Saturday Morning Cartoon

Eat your Wheaties -- it's cartoon time!



From the video's info:

Sealab 2020 is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera. The series is about the crew of an underwater research base and has an environmental theme. The series premiered on the television network NBC on September 9, 1972. The show aired its 13th and final episode on December 2, 1972, leaving three episodes unaired.

The complete series has not yet been released on DVD, although the pilot episode "Deep Threat" is included in the Warner Bros. Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1970s Vol. 2 DVD set. The Milton Bradley Company made a board game based on the series. Scenes from Sealab 2020 were later re-edited and dubbed with new voices by 70/30 Productions to create the series Sealab 2021, which aired on the Adult Swim channel.

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Mitt Romney Ad: "Day One, Part Two"

Much of my previous commentary again applies to this ad.

The tone is positive -- which is good. Enough of the 'Obama is not one of us' type of attack (*cough* Trump *cough*).

But...

Day one: President Romney announces deficit reductions, ending the Obama era of big government, helping secure our kids' futures.

Really? Has it really been the OBAMA era of big government?

Look, I'm not saying that the President is a small government conservative. He's not. Quite the contrary. But, you cannot pin 100% of the blame for 'big government' on him. Many of President Obama's predecessors were big spenders -- Democrats and Republicans alike.

Please don't misunderstand, I'm not defending runaway spending and big government mentality. I don't like how much the government has grown in its scope over the past 50 years. But it is unfair to call it the "Obama era of big government". Rather, I would suggest the "Carter-Reagan-Bush-Clinton-Bush-Obama era".

Just sayin'.

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Donald Trump Still On The Birther Train

...and it looks like it is for the long haul:

“Look, it’s very simple,” said Trump, who has spent the past 13 months questioning Obama’s constitutional eligibility to occupy the White House (and only doubled down with his stubborn skepticism after Obama produced a long-form birth certificate, certifying he was born on Aug. 4, 1961, in Hawaii, and then hilariously roasted him at the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner. “A book publisher came out three days ago and said that in his written synopsis of his book,” Trump went on, “he said he was born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia. His mother never spent a day in the hospital.”

Actually, Obama’s literary agency at the time, two decades ago, published a recently discovered catalogue of clients and their projects that included erroneous information about Obama and a prospective book about race that he ended up not writing. An agency assistant back then, Miriam Goderich, said last week that she was mistaken when she wrote that Obama was born in Kenya.

But Trump isn’t buying it.

“That’s what he told the literary agent,” Trump insisted. “That’s the way life works… He didn’t know he was running for president, so he told the truth. The literary agent wrote down what he said… He said he was born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia… Now they’re saying it was a mistake. Just like his Kenyan grandmother said he was born in Kenya, and she pointed down the road to the hospital, and after people started screaming at her she said, ‘Oh, I mean Hawaii.’ Give me a break.”

Geez.

At some point, if you're Mitt Romney you start to find yourself trying to loosen your collar. How long will the Romney campaign continue to actively promote The Donald's endorsement when he continues his birther campaign? Right now they are fundraising off of his endorsement -- but how many people will feel alienated when Trump goes into one of these tinfoil hat-wearing tirades?

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Rap Battle: Facebook Versus Twitter

Nice.

I think that the winner, for now, is Twitter. But, what about LinkedIn? Et tu?

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Jeff Barth For Congress

A fantastic ad. Perhaps the greatest political ad that I've ever seen.

This is Jeff Barth, and he's running to beat incumbent Kristi Noem, the U.S. Representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district.

My guess is that the nearly-five-minute spot will only get play on the interwebs, but I hope it goes viral. At posting, it's actual YouTube page has just under 17,000 views. That's not too shabby.

I'm not a Democrat, but if I lived in South Dakota -- Barth would have my vote.

Anyway, I'm going to keep an eye on this race if for no other reason than honoring Barth's moxie. And his props.
[via Chris Cillizza, on the Faceyspaces]

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Here I Am, On The Road

So, here I am, on a business trip. That's why you haven't heard from me until now.

I just spent the better part of my evening drinking spirited beverages with many of my coworkers. Let's just say that I hope that my colleagues don't feel different about me in the morning.

And honestly, as I sit here watching a re-run of "The Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff", I really don't have much else to say. So... Good night then.

More tomorrow. Maybe.

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Sunday Morning Music

You are listening to Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page performing "White Summer/Black Mountain Side" live at the Royal Albert Hall.

Enjoy your Sunday.

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Saturday Morning Cartoon

Eat your Wheaties -- it's cartoon time!



From the video's description:

Madballs were a series of toy rubber balls created by AmToy, a subsidiary company of American Greetings in the mid-1980s. The toys incorporated gross-out humor in the vein of Wacky Packages and Garbage Pail Kids. Each ball had a character synopsis and a odd name.

The toyline was later turned into a short-lived animated television series, a series of comics and a video game (which contained some elements from the cartoon) for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64.

Sadly, I remember the toys. Not the cartoon though...

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Mitt Romney Ad: "Day 1"

This is Mitt Romney's first televised political ad for the 2012 general election; "Day 1".

Many pundits are lauding it as a positive spot that shows voters what Mitt Romney's plan will be -- should he be elected to replace President Obama.

While I agree that the tone is positive, I must admit that I am a bit stymied by the notion that Romney is presenting here.

The idea that someone -- anyone -- could step into the Presidency and make the kind of sweeping changes that Romney is suggesting on the first day is a stretch. To put it lightly.

1) Approval of the Keystone Pipeline? Okay, I can see that one. Not too much to that, probably signing a few papers to get the proverbial ball rolling.

2) Introduction of tax cuts and reforms? The key word here is introduction. A President Romney won't actually be able to pass anything on Day 1. Much like our current President, Romney would have to deal with a divided Congress, and that is anything but a cake walk.

3) End 'Obamacare'? Like the previous point, there really wouldn't be much to this one. A presser and some rhetoric, but to actually PUT AN END to the law? That's going to take months -- even years to accomplish. President Obama rammed the bill through a fully Democratically-controlled Congress -- and even that took months.

Bottom line: Day 1 will really only be speeches and the laying out of his plan for what would seem like the first year in office.

All of that said, at least Romney is demonstrating what his vision is -- rather than tearing down his rival.

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"I'm Not A Birther, But..."

"I'm not a birther. I believe the president was born in Hawaii -- or at least I hope he was. But my responsibility as secretary of state is to make sure the ballots in Arizona are correct and that those people whose names are on the ballot have met the qualifications for the office that they are seeking." -Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett (R), speaking to Mike Broomhead of KFYI radio.

Here's the audio:


[via Political Wire]

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