THE JEREMY DANIALS PROJECT

Special Post: My letter to the President

2011-10-22T00:39:00.001-04:00

I wrote a letter to President Obama just a few minutes ago, with an idea I believe is a winner. Here is that letter, in full:

"I am writing to give my two cents. Though I seriously doubt you will alter anything you say or do because of one person such as myself, I still feel the need to do this.

After studying the "Occupy" movement, and remembering your campaign promise to march with protesters if the cause was just, I am NOT going to ask you to march to Freedom Plaza, but I have another idea. One in which you can show solidarity for their plight AND lock up independent voters at the same time. AND it's the right thing to do.

Reject Wall Street campaign money.

Wall Street, which has become the true rulers of this nation with their ability to buy politicians, has threatened to withhold campaign funding to anyone who shows support for their movement. I see opportunity in that statement. Recent polling shows that a majority of Americans support the movement, and an even greater majority support their message, "We are the 99%, and WE are too big to fail." Wall Street is running scared, and they know that their days as the shadow "Fourth Branch of Government" are numbered. So if a presidential candidate won election (or RE-election) WITHOUT their money, it would shatter the perception of power over America. It is time to rebuild the middle-class they destroyed, with or without their precious money.

Do the American public, and your reelection campaign, a favor, and publicly come out against Wall Street campaign money. Reject it personally, and welcome help from sites like Media Matters and MoveOn.org, in lieu of that money. You made yourself a better president with your willingness to take on pirates, you assured your reelection by ordering Bin Laden's death or capture and getting the guy, but now, with this show of solidarity, you could win the election before the first GOP primary.

Some friendly advice from the peanut gallery,

Jeremy Danials

Author

The Jeremy Danials Project Blog

http://americanaudacity5.blogspot.com"

As you can tell, I am asking Obama t reject the Wall Street capital they are saying they will not give him in the first place. By doing so, both symbolically AND in reality, he accomplishes two things. First, he shows the OWS crowd he stands with them, thereby possibly even sewing up a few Teabagger votes, as well as the protesters. And second, by doing so, he acknowledges the plight of the middle-class in America, rapidly becoming an endangered species.

Because let's face it, who else are you gonna vote for, Perry? Cain? Romney???

...Don't bother answering, it was rhetorical.

The "S" List 27 August 2011

2011-08-27T01:47:00.001-04:00

Because I'm reasonably pissed, we're gonna skip the cute intro this time. The White Ribbon entrant into the Asshat of the year award nominees is none other than Gamestop. Yes, the chain of new and used video game stores. It was revealed a few days ago that when the game Deux Ex: Human Revolution was being sold for the Xbox 360, the box contained a voucher for a free download of the game via OnLive for the PC. The deal to include the coupons was reached a month before the games were shipped, but Gamestop did nothing abut it, despite the fact that OnLive is a direct competitor of Gamestop. Instead, they opened the boxes, discarded the coupons, then sold the opened boxes as "new," despite the removal of the cellophane wrappings.

There are so many ways this is wrong. One, technically, these games are now "used" by the company's own standard. Two, the company had a full month to request shipments that did not contain the vouchers, but chose inactivity. Three, many customers were anticipating the vouchers, only t find that they were not receiving them, akin to stealing an action figure promised with a game bundle. Gamestop has apologized, offered gift cards for the amount of the voucher to all who purchased the opened units, as well as a "Buy 2, get 1 free" deal. So, that's supposed to make up for the violation many gamers feel, huh? A gift card, and we're just supposed to overlook this violation of our collective trust in your ethics?

No.

Taking the Red Ribbon tonight is The Republican Ministry of Popular Culture and Propaganda...AKA, Fox News. The standard bearers for all things rich and famous aired a report yesterday on Texas Embarassment Rick Perry, secessionist assfucker and hypocrite extrordinaire, about how in Texas, they teach both Creationism and evolution. Let's set aside for a minute that Fox let slide the fact that, if true, this is a grevious violation of the First Amendment and a direct challenge to Article VI of the Constitution, which declared the Constitution the Supreme Law of the Land. Let's also put aside that this is such a slap in the face to the Supreme Court, which in Engel v. Vitale, ruled that the First Amendment meant that in any public institution, religion had to be checked at the door, and which was subsequently upheld by Wallace v. Jaffree, Lee v. Weissman, Santa Fe ISD v. Doe, and even in the lower courts in the case of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District in an Intelligent Design case. What Fox was reporting on was how Jon Huntsman's tweet on how he believed in science and evolution offended some people. Never mind the rest.

Fox News: Check your coat and your BRAIN at the door!

But taking the Blue Ribbon for Dumbassery is none other than Eric Cantor (Dumbass, VA). The earthquake that measured 5.8 on the Richter scale that struck earlier this week was epicentered in his own congressional district, where people are allowed to cast votes for him. Hurricane Irene, a category 1 storm, is lashing the coastline as we speak, and is forecast to hit his district as well. So naturally, you'd expect every Virginian politition in Congress to be scrambling for Federal Aid immediately, right?

Wrong.

Congressman Cantor is making speeches saying, in effect, that he will BLOCK any federal aid coming to his district unless it's offset by spending cuts.

So let's get this right. People in your district, who are suffering right now, and are no doubt going to be suffering again as the storm rages, and once the clean-up effort begins, don't deserve federal money for aid unless you can hold it hostage in a game of political chicken? Little Timmy's family cannot fix their house unless you can find a way to cut out a senior citizen's Lipitor benefit? What kind of heartless bastard are you?

There is a time and a place for politics, as George Bush Jr. and Michael "Heckuvajob" Brown found out during the Katrina debacle, and disasters where further suffering can be averted is NOT the time. When it comes to saving the lives of innocent men, women, and children, money should be a last concern, for no man can put a price on a human life, and you, dear sir, are doing just that. When people need help the most, you look at your wallet. You are A DISGRACE, sir. Resign. NOW!

Congressman Eric Cantor, The Cant in his last name apparently means cannot do anything right, looking extremely shitty atop my "S" List.

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Final Comment-The "Other Side" of the Argument

2011-08-09T02:22:00.000-04:00

Normally, I stay out of the statuses of my Facebook friends whom discuss politics of a, shall we say,conservative nature. Not because my arguments are weak, but I just don't feel like arguing. I know where I stand, and am confident in my position, without feeling the need to get in a pissing match about it. Lately, however, I have been criticized for nt looking at the other side. Here's the thing, I can get a god look at a pork chop by sticking my head up a pig's ass, but I think I'd rather take the grocer's word for it.

However, when it comes to climate science, as well as a few other subjects, such as the media, there seems to be some contention. Let's start with the media. The Tea Partiers and GOP tell us that there is a "Liberal Bias," and that only Fox tells the "other side." Let's take 2+2=4. How many sides are there to that argument? Or how about "The sky is blue on a cloudless day at noon." The only other side to that is "Nuh uh, it's grey!"

"That's because you're color-blind."

"Oh yeah."

I get really pissed off when someone tells me that I have no idea what I am talking about. Especially when it is the other way around. But, even as an agnostic, I still remember "Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do." (This also applies to an ongoing situation in my personal life as well.) But whenever I hear someone say that a Scientific Theory isn't proven, I have to laugh at their ignorance. You see, in the scientific (or REAL) world, a Theory is actually a demonstrably proven fact, backed by research, numerous peer reviews, independent verification, and vigorous assault by oral debate. Eventually, even though there are a few gaps in the data, invariably it is a proven fact, like evolution, from which has sprung numerous benefits and sciences, like modern medicine. It led to the cracking the genetic code, which means if you deny evolution, you deny the prosecutors the DNA evidence they need to put away and investigate serial killers and rapists. You deny carbon-14 dating tests, geology, the existence of diamonds and other gems, and basic biology. Science doesn't deny religion, but religion denies science. Interesting dynamic.

So when we get to climate change, you can see where I stand. The data is impeccable, and yet the closed-minded refuse to listen. Consider L.A. A smog-choked cesspool where the best description I ever heard of it was "God stubs out his smokes there." Then, new environmental laws were enacted to combat the problem. The result? People in LA canbreathe now. Same here in Ohio, even though we abandoned E-check a while ago. (I say we need to bring it back in some form or another.) We know that CO2 is lethal, is man-made as well as naturally occurring, and that the world's biggest filter against this gas, the Amazonian Rain forest, is disappearing faster than a one-night stand who has sobered up and seen who (or what) he just hooked up with. And with an almost reckless abandon, in order to make a quick buck, or to prop up some Deity or another (in the words of the Jesus character on an episode of Family Guy, "Six of One, they're all complete horseshit."), we will allow big industry t rape our planet, thinking that there is no consequence at all for it.

Well, Mother Earth called the cops.

And back to the media, Fox viewers seem to have adopted an attitude of "Well, if all the other networks told you to jump off a bridge, would you?"

Hell no. I'm shoving your dumb ass off of it for asking such a dumb ass question. The truth is just that, the truth. It isn't political, though it can be distorted for political means. It has no bias, n color, it simply is. And ANY alteration of it whatsoever destroys it, and gives birth to a lie, pure and simple. There IS no "other side." There is only the truth, one side fits all, live with it. The only bias is the one we invent. Thus, there WAS NO LIBERAL BIAS until Fox. It's conservative bias invented the very thing they were bitching about for so long.

In closing, when 50% of scientists say one thing, there's room for debate. When 98% say something, there's aveeeery slim chance someone is wrong, but unless your name is Da Vinci, you'd better bring your "A" game proving it wrong, using definitive proof, not some intangible belief. And when 99% of scientists and the world's population say something, just shut your fucking piehole and go along with it, because the other 1% is too busy getting ass-raped by Fox and watching American Idol.

The "S" List: July 11, 2011

2011-07-11T16:12:00.001-04:00

Proving once again that we all need a laugh, here are the recipients of this weeks' "S" list, in standad order:

The White Ribbon goes to the befuddled as well as bought-and-paid-for Speaker of the House, John Boehner, who acknowledged this past week that non-action on the debt ceiling was an immediate concern that needed a deal as soon as possible. The hang-up, you ask? According to the Huffington Post, in order to get the Republicans to the table, there would have to be many changes to Medicare, Medicaid, and even Social Security. However, they would NOT be allowed to raise new revenue by allowing the widley acknowledged Bush-era tax cuts that didn't create a single new job to expire, nor would they be allowed to end taxpayer subsidies to oil and gas companies whose profits can reach $5 million an hour. We pay them enough at the pump, but now we gotta pay taxes to them too?

Easy to see who gave HIM a cash enema, isn't it?

The Red Ribbon recipiant is Rupert Murdoch, theHeart of Darkness at the head of Newscorp, the propaganda outlet that used to run The News of the World, a 160+ year-old British tabloid rag. In the now-infamous hacking scandal that has shut the paper down, All N.O.T.W. have been fired...with the exception of Rebekah Brooks, the CEO of News International, and James Murdoch, K. Rupert's own devil-spawn. I can understand James, (being the boss's kid DOES have perks) but the speculation is that Rebeka is sleeping with James, or did in the past. Any way you slice it, she should've been fired, but she was allowed to run her own internal investigation of her own alleged wrongdoing.

Hello? Osama Bin Laden? We'd like you to investigate whether or not you were behind 9/11?

But our winner today is the newspaper USA Today. Living up to the standards Mind Fox says they do, a more fair and balanced paper I have yet to find. It's not a Newscorp property (YET), but they do tend to give conservatives enough time to state their case, even if all they do is hang themselves with it. But my issue is not with the political coverage of the paper...this time. No, my issue is on the Life section's front page. A little blurb called "Rebecca Black relishes her 'Moment.'" The blurb was on the side of the front page, about 3 sentences long, and read as follows:

From the Life section of USA Today, 11 July 2011:
"By Cindy Clark, USA TODAY

Updated: 07/10/2011 6:29pm
Internet sensation Rebecca Black has been working hard on the follow-up single to her hit music video Friday — and no, it's not called Saturday.
The 14-year-old singer will release a new video and single, My Moment, on July 18 on her YouTube channel and on her website. It will be available on iTunes and other online retailers beginning on July 19.
The My Moment video features footage from Black's real life including her last day at her junior high school, her attendance at movie premieres and her recent hosting gig at MTV's Online Music Awards, to tell the story of her sudden rise to fame.
Copyright 2011 USATODAY.com

Sounds like any other blurb about semi-famous people, right? The problem I have with the article is the use of the term "Internet sensation." It implies that the video was at least more liked than panned, which, as even non-computerati know, was not the case. The last person I ever knew of who was so universally despised was , and I am sorry to say this, Adolf hitler, and even HE has people who still like him. Just because a vid clip on youtube has been watched 10 million+ times does NOT mean it was a hit. Look at the dislikes and read the comments.They may be over-the-top, but she even givesAutoTune a bad name. Clearly, this was the most hated video of all time, and they want to call her an "Internet sensation?" The proper term would be "musical abortion!"

Royally pissing me off will quickly earn you a top spot on my "S" List, as the newspaper USA Today has discovered!

A side note: There is a Final Comment coming in the next week or so. As the name implies, it will be the last time I comment on a particular topic in the length I do then.

The MODIFIED "S" List 05/17/2011

2011-05-17T20:37:00.000-04:00

In accordance with the Olbermann Model, from now on, we will be reducing the "S" list from 4 assholes at a time to 3. I do this for two reasons: First, it will condense the narrative to keep it readable without being too long to keep interest, and second, because I am a lazy bitch. So without further ado, here are our White, Red, and Blue ribbon winners for 17 May 2011:

The White ribbon goes to Bill O'Reilly of Mind Fox's The O'Lielly Factor. (It's actually The O'Reilly Factor, but my take is more accurate) On 16 May 2011, Jon Stewart accepted O'Reilly's invitation to debate the White House's invitation of rapper Common to participate in a poetry slam. Stewart accepted, and when O'Reilly began an assumptive example (That Stewart is President), the following exchange occurs:

O'REILLY: You have a history of associating with dubious people. You know that. I know it. Everybody knows it. And then you say, "You know what? It's a good idea to bring in a guy who sympathizes with a cop killer." Do you think that's a good decision?
STEWART: Here's what I think. I think Common believes that this woman was unjustly...
O'REILLY: You're the president. Will you make that call?
STEWART: Can I be honest with you?
O'REILLY: Yes, please.
STEWART: If I'm the president...
O'REILLY: Yes.
STEWART: ... and I'm booking my own poetry slams, throw me out of office.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/oreilly/transcript/bill-oreilly-and-jon-stewart-debate-common-controversy?page=5#ixzz1MegBY0IK

O'Lielly later postured with Bernie Goldberg (thus confirming the quality of THAT program, with discredited guests like that) as if he WON!!!

In the above example, O'Really supposed that the First Family was checking applicants. I would think that the First Family has better things to do, like THEIR JOBS!

The Red Ribbon runner-up goes toJon Paul Rion, the shady defense attorney for China Arnold, the woman twice convicted of murdering her 3 week old daughter Paris Talley by cooking her in a microwave. The first trial ended in a mistrial, which is understandable, given the circumstances. The second trial ends in a conviction, but is overturned due to "prosecutorial misconduct." So she gets a third trial, and is convicted again. Justice finally, right? Three strikes, you're out, right?

After the verdict, Judge Wiseman advised the defense that they had the right to a mental health examination before the sentencing phase could begin since it is a death penalty-possible case. Rion complied, asking for the exam, thus delaying the sentencing phase until Wed. However, this raises a question... why was this not a defense tactic from the beginning??? The insanity plea may be cliche, but given the situation, shouldn't you have at least tried?

But our Blue Ribbon Recipient, the winner:

Steve Doocy of MindFox!

Doofus, commenting on the billionaire narcissist/media whore Trump bowing out of the 2012 campaign for the GOBP nomination, had this to say:

"[t]he mainstream media went after him with the long knives." (Source: Media Matters, 17 May 2011)

Though it was lost on the commenters on MMfA (minus MY comment), this is a code phrase. It brings to mind the "Nacht der langen Messer," or the Night of the Long Knives, in which Hitler moved against his political enemies, and used the move as an excuse to purify the NSDAP, or Nazi Party, of all the elements that were "unacceptable," such as the SA "Brownshirts" and all the left-leaning political figures they had accrued in order to appeal to the voters of the Weimar Republic, as they were now no longer necessary or even desirable. Those not killed in the action were arrested on trumped-up, or in some cases, even bogus charges, and shipped off to the concentration camps. Hitler obtained retroactive legal authority for the raid from the legislative body, which was under Nazi control.

So, in other words, Doofus just compared the "mainstream media" to Hitler and the Nazis. Using the term long knives could mean no other thing, and there is no other historical phrase that the term "Long Knives" can mean. If he wanted to emphasize that the media went after Trump with a vengance, he could have said "with the heavy artillery," and that would have been acceptable, if a bit disingenuous. But to choose a turn of phrase like he did, he aimed to provoke the image of Nazis in his viewers in the hopes to turn their opinion against real reporters and real news agencies like the New York Times, or even CNN. But it is even more insidious than that. In using the phrase as he did, he can claim (untruthfully, of course) that since he didn't SAY Nazis, he didn't MEAN Nazis. However, with the historical connotation of the phrase evident to a twelve year old with access to Wikipedia, (and I assume Doofus is SOMEWHAT intelligent) he not only meant the Nazi comparison, but is reveling in the lack of outrage, thinking he got away with it.

But not from me, who heretofore names Steve Doocy of MindFox the idiot who should be in deep "S" as of 17 May 2011!

Mayday: Then and Now

2011-05-02T03:15:00.002-04:00

1 May has a lot of history behind it. Not all bad, not all good, either. But all of it important. So it's no surprise to me that we can now add the death of Osama Bin Laden to that list. But let's taks a look at some of the other historical stories and events associated with Mayday:

1) 1 May 1707: The act of Union joins Scotland and England to form Great Britain.

2) 1 May 1751: Americans enjoy our first Cricket match. We didn't get it then, and we don't now, either.

3) 1 May 1933: In Nazi Germany, Trade Union leaders are invited by the Nazi's to a celebration in Berlin of May Day, which is to become a national day of Labour holiday. While the leaders of the trade unions are in Berlin, their offices are ransacked, looted, the buildings seized, assets seized as well, and the leaders themselves arrested and shipped to concentration camps. On 2 May 1933, Trade Unions are made illegal, and replaced with the DAP, A sham Nazi union designed to funnel cash to the party to fund its' takeover of the government.

4) 1 May 1945: A German newsletter announces the death of Hitler.

5) 1 May 1948: North Korea is established.

6) 1 May 1956: The Polio vaccine is made available to the public.

7) 1 May 1961: Castro declares Cuba a Socialist country and abolishes free elections, making the island nation 90 miles from Miami a communist beachhead in the Western Hemisphere.

8) 1 May 2003: President Bush fucks up an already fucked up situation by declaring "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq. It was after that that things got even worse.

And now, 9) 1 May 2011: Eight years after King Bush the 43rd tricked America into war in Iraq using fake evidence and false promises, thus diverting necessary resources away from the REAL war in Afghanistan, in Pakistan, American forces in the CIA killed that sumbitch.

There is plenty more history asociated with 1 May. If you want to look it up, Wikipedia has a fantastic listing, some of which I consulted for this article. (And later saw that it influenced the way I listed the events, d'oh!) Altogether, it's a VERY historical day, and worth looking into. Regardless, now and forevermore, it will also be associated with America shooting and killing an evil motherfucker who masterminded the mass murder of over 3000 innocent American lives to prove a point. Well, we can prove those points too, motherfucker!

Hope you get demon-assraped in Hell, asshole!

The trouble with MTV

2011-04-30T22:12:00.003-04:00

So my better half has taken to watching 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom on MTV, and it got me thinking... Shouldn't the network be forced to change it's name by now?

MTV started in the 80's as a channel devoted to music videos. Ever since the explosive success of The Real World (for which i blame the rise of reality tv, BTW), MTV has steadily receded away from it's roots, until the only time they show videos is in the 2am slot, if even then!

I never minded MTV's lean away from rock to R&B and rap, as musical popularity changes with the decades. (The 80's were hair metal and power ballads, the 90's saw techno, alternative, and hip hop, as well as gangsta rap.) What I DID mind, however, was when they started to air programming like the above-mentioned shows, which all seem to advocate (or at least glorify) teen pregnancy and teen motherhood, even as they seem to try to paint it in a negative light.

Now I am not coming off as a father here, although as one, I would be lying if I said this didn't concern me. I'm speaking as someone who knows a 16 year-old mom who hates this crap, as she says that it doesn't show the truth, because these moms and dads will watch the kids for their kids at night, and during school. This young lady had to drop out and take 2 jobs because her parents threw her out, and her boyfriend, the kid's dad, abandoned her. She struggled to gain child support, and only recently gained the ability to obtain her G.E.D. THAT is reality, folks, not this semi-fairy tale that Hollywood peddles on us.

MTV no longer is about music, as it's roots started. It is all about tripe over substance, where any Jack and Asshole can get a TV show so long as they are an unwed teen mother that abuses her boyfriend, or some spoiled rotten Hollywood socialite who wouldn't know the value of an honest day's labor if she were forced to break rocks in Leavenworth. Look at Paris Hilton. And the worst part is, these horny, old perverts cheer them on as if these spoiled brats are going to throw them even a mercy fuck!!!

The Nintendo 3DS: an Early Review

2011-04-29T19:25:00.000-04:00

OK, so I got a 3DS on launch day, and have some initial impressions. I have no 3D games yet, but that should be rectified this weekend. (Edit: It wasn't, but again, soon.) So, without further adieu, Let's review:

1) Features:

OK, so the features of the 3DS seem to be numerous and overwhelming. A Pedometer, a Mii maker, Playcoins, a Gyrosensor, street and Spot Pass, Mii QR codes, 3D graphics, backwards compatibility... this system tries to do it all. The most important side feature, however, seems to be the Street Pass feature. Several of the features seem to revolve around it, as well as many in-game features. Mine hasn't activated yet, so I haven't been able to play Find Mii yet, but with me collecting playcoins with the pedometer, it's only a matter of time.

Speaking of the Mii's, The Mii Maker on this thing is much like it is on the Wii (where they originated), but there are numerous improvements. For one, there is a feature that let's you use either the 3D cameras on the outside of the unit OR the inside, 2D camera, take a picture of either yourself or a family member/friend, and create a Mii face based off of the facial recognition software. You can then edit it as you wish. Next, you can copy your Mii's from the Wii to your 3DS. Nice. Also, you can copy your Mii as a QR code. In case you have been living under a rock, like the Geico commercial insinuates, a QR code is, in essence, the next generation of bar code. They resemble this...

(BTW, this is MY Mii, scan it if you want.)

Basically, the Mii Maker has a scan feature that allows you to scan these, and voila! their Miis on YOUR 3DS! Even the creator, birthday, and fav color data are copied. Unfortunately, the scanner box is kinda touchy about code placement in the box while scanning, but all in all, pretty fun! Note: Mii's scanned in this manner do not count in the Street Pass Mii Plaza.

Finally, let's discuss the pedometer and Play Coin features. It's dirt simple: put the 3DS in sleep mode, and walk. The pedometer measures how many steps you take, and gives you 1 play coin per 100 steps. There IS a limit of 10 playcoins per day and 300 in total, but it appears that the costs of play coins isn't too big after all. Essentially, Nintendo is rewarding you for getting out and exercising. It's a novel idea, and makes the Street Pass idea more effective. Think DLC, in-game. In my opinion, the pedometer is a bit too sensitive (i.e. 300 steps=500 pedometer steps, or something like that), but it is by far the most accurate pedometer I've ever owned.

AR Games: These things are fucking amazing. However, having to defeat a dragon by hitting it with balls shot like pool balls is a little weird. Still, the graphics are awesome, and the surface-warping effects are top notch. The sound could be better, but as a demo, it does it's job admirably.

AAC and MP3 Player: Excitebike in 3D!!! Seriously, the player seems to play the files a bit too low in volume, but the visuals are astonishing. And they seem to have corrected the problem I had with the DSi's music player: No mp3 support. Now the most prevalant audio filetype is accepted, making this this thing my new preferred audio player. (Sorry, iPod, but when was the last time I was able to play Pokemon on you?)

The Cameras: OK, 3D pics are awesome. But when I can't post the pics in 3D mode on Facebook, I get irked. How am I supposed to share them? I don't know. The camera saves the photos in two different filetypes. Only one is a recognized filetype that can be uploaded on social networking sites, and this is annoying as shit. Still, 3D pics, man!

Now, as I have no 3D games as of yet, I cannot do a full review. However, once I play some, Part 2 will be published. Until then, adieu!

"S" List 25 March 2011

2011-03-25T04:29:00.000-04:00

Quick note: I have decided to disable the commenting section for now. I'll let you know later if that becomes permanent.

Phoning it in with the green ribbon this week is a tie between the Best Buy in NYC and the NYPD. By now, you've heard the story of Isaiah "TriForce" Johnson, a Nintendo uberfan who has, since Tuesday, been waiting outside aforementioned Best Buy, in a ritualistic manner (for him), in order to be one of the first in the boroughs to obtain his pre-ordered Nintendo 3DS. (Full disclosure: I have one on pre-order launch, and can't fuggin' wait either.) He's not harming anyone, and has even brought a little media attention to the store on local news, as well as the online blog Kotaku and G4TV's Attack of the Show.

But now, according to Kotaku, the store, which for days has had no problem with the guy, has all of the sudden decided that it does not want him in front of the store. So they called NYC's Finest. Now, if the guy was a hobo with 26 different urine stains on his pants, screaming "Now vhere'sh mah cahrvin' knife?", I'd understand their reluctance for a long-term fixture in front of their store. But two questions arise here:

1)Because the store in question is open 24/7, and the guy is outside, not inside bothering customers, what's the butthurt here?

2) Considering that the Best Buy will be hosting a midnight release for the system on Sun., and that they do this for other big games and systems, isn't it bad form to crack down on a customer just because he wears a Power Glove?

In all seriousness, pick and choose who wins, the winner takes the White 3rd place ribbon, the loser gets the green.

Bringing home the Red No. 2 spot is none other than Former House Speaker and total Assbag Newt Gingrich. A while back, on Mind Fox, no less, the salt-topped, cheating hypocrite called for American forced to intervene in Libya, saying that if he were President, he would have already done just that. (Which automatically renders his point moot, because there is too much money in saying you might run as opposed to actually running.)

However, according to The Huffington Post, once Pres. Obama did just that, surprise, surprise! The Gin-Grinch reversed his position, simply because Obama endorsed and acted on it...again. Newt. Hypocrisy goes in, hypocrisy goes out. No substitutions, exchanges, refunds, or 4th wives for you. Remember, this is a guy who left his first wife for his secretary, then, after having Clinton brought up on blowjob charges, it was revealed he was schtupping his congressional staffer and was getting another divorce.

But the Blue-ribbon performance of the week is none other than Bob Unruh, blogger for Wing Nut Daily. This up-and-coming hatemonger claims that a bill in Cali's Legislature would push the "LGBT" agenda of teaching our children that it is ok to be gay. In fact, this bill would look at the contributions of the LGBT community in a historical context. In essence, just like you can't discuss civil rights without mentioning Black folk, this bill will do the same thing. Only now, it's for those darn lesbian schoolteachers! Quick, we need a dumb blond whore to fish people from the water! Someone call Mind Fox!

Bob Unruh, eating my "S" today!

Fun with Photoshop

2011-03-15T16:55:00.001-04:00

OK, so when it comes to photoshop, I am a rank amateur. But when it comes to political statements, you don't need much. Take these for example:

As you can see, a small edit can make a BIG difference.

The "S" List 03/03/2011

2011-03-03T14:58:00.000-05:00

I'ma kick off the Jeremy Danials Project with an "S" List. This week, 4 people are getting my prizes for "Worst in Show."

Taking the green participatory ribbon this week is Bill O'Reilly of the Ministry of Information News Network. The Bhagdad Bob of cable news showed a video of violent protesters while discussing the ongoing protests in Wisconsin. Although he never said the video WAS from Madison, the airing of the video while conversating about Wisconsin may make people THINK it was in Madison. However, in the video, there are palm trees. PALM TREES! In Madison, Wisconsin! In February, and March!

The O'Reilly Factor: Where honesty goes to die.

Our white ribbon for 3rd goes to someone who's name rhymes with Wretched Schmarleson. (Hint: It's Wretched Carlson of MindFox and friends. On the 2 March edition, when discussing a Government Shutdown, which would, among other things, force federal employees to work for free, thereby devastating the families of federal employees, Carlson was quoted as saying the following:

"They've done a study to show that the public needs to be let in on a little secret: We can survive when the government shuts down for a short period of time." She continued: "And that, I think, would raise a lot of questions about whether or not there's bloating in the federal government." [As reported by Media Matters for America]

OK, so it may stop Social Security payments to seniors, mentally ill people you REALLY don't want in society, and disabled Vietnam War vets with PTSD, halt post office service, severely impair Medicare payments to doctors, pharmacists, and medical supply companies, severely limit the Department of Homeland Security, thus making the country LESS safe against terrorism, and hamper such law enforcement departments as the U.S. Marshals, the FBI, the CIA, the ATF, and, more important to republican lawmakers, the Secret Service, but a Government shutdown for any length of time is a good idea. Gotcha.

Our Father, who artin Heaven, "Wretched" be her name...

The red 2nd place ribbon goes to Glenn Beck, the conspiracy theorist who makes Charlie Sheen seem as sane as David Warner. (Hint: he isn't.) The Jesse Ventura of the Ministry of Information News Network has struck again. According to Media Matters, Beck claims that a Pentagon report confirms that his caliphate/attack on America is confirmed. Quoting Beck:

"Maybe you caught the headline here. Let me show it to you. "Financial terrorism suspected in 2008 market crash." Now that is quite a claim -- that terrorists caused the economic crash. Not quite. Not quite. It comes from a Pentagon report - it's this report. It was issued by their Irregular Warfare Support Program, and done by an economic analyst that has been around for a while. He's no kook. His name is Kevin Freeman. It took six months to complete. Now, he's not a whack job, he's not a guy who needs to make a name for himself. He's a trusted Pentagon analyst.

I have to tell you, I don't know if he's right. But I know we should be aware of this, because there's a couple of things that don't feel right to me. Let me show you first what he found.

He found that, first of all, terrorists and other financial enemies were likely responsible for the U.S. financial collapse in 2008. That doesn't mean we're - we were irresponsible as well, but they took advantage.

The attack, which began in 2007, he says, is a three-tiered attack. The report claims two of the phases are complete -- two of them -- but the third one is not. He says it may be under way right now." [Fox News, Glenn Beck, 3/2/11]

The report in question, of course, says that this is NOT the opinion of the USA.

Gottverdammt, Glenn, you are dumber than I gave you credit for. I at least thought you were as smart as a chimpanzee, but clearly, they are smarter.

But the Blue Ribbon for the Stupid Ass of the Week goes to...

Mike Huckabee, the former Ministry of Information Propaganda Channel host, and one-time Presidential hopeful!

This week, he made a verbal gaffe, claiming that President Obama "grew up in Kenya." When confronted with the quote, he backtracked, claiming that he meant to say Indonesia, not Kenya, and claimed that if we read page 183 of his book, it clears up the confusion.

Problem: It doesn't.

Once again, Media Matters to the rescue! Page 183 references a Winston Churchill bust, the Mau Mau rebellion, and Obama's Grandfather (all in Kenya, mind you), but nothing about Indonesia! Or Obama, other than the Churchill bust and Obama's grandfather! Mike, a word of advice. If you are going to insult the intelligence of MindFox viewers (low-hanging fruit, I know), do it with a little more guile and honesty. Spouting lies my 5-month old could see through is bad enough, but then to pull an O'Lielly and lie to cover up your lie is middle-school debate worthy. (By the way, my apologies to all middle-schoolers I just insulted.) It's the equivalent of "Nuh-UH!!"

Mike "Huckster" Huckabee, whom I do NOT heart, topping this week's "S" List!

Welcome to the chaos!

2011-03-02T22:42:00.000-05:00

Welcome to the Jeremy Danials Project! This blog will follow a few rules, but will generally be an "anything-I-think-of" affair. The method is simple:

1) News and Politics

2) Video Games

3) The "S" List, 4 people who piss me off, in order of anger. A green participatory ribbon for the least offensive, a white "Third Place" ribbon for the next, a red "Second Place" ribbon for the second-worst offender, and the blue "First Place" ribbon for the idiot with the worst performance that post. If this seems like Keith Olbermann's "Worsts" lists, it was inspired by said man.

AAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDDD...

4) The Final Comment. This segment will be a philosophical look at life, or a rant about something that fires me up, or hust whatever I want. It's my blog, I'll write about whatever I damn well please.

One note: I will try to update when I can, but will do my best to make all posts a weekly thing.

NOTE!!! I WILL TRY!!!

In this unstable climate, nothing is certain. ALSO! Look in the future for the podcast! I will be starting one as soon as feasable.