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Republicans, Democrats, Brain-Eaters, Zombies, and Neck-Incising Pods from Outer Space
Just an experiment to see if I can get more than fifty recommends from our 'silent majority' of new and anonymous readers for a catchy title and a blog with no intrinsic value. This is not to say that all other blogs which received many recommends have no value, but certainly some of them were real stinkers, IMO.
At the suggestion of Sweet Molly, I've updated this blog with an unusual, and gratuitous video.
Bonus video: Sigourney Weaver and pals torching the alien pods might be viewed as the analogue to Americans in favor of real healthcare reform, that will act to reduce our overall healthcare costs, while the followup team of firemen might be viewed as the corporate apologists who want to derail any proposal that would restrict profiteering on the nations sick.
At the suggestion of Sweet Molly, I've updated this blog with an unusual, and gratuitous video.
Bonus video: Sigourney Weaver and pals torching the alien pods might be viewed as the analogue to Americans in favor of real healthcare reform, that will act to reduce our overall healthcare costs, while the followup team of firemen might be viewed as the corporate apologists who want to derail any proposal that would restrict profiteering on the nations sick.
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Heh, as I just observed here...
It seems to me the problem has been addressed. Let's hope.
But, I rec'd anyhow because I appreciate the humor. I think insurance companies ARE Neck-Incising Pods from Outer Space.
=D
According to Bill Maher, we should start calling them what they are, unfortunately, he didn't use your colorful terminology, I think he said, sociopathic, blood-sucking, something or other.
So droll, in comparison.
August 9, 2009 2:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
:) I'm hoping the management has been tracking the gamers down. I Emailed yesterday morning suggesting they investigate before we all have to abandon the board to the same kind of right wing terrorism we're seeing in the town hall meetings on healthcare across the country. Thanks, (I think?), for the rec.
August 9, 2009 2:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh, the rec was as sincere as any I've given. I think one weapon we have against the vested interests, is humor. It's been vastly underutilized, and I so appreciate those that can wield it well. You do, certainly. ¡Absolutamente!
That's one reason I love you, mi amigo.
August 9, 2009 2:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
Excellent. Got my rec! Let's see if that vid clip lights this candle. But a pointless peeg worries me.
August 9, 2009 3:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
No such thing as a "pointless peeg". Underneath each and every one of those cow slippers is very pointed Artiodactylate, cloven hoof.
August 9, 2009 3:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
However clever you think you're being, they're still willing to eat you in China.
August 10, 2009 12:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
You were talking about insurance companies?
I thought you were talking about Limbaugh, Palin, Cornyn, Cheney, Bush, Gingrich, Beck, and the like...
I have it on good authority that they really are brain-eating zombies of neck-incising pods from the far reaches of outer space.
Apparently this is the reason they keep trying to create situations where some dude will come and take them back to their home planet they call 'heaven'. Apparently waging war and increasing global warming is like sending up a signal fire.
Sincerely, the reality of the amped up inciting of violence over the past week has me wondering where we draw the line?
August 9, 2009 2:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
August 9, 2009 5:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
If you really want your numbers to soar, you need to add a funny blooper video or something.
August 9, 2009 3:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Done! Thanks for the suggestion.
August 9, 2009 3:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
My comment got attached to another comment after I got timed out...sorry!
August 9, 2009 3:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
I notice you've been complaining about timing out a lot. That seems to happen to me after making a blog entry and then going back to the "regular" system to make comments.
Try logging out from the "blog now" system when you are done making/editing an entry. Ever since I started doing that, I haven't had the problem.
Or you just might have gremlins ... but it's worth a shot.
August 9, 2009 11:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nicely done, peeg...
August 9, 2009 3:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm just rec'ing this post for the hell of it.
August 9, 2009 3:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Great, now go back and rec it again for the heaven of it! :)
August 9, 2009 5:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Rec'd and willing to do so to beat out those fakers. Video was unusual as was said.........
August 9, 2009 3:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
You wanna see weird, go over to Ripper's new blog and check out his 'poodle' video! And don't forget to rec it, or he'll never do another like it again!
August 9, 2009 8:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Here's a biscuit for you. Good boy.
August 9, 2009 10:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
I rec'd it 42 times, but it only registered once! Damn!
August 9, 2009 3:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
Maybe we should go for Guiness records here! We've got CVille at 42 times tried: So who's gonna claim more? We could do a benefit auction this way! ;)
August 9, 2009 4:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
See if this works: Try leaving the room, change the outfit you're probably styling around the house in this Sunday evening, maybe put a hat on, and come back in from a different door, then try rec'ing it again. ;)
August 9, 2009 8:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Or I could use my children's computers. Sorry. I am all worn out. Does it help to know that you are WORTH 42 rec's?
August 9, 2009 8:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
BTW, I always wear a hat on Sundays:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/209/474277734_fe4f8375b5.jpg
August 9, 2009 8:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
OK. This is the REAL me:
http://www.patipelz.com/images/lady-with-big-hat.jpg
I love style............................
August 9, 2009 8:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
:)
August 9, 2009 9:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Who called this video pointless and gratuitous?
For the first time, thanks to this pointed and gratuited video, I see now that Obama is not a US citizen, but someone born in a dessert somewhere.
Oh, ye of so belittled faith. Watch and receive the wisdom of the sages (rosemaries and thymes, also).
Rec'd for the inner message from the tubes. Thank you, Mr Peeg for shining the light upon the unlit!
August 9, 2009 5:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
see comment below.
August 9, 2009 5:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
You had me at "Brain-Eaters." Rec'd. (I couldn't help myself. Must be the pods. They're growing everywhere now.)
August 9, 2009 5:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
Watch your step in this blog Ripper. We're not sure what those gelatinous blobs all over the place are, but they may be infected brain bits.
August 9, 2009 5:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
Dear Brain-Sucker,
On one hand, your post is soaring past mine, which is okay since I don't have an ego in this, but on the other hand, not so okay because people need to go to their town halls and know what to expect.
Tell me, Brain-Sucker, how do I get my friends to show more serious interest in politics and civic duty?
Or should I just give the ring back?
- Spent in St. Louis
August 9, 2009 5:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Perhaps you should follow Sweet Molly's advice above vis a vis inserting a gratuitous video into your blog, then making a plea for recs to avert the removal and sale of a kidney to fund your daughter's upcoming back surgery as she was rescinded from your insurance coverage due to failure to claim that outbreak of acne when she was 13 years old. Honestly, Rip, I don't know what to tell you. I live in a conservative corner of my state, and the local businesses have signs in front of them saying "Proud supporter of the Angry Mob". It seems a lot of dull normals prefer ideological purity to rational, affordable, and adequate health care coverage, not that such is an excuse for the readership here, (with a very few exceptions :).
Yours truly, Spent in New Mexico
August 9, 2009 6:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
Take me to your leaders.
August 9, 2009 6:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Shit, I thought Migeulitoh2o was one of our leaders.
Ripper,you could try this gratuitous video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQg7qOB5Heg
August 9, 2009 7:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Got a better one. Thanks, though.
August 9, 2009 7:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
August 9, 2009 5:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yez, that's the very pudding! The original certificate was signed by Dr. Jell-OSayCanYouSee at the Crocker Memorial Hospital for Puddings.
August 9, 2009 5:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
And everyone knows that the good doctor, Dr. Jell-OSayCanYouSee practices pudding births in New Mexico, which is not a state in the United States.
August 9, 2009 6:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
LOL and we also know that quadrupeds don't drive cars, (pick up the vid at 2:10). :)
August 9, 2009 6:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Blasphemy! Just because a certain quadruped (by which I mean you!) is too stout to fit behind the wheel, does not give that certain quadruped rights to spread outright lies!
Dogs Rule!
August 10, 2009 1:21 AM | Reply | Permalink
Cute! Reminds me of a couple of my Guinea cousins and a road trip they took last year.
August 10, 2009 1:34 AM | Reply | Permalink
Hey Miguel, does that mean I do not need to read up on something for two days and tell a story anymore?
hahahahahah
August 9, 2009 5:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
Dick, you know and I know that blogging for you is like a shark swimming. If de shark don't swim, and the DD don't blog... well, you get the picture.
August 9, 2009 5:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
I love this. I found a lady kraut singin a longer version. Just wonderful. Makes poor Bobby look lame. I play it in chat all the time. They all sigh. And hope its over soon except Maggie.
I never knew there was a German version, let alone hear it.
I love this stuff. But, you are right, I love this blogging. hahahahahah I dont care if I end up at the bottom of the list.
While I am at it. You know every week is different, and certainly every month. I get this philosopher Richard now. Fun to speak with him in the virtual world. A new Wendy, just fun to talk to. And Seashell and Maggie and Mark and....
I dont care. I was front page for two or three months. This is fine.
I am just glad you picked up the gauntlet...you see Curt is on top, five hours ago LisB...TheraP is high up.......
I got worried the aliens were taking over. ahahahahah.
August 10, 2009 12:30 AM | Reply | Permalink
I think this is the oldest recording of 'Mack the Knife' DD, which I'm lucky enough to have in my digital library. If my memory serves me correctly, it was recorded in '33 or '34.
I'm not convinced that there's not something still happening with the 'recommend system'. We were rarely getting recs above 30 just a week ago. I first thought something was off when my own blog got 46 recs. Notice the title, which is on the surface complimentary to Blue Dogs and Republicans. Notice the dearth of comments on some of the top blogs which have received 40, 50, or more recs. Somebody's having some fun gaming the system. From what I can tell, the rec system here is virtually meaningless right now, regardless of the really good posts that make it to the top. I'm just gonna sit back and goof on it for now. We might as well all be posting goofy blogs like this one and Ripper's Nazi poodle blog right now, and don't take the recommends a blog receives as necessarily a meaningful measure of its value to most 'regular' readers here.
August 10, 2009 1:05 AM | Reply | Permalink
Miguel, your rec's are not multiplying at the expected rate. Somethin's wrong, Captain.
August 9, 2009 7:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
I know Molly. I think I should have titled my blog: 'Let's give all our money to the insurance companies and things will be just fine' or something to that effect.
August 9, 2009 8:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's the smell. Do you have any new $100 bills? Try rubbing them together.
August 9, 2009 8:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Bwak, do you think that's what Fred M. did? The guy's on fire, and not in a good way.
August 9, 2009 9:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Really? I hadn't noticed.
=D
August 10, 2009 8:10 AM | Reply | Permalink
Something like this?
August 9, 2009 9:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thank goodness John Waters never perfected smell-o-vision. I'd have to say, though, that Ringo in wellies and a suit looked hot.
August 9, 2009 9:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
'The Magic Christian' is/was a cult classic, that I think you might enjoy Molly. Check your netflix account and order it. Be sure to have some decent mota at hand before viewing.
August 9, 2009 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
I auditioned for a John Waters film when I lived in Baltimore. Never got a callback but it was fun.
Yes, Ringo's filmmaking deserves a revisit from me.
August 9, 2009 10:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Be glad you didn't land the part of Divine in Pink Flamingos, speaking of 'smell-o-vision'.
August 9, 2009 10:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
It would have been Crybaby.
After Divine passed away, I stumbled around in a cemetery looking for his gravestone. Never found it.
August 9, 2009 10:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
I rec because George Romero predicted tea-baggers in his Dead trilogy. But even George got his kicks from Ionesco. Compare and contrast with Rhinoceros or The Killer.
August 9, 2009 9:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Interesting. I'm not familiar with 'The Killer", having stalled out in the 'Night of the Living Dead' series.
August 9, 2009 9:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
Aaah.. yo comprendo ahora. Assumed 'The Killer' was one of Romero's films. Lo siento.
August 9, 2009 10:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
Okay, I coughed up my 10 Recs, but would have been easier if you had explicitly said "Obama is one of the Pod People" and "Aliens are Designing Health Reform To Serve Man". After all, illegal aliens are an easy sell on outrage.
August 10, 2009 7:53 AM | Reply | Permalink
So meaningful healthcare reform can happen. We all just have to never fall asleep and beware of reformers who know just a little too much about recettes de sauce. Uh-Oh... What's this? "Obama Girl Burger (recipe)?". Perhaps we should be as nervous about 'healthcare reform' as the teabaggers.
August 10, 2009 11:23 AM | Reply | Permalink
We're entering "A Boy and his Dog" territory now. I wondered about that dude - he never seemed to sleep, and his eyelids stayed open a little too long for my comfort.
August 10, 2009 12:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
Redneck Rap! Who knew? I like it!
And definitely rec'd! lol
August 10, 2009 10:49 AM | Reply | Permalink
He's beyond simple categorization Hey Zeus. Unusual dude, however you describe him.
August 10, 2009 11:31 AM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks, again, miguel. You always manage to introduce us to great art that might otherwise go unnoticed. It's a real talent! And I thank you for it.
Great stuff!
August 10, 2009 6:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Miguelito, you're a genius. There's a great future ahead for you in....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSxihhBzCjk
August 10, 2009 11:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ok, rec'd my own post, which I don't usually do, but I am sooo close to achieving that elusive 50 recs I sought in my opening lines of this blog. Only one more rec and I'm there. Anyone?
August 12, 2009 6:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
For the price of one recommend, Miguel is offering a bonus.... and it's a good one! Make sure to post your name if you're the one to get him to 50!
I tried to rec'd again, but alas and alack, as dd would say, it didn't work.
Maybe the bonus offer will snag somebody. I'll leave you to figure out what your bonus is, though. :-)
August 12, 2009 7:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hey, it worked after all. So what's my bonus?
August 12, 2009 7:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Never mind. It was Obey. So what's his bonus?
August 12, 2009 7:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
A years supply of Bacon flavored dog treats?
August 12, 2009 7:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Whadaya want mon chien?? Merci!
August 12, 2009 7:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
actually, I can see by the dashboard lights that el otro perro, Senor Obey, kicked me up to cincuenta recs. Muchos gracias, all dogs, cheekhens, y la otra animales del corral.
August 12, 2009 7:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
¡Por nada, mi amigo!
Recs seem more normal lately, yez?
August 12, 2009 7:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
Verdad, pero el troll David Farrar todavia que recibe demasiados por tpm.
August 12, 2009 7:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Su Libre República amigos probablemente no recibirá el mensaje.
August 12, 2009 9:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Perfecto!
August 12, 2009 9:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
Good to see you pimpin' for our boy Buck. A little somethin' from his ball-playing days. 463.
4-6-3. And I can't think of a better way to end the day.
August 24, 2009 10:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nor can I. Welcome back to the so called 'real world'. Are you tanned, rested, and ready?
August 25, 2009 12:08 AM | Reply | Permalink