Mockazine

Big Bird; Angry Bird

In the first presidential debate of 2012, candidate Mitt Romney talked about cutting unneccessary spending.  As an example, he cited publically funded television and radio.  Since the basic networks, ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox are all available over airwaves, and since the government subsidized (and in some cases, provided) digital signal converters back in 2009, one could argue that publically funded television and radio are not only unneccessary, but they are also wasteful.  This looks like a good area to cut spending.

President Obama, however, twisted Mr. Romney's words to imply he is attacking Big Bird. His attack strategy was so pathetic that Sesame Workshop told the president he should stop airing it.  I think the response went something like this:

Unlike their cousins, the Muppets, Sesame St. says it is apolitical.  Corporately, Sesame Workshop is staying above the fray, but one can only wonder what the other Sesame Street characters think.  I am pretty sure that Elmo is a Republican supporting Romney, because he is red.  Likewise, Cookie Monster (blue) is most likely a Democrat supporting Obama:

Unless I miss my guess,  Oscar the Grouch has something to complain about too:

If public broadcast funding does get cut, don't feel too bad for Sesame St.  A franchise this popular is sure to get picked up by another network.

Le Ms.

Ever since I saw Clint Eastwood's speech at the RNC, I have been thinking about the song, "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables."  That thought finally gave birth to the idea of Le Ms. -- A recasting of Les Miserables in the context of today's political climate.  I don't see myself writing the story, but I did come up with the song list for the soundtrack:

Act I

Prologue: A Work - The American People
At the End of the Day - The US Congress
I Dreamed a Dream - Hillary Clinton
Lovely Ladies - Bill Clinton
Arrest - The OWS Protesters
The Runaway Cart - Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Who am I? - Barack Obama
Come to Me - Sandra Fluke
The Confrontation - John Boehner, Barack Obama
Castle on a Cloud - Sandra Fluke
Master of the House - Bill Clinton
The Bargain (Waltz of Treachery) - Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi
Look Down - Anthony Weiner
Red and Blue - The American People
Do You Hear the People Sing? - The TEA Party
A Heart Full Of Love - Barney Frank and Chris Dodd
One Day More - Barack Obama

Act II

On My Own - Sandra Fluke
Little People - Joe Biden
First Attack - Rush Limbaugh
A Little Fall of Rain - Al Gore
Drink With Me - the Ghost of Ted Kennedy
Bring Him Home - The Republican Party and Independents
Dog Eats Dog - Barack Obama
Turning - The TEA Party
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Clint Eastwood
The Election Choral - Mitt Romney and the Republican Party
Beggars at the Feast - Bill and Hillary Clinton
Finale - The American People

GOP-The Breakup

Today I saw a new political ad from the GOP called, "The Breakup."  It's clever, and harsh, like you would expect a breakup to be.  But it also clearly and succinctly states how I feel about the president and our relationship so far.  Check it out:

  

DNC Bedbugs

Looks like delegates to the Democratic National Convention will leave with more than they anticipated.  Apparently Charlotte, North Carolina is having a lodging crisis that is putting delegates and reporters in 1 star accommodations.   Among the problems:  drug dealers, prostitutes, and bedbugs.  If it were just the first two, you probably wouldn't hear any Democrats complaining; afterall, they are all about sex and drugs on demand.  But the bedbugs have them screaming and itching.

Mockazine would like to welcome the newest class of parasites to the Democrat(ick) party by joining in on the #BedbugsforObama meme.  I propose they drop that old donkey mascot and replace it with a forward looking bedbug mascot.  I guarantee no other party lays claim.

 

This Seat's Taken

In response to Clint Eastwoods comedic improv at the RNC (where he talks to an invisible President Obama in an empty chair) the president's campaing team has answered with a picture of the President in his chair in a White House conference room.  The caption of the image is "This seat's taken."

Mockazine thought it would be funny to see where this seats take'n the president in January, 2013.  The obvious answer would be back to Chicago.

 Or, maybe he likes what he sees on Mars:

 He might try to find a way to stay in the White House:

Where would you like to see the President take his seat?

Obama Birth Certificate Mug

File this one under "Gifts I don't want to recieve."

If President Obama can have a good sense of humor about his birth certificate controversy, why can't his followers?  Apparently Mitt Romney made a joke about nobody asking for his birth certificate and left-wing bloggers went nuts.  Ironically, the president's campaign staff thinks the birth certificate controversy is funny--so funny, in fact, that they sell Obama birth certificate mugs on the Obama campaign store website.

Whoa!  $22.50!!! Can you believe that price?  Almost 10% of American's are out of work and he is selling coffee mugs at about 4 times their market value.

But here is the important part--the description of the mug actually encourages people to talk about Obama's birth certificate:

"There's really no way to make the conspiracy about President Obama's birth certificate completely go away, so we might as well laugh at it -- and make sure as many people as possible are in on the joke. Get your Obama birth certificate Made in the USA mug today."

So why are left wing bloggers in such an uproar?  The way I see it, they should send Romney a complementary mug.

Chick-Fil-A

I keep seeing news articles about Chick-Fil-A's opinion of marriage.  Mr. Cathy, the CEO of Chick-Fil-A made a statement recently saying he supports the traditional view of marriage and he treats all of his customers with dignity and respect.  As a result, Hollywood and media elitists are on the attack.  Frankly, I don't see anything wrong with Mr. Cathy's position.  Chick-Fil-A is in the business of chicken sandwiches and they make darn good ones.  They also just unveiled a new dessert menu--and I am supposed to give that up because 3% of the population wants to change the definition of an institution that precedes recorded history?  I don't think so.