Some things that occurred to me while watching the Daily Show

04/27/09 - So Stewart asked a funny question of the French finance minister on tonight's show: "Who is more socialist at this time, the U.S. or France?" It's funny because America, with its democratic president, isn't even considered to be liberal in the rest of the world. Okay, so that didn't need to be explained, but I like to bring it up because I am constantly amused by the people who think we are becoming this leftist, socialist, communist society. For instance, a "friend" of mine on Facebook who goes to a university in Texas recently posted as his status, 

"John Doe thinks his room needs to be cooler, but that's never going to happen. Stupid socialists with their state controlled A/C units...."

I just find it hard to believe that some how, unbeknownst to every Texan (but one apparently), Socialists have managed to infiltrate the State Board of Education's College Dorm Room A/C Temperature Control Committee and set the temperature deliberately too high in order to save the State money. That's it for the political diatribe, i think.

I hate it when i drop the remote. My bed is much too high. Probably the socialists fault. Oh well, I wanted Hot Pockets anyway. 

Molten cheese followed by the Decemberists is delicious.

Less funny is Verizon Wireless's "these sprinkles represent..." commercial. No one wants that many sprinkles on their ice cream.

I think that if I jumped off a building in the middle of a city--as is done in the Rhapsody Music commercial--I would be listening to something a little more emo than what the woman listens to in the commercial.

I wonder if it was the lack of credit checks, down-payments, etc. that helped fuel the current economic crisis. I mean, I'm just an economics major, so I probably have no more insight into the matter than a drag-rat, but it just seems like that kind of consumeristic attitude wouldn't help the situation.

The poor Cyclops in Krod Mandoon... he just needs some counseling. Not unlike some other people I know. 

"Hey! Mambo! Mambo Italiano!" Such a better commercial song than Five Dollar Foot Long. Jimmy John's has good spots too though. I especially like their multilingual ads. You know the one. Where the woman drops her towel and the delivery boy smiles and gives a thumbs up. It appeals to my young male stereotype, but I do wonder when they'll get sued for creative property infringement by the porn industry.

Bally Fitness offers memberships to over 300 clubs nationwide. Do people who get memberships to fitness centers travel around the country much?

I'm not really sure how long an average blog entry is supposed to last, but i think I'm going to call it quits here pretty soon. In closing, I want to say publicly that, like almost everyone else out there, I hate how commercials take up so much TV time. We should be allowed more time to watch the mind rotting shows instead. Just kidding of course. There is some good television out there. Like PBS. And how can there only be two spanish language channels on basic cable? I don't know, I'm not the Czar of Television. Assuming there is such a position. I bet the socialists are in charge of it too. Fuckin' shit up. Damn socialists.

Well... so I feel like this has been a productive bout of blogging. I know it's not a lot. I'm sure it's poorly written. But I've read worse. And it's just the internet.