We thought we would weigh in on the Barack Obama New Yorker Magazine cover, you probably have seen it by now. Obama in the Oval office burning the flag, dressed like a Muslim doing a fist pump with his wife who looks like a Radical freedom fighter with a machine gun over a shoulder. There is a portrait Bin Laden over the fireplace and it has caused quite a stir. The magazine dated July 21, 2008 is really a tongue and check attempt to show how the smear machine is trying to portray the Democratic Candidate. The problem is this is the first time Obama had any fun poked at him in the whole campaign. You cannot put on TV without hearing a John McCain is old joke. For the most part if you can tell us a joke that has been told about Obama, we would love to hear it. The press loves this guy and Hollywood loves this guy. They are so afraid to make one bad comment because they made fun of Al Gore being robotic, he lost. Then they made fun of John Kerry about his well to do lifestyle and rich wives. There is point where the smear of the wounds received for his purple hearts caught up to him and they were even fair game, then he lost. So here we are five months from election and the gloves never came off on Obama. Here is a surprise prediction the John Stewart and Chris Matthews of the world have their heads so far up this guys tail he will get a free ride to November. Then there is Hollywood who will not let loose with any late night humor to derail the Obama bus. If there is nothing there, there is nothing there, but for everyone to be outraged the first time the guy is poked fun at is only a hint of what is about, or not about to come. The problem is they poked fun at John Kerry because they thought there is no way he could lose. Nobody will be taking that chance again.
Archive for July 15th, 2008
New Yorker Magazine Cover
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008The West Is Taking Over
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008A report today that Dubai, United Arab Emirates are cracking down on visitors from the west for getting too wild on their beaches. The police are cracking down on topless sunbathing, nudity and other indecent behavior, which has resulted in more than 70 arrests. They are using mobile undercover police; they have even built new watchtowers to curb the behavior. Dubai is Muslim city-state, where a new decency campaign was put in place after a British man and a woman were caught allegedly having sex on one of Dubai beaches. This public awareness campaign was issued to remind all Western visitors that the city is a Muslim country with traditionally conservative values. So let us get this straight they enjoy the capitalism they have learned from the west, the have a booming economy, as they do not have to worry about attacks from Saddam Hussein. Therefore, it is OK when the Westerners that are there help to strengthen the UAE economy, I understand they want to keep their beaches from turning into Spring Break at Fort Lauderdale. This is terrible for a region where women are considered less than a man; we at Tea512 think it is great that topless sunbathing has found its way to the region. We hope that this will help the female population of that country realize the amazing power they have, the ability to bronze their skin under the blazing sun. The ability to make the men drool is a power I am sure the women of that region would surely be happy to begin to enjoy.
New Releases 7-15-08
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008The following are the new releases of DVD movies this week:Step Up 2 the Streets (PG-13) Total Gross $58,017,783 Buena Vista Released on February 14th 2008
College Road Trip (G) Total Gross $45,339,701 Buena Vista Released on March 7th 2008
The Bank Job (R) Total Gross $30,060,660 Lionsgate Released on March 7th 2008
Shutter (PG-13) Total Gross $25,928,550 Fox Released on March 21st 2008
Penelope (PG) Total Gross $10,011,996 Summit Released on February 29th 2008
The following are the new releases of CD music dropping this week:
John Mellencamp Life, Death, Love and Freedom
Nas Nas
Randy Travis Around the Bend
YouTube vs. Viacom – Mask or no Mask
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008YouTube will be allowed to mask the identities of individual users when it turns over the database records to Viacom in the ongoing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit. YouTube was ordered to turn over on July 1, 2008, said they will substitute user IDs and Internet addresses, before submitting the database to Viacom as required. This database of the logs will show when each video was played. Viacom is out to prove more copyright-protected videos are viewed then amateur clips. The judge if you remember U.S. District Judge Louis L. Stanton had originally decided first amendment and privacy concerns were no longer needed. YouTube has the plaintiffs sign agreement that they could change the identifiers with other values, giving them a week to decide what that will be. There is another layer of security, as the data is not publicly released. Plaintiffs will be able to view information under a court-sanctioned confidentiality order. The problem is if a YouTube employees name is masked who knowingly watched a copyright-protected video the claims YouTube is making about not having knowledge of this content will be a smoking gun. So although it appears that the first amendment was saved there still could be an overturn based on who will be masked.
Keep it on – Keep it all ON!
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008A 75-year-old stripper from San Francisco has showed up in England at the Edinburgh Fringe. Her name is Lynn Ruth Miller, a former journalist who has only been stripping for three years, she calls the show Ageing is Amazing. You probably do not want any details but here are a few, the first song is strip polka, which after four minutes leaves the 75 year old in nothing but underwear laced with bells and feathers. The people whom have seen the show say that it is very entertaining. This is a terrible idea because if I had plunked down money to see some naked, I would not consider this a value for my money. The only person that could find a 75-year-old naked woman hot – is a 95-year-old man. Why can we not just admit there are certain things you cannot do, it is not because you are discriminated against it is because no one wants to see it. I will never be an Olympic sprinter because I cannot run fast, I am not discriminated against I just am not that fast. Stripping should be left to the people with bodies that people are attracted to seeing. We understand these are all types, blonde-haired, brown-haired, redhead, big breasts, chubby, even ones with their feet out. We hope that this is not a new trend, which will be the new rage at strip clubs. Costing the patron 20 minutes of time waiting for something worth seeing naked to come on the stage.
