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Maybe I should have made this blog about Obama conspiracy theories. It would have left me with material for the last few years.

So I am starting with the big one from this week, and giving you my three favorite Obama conspiracies from October 2013



1. The Fainting Lady

In case you missed, Karmel Allison, a biologist from San Diego fainted mid-way through a speech Obama was giving in regards to the Affordable Care Act.

Why did she faint? 

Because she is a pregnant diabetic.

No because Obama set it up,

Well, of course, he did.

A video went viral.  Didn't you see the lady standing beside Allison tell her something beforehand (like 'hey, time to faint').

A conspiracist says "It's a diversion to take up headlines from the government's website problems."

A more reasonable person probably doesn't come to that conclusion.  What does Obama gain by palnning this?  except he's evil and he plans this thing out.

It wasn't even a headline until the 'Truthers' came out, but now that Sarah Palin says she believes the Fainting Lady conspiracy- What was once a major leap in logic has become a single step because President Obama has lied so often and so blatantly, she wrote on Facebook- it apparently is a big story.

2. The Marine's new caps


In case you don't have Facebook, outrage has happened because as Fox News says Obama wants Marines to wear Girly hats

It's a directive to standardize uniforms to go to a more unisex look to recognizethe females in the military.

The outrage is that they look 'gay'.  Or worse, French.

Sounds like Obama as usual, and as one facebook poster put it so eloquently "you know Obama had something to do with it because he sticks his nose in everything.

Yes, Obama wants a bunch of gay Frenchmen in the marines.

The Daily Beast asked the Marines

"The president has nothing to do with the head cover selected for wear by military services or any other aspect of the uniform selection process.

Changes to the Marine uniform policy are proposed by the Marine Corps Uniform Board, a group of senior noncommissioned officers who meet annually to survey the force and draw up recommendations. Those recommendations are passed on to Marine Corps Commandant James Amos, who is the final decision maker on uniform.

Oh, and the Marines have no plans on adopting the changes, but why let the truth spoil a good story.

3.  Obama is Osama


You likely heard of the "Truckers Ride for the Constitution" rally earlier this month.  The rally that the mainstream media wouldn't cover, and by not cover, it meant that you could turn on the radio or tv and hear Fox news and Glenn Beck talk about it constantly.

As she got her screen time, organizer Zeeda Andrews went above and beyond to show how crazy she was.

While the original intent of the rally was (according to one spokesman) for truckers to surround and arrest Congress

It was later clarified that they meant by gavels, not by lassos.

Still, we got to know more about Andrews.

And here we go : The Boston bombings were fake, plane vapor trails are government-sponsored chemiclas released into the air, the CIA killed Buzzfeed journalist Michael Hastings, Obama is a Muslim (of course) and Homeland Security is stockpiling ammunition to kill us all.

Oh, and Obama isn't just a Muslim.  He's Osama bin Laden.

Really

The fact that these soldiers were set up to die in a no return operation is obvious they had knowledge that Obama didn't want leaked. This is the Seals that killed Osama Bin Laden. I don't believe this story. He is alive call me crazy but, Osama Bin Laden is our President Obama do your research. The CIA has been preparing for this since he was a boy. They have same height, bone structure, hands and ears both are left handed the Osama face was created by Hollywood. The fox is in the hen house.

Well, we never saw Obama and Osama at the same time, so there is that.

The Baltimore Ravens have partnered up with the State of Maryland to promote the Health Insurance Exchange.

Successfully implementing the healthcare law is a key goal for Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D), who is considering a run for president in 2016.

This isn’t the first time the Ravens have lent their support to O’Malley’s agenda: Ravens players appeared in a series of print and radio ads in 2009 urging Maryland residents to sign up for Medicaid.

The specifics of the Ravens’s role in promoting ObamaCare enrollment were not immediately clear Tuesday. At a minimum, the partnership represents a symbolic win for the law’s supporters following the NFL’s refusal to help promote the law.

Any involvement from the Super Bowl champions will add a new outreach tool in a state that has already enthusiastically embraced the healthcare law.

“The launch of Maryland Health Connection’s advertising and outreach campaign is an important milestone as we move toward 2014 and the expanded access to health insurance for hundreds of thousands of Maryland residents,” said Joshua Sharfstein, the state’s Health secretary.

Maryland is among the states working hardest to make the new healthcare law work. The state also launched a new advertising campaign Tuesday to raise awareness of new coverage options through the state’s insurance exchange.

Naturally, the right wing went bonkers.

"Keep your politics outta my Football" petitions were started, and the Ravens have down played their involvement. Still, it's hard to find any difference between a team advertising for a state lottery program.

The Department of Health & Human Services had reached out to the NFL, NBA and Major League baseball, but GOP pressure has scared them all away, with the exception of pro soccer.

Pearce said the exchange has a partnership with the Ravens, but it’s not as if players will be touting the benefits of health insurance. The team says the deal is nothing special, comparing it to advertising arrangements with the Maryland Lottery and Verizon. And the team turned down a request to talk about the ads.

Sports marketers say there’s a reason the Ravens are downplaying their deal with the Maryland Exchange.

“The team might actually anger the fans," said Chris Anderson of the firm Marketing Arm. "And they might be so upset in fact that the fans say you know what I’m not going to come back to the game next week.”   

Anderson said President Obama’s health care reform law is much more political and controversial than the Massachusetts plan was. Indeed, a couple months ago, Republican congressional leaders sent a letter to six professional sports leagues, including the NFL, warning that a team would "risk damaging its inclusive and apolitical brand" by helping promote health care reform.

But the letter writers left soccer off the list. DC United, Washington’s soccer team, will help promote the District of Columbia’s exchange, said its chief, Mila Kofman. She said they’re sponsoring three DC United games next month, running public announcements, and setting up information booths in the parking lot and stadium

I watched a little bit of The Bible this weekend- History Channel's retelling of the book.

This is a much buzzed about Television Event in 5 parts and is drawing 12 million viewers (more than American Idol) and 50 million Americans have caught at least part.

You have to credit them for finding an audience.  I have heard a lot of conversations and seen a lot of Facebook posts, and quite simply, this is a good way to get viewers.

Personally, I don't like History's recent direction.  It may just be me, but I prefer the narrative documentary stories to the scripted actors playing roles.  At the end of the day, i really did enjoy The Men Who Built America, but I generally find their acted shows like The History of Us dull and uninteresting.

For the most part, the Bible falls into that last category.  It is done well, but it is not told in a way that really interests me.  In this case, they are picking stories and acting them out with no real additional narrative.  That's probably smart in order to keep it nondenominational and draw a big audience, and some people may enjoy that acting, but I really don't. 

I also must note I haven't seen Vikings and in much the same way I am not excited about the prospect (although the 30 second ads do look good).

Of course, had I stayed and watched more of the Bible, I would got to the interesting part.

The Prince of Darkness.  The Father of Lies



Oops, i mean...




In which, everyone says the Devil looks like Barack Obama. Producer Mark Burnett says it's "utter nonsense", and in which case, the actor has been playing biblical villains for years.

Now, if I was marketing a show towards the Far Right, it would be a stroke of genius; but we will just assume as with most things that a) it's the guy from the 'Whomp There it is"  video or b) just a plain old coincidence.

There's nothing better for a politician than after the election.

It is actually not a bad thing.  It humanizes them.

Bob Dole was a boring old, white guy before 1992, but after the election, we got to see his lighter side as he showed some of his trademark wit and humor (Sure, we finally got sick of seeing him hawking viagra and making goo-goo eyes at Britney Spears, but it would never have happened if America hadn't come around to embrace him).

The same can be said of John McCain circa 2000, a candidate that ended up being loved by both sides of the aisles, to the point people were suggesting he might be John Kerry's running mate.  (My friend R reminds me that McCain ain't that popular with liberals nowadays.

You can even say it for Rick Perry, whose career seems dead but may be getting ready for a second act.  His self-deprecating humor at June's Gridiron Dinner makes him a prime candidate for the 2016 GOP nomination (according to Newsweek.  See, I am not the only one talking 2016 already.  Add that to Newsweek's other observation - that Jeb Bush is a dull speaker- and you may be on to something.)

Form the Dallas News's coverage: He poked at front-runner Mitt Romney several times. At the debates, Perry said, “I kept waiting for him to say, `Pardon me, would you have any Grey Poupon?’ ”

Yeah, that's pretty good.

So it goes for Mitt Romney who is in the news now more than he was those last few days before the election.

Oh, sure on a political front, it's not so good.  Romney blaming his election loss on an implication that Latinos and Afircan-Americans would get a gift from Obama in exchange for their votes (a comment that is getting ridiculed by Newt Gingrich and other Republicans)

Instead, it's the Mitt Romney that is taking the kids to Disneyland and going down the roller coaster in his business casual dress.



Equal noteworthy was Romney taking the family to see the new Twilight movie and even *gasp* pumping gas in San Diego.

I suppose even them it's probably curtains for Willard, but maybe he still has one more future high profile job left in him.

Meanwhile, Obama can do the things he can't do when he was running for President.

Like inviting "Gangnam Style' star PSY to the White House.

Okay, maybe not quite yet, but after a post-election interview with The Associated Press in which Obama admitted that he just saw the video and thought he could do the dance.  Well, the rumors won't go away.

Obama did have Olympic hero McKayla Maroney and the other medal-winning gymnasts over to the White House; and yes- even Obama asks to do the "Not Impressed" face.

Election Day Eve, I made it downtown to watch The Boss.

He had Springsteen with him.

We got there about four hours early and the people in front of us got interviewed with radio. 

Things were fairly civil though and it was either warmer or I prepared better, but I didn't shiver like I did outside for Kerry and Edwards eight years ago.

It wasn't the greatest of set ups, and it ended up we were roped into a section that put us a ways away.  we jumped the ropes like a few others which bought us about thirty feet (We had confirmation #s and rsvp'd so it was a bit hard to figure out which sectio nwe were supposed to be in the first place (tickets or non-tickets).

Oh, yeah, and I already had voted early, so if Obama finally revealed his socialist Muslim plan, it wouldn't have mattered anyway.

A rockabilly band opened.  I have no idea who they were (bad job out of them).  I would assume local trio Rumble Seat Riot, but their website doesn't mention it (nor does any of the other prominent local rockabilly acts) .

This was my first time seeing Springsteen, and it wasn't like I could yell out "Badlands" or was going to get a two hour set.

Still, Bruce is amazing.  He played four songs, and then one of them was a goofy campaign song.  I had mentioned it in an earlier blog post that was based on the Des Moines Register's coverage of Bruce and Barack's Ames stop.  The thing is that it doesn't translate well to print.

Bruce was funny, personable, and his voice was amazing.  It was an acoustic set, and so there was no Max or no 'guy from Sopranos' (He did say Patti was was in attendance).

He opened with "No Surrender", an okay enough song that sounded like an American folk classic the way Bruce delivered it that night.  He followed with "The Promised Land" (from Darkness on the Edge of a town).  I wasn't expecting an album cut.  Of course, he closed with "Land of Hope and Dreams".  "Land.." (like much of the new album) didn't really grab me right away when I listened to it on the radio.  However, in a live version, it is as good as any of Bruce's big hits.

There was also an invocation (What?  No Jeremiah Wright?) and American flags everywhere (but my Facebook friends say there's never any American flags at Obama rallies?).

Michelle spoke followed by Barry.  There is no doubt that Barack may be the best orator we have had in the White House (Clinton may be better on camera, but I have seen both live, and in that atmosphere, listening to Barack can gives you chills).

His speech was very similar to the one he gave when I saw him the other time five years ago when he was running a close second to Hillary.

Still, it was an amazing event to attend.  Because of my location and the positioning of the lights, there is a lot of blur on the pictures I took.  Additionally, as I said, I wasn't the closest, but we did end up win a decent spot (We actually could have got really close to Bruce, but because of the angling wouldn't have been able to see Barack very well.

I will post photos soon.