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Free Speeching!

                            July 29, 2007            

             The most recent FreeSpeech Show is up. Ya know like on video. In a downloadable digital format. Designed to be consumed by content searchers. Straight up Click Able. Like clickitysplit. Smooth as Nestle's Qlick. QuiLik.

  Here's part one                Part two

             This episode features 4 funny fomos handicapping the next not quite upcoming presidential election.  We're actually talking about the one that comes up AFTER the next summer Olympics.  For President.  Like, "Um could Barak Obama beat Rudy G. if Rudy got laryngitis?"  We tried to take it seriously, but the shit is so dicriculous that you have to start making up jokes.

               So we did.

         Now keep in mind that a lot has changed since July 15,2007. We've been introduced to the only bad ref in the NBA (man, I'm glad THAT'S cleared up), hip hop actress L.L. Drunk Ho is 'driven' to be the next Drew Partymore, another black baseball player is facing the disrespect of the media while chasing the most hallowed record in sports, and the only athlete anyone considered to be a hero, Pat Tillman, was perhaps murdered.

            You should be ready to laugh now!

Did Colbert Fool Yahoo?

                                     July 28, 2007

                  I saw 'The Colbert Report' on the 26th, and it looked to me like he was trying to do a spoof on Beyonce Knowles recent trip down embarrassing lane.

                   Did the man break his wrist or not?   I wonder how this is going to play out.

What Marks A Generation?

                      July 27, 2007

                        I've always been fascinated by the 'I used to be able to leave my doors unlocked' crowd, even when I was young.  So I'm going to tweak they asses a little bit.               

The First of A Series.  "Imagine If They Had Cable Back Then"

                         If you want to bring the draft back, fine. But I'd always figured service in the military would instill a HIGHER moral character in our athletes.

Setting It Straight

                                 July 17, 2006

            You can't be a baseball fan and hate Barry Bonds. It's like saying the Manning children didn't take growth supplements as children. And if by some bizarre happenstance it turned out that Peyton was built in a lab, then you have to treat Bonds the same way you would treat Manning.

            Even the people who claim to be sure Bonds took drugs say he did it because Mark McGurie and Sammy Sosa were hitting home runs like foul balls.  Major League Baseball from 1988-2003 was a Steroid Age and everybody played on the same level.

             So why do we hate one man?   It can't be because of steroid use that's never been proved. Roughly 60% of the players suspended since 2005 have been pitchers. Are we supposed to think they've just been catching up?

            

Tip o' the Cap

                                       July 11, 2007

                  I just heard Tony LaRusa say he tips his cap to the American League for accepting the MLB All Star he just gave them.

Live Earth

                                july 8, 2007

         What a lucky day that we got to see the most eclectic line up in the history of large scale musical events. The Police with Kanye West just about woke up my neighobors.  Luckily I found the headphones in time to prevent a visit from the police.

           It's impossible to figure out the reason for the backlash from so many about an event that was designed to bring good to the world.  Not just from the regular foot soldiers of the Repungnantcan hate machine, but limousine liberals as well.  I can only guess it has to do with the natural cynicism that grows with age, as you realize your youthful heroes are just money grubbing weasals who jumped at the chance to make loads of money after making careers of being outsiders and renegades.

             But this show was different.  It had the attitude that it's OK to promote your stuff if you're doing something decent along with the advertising.  Just like the free pass we give an oil company that finances death squads in Africa in order to bring us gas at under 4 bucks a gallon. 

          When Macy Gray came out with big block letters on her dress, and her entire band had statements on their clothes, it symbolized the values of the post 9/11 generation.  Remember, many were disgusted by Gray's NASCAR promotion looking dress back on Sept 9, 2001, which said, "My Album Drops Sept. 11."

         People want to talk about how much energy it took to put on the shows, as if it's stupid for GE to advertise because it cuts into their profits. That's specious.  The people who are bagging on this show are folks who are running out of things to hate, and it's funny to watch them flop around like taser victims, trying to galvanize a base that uses condemning Mexicans and gays to unify them (and laughing about King-Drew).  The vitriol from these people served to make the event more of a must see, and I predict this event will grow in significance as the years pass.

You Know You Want It

                                 Fourf Da Lie

               I didn't learn this in school.  It's all good though, at least I have the right to post it for you.