Extreme Advertising

Monday, April 6, 2009 at 8:39PM
TWP in Coulter, Coulter, Verizon, double standard, hypocrisy, hypocrisy

Back in 2007 upstanding companies (barf) such as Verizon, Sallie Mae and Georgia-based NetBank were taking their marching orders from "mainstream" political Web site the Daily Kos, as they retracted in horror upon discovering that some of their ads had appeared on an "extreme political Web site," AnnCoulter.com. May it never be!

Could there be a more hypocritical stance for a company to take?

A spokesperson for NetBank said Coulter's page "is not the kind of site we want to be on." To know that, he/she/trans would have to have read it, and you know that didn't happen. Since NetBank was the 1st bank to fail, it's good to know that their ads don't appear ANYwhere these days, including AnnCoulter.com.

"Per our policy, the networked Web site ad purchases are supposed to be stripped of certain kinds of Web sites," said a Verizon spokesperson. "This one could be considered an extreme political Web site, should be off the list, and now it is off the list." Good for you, Verizon! It would be a shame to have your alleged "deceptive and misleading" ads that got you sued by the state of New Jersey run on a Web site so extreme as Ann Coulter's.

Update on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 1:54AM by TWP

When I first wrote this I missed that the source article for this was posted on CNN in 2007. A friend shared the story with me just yesterday and I thought it was a current news item and jumped on the story and posted this. Then I rewrote it once I realized it was pre-Socialism. Now it makes sense why NetBank was out there spouting off. In 2007 they actually thought they had some swagga. Perhaps they didn't give enough to Obama, and now they're history.

Regardless, it's still funny to me.

Regulation Nation

Regulation nation, man your stations. 

Do your part for the EPA.

Propaganda bonanza, paid for by you.

$2500 and a pat on the back. Good job!

Regulation - that's right!

Good for the nation - oh yeah! 

Regulation - worker's unite!

Federal bureaucracy, used to be democracy.

Maybe the new EPA videos by the drones can be 

like the old Schoolhouse Rock! 

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up words and phrases and clauses. 

The Right Wing Force Field

I keep waiting for someone to say this but I haven't heard it yet, so... you heard it here first: the left is trying to brand tea parties as racists and vitriolic etc. not to hurt their feelings... tea party folks all know they're not racists and that it's bunk. But it's more to scare potential Democrats, Independents, and yes black people, away from joining up, or even listening.

Same tactics used to scare people away from actually hearing the message of Rush, or Fox News, or Glenn, et al. Very important to scare people away from these messages of sanity. Because if your trusted CNN tells you to avoid El Rushbo and FOX, then you'll stay far away. Hey, Democrats: you're being played. Funny how the "open minded ones" become completely shut down at the mention of a right wing movement of which they've only seen clips from an MSNBC type angle. Just try mentioning El Rushbo or Mark Levin or Glenn Beck to a devoted Democrat to witness the phenomenon.

Obama deemed More Obnoxious than an Exhaust Fan

Which is less obnoxious? The exhaust fan above my stove, or a speech by Barack Obama?

Well, I'd say the exhaust fan, because it doesn't lie, has some useful function, and the best part is, can be turned off.

Consumer Reports Recalls 4 Million Magazines

Ya know, I've always looked at Consumer Reports as a skeptic as they constantly recommended Japanese cars that looked almost exactly the same with no originality (Accord, Camry... Camry, Accord). Now that Toyota is recalling half of their fleet, can we also recall Consumer Reports?

3 Thoughts

If you still believe that FDR didn't greatly extend the Depression, then just observe what's happening today.

Liberal government... always better in theory than in practice. Mark Steyn

The Grammys were revealing, all fluff, no substance. These were the people who elected Obama... see the connection?

Ladies and Gentlemen!

Testing 1, 2, 3. Mike check. Hello? Testing.  <* clears throat *>

Ladies and Gentlemen! Your education has certainly suffered during the past 8 years. But I'm here to change that.... bringing what's called NEW MATH to Washington, where 4 million lost jobs equals a gain of 2 million (saved or created, or saved, or created, or created/saved), where taxes raised on health care, cigarettes, and the repealing of the Bush tax cuts equals a tax break on the middle class. Where thousands of government employees now making for the first time over $175k equals cutting back and reducing the deficit, while the debt ceiling has been raised (hallelujah) to over 14 trillion. And did I mention that bankers (one industry making a profit) are evil?

2 3 4

I’m gonna blame Bush forever, forever & ever amen
As long as old men sit & talk about the weather
As long as old women sit & talk about old men
If you wonder how long I’ll be blaming him
I’ll be happy to tell you again
I'm gonna blame Bush, forever & ever, forever & ever amen

You may think that I’m acting foolish
You’ve heard that I’m new & I’m green
You may wonder how I can promise you now
We’ll spend a trillion dollars while we still owe three
And it’s not my blood that is spilling
When I give up memos of the CIA
It’s not my money that I will be spending
On every left-wing program that enters my brain

one more time

I’m gonna blame Bush forever, forever & ever amen
As long as old men sit & talk about the weather
As long as old women sit & talk about old men
If you wonder how long I’ll be blaming him
I’ll be happy to tell you again
I'm gonna blame Bush, forever & ever, forever & ever amen

Okay - are we done here? Can we just let the computer deliver the speech next time? All the words are in there already, so why do I have to actually speak them? I'll form a committee to look into that. Thank you very much.