tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post7620196196682560044..comments2024-03-28T12:46:50.341-04:00Comments on Paco Enterprises: Shades of Henry WallacePacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08004124282907287652noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-14037008242971469712009-01-28T09:55:00.000-05:002009-01-28T09:55:00.000-05:00It's a race between the Great and Powerful Ob's be...It's a race between the Great and Powerful Ob's being exposed or simply over-marketed. When you've already been marketed as a Chia Pet and a Franklin Mint plate, you've pretty much passed your sell-by date.<BR/><BR/>TW: ulamo: What folks will say to anyone wearing an Obie t-shirt in 2012.<BR/><BR/>2nd TW: slymon: No one expected Obama's bid for the Rasta vote to pay off like it did...richard mcenroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10659450906647134430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-9427659565629722692009-01-27T21:13:00.000-05:002009-01-27T21:13:00.000-05:00So, Obama can review restaurants, too? Ok, now I'm...So, Obama can review restaurants, too? Ok, now I'm sold; he really <I>is</I> the One!<BR/><BR/>You're right, Tim; he's gonna fall like a ton of bricks.Pacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004124282907287652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-60462135335989494842009-01-27T17:32:00.000-05:002009-01-27T17:32:00.000-05:00I've noticed there's sometimes a tendency in pop A...I've noticed there's sometimes a tendency in pop American films to valorise the President and make him seem like some kind of God figure (Harrison Ford kicking bad guys arse in Air Force One, for instance). I wonder if it's a carry over that leads to articles like <A HREF="http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2009/01/19/090119taco_talk_hertzberg" REL="nofollow">this</A>, in the New Yorker, by Hendrik Hertzberg, who writes of Obama appearing in a 2001 restaurant review show: <BR/><BR/><I>The episode will be broadcast for the first time a few days before the Inauguration; it wasn’t aired at the time, the Chicago Tribune reports, because Obama “was too good—too thoughtful, too articulate, not enough of an amateur.” For the Obama-besotted, the message is clear: This guy can do anything. He even reviews restaurants.</I><BR/><BR/>I reckon when the left in general realises Obama is not the messiah - the let down is going to be BIG. Pride goeth afore the fall, and all that.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-19076156046510231432009-01-27T15:46:00.000-05:002009-01-27T15:46:00.000-05:00I don't know yet what kind of a president Obama is...I don't know yet what kind of a president Obama is going to be (although I have unpleasant suspicions), but I know he looks dorky as hell when he tries to wear a turban.<BR/><BR/>TW: All New Seolvdab! A little dab'll do ya!RebeccaHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15113907852048577121noreply@blogger.com