I got the new Guitar Hero and watched Pushing Daisies on ABC (the only network not carrying the Obama infomercial), so did anything interesting happen in the Obama Variety Show I should know about?
Yeah, I was busy too trying to convince my gay friends to vote for McCain (and succeeding, thank you very much). I was also busy eating a 4×4 from In N’ Out while listening to Marily Manson. I heard that that “Filippino firecracker” Michelle Malkin was liveblogging it. You could try asking her.
Comrade Obama had an infomercial? Did it have Billy Mays? Or that dorky guy with those annoying sweaters? Was there a catchy slogan like “Obama knows best” or “Let us decide everything for you” or “from each according to their ability and to each according to his need”?
I was too busy working my second job trying to put enough money together to buy a condo while the market is low.
I see you are such a busy conservative you had time for crappy television. Excuses excuses. One thing I will say is those socialist overlords in Washington probably don’t watch alot of television. They’re too busy being social(ist) climbers. But you’re too busy to run yah that’s right. You’re too busy to save the country. I gotta watch my Pushing up Hemmoroids ( they were too cheap to buy the bowflex ).
THE SPIN: “That’s why my health care plan includes improving information technology, requires coverage for preventive care and pre-existing conditions and lowers health care costs for the typical family by $2,500 a year.”
THE FACTS: His plan does not lower premiums by $2,500, or any set amount. Obama hopes that by spending $50 billion over five years on electronic medical records and by improving access to proven disease management programs, among other steps, consumers will end up saving money. He uses an optimistic analysis to suggest cost reductions in national health care spending could amount to the equivalent of $2,500 for a family of four. Many economists are skeptical those savings can be achieved, but even if they are, it’s not a certainty that every dollar would be passed on to consumers in the form of lower premiums.
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THE SPIN: “I also believe every American has a right to affordable health care.”
THE FACTS: That belief should not be confused with a guarantee of health coverage for all. He makes no such promise. Obama hinted as much in the ad when he said about the problem of the uninsured: “I want to start doing something about it.” He would mandate coverage for children but not adults. His program is aimed at making insurance more affordable by offering the choice of government-subsidized coverage similar to that in a plan for federal employees and other steps, including requiring larger employers to share costs of insuring workers.
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THE SPIN: “I’ve offered spending cuts above and beyond their cost.”
THE FACTS: Independent analysts say both Obama and Republican John McCain would deepen the deficit. The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates Obama’s policy proposals would add a net $428 billion to the deficit over four years — and that analysis accepts the savings he claims from spending cuts. The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, whose other findings have been quoted approvingly by the Obama campaign, says: “Both John McCain and Barack Obama have proposed tax plans that would substantially increase the national debt over the next 10 years.” The analysis goes on to say: “Neither candidate’s plan would significantly increase economic growth unless offset by spending cuts or tax increases that the campaigns have not specified.”
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THE SPIN: “Here’s what I’ll do. Cut taxes for every working family making less than $200,000 a year. Give businesses a tax credit for every new employee that they hire right here in the U.S. over the next two years and eliminate tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. Help homeowners who are making a good faith effort to pay their mortgages, by freezing foreclosures for 90 days. And just like after 9-11, we’ll provide low-cost loans to help small businesses pay their workers and keep their doors open. ”
THE FACTS: His proposals — the tax cuts, the low-cost loans, the $15 billion a year he promises for alternative energy, and more — cost money, and the country could be facing a record $1 trillion deficit next year. Indeed, Obama recently acknowledged — although not in his commercial — that: “The next president will have to scale back his agenda and some of his proposals.”
He promised that if we buy in the next 30 minutes he give us not one, but TWO new socialist programs for the low price of 48 monthly installments of 39% + 7.5% for FICA and another 5% when they nationalize your 401(k).
Didn’t care to subject myself to the boring script, the fake acting, the far-fetched plot, and the foregone conclusion. Oh, and I didn’t watch “Pushing Daisies” either.
It was on last night? I knew it was coming, just didnt bother to know when. Glad I missed it for a boring work function (which I slipped out early) and then Huxtable reruns on TV Land; clearly I made the better choice.
Oh He**s No – wouldnt watch it
caught the snippets on O’Reilly –
Dontcha just love the way they made him look like he was already in the Oval Office –
Yeah – nobody missed anything – more of the same old Messiah Message
Its always mor fun to watch Bill or Shaun beat up on dummies 🙂
#14
My wife has class on Wednesday so on Thursday night we hunker down with a piece of pie and watch it on the ABC website.
The writing is clever, the characters are quirky, smart, and funny. The laughs come from good comedic writing and acting, not cheap crotch hits or stale clap lines (“…conservatives are dumb!” Hahahahaha). The universe looks like Dr. Suess drew up the plans and implemented it using playdough and props from the Universal back lot circa 1950 and peopled it with characters from Green Acres, Max Headroom, and early SNL skits.
It’s also fun to play “name that actor” for the cameos. Did I mention the pie?
I decided to finish filling a DVD of various things from the campaign by just recording myself scrolling through the TV listings to show how many networks were running the stupid thing. What caught my eye is that Biography was running a show at the same time called “The Horrors of Hussein”. “Which one?”, I thought. For giggles at that point, I recorded flipping back and forth between descriptions of the assassinations and tortures of Hussein East and complaints that Iraq costs too much from Hussein West. Biography then ran their biography of John McCain, but the DVD filled before I got to his torture stories.
While the Bathist party itself is rooted in Nazi efforts in WWII, Hussein also drew inspiration from Stalin’s random violence and the movie “The Godfather”. So I guess communists and Chicago-style politics were inspirations for both Husseins. At any rate, between the three programs, much communist-inspired torture to be had by all.
That low-rated disgrace last night? That wasn’t Me! That was a McCain plot to make me look like a cult leader/wuss! Don’t talk about that ad or I’ll put you in camps before I’m elected your God-King!
hey, if Comrade Obama has taken the liberty of giving his first presidential address prior to being elected, let me be the first to accuse him of treason, crimes against humanity, being the REAL terrorist. Let me also be the first to call for his impeachment (preferably before he actually takes office), his execution for treasonous acts, his subsequent trial for crimes against humanity in International Court, and his second execution for those crimes.
I think we should also organize a coalition and call it “Code Brown” (in reference to the excrement that his rhetoric and policies are) that will try to shout him down at every public appearance, investigate, malign, and try to silence every single one of his supporters, and draw stink lines on all his pictures.
How about counting the days since Comrade Obama declared himself President and still haven’t given us our tax cut?
I guess this would be day 2 since “Mission Accomplished”.
Frank, how the heck would we know what that jerkoff said last night? I was busy researching and writing a topic proposal for my project on the effectiveness of skewed associative caches versus victim caches. But if I hadn’t been doing that, I definitely would have found a better use for my time than listening to Barry-O. Like, trying to beat my fastest time on Mario Kart or trying to get a pencil stuck in the ceiling tiles. Something constructive like that.
Satan told Me that if I sacrificed at least 50 babies yesterday, he would consider getting My show great ratings! I guess once you sell him your soul, your leverage is gone. See how smart I am compared to you racist crackers? I figured that out all by Myself!
Oh, wait. The show was a McCain plot. Forget about that baby sacrificing stuff. And the extra crack you 50 supporters get for supplying the babies…forget about it. If you gave Me better babies to sacrifice, I would have gotten better ratings! RACISTS!!!
I was too busy watching House…..had it taped from the night before. One of these days I will have to start watching shows on the actual days they are on….but in this case- it spared me from the Obama show! Yay me!
I was going to play a drinking game while I watched.
Each time a particular word or phrase was used I’d take a shot.
I thought of Hope, Change, Sacrifice, Investment, and Bush; but feared I might put myself into a coma.
Then I wondered which words and phrases I’d be least likely to hear – Sanctity of Life, Proud American Heritage, Pro-Israel, Smaller Government, etc.
I watched Mythbusters and drank beer instead.
Yuk it up comrades! Barry’s making his list, checking it twice, gonna find out who’s naughty or nice. The Clinton’s body count is only up to around 75. Barry is planning on 25 M. (Adjusted to bodies 2009 it may be more like 45 M). Just think of it as the giving that keeps on taking.
It was on? I heard that Bill Ayers accidentally blew up the studio.
Why did ABC not show the tribute to our great leader-to-be?
Sorry, I was busy installing under cabinet lighting in my workshop. I really couldn’t find time to worship our socialist overlord tonight.
Because Pushing Daisies is a far better thing to laugh at as it doesn’t ruin countries or steal my money?
Yeah, I was busy too trying to convince my gay friends to vote for McCain (and succeeding, thank you very much). I was also busy eating a 4×4 from In N’ Out while listening to Marily Manson. I heard that that “Filippino firecracker” Michelle Malkin was liveblogging it. You could try asking her.
Comrade Obama had an infomercial? Did it have Billy Mays? Or that dorky guy with those annoying sweaters? Was there a catchy slogan like “Obama knows best” or “Let us decide everything for you” or “from each according to their ability and to each according to his need”?
I was too busy working my second job trying to put enough money together to buy a condo while the market is low.
I see you are such a busy conservative you had time for crappy television. Excuses excuses. One thing I will say is those socialist overlords in Washington probably don’t watch alot of television. They’re too busy being social(ist) climbers. But you’re too busy to run yah that’s right. You’re too busy to save the country. I gotta watch my Pushing up Hemmoroids ( they were too cheap to buy the bowflex ).
THE SPIN: “That’s why my health care plan includes improving information technology, requires coverage for preventive care and pre-existing conditions and lowers health care costs for the typical family by $2,500 a year.”
THE FACTS: His plan does not lower premiums by $2,500, or any set amount. Obama hopes that by spending $50 billion over five years on electronic medical records and by improving access to proven disease management programs, among other steps, consumers will end up saving money. He uses an optimistic analysis to suggest cost reductions in national health care spending could amount to the equivalent of $2,500 for a family of four. Many economists are skeptical those savings can be achieved, but even if they are, it’s not a certainty that every dollar would be passed on to consumers in the form of lower premiums.
___
THE SPIN: “I also believe every American has a right to affordable health care.”
THE FACTS: That belief should not be confused with a guarantee of health coverage for all. He makes no such promise. Obama hinted as much in the ad when he said about the problem of the uninsured: “I want to start doing something about it.” He would mandate coverage for children but not adults. His program is aimed at making insurance more affordable by offering the choice of government-subsidized coverage similar to that in a plan for federal employees and other steps, including requiring larger employers to share costs of insuring workers.
___
THE SPIN: “I’ve offered spending cuts above and beyond their cost.”
THE FACTS: Independent analysts say both Obama and Republican John McCain would deepen the deficit. The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates Obama’s policy proposals would add a net $428 billion to the deficit over four years — and that analysis accepts the savings he claims from spending cuts. The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, whose other findings have been quoted approvingly by the Obama campaign, says: “Both John McCain and Barack Obama have proposed tax plans that would substantially increase the national debt over the next 10 years.” The analysis goes on to say: “Neither candidate’s plan would significantly increase economic growth unless offset by spending cuts or tax increases that the campaigns have not specified.”
___
THE SPIN: “Here’s what I’ll do. Cut taxes for every working family making less than $200,000 a year. Give businesses a tax credit for every new employee that they hire right here in the U.S. over the next two years and eliminate tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. Help homeowners who are making a good faith effort to pay their mortgages, by freezing foreclosures for 90 days. And just like after 9-11, we’ll provide low-cost loans to help small businesses pay their workers and keep their doors open. ”
THE FACTS: His proposals — the tax cuts, the low-cost loans, the $15 billion a year he promises for alternative energy, and more — cost money, and the country could be facing a record $1 trillion deficit next year. Indeed, Obama recently acknowledged — although not in his commercial — that: “The next president will have to scale back his agenda and some of his proposals.”
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He promised that if we buy in the next 30 minutes he give us not one, but TWO new socialist programs for the low price of 48 monthly installments of 39% + 7.5% for FICA and another 5% when they nationalize your 401(k).
I think he said that if he’s elected, no one will get hurt. And there’s no need for accidents, is there?
At the end he sang “I’m so glad we had this time together…” and tugged on his earlobe.
Didn’t care to subject myself to the boring script, the fake acting, the far-fetched plot, and the foregone conclusion. Oh, and I didn’t watch “Pushing Daisies” either.
My favorite highlights.
1. Obama got his head stuck in a bucket
2. He told some knock knock jokes. The best one–
Knock knock
Who’s there
The Reverand Jerimiah Wright
The Reverend Jerimiah Wright who?
Oh come on Barrack, you know who I am
More importantly than that, How was Pushing Daisies?
It looks interesting, but I haven’t gotten around to actually watching it. Should I?
[My wife and I love that show. It’s pretty unique. -Ed.]
Aw dang, I missed it. I was at the Kamelot concert in Denver last night. Woo hoo!
It was on last night? I knew it was coming, just didnt bother to know when. Glad I missed it for a boring work function (which I slipped out early) and then Huxtable reruns on TV Land; clearly I made the better choice.
Nice wrap-up #8 Zack, thanks.
LOL #11
Oh He**s No – wouldnt watch it
caught the snippets on O’Reilly –
Dontcha just love the way they made him look like he was already in the Oval Office –
Yeah – nobody missed anything – more of the same old Messiah Message
Its always mor fun to watch Bill or Shaun beat up on dummies 🙂
#14
My wife has class on Wednesday so on Thursday night we hunker down with a piece of pie and watch it on the ABC website.
The writing is clever, the characters are quirky, smart, and funny. The laughs come from good comedic writing and acting, not cheap crotch hits or stale clap lines (“…conservatives are dumb!” Hahahahaha). The universe looks like Dr. Suess drew up the plans and implemented it using playdough and props from the Universal back lot circa 1950 and peopled it with characters from Green Acres, Max Headroom, and early SNL skits.
It’s also fun to play “name that actor” for the cameos. Did I mention the pie?
I decided to finish filling a DVD of various things from the campaign by just recording myself scrolling through the TV listings to show how many networks were running the stupid thing. What caught my eye is that Biography was running a show at the same time called “The Horrors of Hussein”. “Which one?”, I thought. For giggles at that point, I recorded flipping back and forth between descriptions of the assassinations and tortures of Hussein East and complaints that Iraq costs too much from Hussein West. Biography then ran their biography of John McCain, but the DVD filled before I got to his torture stories.
While the Bathist party itself is rooted in Nazi efforts in WWII, Hussein also drew inspiration from Stalin’s random violence and the movie “The Godfather”. So I guess communists and Chicago-style politics were inspirations for both Husseins. At any rate, between the three programs, much communist-inspired torture to be had by all.
That low-rated disgrace last night? That wasn’t Me! That was a McCain plot to make me look like a cult leader/wuss! Don’t talk about that ad or I’ll put you in camps before I’m elected your God-King!
hey, if Comrade Obama has taken the liberty of giving his first presidential address prior to being elected, let me be the first to accuse him of treason, crimes against humanity, being the REAL terrorist. Let me also be the first to call for his impeachment (preferably before he actually takes office), his execution for treasonous acts, his subsequent trial for crimes against humanity in International Court, and his second execution for those crimes.
I think we should also organize a coalition and call it “Code Brown” (in reference to the excrement that his rhetoric and policies are) that will try to shout him down at every public appearance, investigate, malign, and try to silence every single one of his supporters, and draw stink lines on all his pictures.
How about counting the days since Comrade Obama declared himself President and still haven’t given us our tax cut?
I guess this would be day 2 since “Mission Accomplished”.
Frank, how the heck would we know what that jerkoff said last night? I was busy researching and writing a topic proposal for my project on the effectiveness of skewed associative caches versus victim caches. But if I hadn’t been doing that, I definitely would have found a better use for my time than listening to Barry-O. Like, trying to beat my fastest time on Mario Kart or trying to get a pencil stuck in the ceiling tiles. Something constructive like that.
Satan told Me that if I sacrificed at least 50 babies yesterday, he would consider getting My show great ratings! I guess once you sell him your soul, your leverage is gone. See how smart I am compared to you racist crackers? I figured that out all by Myself!
Oh, wait. The show was a McCain plot. Forget about that baby sacrificing stuff. And the extra crack you 50 supporters get for supplying the babies…forget about it. If you gave Me better babies to sacrifice, I would have gotten better ratings! RACISTS!!!
I was too busy watching House…..had it taped from the night before. One of these days I will have to start watching shows on the actual days they are on….but in this case- it spared me from the Obama show! Yay me!
I was going to play a drinking game while I watched.
Each time a particular word or phrase was used I’d take a shot.
I thought of Hope, Change, Sacrifice, Investment, and Bush; but feared I might put myself into a coma.
Then I wondered which words and phrases I’d be least likely to hear – Sanctity of Life, Proud American Heritage, Pro-Israel, Smaller Government, etc.
I watched Mythbusters and drank beer instead.
Yuk it up comrades! Barry’s making his list, checking it twice, gonna find out who’s naughty or nice. The Clinton’s body count is only up to around 75. Barry is planning on 25 M. (Adjusted to bodies 2009 it may be more like 45 M). Just think of it as the giving that keeps on taking.
New Guitar hero is ok, but rock band 2 is waaaaay better. i likes it more. so take that
Someone told me he promised to scoop the dog poops on everyone lawn.