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July 22, 2008

Bob Newhart vs. Obama

Every election that rolls round makes me think of Bob Newhart's "Abe Lincoln vs. Madison Ave."

The Intro -

"Thank you, thank you very much.

Many of you may have read The Hidden Persuaders, it's about avertising. . . and one of the points the book made was that the real danger of the public relations man, or the advertising man, was that they were creating images. And they felt that in the presidential campaigns, the candidates were really getting closer and closer together, there was no real difference between them, and you were really voting for the man. . . and this got me to thinking. Now supposing this science, were as far advanced during the civil war. . . as it is today. . . and there was no Lincoln. . Now the advertising people realizing this, would have had to create a Lincoln, and I think they would have gone about it. . . something like this.

This is a telephone conversation between Abe, and his press agent, just before Gettysburg."

My, how far the ad-man has come.

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July 21, 2008

Personally, I just want to know Obama's real name. . . (updated with answer)

Look, it's simple. I just want to know what Obama's real name is. Is that too much to ask of a man who would like to be President? WE have a right to know if Barack Obama is an alias, or a stage name, or just this dude's second, third or fourth legal name.

While I'm at it, I'd like to know where Barack Obama was really born.

Let's face facts. The last Presidential election was significantly impacted by a forged document, passed along by a willing press, as genuine. . . .

--Jason

UPDATE: Well, we have the answer. Barack Obama's other name is Barry Soetoro (answer toward the bottom of this post). Now I just we just need some journalist to ask Obama to explain the Barry Soetoro, Barack Hussein Obama naming schema.

-JC

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July 16, 2008

Damn catchy tune. . .

If I do sayso myself, it's quite the toe-tapper.

Enjoy!

--Jason

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July 5, 2008

Real Universe vs. Star Trek

Here's an image of an "object" in our universe taken by the Hubble Space Telescope (NASA-IOTD):

And here's an image of an object in the Star Trek "universe":

That's just damn creepy.

--Jason

Hat-tip: Lileks

PS - Ok, you twisted my arm, the Hubble image is of a shockwave from a super-nova.

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