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I'm Brian Olson and I approved this Blog.
Politics to life in general, a view from a slightly right of center/off-kilter guy.
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3/3/2008 'Economics 101 Version Stupid.0'
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3/27/2008 'Idol gets it right. So far.'
3/28/2008 'Friday Beefs and Bouquets'
3/29/2008 'Earth Hour. I'm just saying NO'
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3/31/2008 'Ethanol: Boondoggle?'
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4/3/2008 'The mortgage mess is all me...'
4/4/2008 'Friday Beefs and Bouquets'
4/5/2008 'Good years$ for Billary'
4/6/2008 'Hillary-Home of the Whopper...'
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4/8/2008 'Petraeus Hearing: Watch out...'
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4/18/2008 'Friday beefs and bouquets'
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4/29/2008 'Anyone have a cork handy?'
4/30/2008 'In praise of news print'
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5/16/2008 'Friday Beefs and Bouquets'
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5/19/2008 'More DNC giggles'
5/20/2008 'Murderous MySpace pages'
5/21/2008 'Having a bad day? Then read...'
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6/6/2008 'Friday Beefs and Bouquets'
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6/20/2008 'Friday Beefs and Bouquets-M...'
6/21/2008 'Saturday Stuff'
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6/25/2008 'Sing it Ringo!'
6/26/2008 'DNC PR follies part deux'
6/27/2008 'Friday Beefs and Bouquets'
6/28/2008 'Saturday Stuff'
6/29/2008 'If it's Sunday ...'
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7/14/2008 'It's the spending, stupid!'
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8/27/2008 'Hillary: The Morning After'
8/27/2008 'I like working in Lakewood.'
8/27/2008 'Some unsolicited speech adv...'
8/29/2008 'Let Denver be Denver!'
8/29/2008 'There's McCain and there's ...'
8/30/2008 'BEVO BLOG'
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9/5/2008 'HOOK'EM Horns'
9/6/2008 'BEVO Blog'
9/6/2008 'BEVO Blog'
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9/8/2008 'Befuddled by Bailouts'
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9/11/2008 '9-11 Remembered. I'll keep ...'
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9/12/2008 'Friday Beefs and Bouquets'
9/12/2008 'Friday Beefs and Bouquets'
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9/17/2008 'Why "Change" won't happen.'
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9/17/2008 'Why "Change" won't happen.'
9/18/2008 'How low will it go?'
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9/19/2008 'What a Whacky Week!'
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9/19/2008 'BEVO Blog'
9/19/2008 'BEVO Blog'
9/19/2008 'BEVO Blog'
9/21/2008 'The $700 billion question'
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9/22/2008 'They call it Stormy Monday.'
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9/23/2008 'Bailout is bullsh*t'
9/23/2008 'Bailout is Bullsh*t'
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9/26/2008 'BEVO Blog'
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9/26/2008 'A damn fine debate!'
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9/29/2008 'A Victory for Main Street!'
9/29/2008 'A Victory for Main Street!'
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9/30/2008 'Yank Hank!'
9/30/2008 'Yank Hank!'
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10/1/2008 '1st Annual Forrest Gump Awards'
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10/2/2008 'Drip, drip, drip...'
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10/4/2008 'BEVO Blog-Ralphie is a girl...'
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10/5/2008 'Let's sell California!'
10/5/2008 'Let's Sell California!'
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Satire: It depends if you read or just look
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An example of political satire (and the 1st Amendment) caught my eye this week. It's safe to say it caught the attention of a lot of eyes.
Just in case you haven't heard, the
current cover story of The New Yorker
has the cover showing Barack Obama dressed as a Muslim, his wife as an Angela Davis look-a-like with an AK-47, an American Flag burning in the fireplace and a picture of bin Laden hanging on the wall.
Home Sweet White House.
If it was designed to catch attention, it did. Big time. The article inside the magazine is about all the perceived beliefs about Obama and his wife. It is thoughtful and well written. But it's the cover and not the convent that made the news.
The problem is we're a nation that is moved by imagery instead of reading content. It's simply easier. What we saw was outrageous. What was written was thought-provoking. But in this case, the picture was worth more a thousand words that were never read.
Wednesday memo:
Speaking of satire,
this is funny!
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What are you waiting for?
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