Poltical Hieroglyphics...Food Fights & No New Sex Scandal Egyptian Melodrama & D.C. Congressman Caught with Shirt Off International Political Stupid-Bowls & A Suspected Alaskan-Style "Todd"ry Affair... Political Cyborgs & Aliens...Still No Sex Scandal - Yet Sex-Lies-Taxes & Prostitutes...Politicks As Usual Political Burlesque & Still No Real Sex Scandal - Yet! Two Turkeys Avoid TSA PatDowns As America's Sex Shellacking Continues Ad Nauseum
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Micheline Birger
The Egyptian Military is now in charge of Egypt - for the moment. They have fired the parliament. As an armchair observer, the only thing I can say is - "U.S. - Start collecting your money. Who knows what will transgress with all of this leaderless leadership." Sounds pretty flaky to me. But enough about Egypt...we need to focus on the U.S. of A. Publicizing all of this change in another part of the world is the perfect spin for not addressing our own issues. Once again, I say, U.S. - Heal Thyself. Put your oxygen mask on first and foremost.
But how can you blame Les Miserables a la Washington D.C.? According to a Forbes article, Washington D.C. is the 16th most miserable city in the U.S. (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/02/13/MNU21HMFKN.DTL&type=politics) That does not surprise me one iota. All of that phony grandeur and constant gravity...all those folks trying desperately to control...control...control....yet they can't even control unemployment; foreclosures; public corruption...violent crime...etc - in their own backyard.
And to top that off, a Republican Congressman, Chris Lee, got caught with his shirt off...pandering his biceps on Craigslist...(http://gawker.com/#!5756377/craigslist-congressman-resigns)...John Boehner, the Speaker of the House wasn't too thrilled...the Congressman has since resigned abruptly...Bye! Bye! Mr. American Pie...for his public indiscretion...and all he wanted was a sliver of Me Time in the Les Miserables City - Capital of the Universe.
Speaking of Republicans...they had their little powwow...meeting...comedy showcase this past week in Les Miserables City...Conservative Political Action Congress or CPAC...the politicians and attendees were playing standup...taking potshots at the current Commander-In-Defeat...Prez Dude...a wonderful free-for-all...starring Donald Trump; Tim Pawlenty; Ann Coulter; Mitt Romney; Newt Gingrich (http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2011/02/12/bts.cpac.anti.obama.cnn).
There was even a faux Sarah Palin mirage...(http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/11/palin-look-a-like-sets-cpac-abuzz/)...Patti Lyons considers herself - "The world's premier Sarah Palin impressionist." And her presence worked...she knows how to work a room...she was stalked by reporters; TV cameras; and some attendees who thought that she was the genuine-one-and-only-non-trademarked-Sarah.
Speaking of The Sarah, the real-deal one that is...well she turned 47 on February 11. Happy Birthday Sarah - Aquarius Lady...Queen of her own universe.
Moving right along...a lot of folks aren't too pleased about how the current Big-Spender-In-Chief has been mishandling the little Egyptian Crisis...why I heard loud whispers echoed throughout the land like...amateurish...incoherent...even Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) ripped the regime and spoke about an Islamic Takeover...
But --- No matter which way you cut-dice-splice any of this political brouhaha and rhetoric... this ongoing never-ending story of injustices...the greatest live melodrama on the planet...the bottom line question remains - Who can beat the current Commander-In-Chief? At the CPAC meeting this past week, they conducted an unofficial/official Straw Poll. It's their version of a political Chorus Line cattle call for potential presidential contenders. And the winner is - Ron Paul; followed by Mitt Romney; and then Gary Johnson and Chris Christie...and so on down the line. That's it folks...the top four maybes. You say what???
Personally I like what my friend Frankie's analogy is...a retired military officer..."Even if they put a monkey up there they would probably do better than either political party - Republican or Democrat"...and so the dogs bark and the caravan moves on...the Egyptian Melodrama is settled...for but a fleeting moment in time...and the shirtless Les Miserables Washington D.C. Craigslist Hot-Shot Congressman resigns for an almost sex scandal...he was married by the way.
And I say, but seriously folks...is this not the best unscripted reality show on the planet? Politicks that is...and we are not even talking about those folks in an Iowa focus group who agree that our current Commander-In-Chief is a Muslim (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=82747). Hmmph! Interesting observation. I say what Bobby Ferrin sang...Don't Worry Be Happy. Have fun kids. Read Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. And three cheers to Lady GaGa who arrived at the Grammy's in a giant egg...talk about a dog and pony show...Happy Valentine's Day...can't you feel the worldwide love?
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Micheline
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Labels: Egypt Revolution, political satire blog, Presidential Elections 2012
Micheline Birger
Labels: Egypt Revolution, Health Care Reform; Presidential Elections 2012, political satire blog, Sarah Palin, sex
Micheline Birger
It seems that 2 days after the shooting folks were out there scooping up all the GLOCK 19's that they could muster up before there is a new emergency law saying saying that's it's illegal for private citizens to buy them. I certainly hope these folks did their background checks on all who did buy the guns...but quite frankly, that's just a delusional smoke 'n' mirrors trick...yes it does weed out some but not all potential offenders. Believe me, if someone is hell bent on getting a gun, they will get a gun. No excuses. The poor troubled shooter was smart enough not to have a psychiatric history that didn't come up on the radar...the media think tank coupled with the politicians were having a heyday on playing the Blame Game.
Jon Stewart thought that The-Big-Mourner-In-Chief's approach to consolation was more of a pep-rally as opposed to genuine grief. As ex-staffer Rahm Emmaunuel stated - "Never let a crisis go to waste." Unless it happens to you. That is actually when you may feel something. The whole speech - as I observed was Cookie-Cutter-Grief with a dash of Artificial-Mourning. Grief & Mourning For Sale.
Perhaps the Political Cyborgs (part-human; part-robotic) and Aliens may want to tone down their Think Tank with all of their inflammatory talk...but that's just not going to happen. I heard one Talking Head say on one of those Talking Head Shows..."Nobody would watch and we wouldn't have a job." And I counter with..."What planet did you say you were from...Cyborg? Or are you an Alien?"
Anyway, on another Talking Head Show, they were talking with some Congress people who actually knew something about mental health. I couldn't get past the fact that the standing excuse is/was - "That's there's no more $$$ in the kitty to increase services." Exxxxcuuuuseeee Me! How much of a wake-up call does Washington D.C. need? The shooter is just as much as a victim as the victims in his spree. He is/was a loose cannon...a by-product of this insidiously insane society...Houston, we have a problem. CaChing $$$. I just heard a cash register go off...there she blows...another couple of billion to all of those aggravating little wars in the Middle East...hey folks here in the U.S. ... you're on your own. We need Homeland Security in the Homeland too.
Anyway, according to a Quinnipiac Poll, taken between 1/4-1/11 2011...it said...that Prez Dude's approval rating is on the rise. Margin of error..2.4 + or -. It was with a sampling of 1647 voters...by phone. I ask...who are these voters? What is their party affiliation? According to the last Census in 2010 there is over 308 million folks in the U.S. Is that really a fair sampling? As Benjamin Disraeli once said - "There are three kinds of lies; lies, damned lies & statistics." Or "figures lie...but liars figure." (Charles Grosvenor)
Others highlights and hoopla of the past week is that Reagan's son said that his Dad was showing signs of Alzheimer's whilst in White House...we all knew that...that was hot press for awhile a while back...he's going on a book tour now with his story. Michael Steele was ousted as GOP Chairman...Bye Michael...replaced by Wisconsin's Reince Priebus...another lawyer...zzzzz. A Yale law professor put out a book about how Chinese mothers are superior - Mother-Superior-Dragon-Breathe-Tiger-Mom. She's already getting a lot of flack...
And there is a new Miss America...from Nebraska - The Cornhusker State...I didn't even know that they still had those silly-plastic-contest-ceremonies...anyway she is a 17 year old drop-dead gorgeous gal who apparently had all the right answers for America according to the judges..that is. She says - "I want to make sure I stand for what is right...stand up for integrity and honesty." She wants to go to law school and then go into politicks. Her name is Teresa Scanlan. I say find another profession Teresa. Find another profession that is worthwhile where you will be loved...like Mother Teresa...there are so many ways to make a difference. Don't be just another Political Cyborg.
Well the usual backbiting continues in the Political Cyborg & Alien capital of the universe...Washington D.C. this week...you know...back to the familiar...politicks as usual. The Aliens and Cyborgs will insist on pushing their agendas through...the dogs bark and the caravan moves on...and still no sex scandal...yet. Bill, we miss you...when are you coming back?
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Labels: Bill Clinton, Germany, Julian Assange, political satire blog
Micheline Birger
So the Republicans are in the House huffing and puffing...'dem Dems are refudiating all of the hot air...so what else is new darling??? We are in the deep doldrums of the 2010 wake-up call of politicks - Lame Brain vs. Lame Duck a la political boredom extraordinaire...and speaking of Burlesque...according to Webster's Dictionary - it is defined as - "Any broadly comic or satirical imitation of something...derisive caricature; parody." So that is what we are experiencing currently - The Grande Burlesque of Politicks.
Prez Big-Spender-In-Chief-Dude made a surprise visit to Afghanistan this past week to cheer up the troops...I surmise...he did thank them for all that they are doing...his biography DVD made by the Biography Channel retailed originally for $12.95...marked down to $6.98...now marked down to $4.98...the price keeps dropping...slipping away... at my neighborhood independent bookstore...politicks as usual remains politicks as usual...it just will not change...that is the constant.
So now the "Sacred Cows" in the out of control budget for the U.S. of A. is 1)'Ze military...what to do...what to do with the military budget??? 2)Social InSecurity...what to do with Grandma's and Grandpa's hard-earned money that they paid into all of these years...3)Taxes - what to exempt and what to deduct???... Senator Boehner (R) calls the new Tax Vote - chicken crap.
Great quotes heard on the air and in the air this past week goes to Gene Simmons - the famous Israeli-American Rock Star - aka - The Demon - in the 70's rock band KISS...he now wants "his vote back from Obama...I want the government out of my life." Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, niece of JFK attacked Sarah Palin saying that "she is wrong about JFK; religion; and politicks."
Hillary joked about the Wiki-Leaks at a reception for Kennedy Center Honors. "I am writing a cable about it which I am sure that you will find at your closest website." And NO - the Hill is not resigning her post as Secretary of State...she just had a bad hair week all week last week...and NO - she will not be replacing Joe for the VP bid...the rumor control is really out of control...no wonder Hill says - "I don't believe half of what I read."
And I don't either. It's all surreal. It's all printed on paper.... the Internet...the TV...the radio...in a magazine or some type of media - it's not real...the whole charade of politicks is just not real to the average American...it's all smoke 'n' mirrors...it's an illusion...all these folks in power...they are just an image in a video or a still photo at a photo-op...or a voice on the radio.
Sarah Palin hit back at Barbara Bush in an interview for Barbara saying on air that Sarah "ought to go back to Alaska"...Sarah said - "I don't believe that the majority of Americans want to put up with the bluebloods...with all due respect, I love the Bush's...the bluebloods who want to pick the winners instead of allowing competition." Very well said Sarah...no wonder you are Taking America by Heart...Sarah is quite the warrior...she told BaBa WaWa that she could beat Prez Dude in the next election...go Sarah!!!
What I think is interesting is Sarah has the world as her stage...her oyster...her captive audience...from an unknown Governor of cold - cold - cold resource rich Alaska...to one of the most talked about...written about...satirized women of the 21st Century in America...that's a lot of power, by golly, a lot of power. Everywhere she goes she has a flock of media bloodhounds tagging at her heels...ready to pounce on her without a moment's notice...and/but she just doesn't care. She's funny - she is witty - and she's smart as a whip. Daresay, I say, she dares to say what she says - even if everyone refudiates her.
What is the most interesting...of all the Republican hopefuls for the 2012 Prez Bid...of all those chosen...and them being...Mike Huckabee; Mitt Romney; Tim Pawlenty; Jeb Bush; Mitch Daniels; Bobby Jindal; Newt Gingrich; Haley Barbour; John Thune; Marco Rubio...she is the most talked about and the most popular...she is a household name...Sarah...Little Princess.
Speaking of Alaska...the final answer for the dragged out Senate dilemma...Tea Party Candidate Joe Miller who won the primary but lost the general election to incumbent Lisa Murkowski...a write-in candidate...well...it is still undecided on who will be State Senator. There is a hearing this Wednesday somewhere in Alaska...zzzzzzzz.......we'll see which way the wind will blow....maybe they ought to draw straws at this point...
So the Burlesque Political Show plays 24/7 at any media outlet near you...and everybody but everybody knows that the question really is...who can beat Obama from the long list of potential GOP Candidates...and/or will Hillary throw her hat in the ring for Prez??? She just hasn't cabled out that memo - yet - to be leaked at a website near you...and still no sex scandal yet...good golly Ms. Molly...what is this country coming to??? No sex scandal in politicks? Bill, where are you?
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Well, Apple and Cider, bypassed airport PatDowns...and they didn't get nuked flying into D.C. from Modesto, California...courtesy of the US Taxpayer...nor did they get a "shellacking" for Thanksgiving Day...instead they received a full Presidential Pardon so they can live in the political capital of the world...by the way...Apple and Cider are turkeys...gobble...gobble...gobble...
Prez Dude took another shellacking playing basketball on Friday...had to get 12 stitches in his lip...I guess he will be lisping at his next TelePrompter speech...I hear he will be taking ventriloquist lessons...and getting a cute dummy to do his talks...
Joe Miller, (R), who won the Senate primary in Alaska for the Tea Party is still contesting his shellacking by incumbent Lisa Murkowski (R)...still no word what the final answer is...I guess it's not over until the fat lady sings...it's kind of leaning towards Lisa...
Rahm Emmanual, former White House Chief of Staff, is getting his own shellacking in Hometown Chicago...apparently he rented out his Chicago house to a real estate industrialist/entrepreneur who has a lease on the house until 2011...Rahm asked him to break it so he could move back in and he refused...he doesn't feel like moving out...yet...and the quirk is that since Rahm wasn't/isn't an official resident of Chicago because he rented out his house while in D.C. he is no longer considered a resident of Chicago and legally cannot run for 'Da Mayor...and to top it off, his tenant who has absolutely no experience in politicks is running for 'Da Mayor...I see lots of legal battles in their future...
So the new Political Theatre that is emerging is a party called the No Labels Party...not too far left and not to far right...they're Centrist Dems and Republicans...and their common thread is bi-partisanship...apparently Mayor Mike Bloomberg of 'ze Big Apple is kind of...sort of...the unofficial head of it...as an Independent...sounds like the Can't We Just All Get Along Party to me...
Apparently the anticipated opting-out of the TSA pat-downs was more of a let-down this weekend...a gal did wear a bikini going through the line in the LA Airport...I guess folks just didn't want to rabble-rouse...just go from point A to B...just let the U.S. Government irradiate and feel you up on your way to Grandma's...what is the alternative to not flying anymore??? That's what some pundits are calling incrementalization...another new word...
We are becoming a nation of sheep...we are all so ardent and passionate about all of our causes...perhaps our next cause ought to be saving our own souls from Pat-Downs and Irradiation...what else is next...total cavity searches to board a commercial plane? We all need to stand-up and not sit-down flipping the remote and screaming at the TV...Why doesn't someone do something about this total insanity....Stop the Insanity!!! You know, it is not OK, it really isn't...
What happened to the Spirit of America? Rugged Individualism? You know the grit that makes the outrageous U.S. of A. such a smashing success? A world super power... Are we becoming wimps? Fearful to stand up for our rights...or are we just giving our power to a government that flies out turkeys from Modesto, California courtesy of our hard earned tax dollar...just to think...two turkeys from Modesto were the only ones who didn't get shellacked this past Turkey Daze...
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