April 2010
March 2010
Michael Steele: the GOP Billy Mays
David Frum, a few days ago:
Republicans originally thought that Fox worked for us, and now we are discovering we work for Fox.
Official RNC email newsletter, today:
I wanted to let you know that I just finished reading Sean Hannity’s new book, Conservative Victory: Defeating Obama’s Radical Agenda. As they so often do, Sean’s words left me energized for November and even more committed to making the gains necessary to bring the Obama agenda to a halt.
In the book, Sean does more than just tell us why we need to defeat the Obama Agenda. He also gives us a blueprint for getting it done. I cannot recommend it enough — and I’m confident that, like me, you will be ready for the upcoming elections with a renewed commitment.
Sincerely,
Michael Steele
Political Animal spells it out:
Isn’t this a little odd? The RNC is using its list to urge Republicans to buy a book from an independent media personality? I’ve seen appeals that tell donors if they pony up a few bucks, they can get a book as a premium, but that’s not what this is. The RNC simply wants Republicans to go buy a Fox News host’s book.
“However, as it appears that Mr. Smith does not want to be associated with a program that could serve as an inspiration to others, we are cutting his interview from the special and wish him the best with his fledgling acting career.”
—Fox News gets bitchy. “Mr. Smith” = LL Cool J. “The special” = Sarah Palin’s Real Men of Genius or whatever her new Fox show is called. ”Not want to be associated” = he tweeted that they used footage from a different interview to promote the show. ”Fledgling acting career” = 21 film roles since 1991, and a recurring character on NCIS: Los Angeles.)
Happy Anniversary, San Fernando Valley! →
laobserved.com
On this date in 1915, you decided to become one with the City of Los Angeles, by a vote of 681 to 25. Yes, the entirety of your population could have fit in the right field half of the Dodger Stadium bleachers. And now, now you’re bigger than Philadelphia. Thank you for valley girls, the horror film industry, and the plot of Chinatown.
“Leaders of the Republican Party, they called the passage of this bill ‘Armageddon.’ The ‘end of freedom as we know it.’ So after I signed the bill, I looked around to see if there were any asteroids falling or some cracks opening up in the Earth. It turned out it was a nice day. Birds were chirping. Folks were strolling down the Mall.”
—Obama
La Raza
Kid Frost
Another dash of early 90s Caló hip hop for your weekend. (Previously.)
Kid Frost, La Raza. 1992.
“Some of the steam went out of the opposition after that. I think that people felt like they had made a statement. Perhaps they felt like they had killed health care reform. They thought the fight was over. And so it created a breathing space for us to regroup.”
—David Axelrod, on how the Republican reaction to Scott Brown’s win helped Obama get health care reform passed.
“We have tried ineffectively to stretch free market rhetoric to health care without appreciating that health care is already too far removed from a free market for the analogy to make sense.”
—GOP political consultant Patrick Ruffini on how the Republicans bungled health care. The whole thing is worth a read. The GOP never had a real policy idea. Not one.
Are you kidding?
This season’s rainfall total in Los Angeles was below average. Remember when it rained for three weeks straight? Do you? Because science doesn’t. This is exactly why people believe in creationism — the facts DON’T MAKE ANY SENSE.
Safety Dance
J Dilla
J Dilla covered The Safety Dance before he died.
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Can anyone recommend a good SMS-to-Tumblr solution?
For my uncle, who uses a cell phone they found next to the Dead Sea Scrolls.
