Ok -I was asked by Angelda Vinci http://www.blogcatalog.com/user/AngeldaVinci to post a topic against abuse- which could be any type of abuse- http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/you-can-be-a-part-of-blogging-history .
I chose "information abuse"-the abuse by the predominant news media sources such as the major network news corporations and the print media that attempt to skew and slant the news, and misinform those citizens which it professes to serve.
By and large, the Internet and blogging in particular has helped to quell some of the misinformation, bias, and outright lying that has gone on for quite some time now that the Bush administration has fostered that kind of reportage-(see Fox News, Jeff Gannon, Armstrong Williams, etc etc.)
People have turned to each other for diversity in opinion and news that does not have the slant favoring the rich and powerful. There are a couple of institutions that have worked to work for truth in news reporting while examining the subterfuge that our big news corporations and their mouthpieces spew.
FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting) http://www.fair.org/index.php is one of those great organizations-operating on a shoestring budget, they do the best they can to examine the news for bias and misinformation. I am proud to say that I have been a subscriber to their little magazine Extra! for over 10 years now. I also try to listen to CounterSpin http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=5 their weekly radio show, whenever I can.
Another great anti bias, pro-truth organization that is online is MediaMatters For America http://mediamatters.org/. I really like this site and try to check out the clips and articles at least once a week.
I am also blogging for funny clips. This guy Jake Byrd is a prankster that has been seen on the news a lot lately. I had featured a clip of him for the Paris Hilton lawyer's press conference a while back c3fun.blogspot.com/2007/06/hey-guys-hope-you-all-had-great-weekend.html but this clip is too much! Here he is at the OJ lawyer's press conference. Nabbed this from TallFreak http://www.tallfreak.com/ (hey Chris- thanks for another great link!)
http://tallfreak.com/2007/09/21/jake-byrd-oj-simpson-press-conference/
Bloggers+Against+Abuse FAIR Extra! CounterSpin MediaMattersforAmerica Jake+Byrd OJ
September 26, 2007
September 23, 2007
Funny Commercials, and Fun with Idioms
I have been watching a little more TV lately. Don't know why. When I have free time, I usually surf/do emails, but lately I've been a little burnt on that. What's nice, is that I have been seeing a few more funny commercials lately. I like the ones that are darkly funny with some weird and ironic thrown in for good measure. Here are some I thought were comical and some classics, (probably not meant to be funny, but-they are!)
This first one had me rolling, it just blew me away! Then I began to see the other sugar/salt Dymo commercial that's pretty good. Great ideas for ad campaigns! Seems like these companies get a couple of good ad people, they pump out some great ads, (like the very first Caveman Geico ads) then they can't think of anything else that's fresh. Funny thing about ads: I never buy or seek anything out from being exposed to ads-I just like the product. But I do enjoy seeing these kinds of ads!
"His and Hers"
"Sugar/Salt"
A classic: Mr. Yuck! Do you all remember this one!? Man this brings back memories! This particular Mr. Yuck commercial came out in 1971! Probably scared the shit out of me too!
A compilation clip, which has a few commercials you might have seen before, but some you might not. Some are "foreign"-(those guys always get away with more!)
A classic commercial: Steve Ballmer acting like an...well like himself for a very early Microsoft ad!
Hmmm. I don't remember the "Bing Bang Boing" contraption, but it kinda looked cool! Gee, is it my imagination, or did some of those commercials seem to be longer than the commercials we have today? Oh well. Oh, the nostalgia!
Geico-sans the now stale Cavemen:
Geico-"Behind the Patch"
Finally to end this commercial extravaganza, we have a couple of the Budget Rent-A Car ads from a while back. I loved these ads when they came out. (it seemed like more ads with this type of sardonic, visual humor were seen after these ads came out)
The "Jet Propulsion Pack" ad:
The "Aromatherapy" ad:
I know there are some other really funny ads out there-I will try to include some more next time! (I need to jot them down when I see them and then hope that some kind soul has uploaded them onto YouTube!)
Fun With Idioms: (although after looking at these you might think this should be retitled: "Fun with Idiots"!
For some reason, these idioms just lent themselves well to zombies! I just went with it!
funny+commercials Dymo Mr.+Yuck Steve+Ballmer Microsoft+Windows Classic+Toys Geico Dan+LaFontaine Cabbage+Patch+Kid Budget+Rent+A +Car Jet+Propulsion+Pack Aromatherapy Idioms
This first one had me rolling, it just blew me away! Then I began to see the other sugar/salt Dymo commercial that's pretty good. Great ideas for ad campaigns! Seems like these companies get a couple of good ad people, they pump out some great ads, (like the very first Caveman Geico ads) then they can't think of anything else that's fresh. Funny thing about ads: I never buy or seek anything out from being exposed to ads-I just like the product. But I do enjoy seeing these kinds of ads!
"His and Hers"
"Sugar/Salt"
A classic: Mr. Yuck! Do you all remember this one!? Man this brings back memories! This particular Mr. Yuck commercial came out in 1971! Probably scared the shit out of me too!
A compilation clip, which has a few commercials you might have seen before, but some you might not. Some are "foreign"-(those guys always get away with more!)
A classic commercial: Steve Ballmer acting like an...well like himself for a very early Microsoft ad!
Hmmm. I don't remember the "Bing Bang Boing" contraption, but it kinda looked cool! Gee, is it my imagination, or did some of those commercials seem to be longer than the commercials we have today? Oh well. Oh, the nostalgia!
Geico-sans the now stale Cavemen:
Geico-"Behind the Patch"
Finally to end this commercial extravaganza, we have a couple of the Budget Rent-A Car ads from a while back. I loved these ads when they came out. (it seemed like more ads with this type of sardonic, visual humor were seen after these ads came out)
The "Jet Propulsion Pack" ad:
The "Aromatherapy" ad:
I know there are some other really funny ads out there-I will try to include some more next time! (I need to jot them down when I see them and then hope that some kind soul has uploaded them onto YouTube!)
Fun With Idioms: (although after looking at these you might think this should be retitled: "Fun with Idiots"!
For some reason, these idioms just lent themselves well to zombies! I just went with it!
funny+commercials Dymo Mr.+Yuck Steve+Ballmer Microsoft+Windows Classic+Toys Geico Dan+LaFontaine Cabbage+Patch+Kid Budget+Rent+A +Car Jet+Propulsion+Pack Aromatherapy Idioms
September 21, 2007
What do you think she's thinking?
This is our dog, Mavis. She is part pug, part chihuahua and all yappy! I guess her yappiness is a good thing. She lets us know when someone is even walking close by our house!
What do you think she was thinking here?
Dogs pugs chihuahuas
What do you think she was thinking here?
Dogs pugs chihuahuas
September 16, 2007
Help! Help! I'm getting sucked in by the Leave Britney Alone vortex!
Hello all! I know, I know. This "Leave Britney Alone!" thing is getting out of hand, maybe a little stale. But I found a couple of funny little clips that I just had to post!
Jimmy Kimmel introduces us to Chris Crocker's father! Damn, I thought that was Danny DeVito at first!
If Hannibal Lecter met Chris Crocker!
This clip has some offensive subject matter. This guy says some really hateful, crappy stuff, exaggerating, distorting the news to try and give his side about illegal immigrants. I go and check out the racist anti-immigrant clips on YouTube (and piss 'em off with with witty comments!) and this is one of the worst of the worst I have found. Thing is, he's inadvertently funny! He doesn't mean to be funny, www.theguyfromboston.com/ he just is! He's a caricature of some of the best movie characters we have all seen and loved! This guy nearly has a heart attack in this rant, going cross-eyed with his fervor.
I tot dis guy would nearly blow a gasket over hea!
Related Tags: Leave+Britney+Alone! Chris+Crocker Jimmy+Kimmel Hannibal+Lector The+Guy+From+Boston Illegal+Immigrants
Jimmy Kimmel introduces us to Chris Crocker's father! Damn, I thought that was Danny DeVito at first!
If Hannibal Lecter met Chris Crocker!
This clip has some offensive subject matter. This guy says some really hateful, crappy stuff, exaggerating, distorting the news to try and give his side about illegal immigrants. I go and check out the racist anti-immigrant clips on YouTube (and piss 'em off with with witty comments!) and this is one of the worst of the worst I have found. Thing is, he's inadvertently funny! He doesn't mean to be funny, www.theguyfromboston.com/ he just is! He's a caricature of some of the best movie characters we have all seen and loved! This guy nearly has a heart attack in this rant, going cross-eyed with his fervor.
I tot dis guy would nearly blow a gasket over hea!
Related Tags: Leave+Britney+Alone! Chris+Crocker Jimmy+Kimmel Hannibal+Lector The+Guy+From+Boston Illegal+Immigrants
Freedom to say fart in the duck! The freedom to be NSFW!
This clip was too bizarre to pass up! It's NSFW just because of the subtitles! You can probably make up your own funny lyrics to this song! Its fun! Try it!
Some more Bill Hicks! Both of these clips are filled with the kind of hilarious foul-language and funny jokes we all know and will all miss.
Bill Hicks-pornography and rock&roll_
Uploaded by uraba
Here's the infamous Bill Hicks on Rush Limbaugh audio I had told you about in an earlier post!
I have liked Get Your War On www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/war67.html by David Rees. Here is a recent strip:
Uhhmm. This one defies description. Lets just say that it is a social commentary from a rapper that really goes against the current grain in rap/hip-hop. (see my last post about 50 and Kanye)
I usually don't like rap that uses the "N-word" but this one, I don't know. Its saying something, that's for sure.
Ok. I'm gonna get on my soapbox.
I was just reading about an organization's ad put out to denounce the MoveOn ad about General Petraeus' remarks our progress in Iraq and I thought-the righties in this country sure overuse the word freedom! It has been used by Sean Hannity: his so-called "Freedom Concerts" Ted Nugent at the infamous "suck on my machine gun" concert, and countless right-leaning organizations old and new.
Look we get it. You are for "freedom." It just seems its not the freedom most Americans think of when they think of freedom. www.prospect.org/cs/articles?articleId=11705 Certainly not freedom to protest, dissent or just be in the same room as policies that are killing our young men and women in the military www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/26722 almost every day are debated or discussed. Other freedoms most Americans hold dear, like the belief that other countries' freedom from repressive regimes means more freedom for America have not been given the same air time as "their freedom" (see Nicaragua, El Salvador, SE Asia, etc etc.) The people we have installed in other countries by our "freedom lovers" are not the most freedom-lovin' dudes you ever saw.
The word freedom seems to be held in low regard by these guys. It shouldn't. It's our greatest strength as a country-when certain people aren't trying to take it away.
Here's a cartoon. Freedom...yeah right!
Related Tags: Fart+In+The+Duck Dutch+Children's+Shows Bill+Hicks Pornography Rush+Limbaugh David+Rees Get+Your+War+On Rap Hip+Hop Read+A+Book Freedom
Some more Bill Hicks! Both of these clips are filled with the kind of hilarious foul-language and funny jokes we all know and will all miss.
Bill Hicks-pornography and rock&roll_
Uploaded by uraba
Here's the infamous Bill Hicks on Rush Limbaugh audio I had told you about in an earlier post!
I have liked Get Your War On www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/war67.html by David Rees. Here is a recent strip:
Uhhmm. This one defies description. Lets just say that it is a social commentary from a rapper that really goes against the current grain in rap/hip-hop. (see my last post about 50 and Kanye)
I usually don't like rap that uses the "N-word" but this one, I don't know. Its saying something, that's for sure.
Ok. I'm gonna get on my soapbox.
I was just reading about an organization's ad put out to denounce the MoveOn ad about General Petraeus' remarks our progress in Iraq and I thought-the righties in this country sure overuse the word freedom! It has been used by Sean Hannity: his so-called "Freedom Concerts" Ted Nugent at the infamous "suck on my machine gun" concert, and countless right-leaning organizations old and new.
Look we get it. You are for "freedom." It just seems its not the freedom most Americans think of when they think of freedom. www.prospect.org/cs/articles?articleId=11705 Certainly not freedom to protest, dissent or just be in the same room as policies that are killing our young men and women in the military www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/26722 almost every day are debated or discussed. Other freedoms most Americans hold dear, like the belief that other countries' freedom from repressive regimes means more freedom for America have not been given the same air time as "their freedom" (see Nicaragua, El Salvador, SE Asia, etc etc.) The people we have installed in other countries by our "freedom lovers" are not the most freedom-lovin' dudes you ever saw.
The word freedom seems to be held in low regard by these guys. It shouldn't. It's our greatest strength as a country-when certain people aren't trying to take it away.
Here's a cartoon. Freedom...yeah right!
Related Tags: Fart+In+The+Duck Dutch+Children's+Shows Bill+Hicks Pornography Rush+Limbaugh David+Rees Get+Your+War+On Rap Hip+Hop Read+A+Book Freedom
September 12, 2007
Some quick thoughts
I 've got music on my mind right now with all the stuff about the MTV VMA's. I can't stop thinking about how music has changed. I know this makes me sound old, but I remember when music, even pop music seemed to be more meaningful. Don't get me wrong, there are some great artists out there who put out some good music that makes you think while you are jamming, grooving, or dancing to their music, but some of the people at the VMA's this year are poor excuses for talent.
I used to really like rap a lot in the days of Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five, KRS-One, ErikB and Rakim, and of course my favorite rap group, Public Enemy. I don't see any of the same insight and deep thinking and even good beats nowadays that I heard from the "old" rappers. Maybe Common, Mos Def and a few others but many rappers seem to be of the "bling" variety-
Like this a-hole.
From his claim to fame as a "player," the ridiculous throwing money thing (which nearly caused his fans to electrocute themselves recently: community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/15337195.html self-aggrandizing himself for being a thug with bullet holes, and his defense of Bush during the Katrina disaster http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/statusainthood/archives/2005/11/50_cent_defends.php
I think this guy is a not even worth one cent.
I first thought Kanye West was a little different, but this guy is such a damn crybaby! What a whiner. And those dumb sunglasses!
Here's a couple of singer parodies that you might find amusing
Music MTV VMA's Rap 50 Cent Kanye West Destiny's Child Beyonce
September 8, 2007
Getting back to the basics: Clips Comics and Comedians
With the campaigning for the 2008 Presidential election heating up, I predict that we will probably see more of the scripted, rehearsed infomercials for the Republican/Bush administration/stay in Iraq point of view described in the following clip. This incident, falsely billed as a casual, off the cuff conversation between Bush and the troops via video teleconference in October 2005, was beautifully and hilariously broken down by The Daily Show folks.
Here is a classic clip regarding male restroom etiquette tips. It is relevant at this time!
I always knew animals were better than humans, I just never had heard it put in quite this way!
Here is a great link to a funny strip called Big Fat Whale by Brian McFadden that I saw at Culture Kills... http://rantocracy.blogspot.com/ This strip expands the list of dangerous items imported from China a bit! http://www.bigfatwhale.com/archives/bfw_319.html
Another good strip I discovered at Culture Kills: You Damn Kid! by Owen Dunne
http://www.youdamnkid.com/d/19990920.html
Remember the Gong Show? Who doesn't huh? Anyway I remember the show always had The Unknown Comic on and he was so bad he was good!
And lastly, I have been working in the backyard all this weekend and boy do we have a case of black widow-itis! Geez! They are all over the place! I usually don't kill them-I try and take them to a safer area away from everything else, like in a corner or something or in the field next to our house, but this time, there were too many. I had to kill a few of them! Thinking of all those widows gave me the idea for this comic. Hope you like it! I did a crappy job on it, I know!
Related Tags: Bush The+Daily+Show Men's+Room+Etiquette Breast+Enlargement Animals comics Big+Fat+Whale Brian+McFadden You+Damn+Kid! Owen+Dunne Gong+Show Unknown+Comic Black+Widows
Here is a classic clip regarding male restroom etiquette tips. It is relevant at this time!
I always knew animals were better than humans, I just never had heard it put in quite this way!
Here is a great link to a funny strip called Big Fat Whale by Brian McFadden that I saw at Culture Kills... http://rantocracy.blogspot.com/ This strip expands the list of dangerous items imported from China a bit! http://www.bigfatwhale.com/archives/bfw_319.html
Another good strip I discovered at Culture Kills: You Damn Kid! by Owen Dunne
http://www.youdamnkid.com/d/19990920.html
Remember the Gong Show? Who doesn't huh? Anyway I remember the show always had The Unknown Comic on and he was so bad he was good!
And lastly, I have been working in the backyard all this weekend and boy do we have a case of black widow-itis! Geez! They are all over the place! I usually don't kill them-I try and take them to a safer area away from everything else, like in a corner or something or in the field next to our house, but this time, there were too many. I had to kill a few of them! Thinking of all those widows gave me the idea for this comic. Hope you like it! I did a crappy job on it, I know!
Related Tags: Bush The+Daily+Show Men's+Room+Etiquette Breast+Enlargement Animals comics Big+Fat+Whale Brian+McFadden You+Damn+Kid! Owen+Dunne Gong+Show Unknown+Comic Black+Widows
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