Punchline Bag

Lee Stranahan's latest piece for the Huffington Post is freakin' brilliant. It imagines Sarah Palin -- Alaska's answer to William J. Lepetomaine and she of the misplaced and thoroughly ludicrous indignation over David Letterman's crack about her kid -- being named the nation's first "Humor Czar."

"In a dramatic twist at the press conference, comic Dennis Miller caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror standing with Palin and Larry The Cable Guy. A look of sudden recognition came over his face before he grabbed a loaded revolver from a Secret Service agent, made a quick reference to 13th century French architect Jean de Chelles and then blew his own brains out. Palin roared with laughter."

The Huffington Post: Sarah Palin Named as "Humor Czar"/6.15.09

Talk Talk

Just a heads-up: I'll be bringing my considerable good cheer to the internet "airwaves" tonight, specifically to Bob Cesca and Lee Stranahan's Blog Talk Radio show "Agree to Disagree," beginning at 10pm EST.

We'll be talking news, politics, pop culture, my recent trip to Sweden for the second and final half of the operation (feeling great, and oh-so-pretty, thanks!), etc.

Listen here.

And by all means, feel free to call in at (347) 945-5235.

A Century from Now

Filmmaker and fellow Huffington Post regular Lee Stranahan makes a good point this morning over at Bob Cesca's site about what the future will look like for Barack Obama -- and by future, I mean what his eventual legacy will almost certainly be.

"One hundred years now, schoolchildren in the United States will know the names of three Presidents by heart; Washington, Lincoln and Obama.

I say this before we even know exactly how successful President Barack Obama will be. As far as the pop culture part of history is concerned, I don't know if it matters. Obama is iconic in a unique way for a number of reasons including his racial background, his name, his looks, his youth, his campaign visuals and the birth of new media in his time. His record is important to us but his place in history is already assured.

One hundred years from now, hardly anyone will remember George W. Bush. He's a footnote, a failure, a buffoon. The guy before Obama. Whatisname. His record may be akin to Hoover but in the big scheme of things he's Chester Alan Arthur."

I'll actually take it one step further. It seems inarguable to me that George W. Bush will be remembered by history not only as the man who preceded Obama but whose failures and mistakes almost certainly helped to usher in the era of Obama.

You ask what George Bush's legacy is? It's Barack Obama -- plain and simple.

Red Yawn

From aforementioned indie filmmaker Lee Stranahan.

Picture Photoshop of the Week

From independent filmmaker Lee Stranahan:

"Details are still sketchy, even to me. I am thirsty and I need a hug. All I know is that I drove into the 'right' side of town with an Obama-Biden sticker on the back of my car when I was approached by thugs riding snowmachines. They said they'd seen my YouTube videos. I could feel the hot breath as the short one threw me to the ground and said I was dressed like a trollop and he was going to 'spread my wealth.' Then I blacked out. (No pun intended.)"