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.

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

Enjoy!

--Jason

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.

Talk about Dog Whispering.

--Jason

Hmmmm . . . "the fourth of July could become 'Energy Independence Day', if the American People decide to take this seriously" . . . sound interesting.

Here's Newt's link.

--Jason

Right Wing Nut House via HotAir.

Not Safe for Work! Also not safe for Democrats.

--Jason

Then we have this. Huckabee has signed on with Creative Artists Agency.

The very first thing that popped into my mind was that someone had put up the change to make a new TV show with Huckabee and Norris playing President and Vice-President. Is it feasible that some loaded deep pocket uber-Christian types decided to make an action adventure comedy with Huck and Chuck????? Yes, it's certainly feasible, and in the short term, it'd probably make some coin in return.

Is it likely? Certainly not.

Hopefully you, like me, have now had a brief moment of good fun "what if's" with this announcement.

And hey, it's a super long shot, but if "Huck and Chuck" does make it to air, I get to be the one to shout "First!"

Hat tip goes to Hot Air squared.

--Jason

PRUDENT DISCLAIMERS: Yes, this is the internet and I'm probably not the "first" to make this mental jump, or even the first to post it. I spent some time looking though and couldn't find anyone else with the idea. If you've previously posted on this possibility, lemme know. Also, let it be known that I, in no way shape or form support Huckabee for any political office whatsoever. I think his campaigning with Norris was idiotic, brilliant, humorous and tragic all at once, much like the candidate was himself. Then of course there's my whole atheist thing.

via TVNewser / Hot Air

--Jason

--Jason

UPDATE: As you can see above, the "religion of peace" has issued threats to LiveLeak to suppress the movie. (UPDATE TO THE UPDATE: LiveLeak restored the video and it's now available again. For background and more details, click here.)

It's still available (for the moment) via Google Video, so watch it now before it's gone down the memory hole.

-JC

--Jason

Just thought that needed pointing out.

--Jason

The latest example.

This is why I support the language used to describe this war even though the left wants to lament about the phrasing of "War on Terror".

When the histories of this period are written, the "youths", "al-queda'ist", "jihadis", etc. will have a different term applied to them; it's also likely that this war will no longer be the WOT but be replaced by a more "appropriate" moniker. Probably something like World War 3,4 or 5.

It's a war people. What have you done to support Democracy against the Caliphate today? Me, not so much, but maybe, in some small way, this post is doing just that.

--Jason

This link takes you to the Shire Network News, in the right sidebar, click podcast number 115, the segment with Mark Steyn begins about 13 minutes in, give the player a little time to load and then jump to the middle of the podcast progress bar and you'll be in the Steyn portion. Here's the link again.

If you're unfamiliar with Steyn, grab a copy of America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It, which should be a wake-up call for most Americans, it's ironic that it takes a Canadian to tell us.

--Jason

PS - There is an American who also has a good book on Smiley Faced Fascism. See: Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning

H/T Hot Air