Today’s edition of National Public Radio’s weekly On the Media show featured a segment on recycled advertising slogans, which closed by spoofing the Republican presidential candidates–but declining to spoof President Barack Obama. The focus of the story was the effort by
– More than 25 million watch the Cardinals’ epic World Series win over the Rangers on Friday. – Newt Gingrich says what we all think about Meghan McCain: “How does she have a clue?” More importantly, how can we cure
“Sarah Palin” Business Week: An online game called “Tea Party Zombies Must Die,” produced by Brooklyn creative agency Starvingeyes, might provoke boycotts from the right over the game’s targeted violence against conservative figures, AdWeek reports. Stavingeyes head Jason Oda made
As if the capitulation of the Republicans in Washington was not depressing enough, it too often seems like we can’t even find a decent movie to look forward to seeing. Of course, most of us are not in Hollywood’s target
[youtube yoMhrfjvzJY] Maine Governor Paul LePage is no stranger to hard times. He left home at 11 after a rough childhood, spending time on the streets, yet managed to finish both high school and college. He later went on to
[youtube Q0nbhijJCGY] Yeah, that just happened. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) informed us all that her Republican congressional colleagues are only uneasy about raising the debt ceiling and allowing the president to spend more money we don’t have without any
“The thing will get more beautiful year after year. And it will get better as I find out what the public likes; I can’t do that with a picture it’s finished and unchangeable before I find out whether the public
How well do liberalism and Country Music mix? Here are my observations…I’ll let you decide… At the recent Kennedy Center Point of Lights Tribute event honoring George H.W. Bush for his efforts in promoting volunteerism, a CNSNews.com reporter asked Grammy
I just saw the new Matt Damon flick, The Adjustment Bureau, and wanted to like it. I really wanted to like it. But I didn’t. Like many films, The Bureau is based on a fantastic ruse: Somewhere out there a
[Ed. Note: For a refresher course, you can watch every Super Bowl ad right here.] Before I get started on my review of this year’s Super Bowl commercials I want to come to the aid of a lady in distress.
He appears to be wrong to the same degree that 5th generation stealth fighters are not defensive. Secretary Gates, who in July 2009, predicted that, “nearly 1,100 [combat aircraft in the U.S. Air Force] will be the most advanced fifth-generation
Food and television go hand in hand. Those who doubt this fact need only look at the correlation between the proliferation of cable television by year then compare it with the obesity rate. The two seem to be related. The
Ronald Reagan’s 1984 reelection commercial grabbed the hearts and souls of Americans and never quite let go. Twenty-six years later, if you say “Its morning again in America”, most people will immediately know what you are referring to. I was
For three years now the autism community has declared April Autism Awareness Month and Friday, April 2nd was World Autism Day. I turned on the TV to see how the mainstream media would advance the autism conversation. To my disappointment
In the summer of 2008, I noticed something I’d never seen before. All around midtown Manhattan, on various sidewalks, people were selling cheap plastic trinkets out of open briefcases propped atop folding tray tables. To anyone who’s spent any time
The really nice thing about having left-wing comedy hosts is that Democrat officials have absolutely no problem appearing on their talk shows. It’s really nice to have these people interviewed in a comfortable non-confrontational setting, because the darndest things will
The term “Jump the Shark” has been with us for a while. The clever metaphor is used for the moment when something of cultural significance begins to lose its luster, and descends into lameness. It is a reference to the
08 July 2009 (Filed from Afghanistan) The fight in the southern Philippines varies in intensity and technique. Commanders in the AFP (Armed Forces Philippines) will say that the fight consists of about 80% carrot and 20% stick. The relationship between
Everybody knows that Global Warming is real. The debate is over. No one with any real common sense would dare challenge the fact that human CO2 production is directly related to rises in temperature. To save the earth from massive
In 1964 Justice Potter Stewart in the case of Jacobellis v. Ohio, which involved the showing of a French film titled “The Lovers,” is quoted as saying, “Hard-core pornography is hard to define, but I know it when I see
This is not a discussion on the merits of life or abortion. It doesn’t matter what your opinion is about that issue because I’m talking about divisive politics. The claim of unity and an end to politics that divide is
USA Today: On Friday, Pepsi crews will hit the streets of D.C with product samples, as well as scarves, hats and buttons that read “Hope” and “Change.” Ads with the new Pepsi logo appear in outdoor ads with such Obama-isms
This Cuban is sick and tired of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara. (That’s right, let’s use everyone’s full name from now on.) I hear there’s a new movie out about this A-hole, and it’s four hours long. Tell you what, wouldn’t give
KCNC: For months, the lawsuit has focused on demands that protesters be close enough to the Pepsi Center that they can be seen and heard by delegates to the Aug. 25-28 convention.
