The Cain Train is derailing again as yet another woman steps forward to proclaim having had a 13 year affair with married-man Herman Cain.  This news can’t go over too well with the base.  However, most are keeping a stiff upper lip. 

Most people can get by with an indiscretion or two if and only if they haven’t bashed others over their marriage behavior.  Cain has been a basher so he will have a harder time overcoming the long string of women who have voiced some form of impropriety. 

Poor Rick Perry misspoke and said the voting age was 21.  Give the guy a break.  He misspoke.  Picking at Perry over misstating the voting age is petty.  His gaffe was small potatoes and very forgiveable.  Perhaps the voting age should be 21. 

Meanwhile, Newt equivocates and says he wasn’t a lobbyist because he didn’t need the money.  He charged $60,000 a speech. Does this offend anyone?  Mr. Sell a Speech.  Make no mistake.  Newt is an insider.  Newt makes more per half hour than a truck driver in South Carolina makes in a year.  Twice as much as a matter of fact.  He makes  $20,000more  in that half hour than a registered nurse or elementary teacher makes in a year.   There is just something wrong with his arrogance.

When did Fox News turn in to the 700 Club?  Apparently this past Thanksgiving.  The foxies all got bunched up over counting how often President Obama said ‘God’ in his Thanksgiving Day address.  Give me a break!  Thanksgiving is a secular holiday. 

 Jon Stewart has a great deal to say about the Foxies making much ado over stuffing on   Thanksgiving:

Isn’t religion a private matter?  Fox News really made a big deal out of this issue.  They have outdone themselves.  This falls into the land of who cares with me.  I don’t need presidents to tell me to talk about God. If I want to, I do.  If I don’t, I don’t.

Let’s face it, The job of Fox News is to stir up stuff about President Obama. 

The introduction to Lyin’ Ass Bitch was played as Michele Bachmann walked in to the Jimmy Fallon Show to promote her new book. I don’t think she recognized the music. I didn’t. However, someone must have given her a heads up because she was furious.

I don’t blame her.  The band was disrespectful.  Even if it passed her by, it was still disrespectful and undeserved.  This might be a case where someone needs to be furloughed for a week. 

Bachmann was even more furious that a day went by before she got an apology from NBC and Jimmy Fallon, who said he was unaware that was going to happen.   Again, I don’t blame her.  I am waiting to hear about the consequences for those who made an  extremely  poor choice.  Strange that those who actually misbehaved have not issued an apology. 

And lastly, what a stupid song. 

The Wizard of Oz is 72 years old.

Today, if Dorothy were to encounter men with no brains, no hearts, and no balls,

 

 

she wouldn’t be in Oz.

She’d be in Congress!

The women aren’t much better.  Has Congress ever had such a low approval rating?  Thanks to Bear for our Sunday Birthday wish to the Wizard of Oz.

More importantly, the wizard was just a little man behind a curtain, not the all-powerful.  Who really is behind the curtain and who is really running things?  I think we all should be scared.  Whoever is running things is rich and powerful and the rest of us are just peons. 

My eyes are on the jesters.  They gain confidence and always know where the skeletons are buried.  Meanwhile, watch out for the flying monkeys and the witches.  The witches aren’t what they seem to be.  We aren’t in Kansas any more. 

Walter Isaacson’s ‘Steve Jobs’ Interview, Part 1

 Walter Isaacson’s ‘Steve Jobs’ Interview, Part 2

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Jon Stewart tells us that the soul of America has been awakened by Eric Cantor’s battle cry. Americans are being pitted against Americans. Who are we up against? University professors who can flunk you for beng too openly conservative at Fictional U! Go fighting figments of your paranoid imagination!

There is a long list of enemies.  Can you list them?  You might have to listen more than once.  I did.

There is a little math involved and even a Venn diagram.

Get some skin in the game!

Yesterday Hank Williams Jr. appeared on The View, sporting a Mickey Mantle baseball shirt. He made an even bigger fool of himself and showed little class. He did explain that he didn’t think of Obama as Hitler, he was making an analogy. He has another analogy about ‘kicking cow turds.”

He now is blaming ESPN and Fox News for his troubles and feels he was set up. He is calling for a boycot  of ESPN and Fox News in his new song that came out at 3 pm 10/10/11,” Keep The Change.”

You know, I never ever thought I would be in the position of defending Fox News.  I guess this is just one of those times.  Williams might as well be saying the Devil Made Me Do It.

I am also getting over the gross out of Williams wearing the shirt of St. Mickey Mantle.  Some things are sacred!  The Mick wouldn’t like this.

From www.politicususa.com:

Beck played a clip of Stewart asking how the Occupy Wall Street protesters aren’t like the tea party, and said, “How long do you have Jon? You’ve only got a half hour show. I’ve got a two hour show, and I can’t fit it in two hour, Jon. Open your eyes, you moron. Stu said, Yeah, but if you just say it, and the crowd laughs, it’s true that makes it true. They’re the same. They’re exactly the same. How are they different? They’re talking about killing and cannibalizing the rich. Just like the tea party.” Beck chimed in, “They’re talking about revolution in the streets and destroying the entire system, just like the tea party.” Stu said, “Remember when the tea party talked about Google Jews and how evil they are?” Beck came back with more insults for Stewart, “It must be true, you dope. You know Jon Stewart; I have absolutely no respect for you. You are not a thinking man at all.”

There are a couple people not to mess with on here. One is Bill Clinton and the other is Jon Stewart. I might have to add Steve Jobs to the list but so far, he is not on there. This was Glenn Beck and crew’s response to the video segment on the Daily Show entitled Parks and Demonstration.

Glenn Beck basically has no class. He is coarse and common and it is wonderful that he is no longer on Fox News. Actually the gang of 5 who replaced him are doing a pretty decent job. Of course, they profit by comparison. The first thing Beck needs to do is grow up. Maybe his wife can help him work on acquiring some class. His bishop needs to get hold of him. No Mormon I have ever known has acted like this.

Jon Stewart is probably smirking right now.  Go Jon.

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Gretchen disavows his remarks about the president.

Hank Williams Junior mouth flashed on Fox and Friends. He compared President Obama to Hitler. In addition, he said that Obama and Biden were the enemy. His bosses at ESPN didn’t like it and they fired him from singing “Are You Ready for Some Football,” his Monday night theme song.

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Christine O’Donnell acted  the “Troublemaker” during her short interview on the Piers Morgan Show Wednesday night..  The interview was short because O’Donnell refused to answer his questions and ended the interview, stating that he was rude and that she wanted to talk about what she wanted to talk about.

The topic Christine O’Donnell didn’t want to discuss was about gay marriage.  Piers Morgan said that the topic was in her book and was obviously taken aback when she accused him of being rude. 

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Think of the fun you could have with one of these puppies!!!  If you had 2,  even better.

Poor Michele. She tries so hard and is “All Shook Up.”  She needs to fire her fact checking staff. She is living proof that “Fools Rush In.” Elvis’s birthday was January 8, 1935. He died August 16, 1977. Oh Michele, “Don’t Be Cruel! “  You just confused the first hello with ” The Last Farewell.”  This was definitely not the day to wish The King a happy birthday. 

It’s better to make these gaffes after the primary. Then only one set of political enemies make fun of you. Now both Democrats and Republicans will have a field day at Bachmann’s expense.  I expect that Michele will want to “Make the World Go Away” after the ribbing she will get from this one.  She and her Blue Suede Shoes had better stay out of the south. 

So poor Elvis is the Honky Tonk Angel rather than the birthday boy.  Better luck next time, Michele.  And fire your fact checkers.  You will thank me later.

Netflix is quickly becoming a loser.  First it drove Hollywood and Blockbuster out of business.  they failed to respond to the new business/movie paradigm fast enough.  Now they have announced their new plan–all streaming for $7.99 unlimited.  If you want to get dvds, that will cost extra, lots extra.  Here is the plan, announced in email:

We are separating unlimited DVDs by mail and unlimited streaming into two separate plans to better reflect the costs of each. Now our members have a choice: a streaming only plan, a DVD only plan, or both.

Your current $19.99 a month membership for unlimited streaming and unlimited DVDs will be split into 2 distinct plans:

   Plan 1: Unlimited Streaming (no DVDs) for $7.99 a month
   Plan 2: Unlimited DVDs, 3 out at-a-time (no streaming) for $15.99 a month

Your price for getting both of these plans will be $23.98 a month ($7.99 + $15.99). You don’t need to do anything to continue your memberships for both unlimited streaming and unlimited DVDs.

These prices will start for charges on or after September 1, 2011.

You can easily change or cancel your unlimited streaming plan, unlimited DVD plan, or both, by going to the Plan Change page in Your Account.

We realize you have many choices for home entertainment, and we thank you for your business. As always, if you have questions, please feel free to call us at 1-888-357-1516.

–The Netflix Team

That’s really too bad.  It would be one thing if Netflix has all of its dvds on streaming video.  Such is not the case.  I won’t keep the three movie at a time plan.  In fact, there is a lot that isn’t on streaming video.  I guess I will go back to streaming and 1 dvd.  Their loss. What will other netflix subscribers do?  I understand they are catching Hell on Twitter and Facebook.  The worst part is that they talk to you in the email like they are doing you a favor. 

Further reading:  Washington Post

CC vs Fox smack down! Fox News has gotten  several days of very strong programming off Jon Stewart since his interview with Chris Wallace.  Stewart makes sure that their cup runneth over.  I dare you to watch without at least smiling.

Musician Tom Petty has complained to the Michelle Bachmann campaign about his song “American Girl” being used at her presidential run kick off.  He is in the process of getting a cease and desist order.  He had a similar issue with the Bush campaign over the song “I Won’t Back Down.” 

At what point does an artist stop having control over where his or her music is played?  I am not sure Petty has a leg to stand on if the campaign owns the recording.  Could he come along and tell a club they cannot play the same recording as dance music?  What about some kid with a boom box? What if Bachmann tells Tom Petty to stick it? 

If a person is in the business of  selling recordings of their music, then they have to expect it to be played. 

Tom Petty is living up to his name.   This is about as Petty as it gets.