Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Verizon's vampire commercial

Saw on teh Twitter the other day about a new Verizon commercial with a Twilight/New Moon theme.

Wife got to see it tonight on teh TiVo. Her reaction? "That's not right."


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Tip: SarahK

A visit from SOUTHCOM

Earlier this morning, I wrote a piece suggesting a way out of the GTMO issue for Obama.

I can now reveal that my plan is being analyzed, and may be implemented soon. The United States Southern Command has visited, and has looked the plan over, according to my Site Meter stats:



So, be looking for an announcement soon. Whether it will be one such as I suggested in this morning's post, or that they've moved me to GTMO, I can't say.

Boondoggle

Loved this ad, a parody of the Google Super Bowl ad:


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Tip: The Patriot Room

Mardi Gras, Timid Souls, everything in between ... and other news

In case you missed it, yesterday was Fat Tuesday. Or, as I call it, Tuesday.

I don't want to hear any environmentalists fussing at me. I recycle. You've read my jokes, right?

Yesterday morning, weather.com said it "feels like 17." I don't even remember when I was 17, but I'm sure it wasn't like this.

Enough of the weather. Let's look at the news...

Too many Asians? Why didn't I hear about this? Maybe because it's called "redlining" instead of "yellow-lining."

At least the IPCC has hurricane data to back up their Climate Change ... what? Oh noes!!1!!

Ever wanted to have a bunch of list of stupid things Biden has said? Then save this link.

What I've been saying all along: Robert Pattinson is allergic to vaginas.

Quebec doctors support euthanasia. Fine. Start with Quebec doctors.

It's perfectly acceptable to refer to Obama as "POTUS." In fact, the "TU" is optional.

Obama will campaign for Democrat Senators. Both Democrat and Republican prayers were answered.

Sarah, plain and tall.

What if the 2012 election came down to Palin vs Bayh?

Somebody said there were Winter Olympics on NBC. I have three problems with three Winter Olympics on NBC:
  1. Olympics
  2. Winter Olympics
  3. NBC.
Other than that, I'm all for 'em.

On teh Twitter, Jeff Emanuel asked: Would it be safe to say non-fans of #curling are more dangerous to national security than obese white males?

If so, I'm a double threat.

Frank J. loves him some curling. He tweeted: People who make fun of #curling are sociopaths who should be locked away from normal society.

He left out "or are from Georgia."

By the way, my wife likes curling. She bought a new ConAir iron last week.

In Facebook news, I started playing Farmville and Mafia Wars at the same time. I got confused and shot a tractor.

Did you catch this Breaking News: John McCain to switch parties, become a Republican.

Lots of people were chattering about this photo:

The original:
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Robert Ford is the new ambassador to Syria? That dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard?

Milk toast? Actually, it's milquetoast. I've know that since I was 12. That's when I was given a book of cartoons by H. T. Webster.

Some might think I'm an ass for making that last observation. They'd be half right: I'm an ass -- but that's not why.

To find out more about me being an ass, follow my ass on teh Twitter: http://twitter.com/basilsblog

Solving the GTMO problem

While I disagree with the president, I am still an American. And I have a duty to my country to help in any way I can.

One of the president's biggest problems -- as Obama sees it -- is the prison at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO). And he is right about this: GTMO is a public relations issue for the U.S. Of course, he is one of the ones that made it a PR issue. But, the fact remains, it is an issue.

He wants to close GTMO, but he has no clue on what to do about the detainees there.

The president needs help.

And I'm here to help.

Putting our differences aside, I have the solution to the GTMO "problem."

Let's simply announce we've released everybody from GTMO -- released them back in the countries where we found them. We don't actually release anyone; just say we did.

It's not like Obama is above telling a little White Lie. Or, in his case, a Half-White Lie. Since he'll lie to the American people, he should have no problem lying to non-Americans, like the French, the Iranians, the Iraqi, the Canadians, the Germans, the MSNBC news anchors... We just tell them all that we have released the detainees, and we don't know, or care, what happened to them after that.

The next thing to do is wait a week while they go all ga-ga over the "release" -- then we announce that we've expanded the Air Force Flight Test Center (Detachment 3) research facility at Groom Lake (you might know it as "Groom Lake" or "Area 51") and have converted the facility at GTMO to military research.

Again, that would be only a Half-White Lie, since we would be researching. Only we'd be researching terrorists. With water.

Groom Lake is very secure because of the nature of the testing that occurs there. You can't just go there. Reporters can't just go there. Don't believe me? Try it.

And here's the best part: tell Joe Biden that the research being done there is related to the aliens that crashed at Roswell. He can't keep his mouth shut, so he'll start that rumor. And the people that support Obama are the same kind of people that believe aliens crashed at Roswell, so it would fit their preconceived notions. Everything will take care of itself.

There you are, Mr. President. You have your solution to your GTMO "problem."
  • The facility continues functioning as-is
  • The research and alien cover story explains why no one can go there to verify anything
Oh, and Mr. President? You're welcome.