? Or is this just another political maneuver aimed at garnering the former John Edwards supporters?
I’ve given up hope for a candidate like Kucinich, and I think it’s important to support Obama because he clearly would be a better choice than McCain, even if they both are political hacks. In the 2000 election, Nader often pointed out that there was absolutely no difference between Bush and Gore, but clearly there is, even if Gore wasn’t an ideal candidate at the time. I don’t like some of the things that Obama says, but at the same time we are stuck together in an imperfect political system with unappealing alternatives. I wish my support for him could be more idealistic and I wish I could believe in his candidacy the way that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar does.
But you know what? FDR made some questionable decisions as well, and Congress imposed the two term presidential limit to avoid having a politician become as powerful as he became. Even so, if John McCain had been elected to the presidency in 1932 (and I haven’t checked, but he actually may have been an eligible candidate at the time) this country would still be in The Great Depression, and we’d all be conscripted and crawling through tunnels in North Vietnam. I don’t gush over Obama, but I think he’s the best chance we’ve got.
Just David Lee Roth
Not sure of the source on this one. It’s a vocal-only copy of Runnin’ With The Devil by Van Halen, and it’s fucking hilarious. By the crescendo near the end, i’m usually rolling around on the ground laughing. And what’s with the fun-house whistle? Enjoy.
Meowy Christmas Everybody!
and nowwww, the Jingle Cats….
amazon link, if you’re interested. Preview the hits! We Three Kings is haunting.
fun fact: Sony once released a role playing game for Apple computers titled Jingle Cats: Aito Yujono Neko Monogatari, Love Para Daisakusen. The objective of the game was to care for and breed cats, once mating had successfully occurred, the cats sang, becoming Jingle Cats.
Christopher Hitchens: An American Hero?
Hitch’s comments about Mitt Romney have inspired me to post this video. Hitch, you are my cowboy protectorate. Thank you, sir!
I SIT ON YOU: tim and eric
From the latest episode of Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! If you haven’t seen it, you’re missing one of the best things on television maybe ever. Some episodes are available to watch on adultswim.com. Salame!
