Good morning!

I’m not a big football fan, hence I didn’t have any desire to watch the Super Bowl. Grew up with too many Super Bowls messing with my birthday celebrations. :) So the only part of the game this past Sunday that I indulged in was the half time entertainment. It wasn’t until after the fact was I aware of the commercial with Clint Eastwood. Did you see?

Clint Eastwood On Chrysler Super Bowl Commercial: ‘I’m Not Politically Affiliated With Mr. Obama‘

After a day filled with chatter about the political implications of his “Halftime in America” Super Bowl commercial for Chrysler, acting legend Clint Eastwood moved to quell any speculation that he was making a pitch for President Obama’s economic policy.

“l am certainly not politically affiliated with Mr. Obama. It was meant to be a message about job growth and the spirit of America,” Eastwood, a libertarian and longtime Republican voter, said Monday evening on Fox News’ “The O’Reilly Factor” about the ad, which features him extolling the virtues of a revitalized Detroit. Chrysler was one of the companies saved in President Obama’s 2009 auto bailout, which Eastwood has publicly opposed. “I think all politicians will agree with it,” he continued. “I thought the spirit was OK.”

Eastwood, who said he was “not supporting any politician at this time,” also gave his blessing for either party to reference the spot, or at least its message.

“If Obama or any other politician wants to run with the spirit of that ad, go for it,” he said.

Earlier in the day, Fox News contributor Karl Rove criticized the ad for being “a sign of what happens when you have Chicago-style politics, and the President of the United States and his political minions are, in essence, using our tax dollars to buy corporate advertising.”

In response, Eastwood’s longtime manager Leonard Hirshan told NY Magazine that the ad was never intended to be political.

“I think that Rove and everybody, if they’re sensible, would wonder why a longtime Republican and Libertarian would do that,” he said. “Just think about that, how silly that is: It’s not like [the ad] was done by a left-winger, like Paul Newman in his day. It was done by a Republican, and he was doing it about America. There’s not anything political to do with it whatsoever. I don’t want him to do commercials, and as far as I’m concerned, it’s a PSA [public service announcement]. Period.”

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Readers: I loved it. Eastwood may not be “politically affiliated with Mr. Obama”, but it certainly doesn’t hurt that the commercial kicked Obama some kudos in a complimentary indirect kind of way.  And Eastwood was against the auto bailouts.

Clint, said this to the L.A. Times in November 2011:

“But I’m a big hawk on cutting the deficit. I was against the stimulus thing too. We shouldn’t be bailing out the banks and car companies. If a CEO can’t figure out how to make his company profitable, then he shouldn’t be the CEO.”

And yet he starred in this Chrysler commercial. What are you thoughts? Blog me.

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Good morning!

Oh… what can I say, mornings are my thing. Love getting up early.  And this was sent to me and just cracked me up. I thought a little humor on a Monday morning was the ticket to getting the week going in a good way. At least it was for me. Enjoy.

Anchorwoman Sausage Blooper Spices Up Morning News (VIDEO)

Two female morning news anchors covering a sausage eating competition? This is the stuff news bloopers are made of.

As soon as the clip above begins, it’s clear that these professional ladies are not going to make it through the announcement without at least a few giggles.

But it isn’t until one anchor tries to direct viewers to the sausage competition’s website that things get a little NSFW.

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BLOG BIZ: My apologies over the restricted video yesterday. I HOPE that all of you know by now that if you click on the title it will take you to where the article was originally posted. So you can view anything there, and more, that you can’t or don’t see here.

Nancy Pelosi: Have I told you lately how much I appreciate all you do? Consider this nod my appreciation. Thank you.

AG: I read your comment a few days ago. And usually I just ignore comments such as yours, but I couldn’t help myself; I just had to come back and address you. What planet are you living on? Obama has done more for the country than any other president. You are either watching FOX and totally uninformed, a racist, or just plain stupid.

From the Desk of Anonz: What’s up? I can only imagine. I HOPE you are well. As always, your comments inspire more than just talk. Be safe.

John: I had to come back and make a comment to you as well. It boggles my mind to think that people will still vote for the republican party even if they do think that “someday” they will be that 1%. I guess the article that I posted a few days ago is correct. Low. I.Q. I ran into a woman that I did work with on Obama’s campaign in 2008, yesterday. She works almost every weekend doing something to support the DNC. She is definitely in the game.  This next election, everyone who supports Obama needs to get in the game.

Peace out.

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Good morning!

It’s Friday – Yay!!

I just couldn’t resist this one this morning! – who doesn’t love when a man starts flappin’ his lips and croons the words of Al Green?  Especially when it is our beloved President Obama singing, “I’m…so in love with you…”! Just how many women are wishing he was singing it personally to them? (heads nodding “yes” – hand in the air, lips saying “uh huh”) If you were a fan on the man before, this is gonna make you drip and drool with delight! Did I just say that?! Yep I did. I just love it!! Made my day – Enjoy!

President Obama Sings Al Green’s ‘Let’s Stay Together’ During Fundraiser At Apollo Theater In Harlem (VIDEO)

President Obama has a message to his donors: Let’s stay together.

While speaking Thursday night during a fundraiser at the historic Apollo Theater in Harlem, the commander in chief showed off some impressive singing abilities. After mentioning that soul legend Rev. Al Green was at the event, Obama belted out a short rendition of Green’s classic hit “Let’s Stay Together.”

“I…I’m so in love with you,” sang the President.

Obama then playfully pointed backstage and explained, “those guys didn’t think I would do it. I told you I was gonna do it.” Addressing Green in the audience, Obama said, “Don’t worry Rev, I cannot sing like you, but I just wanted to show my appreciation.”

ABC News explains that about 1,400 supporters attended the event, which included performances from Al Green and India.Arie. As Politico reports, Obama likely raised at least $3.1 million from his various New York fundraisers on Thursday.

Readers…especially the women readers: Isn’t this just the best? FLOTUS is one lucky lady. I know you’ve got something to say. How about sending some lovin’ back to the president. Start flapping your lips. Blog me.

Tsarmi: A timely post and one that is worth giving time.

Doug: Another article that needs to be read by those who really love our four-legged family & friends. Thanks.

That is all I have time for this morning. I’ll catch up with the rest of you tomorrow.

Peace and LOVE

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Good morning!

Fotoshop by Adobé from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo.

This faux commercial, written and directed by Jesse Rosten, introduces “the next revolution in beauty”–a product that promises to give you “full lips, sparkling eyes, and lashes that never end,” as well as pore-less skin, and a banging new bikini bod. The name of this ingenious new beauty product? You guessed it: Photoshop. Or, as Rosten cleverly calls it, Fotoshop by Adobé. From “simply erasing” blemishes with the product’s “pro-pixel intensifying fauxtanical hydro-jargon microbead extract” to changing hair, eye color and even “adjusting your race” with the “breakthrough” hue/saturation technology, there’s pretty much nothing this miraculous product can’t do.

But here’s the scary part: Besides the fact that it’s for a fake product, Rosten’s video completely nails the tone and format of the average beauty commercial. There are before and after comparisons, animated illustrations of pores being filled in by “micro-beads,” and spliced together images of women smiling, swishing their hair and boxing–”Want to be a total knockout?” Then there’s the peppy female narrator, who says things like “revolutionary technology,” and “breakthrough system,”–buzzwords that have become de rigeur in nearly every beauty commercial–as well as asks questions like, “Why eat healthy and exercise when you can just look like you do?”

Of course that’s exactly the point and this faux ad draws attention to a very real problem: The use of photoshop in cosmetic ads can be extremely misleading to consumers–a problem that the U.S. has recently taken steps to combat.

Rosten, who says of the video, “This commercial isn’t real, neither are society’s standards of beauty,” is certainly doing his part to keep that conversation going.

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Readers: Love the point of this video. We know women of all ages want to look their best, but who many women, mostly young women, want to be like…strive to look like…are just not real. And although we know that what we see is not always what is real, this video really does drive it home. I encourage you to pass it along.

On a similar vein, in 2009, Glamour Magazine featured Lizzi Miller a 20-year old Plus Size model baring her tummy, and…it wasn’t toned.

A single photo used for an article on self confidence in September’s issue of Glamour magazine has caused a buzz in the modeling world. Meet Lizzi Miller: a 20-year-old, 180-pound, 5-foot-11 bombshell whose size 12-to-14 body matches that of the average American female. After she was captured smiling and showing a bit of a tummy, the Glamour website was immediately overrun with positive comments, inspiring editor-in-chief Cindi Leive to reconsider the models shown in the magazine’s pages. Read Leive’s blog post on the photo and the model.

WATCH as Lizzi tells The Today Show’s Matt Lauer, “I’m not saying that a size 2 isn’t normal…but my normal is this.”

To see the video interview click here.

The issue created so much buzz because women related to it. I love the photo – I think she looks beautiful. Although no one really considered this model as a “Plus Size” model, they were delighted that this woman was featured, with her real body, tummy and all. Yet here we are over two years later and not much has changed.

Thoughts? Comments? Blog me.

Candi: Thanks for the “details” – Happy it all worked out.

Jackie: I had to come back and add in a comment to you because I read your comment and forgot to address it, and wanted to. I hear you. – I, like you, don’t always read the posts by Human Events  – I agree with you, and I do see where this is going…and it is unbelievable. I just may have to blog this again just in case many readers missed it.

Tsarmi: Speaking of beauty, we watched the movie “Power and Beauty – White House Love Scandal” last night.  Not great acting but a very interesting movie. There was a line in the movie – I can’t remember exactly what the words were, but it basically said that the most powerful men were the ones that had all the dirt on everyone. Besides the gross amount of greed, and the zero respect for human life displayed, the chronicles you posted about Nixon/Rebozo etc., pretty much proves that point. Thank you – I found the information that you shared  shocking and fascinating. If you can share more, please do.

Peace out.

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michelle

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“Just noticing…”

• Katherine Heigl launches her campaign to help save the world… by eliminating testicles.

Readers: Think she’s onto something? Blog me.

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