Robots that eat the flesh of living creatures; this can only go in good directions. Now, we just need to program them to shuffle around awkwardly and we can have a robot zombie apocalypse. Bulletproof zombies made from metal; awesome.
Archive of entries posted on 26th June 2009
Pants
Lyndon Baines Johnson ordering pants, submitted without comment.
A Solution to the Politician Problem
This whole Sanford mess reminds me of the main problem with politics: Politician. Apparently, normal people don’t want to go into politics, so we mainly gets weirdos. Fred Thompson used the Sanford incident to argue for term limits, the idea being if we have to have politicians, at least let’s not keep them around too long.
Here’s my idea: Kidnapping.
The biggest red flag that you may have picked the wrong person for a political position is if the person wants it. Unfortunately, our current system only elects weirdos who want to be politicians. Instead, we we should find candidates from business and industry and just chloroformed them and have them wake up behind a mayor’s desk or something. Then he’d be like, “Wh-what’s going on here? Who’s in charge?”
And we’d be like, “You are!”
And he’d be like, “Noooooo! I have useful things to do! I can’t be a politician!”
And we’d be like, “We don’t care!” And then we’d threaten his family to get him to comply. You’ve all threatened families before; you know how that works.
Anyway, doesn’t that sound like a smarter system?
Perez Matters
Capitalist Propaganda: “Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine”
In 1961, Ronald Reagan recorded a spoken-word LP (that’s a 12-inch grooved vinyl disc, for you folks born after 1990 – we used to play them on our gramophones) with a brilliant diatribe against Medicare called “Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine“:
There’s no actual video to this video, so you’ll have to find another way to amuse yourself for 10 minutes while you listen. I recommend spending the time taking notes so you can throw Reagan’s arguments in the faces of any moron that thinks that socialized medicine is a good idea.
My favorite part is how he talks about Medicare being just an early first step toward introducing a national program of socialized medicine.
Oh, how people scoffed back then.
Oh, how they shouldn’t have.
More information on this recording here. Scroll down about 40%, or text search [CTRL+F] the word “Klatch”.
Random Thoughts
If Sanford has a lovechild, it would be awesome if, to get to know him better, he worked with him at a junkyard.
Michael Jackson will always be with us as he’s 80% recyclable.
So, any news from Iran? How are they coping with Michael Jackson’s death?
Remember the arcade game where MJ would touch a chimp and become a robot? That was fun.
How long until someone says if we only had Obama’s health plan, MJ would be with us now? Or has that already happened? Of course, do you want to make the argument that national healthcare means more pedophiles walking the streets.
“I’ve come to bury Michael Jackson, not to praise him. Also, I’ve come to dance. Woo!”
I love how EA sports games have the most options of any games and the smallest instruction booklets. Great combo.