Well, with the whole Michael Richards thing going on, it seems quite appropriate that this came across my desk! It is a scene from the new Borat movie, where he sings a song to group gathered in a country and western bar. The song is called “Throw The Jew Down The Well”. Again, warning to those who are sensitive to these things! So wrong, but bloody funny!
Thanks to Big Al for this one!
Always assume the microphone is on. It is THE golden rule of politics. Well, the golden rule of life is fast becoming always assume the someone has a camera or phone. The private is now public. Fuck up… and whole world is going to know! Which brings us to Michael Richards. As Kramer, he was… well… Kramer! Now, some ten years since the end of Seinfeld, he’s back in the news. This time, though for all the wrong reasons. On Friday night (17/11), Richards got a little upset at being heckled during a stand-up show in LA. He railed at several African-American audience members for heckling his act, using racially charged epithets, to a point where many audience members walked out and he himself simply dropped his microphone and walked off the stage.
In response to the heckling, Richards responded by launching into this amazing diatribe:
Shut up! 50 years ago, we’d have you upside down with a fucking fork up your ass! You can talk, you can talk, you can talk! You’re brave now motherfucker. Throw his ass out, he’s a nigger! He’s a nigger! He’s a nigger! A nigger, look there’s a nigger! Oooh, ooh! All right, you see? This shocks you. It shocks you to see what’s buried beneath, you stupid motherfuckers?
The full video is below… insert warning and stuff for sensitive type people here… (more…)
Keep on playing those mind games together
Raising the spirit of peace and love
I want you to make love, not war
I know you’ve heard it before…
We’ve heard these words before. The late, great John Lennon singing for peace, love and understanding. He wrote a stack of songs on that very subject: All You Need Is Love, Give Peace A Chance, Imagine, Mind Games (quoted above)… well you get my point! Those of you old enough may even remember the “Bed-In” for peace in Montreal in 1969. John and Yoko sat in bed for a week using their media power, their celebrity, to help advance the peace movement…
Let’s face it though… the voyeur, even in the 60’s, wanted to see them get it on. Alas, it never happened. That is, until now.
Veteran anti-war demonstrators Donna Sheehan and Paul Reffell are hoping that a Global Orgasm for Peace can finally bring an end to conflict in the Middle East. Yes, that right… a Global Orgasm for Peace! All for peace you understand! The idea for the ultimate Make Love Not War action is for people around the globe to have an orgasm on December 22 and to focus their moments of pleasure on world peace.
Accoring to The Age, Reffell is quoted as saying that “The orgasm gives out an incredible feeling of peace during it and after it, your mind is like a blank. It’s like a meditative state. And mass meditations have been shown to make a change.” Really! The event is timed to coincide with the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, and with the holiday season’s traditions of Peace on Earth.
The group’s website, is already attracting more than 26,000 hits and explains that the goal is to “effect positive change in the energy field of the Earth through input of the largest possible surge of human energy, a Synchronised Global Orgasm”. For those who doubt the effectiveness of such tactics, Sheehan explains that “the combination of high-energy orgasmic energy combined with mindful intention may have a much greater effect than previous mass meditations and prayers.”
Okay… so the next time that you come, remember it’s for peace on earth! Saving the planet without getting out of bed. If only it was that easy, or that much fun! Guess the G20 guys should have had a different focus… although if we link Oz’s last post with this one… can anybody say “Wet T-Shirt Contest”!
