Junk Activism

Italian film-makers and actors are boo-hooing about the “arts and culture” funding in Italty being cut, due to the economy.  These film professionals are frustrated at a $130 million Euro cut in their budgets, bringing the grand total to $380 million Euros.

“A country that doesn’t love culture is a country that doesn’t love those who make culture either,” said veteran director Mario Monicelli.

Yes!   Italy hates you artistic culture-loving freaks of nature.   Italian directors have produced such gems as Troll 2 (after the amazing success of Troll 1, of course) and Cattive ragazze – both representing Italy’s superior film artistry by filling Italy’s spot in the Films Considered the Worst Ever Made.

Former Rome mayor Walter Veltroni, a leader of the center-left opposition, said the arts industry employed some 200,000 people in Italy. “If it shuts down, it is as if Fiat shut down,” he said.

Listen, artists of Italy – it’s a well known fact artists produce innovative art when they are poor and/or starving.  Your best artwork has not been produced for hundreds of years.  These budget cuts aren’t for your movie-making supplies.  These cuts are strictly for your food budget.  And by the way, just because Fiat is teaching Chrysler how to make tiny cars leaves you NO room to boast about Fiat  for your tricky little comparison that will no longer be mentioned.

Some in the industry have threatened to boycott the Venice film festival, which this year runs from September 2-12, though there is no consensus on taking such a drastic step.

Protesting the Venice Film Festival is the best thing you can do.  You should represent the Italian film industry at its finest, demonstrating how your well-fed diet is creating the most moving pieces of cinematic history.  Instead of playing the feature films for the Film Festival, repeatedly play Troll 2 while the entire cast of the film performs a live reenactment – with one catch.  The lines of the film should be altered to show the importance for a well-balanced diet and quite literaly why the Italian film-making machine must be fed.   Personally, I hate when artists whine for food.  But this is your best shot.

Amist all of the controversy and publicity of Michael Jackson’s death, the publicity whores at Westboro Baptist Church are licking their chops to stir up trouble and spend their congregation’s money spreading world gloom and doom at the King of Pop’s memorial.  Gee, what could rednecks from Kansas possible have against Michael Jackson?  According to their protest page, he’s an unthankful (sic) brute beast that was struck down by God according to some irrelevant Bible scripture about a Babylonian King…or something.  Aw hell, does it really matter?

It’s a good opportunity to antagonize the grieving!

As far as I understand it, Westboro Baptist has a healthy  obsession with death, and every last one of us that dies has been smite by a vengeful, seemingly immature and evil God.  So my assumption is the driving force is this sound logic:  Since God is vengeful and kills everyone, it’s necessary to spend your life shitting on everyone who is possibly emotionally vulnerable.

I don’t think Fred Phelps will go to Hell.  I think there’s a place in Heaven for him, and if God has a sense of humor, and I believe that he does, Phelps’ll be forced to write and carry protest signs inscripted “God Loves Fags” through the streets wearing ass-less chaps and a purple leather vest.

For your “LOL”, here’s their Michael Jackson protest posted on their schedule page:

Staples Center - Michael Wacko Jacko Jackson is in hell! 1111 S. Figueroa St WBC will be there to remind you to stop worshiping the dead. We will be there to tell you to Thank God for the death of this filthy, adulterous, idolatrous, gender-confused, nationality-confused, unthankful brute beast. We will be there to remind you that God Killed Wacko Jacko. There is a God, and a Day of Judgment. For you to wallow and murmur against God for his righteous Judgments is sin and will cause YOU to join Michael in hell. Stop that! Be thankful that God has not already killed you because like that Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar realized after 7 years of being cursed as a crazy wild man because he did not give God the glory warns – God will deal with you WHERE YOU LIVE if you do not put away your sins. Check this out: Daniel 4:34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? Praise God, and give glory until The Most Highest for ALL his works in heaven and in earth! AMEN!

Please….smite me now.

Obama’s first year in office is turning out to be a doozie.  All sorts of action on the Domestic and International front are keeping things exciting!   I don’t feel like spending a lot of time talking about one thing today, so I think I’ll summarize some of the more interesting things I’ve found as of late.

Kim Jung Il
I don’t think anyone including his own country actually like this guy.  With stuff like this in the news I think most of us are just waiting for him to die already.   What I think is most bothersome is that the citizens of North Korea are so indoctrinated to this guy’s cockfight with the rest of the world to aspire to own weapons that they’ve been brainwashed into accepting their piss-poor condition.  Unfortunate, and this picture made me vomit a little in my mouth and laugh at the same time:

If you want a laughable read, just read his biography with quotes such as:

Sharing joy and sorrow with the people at all times and through genuine popular politics, the benevolent politics, he has made the whole country  a large revolutionary family in which all people are united around the Party and the leader.  He has also shown deep concern to providing the Korean people with worthwhile and happy lives.”

And this:

The cause of the Korean revolution advancing vigorously …. will achieve ultimate victory without fail in any storms and adversity and Korea will shine brilliantly as the motherland…where its 70 million fellowmen enjoy genuine freedom and prosperity on the reunified land.”

PETA
Haha.  PETA is protesting seal clubbing by mock-clubbing seals for my enjoyment.  They took the joys of seal-culling and brought it into sunny warm downtown.  Check out this one from the article of a middle aged woman pick-axing a pile of stuffed animals in the street doused in fake blood while PETA cheers her on:

Greenpeace
These guys recently succeeded in needlessly getting themselves arrested by blocking a port.   They’ll provide a useful service of wasting time and money in the judicial system, now, I’m sure.  Way to go guys.

Obama
Not really protest news, but he’s signing a law for “no discrimination” for Transgender empolyees. I think we should also sign a law that says nuns who wear biker clothing at night and molest adults dressed as cartoon characters and work for the government get special rights as well.  Oh yeah, and those little people, what are they called, midgets?  We should give them priviledges and stilts, only referring to them as “V.C.’s” (Vertically Challenged)  I’m sure these transgender rights will keep me from discussing my coworker’s balls, those ones who talk like Rambo wearing stockings and skirts.  This is an unfortunate law for an upstanding outspoken indiviudal like myself.

That said, I think anti-transgender discriminiation is a good thing and we should extend this across the board as soon as possible, especially in the military.  There is a severe lack of style in the U.S. military, and we should be recruiting all of those fine young men that wish they were a 20 year old girl into all parts of our armed forces.  Espcially the front lines: you want to get into some Muslim Extremist’s heads?  Stop blowing them up with Robots and bombs.  Send a whole platoon of transgendered Americans after him, wearing full on bondage gear, stockings, lipstick, and crotchless panties.  Then you add in a funky house beat and some high heels, build a catwalk from Baghdad to Iran and you walk these guys [sorry, girls] back and forth for a few weeks and see what happens.  Call it a social experiment.

It’s summer, be sure to soak in some nice warm radiation this season!

So, my few but loyal readers have all stopped checking this blog by now, I’m sure, after the 2 months that have gone by without a single new post.  “Earth Day” or something.  Scroll down.

Man, I love it when people are scared to spend money, because it effects The Economy.  When economic uncertainty abounds, people get scared, it’s interesting all the creative things The Economy inspires.  Here are a few scenarios:

“Why aren’t we going to Disneyland this year, daddy?” “The Economy told me Mickey Mouse called for you.  Yeah, he said GO TO HELL, junior.”

“Are we only going to eat Ramen noodles, fish sauce, and meatless Hamburger Helper?  We want to eat tasty bacon-wrapped fillets?” “The Economy ate your ‘effing fillet.  Now eat this banana peel for dessert and shut up.”

“Why can’t I go to college?”  “Because The Economy said there was a two-for-one sale at Kia, and if you traded one of your children in for slave labor in North Korea, you get double value on your trade in.  Now get into the crate, sweetie.”

“Why are you home at every day, staring at your bulging biceps and shaving once a week?” , “The Economy whispered to my boss during a private jerk-off session on a warm summer evening that I should be freed from serfdom the next day.”

It’s like a full moon or something.  I say to hell with that.  Grab The Economy by the balls.

Anyway, my regular news feeds are stocking 1000+ articles about Protests, so in the interest of saving time, I’m skipping to recent and for now I’m just going to throw in a few fun tidbits for you to nibble on:

Ah, GreenPeace are always up for a good protest, and it appears as though  “tourism” is going to be a victim of Climate Change. Hanging banners and all.  One of the worst things that could happen when the planet warms up is that people will not have the desire to go see ANYTHING anymore.

According to this article, the Russians are shouting for work.  To our Russian friends:  In America, people don’t beg for work.  Nobody’s trying to work hard over here.  What people in the United States want is cold hard cash!  That’s capitalism, baby.

The EU appears to be much more Right now.   So, we’ll see how things turn out, but my real theory is that big gust of retardation left the United States when Bush left office and blew right over to European soil.

Speaking of our favorite Ex-prez, I have a mental visual of George W. Bush sitting in a recliner facing the window with a bratwurst and a six pack, watching his haters and his supporters duke it out in his front lawn.

Until next time…

Well, I must say the GOP has grabbed ahold of the Libertarian Tea Party idea like a hungry animal…. not surprised, they’ve totally lost their way and are now looking for some kind of purpose or cause to stay relevant, not to mention under the presumed (by Dems at least) “leadership” of this moron. I must say though, it’s smart of Democrats to associate the leadership of their  political opponents with such a reactionary loud mouth.   Politics are dirty.

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