Tomorrow Never Dies: UPDATE

Former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum tells it like it is: Republicans originally thought that Fox worked for us, and now we are discovering we work for Fox. Do yourself a favor and rent/download the prescient 1997 James Bond film, Tomorrow Never Dies. The bad guy, Elliot Carver, runs a billion dollar media empire that makes its money creating …

New Business Opportunity

Now that the worst fears of the Teabaggers have been realized, does anyone know where I can buy dead peasant insurance on all those Grammies waiting to have their plugs pulled? Will their be a national exchange where I can buy futures, derivatives, puts and calls on the policies? [image found here.]

Teabaggers Turn Their Ids Inside Out

Teabaggers threatening violence against health insurance reform That we are now firmly involved in what Jacques Ellul called the irreversible, integration/activation phase of a 30 year long corporatist propaganda campaign was on full display today at the nation’s Capitol. Hundreds of highly agitated Teabaggers, whipped into a frenzy by the demigods of right wing radio and television and a few …

Gaslighting The Beckian Beanstock

The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Survival Seed Bank www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care reform Nothing moves product like the hot stink of fear One way to prepare for the promised Beckapocalypse is with one of his remaining sponsors’ signature product, Magic Beans. But mixing 24/7 gaslighting propaganda with beans of any sort …

Beck To Jesus: Drop Dead

I’m begging you, your right to religion and freedom to exercise religion and read all of the passages of the Bible as you want to read them and as your church wants to preach them . . . are going to come under the ropes in the next year. If it lasts that long it will be the next year. …