Archive for April, 2011

BP Update, April 30, 2011 – Gulf of Mexico Disaster: First Annual Awards

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

By Ted Becker

Tackiest Public Relations Award:

The Nominees: Barack Obama; BP; The U.S. Coast Guard; EPA; NOAA.

The Winner: BP

BP’s public relations campaign exceeded all expectations of tackiness. By spending more money on PR than in helping the victims of their felonious negligence, they have outdistanced their competitors by a wide margin. Here are a couple of their ads that exemplify their excellence at being so obvious: one to reassure us that BP is doing a great job on the Gulf restoration and the other to make you feel that your soul is invigorated when you drive into their spic and span petrol stations to pay outrageous prices for their gasoline. (more…)

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Future Headlines, Vol. III

Sunday, April 17th, 2011

Honolulu, Hawaii
Family Letters Reveal Obama Born on Volcano during Eruption: Tea Party and Trump Demand Videotape

Washington, D.C.
U.S. Supreme Court Rules Corporations Have Freedom of Religion.

Mogadishu, Somalia
Somali Pirates Offer to Release 100 Hostages, 2 Tankers and 1 Shredded Bible If Next Miss Universe Contest is Held in Mogadishu

Mars
Charlie Sheen Calls Gaddafi “A Nut Job”: Challenges Him to a Swordfight with Johnny Depp

Tehran, Iran
“Jersey Shore” Rated  #1 TV Show in Iran:  It is Sponsored by the Revolutionary Guards.

Baghdad, Iraq.  December 30, 2011
Remaining 40,000 U.S. Troops in Iraq Resign:  Hired by State Department to Serve in Green Zone as Diplomats.

Cairo, Egypt
Sphinx Beats Military Junta for Egyptian Presidency in Landslide Victory: Remains Silent on Platform.

Los Angeles, California
Judge Rules Lindsey Lohan is “Legally Blond”:  Sentences Her to Three Years on The Harvard Law Review

Thanks to Chattering Teeth at www.blogspot.com for the baby Obama and more thanks to www.hedgefundlive.com for its great cartoon of The Colonel.  Also,  the sad smiley face is from Zazzle.

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Donald Trump on China, OPEC, and Obama’s Birth: The Man Who Might Make America Long For Jerry Seinfeld’s “Bizarro”

Monday, April 11th, 2011

By Ted Becker

This photo can be found on Wikipedia

Donald Trump fits the NooYawkuh stereotype, thoroughly.. He is pushy, brash, impatient, opinionated, argumentative and insensitive at times. But he has positive Big Apple stereotypical attributes as well. He’s blunt. He’s quick. He’s cosmopolitan. He has a sardonic sense of humor.

Disclaimer: I have never been a fan of his.  I distrust his ethos (the ethics of a: “Real Estate Tycoon” is an oxymoron) Worse yet, he’s the rare celebrity who makes Dennis Kucinich’s hair stylist look good.  But this blog is not about him personally.  It’s about his latest identity crisis: The Donald as political leader (as you will see, also an oxymoron). (more…)

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