Thank you, Gawker, for doing more than most other media outlets to bring home the hideous financial reality that "everything is FUBAR" (a World War 2 Army slang term for "fu@ked up beyond all recognition," and how cool is it to know that our dorky parents and grandparents employed wicked, Gawkeresque humor during their own dark days?).
Yeah, I know this sounds suck-uppy, but, other than Gawker, HuffPo and MichaelMoore.com, everyone else in the media is afraid to spill the real beans that this is a depression. And if you think it's awful here in NYC, my friends who live out there beyond the bridges, out there in America, wish to assure us that the recession is equally scary there too.
We in the media just have the added fillip of seeing our careers crumble because of structural as well as cyclical declines.
So, is anyone going to The Showdown in Chicago to get tear gassed and have their ears split by LRAD sonic crowd control bombs by government storm troopers outside the bankers' convention next Monday? Like they did to the protesters at the G20 in Pittsburgh last month? Sounds like it's going to quite the scene. #recessionomics
I would give up all of my retirement savings to watch Sarah Palin try this. OK, that currently amounts to something like $0.43, but still, I'd like to see it.
This is why Franken could never win a presidential run. He's totally cut in half the size of both Florida and California. If they take that as a slight, he's dead in the water.
Stupid trick?More like awesome parlor trick. I think the map drawing is pretty impressive, but I'm also that a**hole who likes to juggle for people, whether or not they've asked to see it.
@Gabriel Snyder: Naw, we got it alright. The "all the 48 states" thingie though still stands scrutiny. Unless am unbeknownst to me drunk at the keyboard, Franken does contour ALL the fiddy states in your featured Boing Boing video.
True, he geographically places Hawaii somewhere around the Mexican state of Michoacán--but hey, decidedly a good effort on his part.
It was 1988 on SNL, shortly before the election. He not only drew the map from memory but also explained the electoral vote math that would enable Dukakis to pull off an upset.
@naugahydeinplainsight: I pledge allegiance to the Flank of the United Steaks of America, and to the Repast for which it sears, one Nibble of Gods, delectable, with leek citrique and Jesus juice for all.
@lobstr: We hold these tri-tips to be sesame-marinated. All beefsteaks are grilled equal, and endowed by their Grill Master with certain unassailable spices. Among these are leaf of bay, libations and the pursuit of yumminess.
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Yeah, I know this sounds suck-uppy, but, other than Gawker, HuffPo and MichaelMoore.com, everyone else in the media is afraid to spill the real beans that this is a depression. And if you think it's awful here in NYC, my friends who live out there beyond the bridges, out there in America, wish to assure us that the recession is equally scary there too.
We in the media just have the added fillip of seeing our careers crumble because of structural as well as cyclical declines.
So, is anyone going to The Showdown in Chicago to get tear gassed and have their ears split by LRAD sonic crowd control bombs by government storm troopers outside the bankers' convention next Monday? Like they did to the protesters at the G20 in Pittsburgh last month? Sounds like it's going to quite the scene. #recessionomics
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It's just a shame that Delicatessen appears to be in no trouble at all. #recessionomics
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Letterman should host Franken and Fred Armisen back-to-back.
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True, he geographically places Hawaii somewhere around the Mexican state of Michoacán--but hey, decidedly a good effort on his part.
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Someone failed social studies...
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I'd have been vastly more impressed if he'd drawn the United Steaks of America from memory.
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Oh moo-tiful for grazin' bovines, who're fed their weight in grain....
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