At first God created light and he saw it was good, then he created all living things and he saw it was good and smiled and gave us the breadth of life... and then he created vodka and karaoke and then he high fived himself. He drank the vodka, he jammed at Livin' on a Prayer, and when he got home all buzzed he went online and created this blog.
Before I even start writing about all the important things I will share with the internets and the world, I must tip my hat and say thank you to my brother from another mother, PostModern Gentleman. Why did I start flirting with the idea of writing and sharing thoughts and sexual fantasies? Because of PMG, a haven of style, menswear, social analysis and all around e-ass-kicking. If you are not too busy looking for illegal software, music and midget porn, then go ahead and check it out. That and also the fact that my ego is the size of an elephant's penis. (They are fairly big. Check it out too, once you are done reading PMG's blog).
So what to expect of this blog? I've spent a lifetime battling what I think is a certain short-sightedness and flat out blindness to what common sense dictates. Yes, this does come out as arrogance. But for chrissake, if I'm writing a blog it's because I am arrogant. However do know that I am always trying to be humble, so I can be finally be perfect. Plus, nothing gets more views and comments than writing provocative thoughts... I believe the coined term is trolling?...
So without further ado... I just watched the White House Correspondents Dinner and it was a all you can laugh buffet. Obama might me a meek little bunny in the White House when it comes to being the President, but Jesus can the man do stand-up comedy! If you haven't watched it, stop reading this, put down the nachos and go on youtube and do yourself a favor.(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9mzJhvC-8E&feature=aso)
Obama pwned The Donald; and yes, Trump jokes are indeed the low hanging fruit, but come on... it's just so easy that the jokes pretty much make themselves up. Add Gary Busey to the mix and you got yourself a slam dunk. I also appreciated the nod (or middle-finger, your call) that he had to Michele Bachmann. However, all knee slapping and tear jerking jokes aside, after watching the whole clip, I was a bit afraid. Afraid. AFRAID!!!
The fact that Obama had to be clear about how the Lion King's intro was just a joke, and that his birth video is actually a cartoon, is not too far fetched. We often need to explain ourselves to the lowest common denominator (don't know the term? Then I'm talking about you), but at some point you have to take a step back and think about this... I mean, seriously... take a deep breath, and then think about it. He had to explain everyone that he REALLY is American, that he is not a cyborg from a muslim future that came to the present to kill democracy and MTV. The US is in the shitter and yet the national discourse revolves around if the President really is a natural born citizen, after the fact that he released what was legally required? My friends, that is lack of common sense, and lack of honesty since we are cloaking the whole birther issue when this issue revolves around Obama being black, about not being an apple pie loving, baseball playing, comic reading American, and instead a multicultural fellow that was born in Hawaii. This exposes how xenophobic some Americans have become, while trying to impose a definition of what a true american really is.
That, ladies and gentlemen, is a scary thought. Because then you are a few steps away from a future like Demolition Man, where Taco Bell is the Jean George of the future...
Be Well!!
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