Thought that I'd let Sarah Palin speak for herself...
Here she is talking to Katie Couric on whether or not the $700m bailout planned for Wall Street might be better funnelled through the tax payers.
"That's why I say I, like every American I'm speaking with, we're ill about this position that we have been put in where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the healthcare reform that is needed to help shore up our economy. Um, helping, oh -- it's got to be all about job creation too. Shoring up our economy, and putting it back on the right track. So healthcare reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions, and tax relief for Americans, and trade, we've got to see trade as opportunity, not as a competitive, um, scary thing, but 1 in 5 jobs being created in the trade sector today. We've got to look at that as more opportunity. All of those things under the umbrella of job creation. This bailout is a part of that."
Does it remind you of this at all?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
Friday, September 26, 2008
A real quickie
I just wrote a line for a car that said
"It's about a belief that you have to squeeze every drop of fun out of life, otherwise life will squeeze every drop of fun out of you"
It's too good a line to be wasted on a car... so I'm printing bumper stickers instead.
real post later
"It's about a belief that you have to squeeze every drop of fun out of life, otherwise life will squeeze every drop of fun out of you"
It's too good a line to be wasted on a car... so I'm printing bumper stickers instead.
real post later
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Bush Porn
I love Jonathan Yeo. This image of George Bush is made of hundreds of fragments of porn mags (Bush has fucked America see?)... his new Paris Hilton portrait has the same conceit - though here it may be a literal comment rather than a metaphorical one. Still up in the air as to whether McCain and Obama will debate this week (I think yes)... everyone is hoping that McCain says the word "Depends" as they're a brand of geriatric incontinence pant and would make the YouTubers' days. Stay tuned....
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
No to debating
So with a grand gesture John McCain has moved to sidestep the first of the presidential debates in a bid to "return to Washington to deal with the economic crisis."
Except of course McCain has nothing to do with the solving of the crisis. He's not on the committees. He's not on any of the hearings. And his signature isn't needed only any legislature.
Plus as an proponent of Bush economics I'm not entirely sure that we want him looking at the economy.
A political move then. A chance to show that he's prepared to put country before even his own bid to become president. And it may well work that way for him, It also gives the TV news people a new story to focus on - just as all of the policy scrutiny was losing him ground. So it's good politics.
Obama says that the debate is still on. "In my mind it's more important then ever that we present ourselves to the American people and try to describe where we want to take the country and where we want to take the economy,"
He's also offered to issue a joint statement with McCain on the whole issue. Good politics too.
Of course neither men, nor the country, need worry as the President has focused his laser like mind on the problem and will address the nation tonight at 9.01pm. Issue solved them.
Except of course McCain has nothing to do with the solving of the crisis. He's not on the committees. He's not on any of the hearings. And his signature isn't needed only any legislature.
Plus as an proponent of Bush economics I'm not entirely sure that we want him looking at the economy.
A political move then. A chance to show that he's prepared to put country before even his own bid to become president. And it may well work that way for him, It also gives the TV news people a new story to focus on - just as all of the policy scrutiny was losing him ground. So it's good politics.
Obama says that the debate is still on. "In my mind it's more important then ever that we present ourselves to the American people and try to describe where we want to take the country and where we want to take the economy,"
He's also offered to issue a joint statement with McCain on the whole issue. Good politics too.
Of course neither men, nor the country, need worry as the President has focused his laser like mind on the problem and will address the nation tonight at 9.01pm. Issue solved them.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Gay Aiken
So in what turned out to be news that shocked nobody at all it turns out that recent father of one and relentless 'gay rumor denier' Clay Aiken (you know - he came second to the fat guy on American Idol years ago) is gay.
Of course the Clay Mates will be upset.
The God spot brigade will be dismayed (at Clays choice of spot)
And the rest of us won't care.
Linday Lohan is a lesbian
Clay Aiken is gay
Kevin Spacey's dog likes midnight cruising spots
And the world keeps turning.
Phew
Of course the Clay Mates will be upset.
The God spot brigade will be dismayed (at Clays choice of spot)
And the rest of us won't care.
Linday Lohan is a lesbian
Clay Aiken is gay
Kevin Spacey's dog likes midnight cruising spots
And the world keeps turning.
Phew
Monday, September 22, 2008
Everything old...
Part of my job is to infuse new thinking (and on my better days new WAYS of thinking) into a process that's been about coming up with something saleable.
It's not easy - people are conditioned into a way of thinking that becomes so natural it seems virtually impossible to break. Throw in a client with similar issues and you get a hard veneer of cynicism ('well nobody is going to BUY that') around the one of intellectual atrophy.
So ad agencies tend to start with the advertising and then ask 'is there something else we can tack on for interest'
Companies tend to start with the current product and ask 'is there a subtle variation that we could make to bring back some interest?' - rather than asking 'is there another way to fulfil the promise of this product?'
Shareholders look at the long term plan and nod, while demanding that the short term plan deliver immediate results - even to the detriment of the long term vision.
And so on and so forth. It's all about getting through the day. But a lifetime spent trying to get through the day is a lifetime spent wishing yourself out of a situation; and that can't be healthy.
I'm not sure what this post is all about... I think it's frustration that I can't change everything at once... but it might not be. Perhaps it's fear that I'm running out of chances to crack the veneer. Oh well...
It's not easy - people are conditioned into a way of thinking that becomes so natural it seems virtually impossible to break. Throw in a client with similar issues and you get a hard veneer of cynicism ('well nobody is going to BUY that') around the one of intellectual atrophy.
So ad agencies tend to start with the advertising and then ask 'is there something else we can tack on for interest'
Companies tend to start with the current product and ask 'is there a subtle variation that we could make to bring back some interest?' - rather than asking 'is there another way to fulfil the promise of this product?'
Shareholders look at the long term plan and nod, while demanding that the short term plan deliver immediate results - even to the detriment of the long term vision.
And so on and so forth. It's all about getting through the day. But a lifetime spent trying to get through the day is a lifetime spent wishing yourself out of a situation; and that can't be healthy.
I'm not sure what this post is all about... I think it's frustration that I can't change everything at once... but it might not be. Perhaps it's fear that I'm running out of chances to crack the veneer. Oh well...
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Indian summer continues to throw out shocks
So the stock exchange is melting, my tax dollars have just been used to buy up bad debt as the country nationalized the foreclosure business and Sarah Palin stands closer than ever to the Oval Office ---> but yesterday the sun shone, the temperatures hit 28c and my attention was pulled toward a far more pressing matter; where can you find an outdoor pool, in Michigan, in mid September.
The answer - you can't. Unless you're a member of a snooty club or you're a naturist who doesn't mind sharing your rays with the leathered and gnarled bodies of people who have spent too long shunning dermatological advice to worry about it now. And why do naturists SO love those 'slatted ribbon' loungers? Surely they're an accident waiting to happen - how many dangly old guys have stood up quickly and felt the pang of early castration, huh?
As neither option really appealed to me I spent yesterday at the gym, at Pilates and then driving - quickly from lake to lake and farm to farm. Much fun to be had on twisty, narrow, unpoliced roads (legal fun of course) and as my car doesn't really come to life at speeds below 60mph it was nice to get out and see what all the Mustang fuss is about. Still managed to average 27.7mpg (that's 33.1mph for you big gallon Brits) - so not too bad a blast.
Today it's small appliance shopping with a friend who has a new place and no toaster / George Foreman Grill / Kettle - while Jude sends out the last of her 'jock packages'. Lovely.
The answer - you can't. Unless you're a member of a snooty club or you're a naturist who doesn't mind sharing your rays with the leathered and gnarled bodies of people who have spent too long shunning dermatological advice to worry about it now. And why do naturists SO love those 'slatted ribbon' loungers? Surely they're an accident waiting to happen - how many dangly old guys have stood up quickly and felt the pang of early castration, huh?
As neither option really appealed to me I spent yesterday at the gym, at Pilates and then driving - quickly from lake to lake and farm to farm. Much fun to be had on twisty, narrow, unpoliced roads (legal fun of course) and as my car doesn't really come to life at speeds below 60mph it was nice to get out and see what all the Mustang fuss is about. Still managed to average 27.7mpg (that's 33.1mph for you big gallon Brits) - so not too bad a blast.
Today it's small appliance shopping with a friend who has a new place and no toaster / George Foreman Grill / Kettle - while Jude sends out the last of her 'jock packages'. Lovely.
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