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May 14, 2008

When Did Anyone Ever Expect to Read the Words "Hillary Clinton" and "Longshot Campaign" in the Same Sentence?

Whilst reading the breaking news that John Edwards finally endorse Barack Obama (AFTER the North Carolina primary), I have to say I was more than a bit surprised to read this:

Democrat John Edwards is endorsing former rival Barack Obama, fresh signs of the party establishment embracing the likely nominee even as Hillary Rodham Clinton refuses to give up her long-shot candidacy.

Now, mind you, I was never one to simply assume Mrs. Clinton had this thing pwned from the beginning, but many other people did, and made their choices as appropriate. Now, Bill and Hillary are personally in debt, have $20 million in general election campaign money they can't spend, and have pulled out all the stops to block Barry, all to no avail. Up against a guy who most people hadn't even heard of just a few years ago.

Go figure. That's almost as baffling as the state Senate incumbent with a warchest full of cash and an array of Sacramento insiders running the show, now running third in a three way race. Strange how a year changes things.

May 9, 2008

Speed Racer Friday Fun! UPDATED!

It's Friday, and it's the big day for the weirdest remake I've heard of, Speed Racer. To celebrate the movie a few links...first from the always awesome io9.com sci fi blog we have this clip of the original, non-dubbed opening of Speed Racer...

and of course the SNL parody with George Clooney:

The LA Times has this really interesting set of pictures, with comments from the set designers, too that's worth checking out.

Coming up soon: Disinfo Rehab Mail for the Primary Election, Decoding the DCCC Elections, and more. Don't forget to check out my other site at Adama for President as well!

UPDATE Somehow, the good citizens at Hulu.com managed to discover this humble blog, and alerted me to the fact you can watch dubbed version of Old School Speed Racer online!

The fact that someone, anyone even reads this blog, much less made the effort to alert me to this, well it just made what was a crappy Friday much better. (oh and while I watched this as a kid I forgot the southern-style songsters who did the original theme song...)

And to continue the fun, here's the version of Sponge's tribute to the OG Speed Racer theme in English, mashed up with snippets from the new movie..


May 6, 2008

Tired Catch Phrase of the Day: "Agent of Change" vs. "Agent of C.H.A.N.G.E."

250px-MarvelShield.jpg Every political season we get a mix of the tried-and-true soundbits**, and we get a few new ones that the Smart People decide really "click" with the voters and use them, ad nauseam, on every single campaign from president to dog-catcher.

Today, I want to make a plea to politicians, politickers, and whatnots in the Big Media to please take a flamethrower to the dossiers and computers that suggested one use the term "agent of change" in any political related materials, now and forevermore.

It's a meaningless phrase, tossed around even more so as the One Guy who talked about Change suddenly got popular, and then suddenly EVERYONE wanted to Talk About Change, and How They're an Agent of it.

Folks, unless you are literally an Agent of C.H.A.N.G.E. (Cannibalistic Humanoid Aboveground Nuclear Germanic Enemas), CONTROL, SPECTRE, or some other spy-related organization with the cool logo and gun to prove it, please, find a new way to talk about your tireless work on the amendment to subsidize puppies and rainbows.

Please.

Think of the Children.

**Note: I meant to say "soundbits" not "soundbites," so grammar/spelling posse, put away the rope and the branding iron. Please?

Too Clever by Half - HuffPo Headlines Go Nuclear! o hai!

Sometimes, a screenshot says it all. Like this one, which has 2 popular storries on the Huffington Post (sigh)...one about Hillary Clinton's fight for the delegates to win the nomination...the other about a horrible human tragedy with lots of dead people.

Hmm.

Memo to newsniks and the like: Watch it with the cutesy clever "o hai me so smart" headlines...you never know where they'll end up.



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