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The 12 Internet Memes That Took Obama To The Nomination

Barack Obama is like Kermit the Frog: Someone else may be your personal favorite, but he's the one that gets the most attention, so he's the one who ends up in all the parodies. Obama can be mashed up with any meme, because anyone can assign him any qualities: like Kermit, his everyman status makes him ripe for satire. To demonstrate, in no particular order but numbered anyway, here are the top twelve memes that have carried Obama to the nomination. More »

7:00 AM on Thu May 8 2008
By Nick Douglas
8,023 views, 14 comments

Latest by drivenbyboredom: [www.drivenbyboredom.com] that is my favorite obama mashup more »

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Why Kids Are So Dumb Today

In the Tipping Point, middle-brow about town Malcolm Gladwell cites rather convincing evidence that Blues Clues, that maddeningly simple television show featuring an azure canine, taught kids more about life than Sesame Street. Sesame Street he claims, en bref, was too complicated for the psyche's of tiny tots. He's wrong and here's why. More »

1:13 AM on Tue Jan 8 2008
By Joshua Stein
3,649 views, 49 comments