Life On the Wicked Stage: Act 2

Labor Day Kicks Off the Silly Season, er Presidential Campaign

Well here we are. Labor Day weekend in the US traditionally kicks off the Silly Season of the presidential campaign. It only gets sillier and wackier from here. For those who thought the primaries were silly, the next 66 days will probably make you turn off of politics all together (which in some quarters is both the design and the intent.)

Hypocrisy, hyperbole, and hyena-like howls of hooliganism will abound through the media and the blogosphere. When you hear or see what looks like righteous indignation over some slur/slander/slime, just know it is because those who are being indignant are only ticked off that they didn’t come up with the idea first. Anything goes and will go, and I’m guessing this fall will be uglier and funnier than most, even with, or because the stakes are so high.

So, now that Obama has the nod for the Dems, and the Repubs are debating whether to hold their convention this week or postpone it due to a hurricane, here is some of the funniest Silly Season craziness I’ve seen just this morning.

From HolyJuan via The J-Walk Blog

From Faux Fox News.

And from Andrew Sullivan (who has been tearing it up lately.)

I think we should get ready for lots more.

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Sunday Morning Reading

Some Sunday morning reading to share.

Either the McCain campaign polling data is showing them in more trouble than they’d like to admit, or they are having fun with misdirection. The main stream media is awash with stories about how McCain is looking for one big strategy to help him in the election. I find that strange because if it is true, it seems like they aren’t paying attention to how Obama is shooting himself in the foot lately. The strategy for either should be pretty simple to discern. Intriguing that they haven’t figured it out yet.

The New York Times has an interesting piece, Your Brain Lies To You. Interesting stuff, if your brain lets you digest it.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA ) and the US Geological Survey (USGS) want to merge into the Earth Systems Science Agency to better tackle the issues we are facing due to climate change.

Maybe the new agency will come up with floating cities

George F Will on The Knock on the Door. Powerful stuff about the soldiers (in this case Marines) who inform those back home that their loved ones have made the supreme sacrifice.

Frank Rich says we should elect Wall-E for President. I haven’t seen the movie yet, but from the trailers, McCain looks eerily similar.

Marketers ponder why viral marketing campaigns don’t always seem to work. Hint: you need a good product.

Rush Limbaugh gets a hefty raise and a magazine spotlight in The New York Times. Who says narcotic addictions don’t pay off? Maybe that’s unfair. He has managed to sustain one heck of an entertainment career. Problem is most folks don’t know that he is an entertainer.

They found a 3 foot tall tablet in the Middle East, that contains writing that may (or may not) speak of a messiah who will rise from the dead after three days. That could rock a few boats. via The International Herald Tribune.