After seeing the photo of President Barack Obama trying to enter the White House through a window instead of a door, I was reminded of something from the world of advertising that has troubled me for some time: Television commercials for home security systems. The typical home security system commercial shows a bad guy busting [...]
Entries from January 2009
Will Election of Barack Obama Open Window of Truth in Home Security System TV Commercials? (Updated)
January 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: · adt, adt home security, Al Sharpton, ann lindstrom, Barack Obama, brink's, brink's home security, Crime, crime statistics, dave simon, doug ross, home invasion, home security, Home Security Systems, home security systems companies, Jesse Jackson, Obama, obama tries to open window, Political Correctness, president barack obama, president obama, professionally-installed alarm system, Racism, Reality Television, television commercials for home security systems, White House, white house window, Will Smith, YouTube
Limbaugh Says Obama Using ‘Rules for Radicals’
January 29th, 2009 · 5 Comments
“You can’t just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done,” said President Barack Obama, directing his comments at Republican leaders in Congress earlier this week. During a 15-minute segment on Fox News Channel’s Fox & Friends program this morning, Limbaugh responded by saying the 44th president was attempting to employ Rule #13 of the [...]
Tags: · Barack Obama, Bob McCarty, fox and friends, Rush Limbaugh, Socialism
Surprise! President Barack Obama Told Al Arabiya TV ‘I Have Lived in Muslim Countries’ (Plural)
January 28th, 2009 · 19 Comments
I want to know the names of any and all Muslim countries in which President Barack Obama has lived. After all, as he told an Al Arabiya interviewer Monday night, he has lived in more than one. In a post yesterday, I brought to light the fact that he had responded to a question from [...]
Tags: · 44th president, al arabiya, al arabiya tv, Barack Obama, charleston daily mail, Chicago Tribune, Foreign Policy, hisham melhem, i have lived in muslim countries, indonesia, Los Angeles Times, muslim countries, Obama, president barack obama, president obama, Reuters, Times Online, Washington Post, world tribune
‘ESCAPE FROM GITMO’ Film Set for 2010 Release
January 28th, 2009 · No Comments
It appears the folks over at The Astute Bloggers got their hands on some advance promotional materials from an action thriller being produced by President Barack Obama via Obama Productions. Under the working title, “CON AIR 2: ESCAPE FROM GITMO,” this film’s plot is based on the following premise: WHILE BEING TRANSPORTED FROM GITMO TO [...]
Tags: · action thriller, alcatraz, astute bloggers, Barack Obama, con air 2, con air 2: escape from gitmo, daring escape, escape from gitmo, executive order, Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility, jihadoterrorists, Obama, obama productions, president barack obama, president obama, Radical Islam, radical islamic terror suspects, Terror Suspects, the astute bloggers
Challenger Disaster Remembered After 23 Years
January 28th, 2009 · No Comments
Today marks the 23rd anniversary of the day on which seven brave Americans lost their lives after the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launching from Cape Canaveral, Fla. I chronicled my memories of that event last year.
Tags: · 23rd anniversary, 23rd anniversary of challenger disaster, challenger, challenger anniversary, space shuttle, space shuttle challenger
European Union ‘Rocketing to Hell’
January 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment
After reading a ChicagoBoyz post published yesterday about European Union efforts to establish a “European Criminal Records Information System,” I came to appreciate the headline under which that post appeared: Rocketing to Hell. While there’s nothing wrong with the EU setting up a system via which member countries can share information concerning criminal convictions, a [...]
Tags: · categories of offenses, chicago boys, chicago boyz, chicagoboyz, Crime, criminal convictions, criminal offenses, disparaging of a politician, eu, european criminal records information system, European Union, Fairness Doctrine, insult the state, insulting the state, rocketing to hell
‘The February Song’ Debuts on YouTube
January 28th, 2009 · No Comments
Joel Berry at Sweet Tea Films just released a timely new music video, The February Song, which uses humor to shine the spotlight on the second month of the year. February is, in calendar terms, “the runt of the litter” and the month that’s “shorter than the other ones.” It’s also a month chock full [...]
Tags: · black history month, conchords, february, february song, flight of the conchords, Groundhog Day, joel berry, leap day, mardi gras, President's Day, Sweet Tea Films, the february song, Valentine's Day
