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POPSMy Candle Burns At Both Ends The poem in this video is: "I shall forget you presently, my dear, So make the most of this, your little day, Your little month, your little half a year, Ere I forget, or die, or move away, And we are done forever; by and by I shall forget you, as I said, but now, If you entreat me with your loveliest lie I will protest you with my favorite vow. I would indeed that love were longer-lived, And vows were not so brittle as they are, But so it is, and nature has contrived To struggle on without a break thus far,-- Whether or not we find what we are seeking Is idle, biologically speaking."
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POPS Why We Fight Harley is also teaming up with Maxim magazine the "Harley Salutes the Military Contest," which gives active or retired personnel the chance to win a new Harley-Davidson motorcycle of their choice... delivered personally by Marisa. Rrrowrrr! Plus a trip to Las Vegas. Visit http://www.maxim.com/salutes to enter. If the winning vet turns out to be an Iowahawk reader, I will travel to Las Vegas to personally present him/her with a special bonus prize: an open bar tab. Dave's treat! Good luck and sincere thanks to all of America's Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines.
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POPSA Beckean Slip: Confusing the president with bin Laden, while touting theory that Obama is a Marxist
This is what we'll call a Beckean Slip: An apparent slip of the tongue that is most likely intentional, and at the bare minimum clearly exposes the desire to confuse the public. It isn't the first time Beck has slipped and mixed up Osama bin Laden's name with President Obama's. And it certainly won't be the last. However, it does tend to undermine Beck's subsequent claim to having this high-level, all-seeing mind that is "right" about a whole host of things (that he's actually been wrong about). Indeed, it reveals a confused mind incapable of clearly distinguishing between the president of the United States and a cave-dwelling terrorist. Beck also adds that "I could be wrong" but "I haven't been before"? Um, yeah, except for the dozens of times he actually has been wrong. (Remember when he was predicting that Americans would eventually go for McCain at the polls? That prediction turned out well, didn't it?)
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POPSPackage Deal! Arab Puppet Dictators Made in USA
Special bonus !!! All benefits for the average Joe and the average Mohammed ! Buying them will help the Arab people in their quest for freedom and justice, it will end the petro-dollar recycling system and it will end the inhuman, barbaric wars waged by the US empire against poor people and small resistance groups, it will defuse all extremism, it will force a profound change in the economy, giving resources back for the real economy, for life, for social and human development in North America and in the Middle-East and not for greedy war makers, weapon sellers and mercenary firms. Buy your puppet dictator full kit now ! In the name of hundreds of millions of Arab citizens and in the name of a billion Muslim men women and children, thank you in advance. We will be very happy to send them anywhere in the US (or elsewhere, even Antartica) with FREE shipping ! Don't miss the opportunity. We may even pay you to get them in a package deal. I love the seller's name. .:p
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POPSChicago's loss: Is passport control to blame? Sounds far more plausible to me than claims that Michelle Obama was being "like Marie Antoinette". More: The exchange underscores what tourism officials here have been saying for years about the sometimes rigorous entry process for foreigners, which they see as a deterrent to tourism. Once the news came out that Chicago lost its Olympic bid, the U.S. Travel Association didn’t miss an opportunity to point that out, sending out a critical press release within hours.… International travel to the U.S. declined by 10 percent in the first quarter of 2009 according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. To lure visitors back, U.S. Travel has been pushing the Travel Promotion Act, which recently was passed in the Senate and is awaiting action in the House, to create a campaign to strengthen the image of the United States abroad.
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POPSNone Dare Call it Art When 40 months seem a heavy load And every day makes your head explode Read Ott and Steyn and Iowahawk And Life won't feel like such a crock. David Hussein Burge! Mmmm -- mmmm -- mmmm Thanks, DB, I'm proud as hell, Of America -- just like Michelle! We're finally rising from the pits Cuz we elected YOU the King of Wits! David Hussein Burge! Mmmm -- mmmmm -- mmmm! Is This for real? A contest? Panderhawk Oh, Iowahawk! Who leaps into action when all the other blogsters just talk? Iowahawk! Who rushes in where angels fear to walk? Iowahawk! Who packs more irony than any other kid on the block? Iowahawk! Who causes the targets of his incisive satire, whether high or low, left or right, real or imaginary, to throw up their figuratively blood-stained hands and squawk? Iowahawk! Oh, Iowahawk, Your intelligence compares favorably to sixties Star Trek character Spock! Your masculine beauty is without any flaw or pock!
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POPSQaddafi/Gadhafi/Gaddafi/Qadhafi Brings His Stand Up Show To The UN
The View From Twitter Mark Knoller: If Qadhafi ever gives up the de facto leadership of Libya, could you see a talk show in his future? Andy Levy: Qaddafi: We are all pirates. Except for the pirates. America? Pirates. Israel? Pirates. Pirates? Not pirates. Ben Smith: RT @mkoshark: Gadhafi is set to close his #UN speech with a shameless plug to watch his stint on next season’s Dancing With the Stars Chris Lehmann: I’m assuming the aide responsible for giving an Attaboy to Qaddafi after that performance is now planning to defect. Mike Madden: RT @owillis:Qadafi: so this is what @glennbeck sounds like in a diff language. Jake Tapper: AND…Qadaffi’s done. Roughly 90 minutes of sheer poetry. Ben Smith: Qaddafi: You are the ones who hate the Jews. Mark Knoller: At 90 minutes into the Qadhafi speech, 2nd shift of UN translators come on duty. Mark Knoller: Qadhafi even has his own health care reform: accuses capitalist countries & companie
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POPSUnited Nations; Trade Union & Social Club For Tin Pot Tyrants by Mark Steyn which of them is more unreal. To be sure, Colonel Qaddafi peddled his thoughts on the laboratory origins of “swine flu” and the Zionist plot behind the Kennedy assassination. But, on the other hand, President Obama said: “No nation can or should try to dominate another nation.” Pardon me? Did a professional speechwriter write that? Or did you outsource it to a starry-eyed runner-up in the Miss America pageant? Whether or not any nation “should try” to dominate another, they certainly “can,” and do so with effortless ease, all over the planet and throughout human history. And how about this passage? “I have been in office for just nine months " though some days it seems a lot longer. I am well aware of the expectations that accompany my presidency around the world. These expectations are not about me. Rather, they are rooted, I believe, in a discontent with a status quo that has allowed us to be increasingly defined by our differences . . . ”
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POPSA WASP looks at Lizzie Borden More: EDITOR'S NOTE: Twelve years ago this month National Review published what would become one of its most hosannaed articles — "A Wasp Looks at Lizzie Borden," by none other than America's most revered curmudgeons, Florence King. The multi-whacking ax murders of Andrew and Abby Borden, wrote Miss King, provided a perfect case study of Anglo-Saxon America. And the wonderful prose is the perfect case study of excellent writing. You absolutely must read this Tour de Force de Flo. Interesting article, especially if (like mine) your family tree is full of WASPs and Yankees.
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POPSBarack Obama Finds Real Birth Certificate Upon finding out that he had both Mormon and Mexican heritage, Obama answered by saying that "I'll bet Utah is sorry now that they didn't vote for me. Maybe I'd better appoint Mitt Romney to my cabinet or something." The President Elect also used his executive powers to overturn BYU's loss in the Pioneer Bowl to Arizona, declared Pace Thick and Chunky Salsa as the official condiment of the White House, and ordered a plate of Huevos Rancheros for breakfast. Next on his agenda was inviting all of the contestants in the Miss USA and Miss America pageants to his offices. "If I get to be a Mormon and have more than one wife, I'd better get me a lot of good looking ones!"
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POPSI WANT EVERYONE TO REMEMBER WHY THEY NEED US! Dear Osama Bin Laden: America has turned it's back on us Republicans since Bush 1.1's regime. Could you attack again and remind them why they need us. Absent an atmosphere of fear and suspicion, they don't seem to think much of us. Mr. Bin Laden, please attack. We miss being in power. Sincerely, Michael Scheuer
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POPSTop 10 Racist Limbaugh Quotes (Leader of the Rebubbacan Party)
9. I think the media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. They’re interested in black coaches and black quarterbacks doing well. I think there’s a little hope invested in McNabb and he got a lot of credit for the performance of his team that he really didn’t deserve. 10. Limbaugh attacks on Obama. Limbaugh has called Obama a ‘halfrican American’ has said that Obama was not black but Arab because Kenya is an Arab region, even though Arabs are less than one percent of Kenya. Since mainstream America has become more accepting of African-Americans, Limbaugh has decided to play against its new racial fears, Arabs and Muslims. Despite the fact Obama graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law school, Limbaugh has called him an ‘affirmative action candidate.’ Limbaugh even has repeatedly played a song on his radio show ‘Barack the Magic Negro’ using an antiquated Jim Crow era term for black a man who many Americans are supporting for president. Way to go Rush.
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POPS Susan Wows Crowds First Night of Britain's Got Talent Live Tour She took to the stage in Birmingham National Indoor Arena at 9pm in the second half of the two-hour show and performed two songs back to back. Miss Boyle got off to a faltering start, appearing to be slightly out of time during the first verse of Memory from Cats - the song she performed in the Britain's Got Talent semi-final. But she soon seemed to get into her comfort zone, lapping up the crowd's cheers and looking a different person to the fragile individual who entered the Priory.
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POPSLiddy: Hope Sotomayor's "not menstruating" C'mon right wing. You owe it to America to make a clean break with the kooks, and to stop keeping them in business. Bravo to Cornyn, Sessions, and Hatch who have criticized Limbaugh and Gingrich. If La Raza is racist, so is the NAACP.
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POPSFawcett most -watched slot referring to O'neil ..You know what, I think we're becoming friends for the first time, which is a good thing, because all that love stuff got in the way before.
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POPSMemorial Day - Lets all give a SINCERE THANK YOU to all who have served this country in the pass, present, and the future and who have served this country and fought so courageously to protect our freedom that allows us to live in such a GREAT COUNTRY. Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day because it was a time set aside to honor the nation's Civil War dead by decorating their graves. It was first widely observed on May 30, 1868, to commemorate the sacrifices of Civil War soldiers, by proclamation of General John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of former sailors and soldiers. On May 5, 1868, Logan declared in General Order No. 11 that:
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POPS Biden Targets Himself which arguably for the purposes of creating chaos and bringing America to its knees would make his tragic loss a bit of a wash in the event of the unimaginable. Biden Reveals Location of Secret VP Bunker The vice president, well-known for his verbal gaffes, confirms at a dinner the existence and location of a secret hidden bunker that Cheney is believed to have used after the 9/11 attacks. According to the report, Biden "said a young naval officer giving him a tour of the residence showed him the hideaway, which is behind a massive steel door secured by an elaborate lock with a narrow connecting hallway lined with shelves filled with communications equipment." Clift continued: "The officer explained that when Cheney was in lock down, this was where his most trusted aides were stationed, an image that Biden conveyed in a way that suggested we shouldn't be surprised that the policies that emerged were off the wall."
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POPSThe Women Iran Fears The remarkable ladies who terrify the Mullahs. " No one knows what might happen to Saberi. She may be used as a bargaining chip in talks with the Obama administration. Her release would enable Ahmadinejad to claim that he has responded to Obama's concessions without having to give way on bigger issues such as Tehran's nuclear project. But if the fate of some women who shared some of her attributes is an indication, the prospect do not looks promising."
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POPSRecommendations for anti-consumerism books & documentaries
Also (click through to the source for the links on these): I Want That! How We All Became Shoppers No Logo: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs Weapons of the Weak a book called The Hidden Injuries of Class by Richard Sennett and Jonathan Cobb, and it's more about how capitalism defers and damages people's dreams definitely check out Cute, Quaint, Hungry and Romantic: The Aesthetics of Consumerism by Daniel Harris. The section on the grotesque lurking within cuteness is hilarious and right-on Heath & Potter's Rebel Sell (Also known as Nation of Rebels,) which makes the distinction between mass society (capitalism as monotonous efficiency, everyone buying the same thing) and consumerism (I am what I own, I must own something new and different in order to be young and unique.) I think it's a really important distinction that a lot of books…totally miss…beware anti-massification arguments masquerading as anti-consumerism arguments Can't Buy My Love by Jean Kilbourne
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