All She Wants to Do is Tax! Music video parody of Barbara Boxer in time for the tea party rallies. Political parody has a long tradition in the West, with the First Amendment affording significant protections for political speech. In
by Chuck DeVore14 Apr 2009, 3:05 PM PST0
Rocker Don Henley’s legal threats have shut down our rough cut April Fool’s music video Obama lampoon based on “The Boys of Summer” on both YouTube and on Orange County’s alternative newspaper, the O.C. Weekly. We’re responding with a counter-claim,
by Chuck DeVore9 Apr 2009, 3:21 PM PST0
The laughless legions of the left have struck again. Eagles band member Don Henley demanded the removal of my “Hope of November” parody song on YouTube. YouTube took the music video Obama parody down yesterday after it was approaching 1,000
by Chuck DeVore7 Apr 2009, 6:12 PM PST0
A few days ago I posted some Obama parody lyrics set to Don Henley’s “Boys of Summer” and am now formally soliciting the deep base of Big Hollywood talent to do a professional version of this parody. The campaign will
by Chuck DeVore1 Apr 2009, 1:25 PM PST0
Sung to the tune of “The Boys of Summer“: Obama overload Obama overreach We feel it everywhere Trillions in the breach Empty bank, empty Street Dollar goes down alone Pelosi’s in the House So we now all must atone But
by Chuck DeVore30 Mar 2009, 7:54 AM PST0
Why is it that many government agency names are oxymoronic? How much new water has the California Department of Water Resources delivered in the past couple of decades? How much energy has the federal Department of Energy or the California
by Chuck DeVore28 Mar 2009, 7:02 AM PST0
The “Race to Witch Mountain” is a Disney remake of Disney’s 1975 production “Escape to Witch Mountain.” I took my 17 and 12-year-old daughters to see this PG-rated film. They liked it, especially the action sequences – many of which
by Chuck DeVore16 Mar 2009, 8:22 AM PST0
With 1.3 billion people and the world’s second-largest economy, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) stands an insecure colossus: hyper-sensitive, moody, and quick to deploy diplomatic, economic or military muscle to silence critics of all stripes. Of all the forms
by Chuck DeVore13 Mar 2009, 11:43 AM PST0
A Democrat gave me syphilis today… on the Assembly Floor… “Syphilis Phil” that is, a.k.a. “Phil the Sore.” I must profess my ignorance, I never heard of Phil – though Phil gets around, evidently. The Phil I received was an
by Chuck DeVore12 Feb 2009, 5:15 AM PST0
When I was a kid, my favorite show was PBS’s NOVA. As a child I expected to be on the show as an astronaut – I can imagine my youthful disappointment that I was to appear on NOVA as a
by Chuck DeVore27 Jan 2009, 5:15 AM PST0
Film is power. As with ideas and the words that convey them, film can inform, inspire, and move people to act – for better or for worse. Some films need to be made. Others are better left unmade for the
by Chuck DeVore7 Jan 2009, 5:00 AM PST0