Tag: michael jackson

So, you want to see what’s going to freak people out, fairly soon?

Man, I can’t wait to see the fault lines on this one. Ironically, Joseph Fiennes might even end up giving a bravura performance as Michael Jackson. After all, what’s the point in going this gonzo if you don’t redline the accelerator?

Two things about this Hobbit parody.

A couple of things about this:

First off: this is what happens when a song stops being contemporary and starts being myth. I mean, compare that parody to this one*:

The latter assumes that you’ve seen the original; the first merely assumes that you know of the original. Completely different humor.

Continue reading Two things about this Hobbit parody.

Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D) and two House Resolutions.

The one that you want to look up is H. Con. Res. 135.

I tried to stay out of the entire bizarre meltdown that was the Jackson funeral.  Really, I did.

So when Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee (Democrat. Oh, my, yes: Democrat): introduced a resolution in Congress honoring the – what did you call Michael Jackson, Rep. Pete King (R)?

Right: low-life, pervert, child molester, and pedophile.

…anyway, when Rep. Jackson-Lee did that, I was silent.

When Rep. Jackson-Lee referred the legislation to the House Foreign Affairs committee, I was silent. Continue reading Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D) and two House Resolutions.