The team at JibJab (site my be down right now) have released a new video and it has been almost four years since their last election satire. It’s ushers Bush out and introduces Obama and McCain to some jibjab hazing and of course it has a appearance by the Clintons. The pokes at McCain are right on but I don’t really understand the shots at Obama. Make sure you go to the JibJab site when it is up to check out the other laugh out loud videos by them.
The contrast between Barack Obama and John McCain is fertile ground for the political cartoonist these days. I really have been in need of a laugh of late so like to share a couple of recent comics that have given me a few chuckles.
I love the Doctor Who and David Tennant reference in This Modern World strip by Tom Tomorrow. In the near future, we will witness even more unseen new changes and the only question is - are the people ready?
John McCain, the Republican Presidential nominee has been rushed to a near by hospital with chest pains and apparently in cardiac arrest which was reported by CNN today. There will be a update on his condition later today which is the only information aids to McCain have released so far.
OK OK… I totally made up the headline and the first paragraph and this is just going to be one of my rants. John McCain is in excellent health (benefit of the doubt here) as of right now but that is subject to change. In fact, I will use this post as a place holder in the unlikely event McCain is elected President. Really at 71 years old (72 in August) what else could we expect during his term? Being that Dick Cheney is still VP we can say George Bush’s biggest accomplishment as President so far is not dying. McCain’s choice as running mate will need to be a sound one considering his age. Condoleezza Rice? Now you can see my point here.
The Republican party faithful like their candidates old and pasty white but what about the rest of us? I think the oldest generation has held power long enough and has messed things up real good for us all so maybe it’s time to pass the touch. We need a candidate who will get the America people excited again and McCain who would be better suited for a Viagra commercial is not it.
Some people would counter and say McCain has experience… I don’t know about you but someone who is pro-war, embraces the failed currant President, has flip-flopped his positions, and gets confused between Sunni and Shia (video) is not the the kind of experience we should be looking for. Google the words McCain and confused when you have some time on your hand. Really, do we need another sitting President with Alzheimer’s?
Let’s not forget McCain has not really released his medical records to the public either. We can look beyond McCain’s physical health or if he can get a erection for a second but what about possible mental issues? This is a man who has been held captive and tortured in war so who knows what made up demons lurk in his mind. It is well known that McCain easily loses his temper with friends and even called his own wife a c*nt in front of other people. He just does not appear stable enough to be able to handle the pressures of being President.
I wish McCain had beaten out Bush in 2000 but now his time has already pasted. Sorry, we do need to question if McCain is really up to snuff to be our next President. I very well could be to hard on the old man but what do you think?
I must be in a mood because feel like being offensive today. I seen this image on the Human Rights of America blog the other day and feel like sharing…
On the blog a image with the words “Keep Your Religion Out Of My Bedroom” was just above it but I am speaking about this in broader terms here.
Now first off I am not really saying Jesus is a Nazi but that the radical Christian Conservative movement in this country very much is “fascist like” when they try to inject their religious beliefs into our political system. What ever happened to the concept of separation of church and state? I get real worried when I read comments on other blogs were someone states we should make laws based on or follow “a Bible value system”. I guess we would have to pick and choose what values since many in the Bible are part of nobodies value system. I also always found it odd that Jesus lived in a time and place where slavery was a part of life but he never specify condemned it. OK, enough of the Bible nonsense…
Last year I read the excellent book “Kingdom Coming” by Buffalo native Michelle Goldberg which really opened my eyes on the Christian Nationalism movement. She actually traveled across the country meeting the people of this movement and going to their churches. I highly recommend her book. Sure people have the right to believe what they wish but a real concern is when they indoctrinate their children with this garbage. Watch the documentary Jesus Camp and it will make you sick. When your church starts using the words “we are fighting a war” and you are “a army of soldiers” be afraid.
Of course religion has infected the current Presidential race. John McCain, in breaking news finally has rejected the endorsement of Pastor John Hagee (video of this wacko on a previous post of mine) and also now his “spiritual adviser” Pastor Rod Parsley who recently called Islam a “conspiracy of spiritual evil”. The media is acting like these kind of comments from Mr. Parsley are something new. Sigh…
Earlier in the campaign a comment from Mitt Romney really disturbed me in which he said -”Freedom requires religion, just as religion requires freedom…”. While religion does require freedom the opposite certainly is not true. I am no less free because I bow to no man made religion but thanks.
What I am really trying to say here is can religious people keep their faith in their bedroom, please?
I hope the author of the Human Rights of America blog comments here and lets me know where he found the above image or if he designed it himself.
While I encourage discussion from all sides, any Christians who decide they want to comment with less then “Christian words” on this post keep in mind this blog is not a free for all. Please refer to my About page and read the rules of conduct for this blog.
It seems “Big media” , Hillary supports, and the right wingers will not let the Reverend Wright controversy (no not “scandal”) die even after Barack Obama’s speech in which he denounced some of Wright’s inflammatory comments (again) and addressed race relations in our country.
I think the main problem besides the inherent racism that is fueling the controversy, most people have not heard the whole sermons of Rev. Wright but only the short clips which are out of context that has been provided by the media
Here is a couple of good videos on illseed found in this post that allows you to hear the whole sermon and puts the Reverend’s comments in perspective…
Make sure you go to the JibJab site when it is up to check out the other laugh out loud videos by them.
