870 views/listens as of this post. Which isn’t bad for relatively no publicity and the subject matter. So thanks if you gave it a listen!
One DD colleague commented that he didn’t attribute our economic and national fail to just one person.
Neither do I.
But so far I’ve found it impossible to fit everyone deserving mention into something between 2:30 and 3 minutes long. And make it catchy and amusing enough to get a laugh from those who still have a sense of humor.
And I get a kick out of “Lloyd Blankfein,” as a rock ‘n’ roll song with a lot less voltage, being better than Ted Nugent’s “I Still Believe.”
In Anaheim earlier this summer.
Glorified heavy metal bar band.
Ted’s big song on his faith in the USA, the title of his tour, and this is a
lyric sample: “I’m so [f——‘] alive; I’m so in love with this…
That’s it, along with “I believe in America”? It’s to laugh. He doesn’t even know he’s phoned it in.
“Sing that motherfucker!” Ted yells. The crowd doesn’t. Someone from the bar, in silhouette, hoists a drink to teetotal Ted. At least he still looks like he’s having a lot of fun. Mostly.
Next up — “Motor City Madhouse” — four and change decades old.
I’ve actually been avoiding thinking about the latest Obama cave-in, on ozone regulation; these repeated retreats are getting painful to watch. For what it’s worth, I think it’s bad politics. The Obama political people seem to think that their route to victory is to avoid doing anything that the GOP might attack — but the GOP will call Obama a socialist job-killer no matter what they do. Meanwhile, they just keep reinforcing the perception of mush from the wimp, of a president who doesn’t stand for anything …
[Tighter] ozone regulation would actually have created jobs: it would have forced firms to spend on upgrading or replacing equipment, helping to boost demand. Yes, it would have cost money — but that’s the point! And with corporations sitting on lots of idle cash, the money spent would not, to any significant extent, come at the expense of other investment.
“Sometimes I Wonder … When Obama was a little kid if the big kids didn’t bounce basketballs off of his head in gym.” — from EZSmirkzz
Can’t have a week without another slice of GOP Presidential hopeful Thaddeus McCotter on guitar.
McCotter doggedly takes his message, with guitar, to the people. I admire his determination.
Guitar players have to stick together, even when one of the clan plays with shorts-wearing certified pantywaists, as during this performance of Tommy Tutone’s “867-5309/Jenny,” in Ames.
President Barack Obama on Friday scrapped his administration’s controversial plans to tighten smog rules, bowing to the demands of congressional Republicans and some business leaders.
Major industry groups had lobbied hard for the White House to abandon the smog regulation, and applauded Friday’s decision.
“The president’s decision is good news for the economy and Americans looking for work,” [said some member of the petroleum lobby].
But perhaps more than some of the other regulations under attack, the ground-level ozone standard is most closely associated with public health — something the president said he wouldn’t compromise in his regulatory review. Ozone is the main ingredient in smog.
The President can lose the election by not standing for anything.
He makes the choice one of picking him only because he’s not a psychopath like whoever winds up being the GOP nominee.
Every week he gets another dose of what the GOP plans to do to him all the way to election day. Surrendering on smog regulation, even if it had no chance of passing the House, was pointless.
The rage vote can beat him.
Toying with adding a new tab — The Psychopath Vote. Done!
There are “unacceptably high levels of mental illness in the United States,” said Ileana Arias, principal deputy director of the CDC. “Essentially, about 25 percent of adult Americans reported having a mental illness in the previous year. In addition to the high level, we were surprised by the cost associated with that — we estimated about $300 billion in 2002.”
“About half of Americans will experience some form of mental health problem at some point in their life, a new government report warns, and more must be done to help them,” it reads.
Eric Cantor immediately suggested the deficit could be helped by cutting health services and the Centers for Disease Control budgets by 25 percent or more.
Let’s see.
Ten years of war shouldered by a small percentage of the nation’s young men and women. A national atmosphere predicated on the propagation of fear. Mass unemployment. Poverty. Economic instability that causes people to worry about losing their job permanently, all the time. Universally hostile corporate workplaces. Gross inequality and wage stagnation. Inability to get adequate healthcare when one most needs it, unless wealthy.
Whatever pressures could be causing widespread mental illnesses in the USA?
“It isn’t clear why so many Americans suffer from mental illness, Arias added,” the piece continues. “This is an issue that needs to be addressed …”
The special appeal phenom of male classic cock rock performed by distaff tribute bands — illustrated.
My impression is that it’s always been about leering and moentizing small to medium crowds of leerers. An impression this semi-pro video capture backs up in spades.
The first half of which is focused exclusively on the butts of the ladies onstage. And the rutching around in of tight denim.
Hurricane Irene hit the East Coast and left more than 6 million homes and businesses without power. Transportation services were disrupted as a result of the hurricane. More than a million people got an idea of what it would be like if the United States were attacked by an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapon …
To address this threat, it is essential to expand the ballistic missile protection of the U.S. homeland.
