Political Satire, Political Humor and Political Comedy that is Often Indigestible
There is no question that the marriages have been around since one could recall the beginning of time. However, it was under Emperor Augustus when marriage became more of a… ” legal institution”. Augustus’s Leges Juliae (Julian Laws) of 18 – 17 BC attempted to elevate morals and increase the population by encouraging marriage and having children. It [...]
GOP: The Road Not Taken Many people are quite familiar with the poem, The Road Not Taken, written by the great Robert Frost. I myself have heard it quoted many times. Yet many only truly know the last lines, which read “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one [...]
In the movie titled The Social Network it tells the story of how on one fall night in 2003 Harvard undergrad Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a random concept. In what begins as an uncontrolled action of anger that included programming and blogging ends in what would later [...]
It has been demonstrated that often times something that derived from one specific request or statement, can often be reshaped and then utilized for a much broader more personal agendum. In order to illustrate my point, I use this rather rudimental example: For as long as I can remember whenever the name Humphrey Bogart was [...]
Romney vs. Obama: 1,000 Ways To Die (Grave Decisions) On May 14, 2008 the Spike Television Network debuted their latest enchantment of a show that they lovingly called 1,000 Ways To Die. “Stylizatations 1000 Ways to Die takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to death through its presentation of stories derived from myths and science, and the [...]
Michele Backmann: The Wise Ear? Former Homeschool Coalitions Director for Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann’s presidential campaign Barb Heki filed suit (ohh, I love it when people give me great material) against Bachmann and her senior campaign staff, alleging emotional distress and a damaged reputation (damaged rep?! Uhh hello…Republican…campaign theme…2012) during the run-up to the Iowa [...]
John Boehner: Who…Is Sideshow Bob? On October 9, 1994, during the sixth season of The Simpson’s Show there was the introduction of a villain know as, Sideshow Bob Roberts a.k.a. Sideshow Bob. In the episode, the character (narrated by Kelsey Grammer) wins an election through electoral fraud having claimed he recieved votes from certain named [...]
Anderson Cooper: Did You Know? In approximately 1869 a German homosexual rights advocate by the name of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs introduced the concept of self-exposure as a means of emancipation for homosexual people. Ulrich claimed that “invisibility was a major obstacle toward changing public opinion.” This theory urged many homosexual people to reveal their same-sex [...]
Obama vs Romney: The Duel or Was It? The most famous duel in American history most certainly would be the one which occurred between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton. Although the accounts of precisely what happened sometimes conflict the basics are clear. Hamilton fired first, aiming high and missing Burr completely. Burr then aimed squarely [...]
When I was a younger person in around 1984 I went to see the movie “The Karate Kid” (mostly because I had a crush on Ralph Macchio but that is another story). There was a scene in the movie where Noriyuki “Pat” Morita’s character “Mr. Miyagi” is talking to Ralph Macchio’s character aiming to give [...]
