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SONY TV - THE OFFICIAL TELEVISION SET OF THE NUDIST COMMUNITY?
SONY WAS TRYING TO CAPTURE AN IMPORTANT DEMOGRAPHIC - NUDISTS.
SONY IS THE ONLY MANUFACTURER TO GIVE THE NUDIST WHAT THEY NEED.
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CORPORATE SEXUAL EXCITEMENT ?????
ACCORDING TO MITT ROMNEY - CORPORATIONS ARE PEOPLE.
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SONY IS THE ONLY MANUFACTURER TO GIVE THE NUDIST WHAT THEY NEED.
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CORPORATE SEXUAL EXCITEMENT ?????
ACCORDING TO MITT ROMNEY - CORPORATIONS ARE PEOPLE.
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THE DAY THAT BULLWINKLE BEAT UP BORIS BADENOV & MADE HIM PULL HIS SLEIGH ON ALL FOURS
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A MOOSE USING FISTICUFFS TO BEAT UP A MAN?
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A HUMAN IS ON ALL FOURS - PULLING A SLEIGH FOR A MOOSE?
A HUMAN USED AS A BEAST OF BURDEN, WHILE A MOOSE IS CONTROLLING THE HUMAN.
TOPSY TURVEY WORLD - A LOOK INTO THE MIND OF JAY WARD.
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I LOVED THE SILLINESS OF JAY WARD.
HIS HUMOR WAS VERY MUCH LIKE MY HUMOR.
JAY WARD WAS THE CREATOR OF BULLWINKLE J. MOOSE, AND I MISS HIS SILLINESS.
THE WORLD COULD USE SOME OF HIS PATENTED BRAND OF SILLY HUMOR.
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ENJOY THE EARLY 1960's BULLWINKLE / BORIS BADENOV COMMERCIAL
Cheerios Commercial w/Rocky & Bullwinkle - 1960s by videohollic
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HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A HUMAN IS ON ALL FOURS - PULLING A SLEIGH FOR A MOOSE?
A HUMAN USED AS A BEAST OF BURDEN, WHILE A MOOSE IS CONTROLLING THE HUMAN.
TOPSY TURVEY WORLD - A LOOK INTO THE MIND OF JAY WARD.
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I LOVED THE SILLINESS OF JAY WARD.
HIS HUMOR WAS VERY MUCH LIKE MY HUMOR.
JAY WARD WAS THE CREATOR OF BULLWINKLE J. MOOSE, AND I MISS HIS SILLINESS.
THE WORLD COULD USE SOME OF HIS PATENTED BRAND OF SILLY HUMOR.
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ENJOY THE EARLY 1960's BULLWINKLE / BORIS BADENOV COMMERCIAL
Cheerios Commercial w/Rocky & Bullwinkle - 1960s by videohollic
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MAJOR REASON WHY MITT ROMNEY HAS A SWISS BANK ACCOUNT - FREE APPLIANCES WITH A DEPOSIT
SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID, ANN IS THE REASON WHY MITT HAS A SWISS ACCOUNT.
SUPPOSEDLY, ANN IS A NUT FOR THE NEWEST KITCHEN APPLIANCE.
THE LATEST KITCHEN GADGET WILL SET HER HEART A FLUTTERING.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID, THAT IS A LOT MORE THAN MITT COULD EVER ACCOMPLISH.
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SUPPOSEDLY, MITT TENDS TO BE A LITTLE TIGHT, AND ANN NEEDS HER APPLIANCE FIX.
WHAT IS THE 1/4 OF A BILLIONAIRE WIFE TO DO?
AMERICAN BANKING INSTITUTIONS STOPPED GIVING AWAY APPLIANCES DECADES AGO.
ANN FOUND OUT THAT SHE COULD GET A NEW BLENDER WITH A $1,000,000 DEPOSIT.
A NEW REFRIGERATOR COULD BE HAD FOR A $20,000,000 SWISS BANK DEPOSIT.
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Supposedly, Ann would see a new appliance in Life magazine, and she would then run over to the telephone to call the friendly family Swiss banker. Seven days later, the image from the magazine advertisement would magically pop out of the ad, and become a three dimensional Ann Romney friend.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID, MITT NEVER FIGURED IT OUT..
SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID, MITT IS A LITTLE SLOW.
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POSTED BELOW ARE SOME OF ANN'S APPLIANCE MAGAZINE ADVERTISEMENT FRIENDS.
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SUPPOSEDLY, ANN IS A NUT FOR THE NEWEST KITCHEN APPLIANCE.
THE LATEST KITCHEN GADGET WILL SET HER HEART A FLUTTERING.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID, THAT IS A LOT MORE THAN MITT COULD EVER ACCOMPLISH.
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SUPPOSEDLY, MITT TENDS TO BE A LITTLE TIGHT, AND ANN NEEDS HER APPLIANCE FIX.
WHAT IS THE 1/4 OF A BILLIONAIRE WIFE TO DO?
AMERICAN BANKING INSTITUTIONS STOPPED GIVING AWAY APPLIANCES DECADES AGO.
ANN FOUND OUT THAT SHE COULD GET A NEW BLENDER WITH A $1,000,000 DEPOSIT.
A NEW REFRIGERATOR COULD BE HAD FOR A $20,000,000 SWISS BANK DEPOSIT.
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Supposedly, Ann would see a new appliance in Life magazine, and she would then run over to the telephone to call the friendly family Swiss banker. Seven days later, the image from the magazine advertisement would magically pop out of the ad, and become a three dimensional Ann Romney friend.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID, MITT NEVER FIGURED IT OUT..
SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID, MITT IS A LITTLE SLOW.
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POSTED BELOW ARE SOME OF ANN'S APPLIANCE MAGAZINE ADVERTISEMENT FRIENDS.
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POTENTIAL VOTERS / SUPPORTERS OF MITT ROMNEY - BEFORE & AFTER THEIR BATHS
THE GALLUP POLL SURVEYED THE "HILL FOLK" TO SEE WHO THEY WOULD VOTE FOR.
THIS FAMILY IS SUPPOSEDLY CHOOSING MITT FOR PRESIDENT.
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THEY DON'T HAVE MANY ASSETS NOW, BUT WHO KNOWS WHAT CAN HAPPEN.
THEY THINK THEY MIGHT WIN THE LOTTO SOME DAY.
THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO PAY 13% "MITT" INCOME TAXES.
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THE POTENTIAL MITT ROMNEY VOTERS BEFORE A BATH..
THE POTENTIAL MITT ROMNEY VOTERS AFTER A BATH,.
OK, I ADMIT IT. I WAS BEING MEAN TOWARDS HILL FOLK.
But, just the same, it really annoys me that people who have next to zero assets are being hoodwinked into supporting the BIG CORPORATION POLITICAL PARTY (a.k.a. Republican Party.) The Republican Party is only using you to get what they need. They want your vote, and they will SAY ANYTHING to get it.
PLEASE STOP BEING FOOLED BY THE GOP HUCKSTERS.
The Democratic Party is responsible for every good thing in this country.
1) SOCIAL SECURITY
2) MEDICARE
3) UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
4) 5 DAY WORK WEEK
5) 40 HOUR WORK WEEK
6) CLEAN AIR STANDARDS
7) CLEAN WATER STANDARDS
8) WORKPLACE LAWS TO PROTECT WORKERS FROM HAZARDS
9) CHILD LABOR LAWS
10) HUNDREDS OF OTHER LAWS TO PROTECT THE COMMON MAN.
THE GOP HAS HISTORICALLY TRIED TO BLOCK ANYTHING THAT WILL HELP THE MIDDLE CLASS.
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THIS FAMILY IS SUPPOSEDLY CHOOSING MITT FOR PRESIDENT.
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THEY DON'T HAVE MANY ASSETS NOW, BUT WHO KNOWS WHAT CAN HAPPEN.
THEY THINK THEY MIGHT WIN THE LOTTO SOME DAY.
THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO PAY 13% "MITT" INCOME TAXES.
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THE POTENTIAL MITT ROMNEY VOTERS BEFORE A BATH..
THE POTENTIAL MITT ROMNEY VOTERS AFTER A BATH,.
OK, I ADMIT IT. I WAS BEING MEAN TOWARDS HILL FOLK.
But, just the same, it really annoys me that people who have next to zero assets are being hoodwinked into supporting the BIG CORPORATION POLITICAL PARTY (a.k.a. Republican Party.) The Republican Party is only using you to get what they need. They want your vote, and they will SAY ANYTHING to get it.
PLEASE STOP BEING FOOLED BY THE GOP HUCKSTERS.
The Democratic Party is responsible for every good thing in this country.
1) SOCIAL SECURITY
2) MEDICARE
3) UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
4) 5 DAY WORK WEEK
5) 40 HOUR WORK WEEK
6) CLEAN AIR STANDARDS
7) CLEAN WATER STANDARDS
8) WORKPLACE LAWS TO PROTECT WORKERS FROM HAZARDS
9) CHILD LABOR LAWS
10) HUNDREDS OF OTHER LAWS TO PROTECT THE COMMON MAN.
THE GOP HAS HISTORICALLY TRIED TO BLOCK ANYTHING THAT WILL HELP THE MIDDLE CLASS.
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THE DAY THAT TOM SELLECK WORKED WITH PENNY MARSHALL & TERI GARR, AND WAS GIVEN HIS ONE & ONLY SUIT
WHEN ACTORS FIRST START OUT, THEY USUALLY LIVE IN NEAR POVERTY CONDITIONS.
ONE OF THE FIRST ACTING JOBS THAT TOM SELLECK DID WAS A SAFEGUARD SOAP AD.
HE WAS CAST IN A SIXTY SECOND COMMERCIAL, WITH TERI GARR & PENNY MARSHALL.
THE THREE ACTORS WERE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME.
THEY WENT ON TO BECOME VERY FAMOUS - ALL BECAUSE OF SAFEGUARD SOAP.
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TOM WAS SO POOR, THE DIRECTOR GAVE HIM THE SUIT THAT HE WORE IN THE AD.
HE LATER TOLD THE DIRECTOR THAT HE WORE IT FOR EVERY AUDITION.
IT WAS HIS ONLY SUIT.
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ONE OF THE FIRST ACTING JOBS THAT TOM SELLECK DID WAS A SAFEGUARD SOAP AD.
HE WAS CAST IN A SIXTY SECOND COMMERCIAL, WITH TERI GARR & PENNY MARSHALL.
THE THREE ACTORS WERE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME.
THEY WENT ON TO BECOME VERY FAMOUS - ALL BECAUSE OF SAFEGUARD SOAP.
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TOM WAS SO POOR, THE DIRECTOR GAVE HIM THE SUIT THAT HE WORE IN THE AD.
HE LATER TOLD THE DIRECTOR THAT HE WORE IT FOR EVERY AUDITION.
IT WAS HIS ONLY SUIT.
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COOLEST SWEEPSTAKES PRIZE FOR A KID - AN ACTUAL WORKING MOCKUP GEMINI CAPSULE
In 1967, Revell Inc. (toy model company) offered the BEST SWEEPSTAKES PRIZE IN HISTORY. They offered the sweepstake entrants a chance to win an actual working mockup of a Gemini space capsule. Granted, the sweepstakes ad implied that the winner had to "donate" the capsule to the local municipality, but if there was any possible way to keep it - I WOULD DO IT. You know, if I had been born into a family of MASSIVE wealth.
If I had been born with a GOLD PLATED spoon in my mouth, just like the spoon that Mitt Romney's daddy gave Mitt, or the SOLID PLATINUM spoon that Mitt gave his sons (a family with 1/4 of a BILLION DOLLARS, and a MASSIVE AMOUNT of advantages over the GREAT UNWASHED) I would have kept it in my daddy's backyard, and charged the children of the other local SEMI-BILLIONAIRE'S a $10,000 hourly fee to play in it. I could have earned my first MILLION DOLLARS by the time I was 10 years old.
Alas, I wasn't lucky enough to have a 1/4 of a BILLIONAIRE Chinese job creator as my daddy.
(MITT LIKES TO SHIP JOBS OVERSEAS - HE DOESN"T LIKE TO CREATE JOBS FOR AMERICANS.)
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THE COMIC BOOK AD STATED:
FOR THE CURIOUS OUT THERE:
THE CAPSULE IS LOCATED IN THE OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY.
(1945 SE Water Ave., Portland, Oregon 503-797-4000)
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If I had been born with a GOLD PLATED spoon in my mouth, just like the spoon that Mitt Romney's daddy gave Mitt, or the SOLID PLATINUM spoon that Mitt gave his sons (a family with 1/4 of a BILLION DOLLARS, and a MASSIVE AMOUNT of advantages over the GREAT UNWASHED) I would have kept it in my daddy's backyard, and charged the children of the other local SEMI-BILLIONAIRE'S a $10,000 hourly fee to play in it. I could have earned my first MILLION DOLLARS by the time I was 10 years old.
Alas, I wasn't lucky enough to have a 1/4 of a BILLIONAIRE Chinese job creator as my daddy.
(MITT LIKES TO SHIP JOBS OVERSEAS - HE DOESN"T LIKE TO CREATE JOBS FOR AMERICANS.)
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THE COMIC BOOK AD STATED:
No put-on. This is for real — the wildest, way out prize ever awarded in any contest: a 19-foot-prototype of the famed NASA spacecraft. Your Gemini capsule is just like the original. There's a detachable hatch, equipment section, and retro-fire package. Accurate from the ground up! When you win Gemini you'll be at the airport when it arrives in a "Flying Guppy" Aero Spacelines plane. Your name and picture will be in newspapers and magazines all over the country. How will it feel to present your spacecraft to your city for a park or museum? Famous, that's how. There's more. As the grand prize winner, you'll receive a professional Vox "Serenader" guitar — plus, every Revell Model Kit! Sounds great.
FOR THE CURIOUS OUT THERE:
THE CAPSULE IS LOCATED IN THE OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY.
(1945 SE Water Ave., Portland, Oregon 503-797-4000)
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IN HONOR OF A FUN, NON-HISTORICALLY ACCURATE, UNREALISTIC, RIDICULOUS WWII TV SHOW - "THE RAT PATROL"
THE RAT PATROL WAS ON THE AIR FOR 3 SEASONS - 1966 UNTIL 1968.
THE PREMISE FOR THE SHOW:
Chistopher George was Sergeant Sam Troy, and he was the commander of a group of commando soldiers during WWII. The soldiers had two incredibly agile jeeps in their commando unit, which were each armed with a 50 caliper machine gun. The vehicles had the ability to climb over the steepest Sahara sand dune with minimal effort. The 50 caliper guns never ran out of ammo, and were capable of stopping every piece of German heavy armored weapon. Nothing could stop the RAT PATROL - including LOGIC.
TV LOGIC:
1) A Sergeant commanding a two jeep commando unit, without the need for officers.
2) The soldiers would never sweat in the hot desert - their uniforms were pristine.
3) The soldiers always had a never ending supply of explosives & 50 caliper ammunition.
4) The soldiers would occasionally team up with the German Captain Hans Dietrich.
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THE RAT PATROL was a campy, shoot 'em up TV show, where nobody was ever killed or maimed. It was the 1960's version of the hit 1980's TV show, THE A-TEAM.
The show had lots of loud shooting & dynamite explosions, which was used to entertain the gun loving REDNECKS of this country.
Nobody ever dies on THE RAT PATROL TV show.
People do die in STANFORD, FLORIDA.
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AN INTERESTING SIDE NOTE:
THE RAT PATROL actor who played the role of German Captain Hans Dietrich was credited by his birth name, which was Hans Gudegast. Hans was born in Kiel, Germany, on April 3, 1941, which of course was during the middle of WW II. He immigrated to the U.S. during the mid 1950's.
For the first 8 years of his acting career he went by his birth name. He changed his acting name to Eric Braeden, around 1969. For the last 32 years, he has played the part of Victor Newman on the long running soap opera, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS.
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POSTED BELOW IS A COMIC BOOK AD FOR:
THE RAT PATROL AURORA TOY PLAYSET.
FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT - A FULL EPISODE OF THE RAT PATROL.
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THE PREMISE FOR THE SHOW:
Chistopher George was Sergeant Sam Troy, and he was the commander of a group of commando soldiers during WWII. The soldiers had two incredibly agile jeeps in their commando unit, which were each armed with a 50 caliper machine gun. The vehicles had the ability to climb over the steepest Sahara sand dune with minimal effort. The 50 caliper guns never ran out of ammo, and were capable of stopping every piece of German heavy armored weapon. Nothing could stop the RAT PATROL - including LOGIC.
TV LOGIC:
1) A Sergeant commanding a two jeep commando unit, without the need for officers.
2) The soldiers would never sweat in the hot desert - their uniforms were pristine.
3) The soldiers always had a never ending supply of explosives & 50 caliper ammunition.
4) The soldiers would occasionally team up with the German Captain Hans Dietrich.
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THE RAT PATROL was a campy, shoot 'em up TV show, where nobody was ever killed or maimed. It was the 1960's version of the hit 1980's TV show, THE A-TEAM.
The show had lots of loud shooting & dynamite explosions, which was used to entertain the gun loving REDNECKS of this country.
Nobody ever dies on THE RAT PATROL TV show.
People do die in STANFORD, FLORIDA.
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AN INTERESTING SIDE NOTE:
THE RAT PATROL actor who played the role of German Captain Hans Dietrich was credited by his birth name, which was Hans Gudegast. Hans was born in Kiel, Germany, on April 3, 1941, which of course was during the middle of WW II. He immigrated to the U.S. during the mid 1950's.
For the first 8 years of his acting career he went by his birth name. He changed his acting name to Eric Braeden, around 1969. For the last 32 years, he has played the part of Victor Newman on the long running soap opera, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS.
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POSTED BELOW IS A COMIC BOOK AD FOR:
THE RAT PATROL AURORA TOY PLAYSET.
FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT - A FULL EPISODE OF THE RAT PATROL.
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PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF TONY THE TIGER - PUSHED OUT OF A PLANE WITHOUT A PARACHUTE
BACK IN THE MID 1960's, WE ALMOST HAD A TERRIBLE NATIONAL TRAGEDY.
THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF AN AMERICAN ICON - TONY THE TIGER.
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SINCE TONY THE TIGER IS A CAT - HE OBVIOUSLY HAS 9 LIVES.
HE HAD TO USE ONE OF THOSE 9 LIVES, WHEN HE WAS PUSHED OUT OF AN AIRPLANE.
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AFTER BEING PUSHED OUT, TONY WAS FALLING TOWARDS THE EARTH AT 235 mph.
INCREDIBLY FAST THINKING SAVED HIS ANIMATED CARTOON LIFE.
HE WAS EVEN ABLE TO LAND ON HIS FEET - INCREDIBLE FELINE AGILITY.
SEE THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE.
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THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF AN AMERICAN ICON - TONY THE TIGER.
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SINCE TONY THE TIGER IS A CAT - HE OBVIOUSLY HAS 9 LIVES.
HE HAD TO USE ONE OF THOSE 9 LIVES, WHEN HE WAS PUSHED OUT OF AN AIRPLANE.
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AFTER BEING PUSHED OUT, TONY WAS FALLING TOWARDS THE EARTH AT 235 mph.
INCREDIBLY FAST THINKING SAVED HIS ANIMATED CARTOON LIFE.
HE WAS EVEN ABLE TO LAND ON HIS FEET - INCREDIBLE FELINE AGILITY.
SEE THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE.
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PRODUCTS THAT DON'T EXIST ANYMORE - POST CEREAL PRESENTING "COUNT OFF"
Back in 1962, the Post cereal company decided to take advantage of the American love affair with the space program. They stole the idea of a cereal with sugary sweet oat numbers from their own corporate product - ALPHA BITS. The difference between the two cereals: one cereal had numbers, and the other cereal had letters. The ALPHA BITS semi-cloned (copied, but slightly different) cereal was named COUNT OFF.
About a year ago, I wrote a satirical blog post about Alpha Bits being used as a learning tool for a young George W. Bush. Supposedly, "W" had a hard time learning to spell, and his parents bought thousands of boxes of Alpha Bits to help their son learn 3rd grade spelling (when he was 13 years old.) Who knows, maybe Count Off cereal was also used as a "W" learning tool to help teach him to count.
He never seemed to be able to include the Iraq war in the budget. He always had to pay for the war as an EMERGENCY SPENDING BILL. A little more intelligence with numbers, and the budget would have been a truthful document, and it would also have been a HUMONGOUS deficit laden budget. Was it STUPIDITY, or was it being a SNEAKY, CONNIVING GOP politician - YOU BE THE JUDGE?
Posted below is an original 1962 commercial for Count Off cereal.
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About a year ago, I wrote a satirical blog post about Alpha Bits being used as a learning tool for a young George W. Bush. Supposedly, "W" had a hard time learning to spell, and his parents bought thousands of boxes of Alpha Bits to help their son learn 3rd grade spelling (when he was 13 years old.) Who knows, maybe Count Off cereal was also used as a "W" learning tool to help teach him to count.
He never seemed to be able to include the Iraq war in the budget. He always had to pay for the war as an EMERGENCY SPENDING BILL. A little more intelligence with numbers, and the budget would have been a truthful document, and it would also have been a HUMONGOUS deficit laden budget. Was it STUPIDITY, or was it being a SNEAKY, CONNIVING GOP politician - YOU BE THE JUDGE?
Posted below is an original 1962 commercial for Count Off cereal.
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THE GIGANTIC CRUSHING HANDS OF BIG BUSINESS TAKING OVER OUR LIVES, FOR NON-ALTRUISTIC REASONS
The GOP loves to CLAIM that the government can't do anything well. They like to CLAIM that private business is capable of being a PERFECT remedy for the SUPPOSEDLY poorly run government enterprises.
BULL POO POO - PILED 1 MILLION MILES HIGH.
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EXAMPLES OF WELL RUN GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS
1) State & U.S. government money has educated BILLIONS of children, who later attended some of the finest universities in the world (American universities.) I get a kick out of the GOP claiming that public school educated students have a SUPPOSEDLY poor quality education. I guess they base their false assumptions on test results, which are then compared to test results from other countries.
HEY, PEOPLE - APPLES & ORANGES. The tests are not the same from one country to the next.
The SUPPOSEDLY poor quality public educated student leaves the public high school, and then goes to one of the world's finest universities (which would be located in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) and magically becomes an exceptional student. Could it be that the public educated student really did have a quality education, and the SUPPOSEDLY poor quality public school is actually an excellent institution?
2) The public library was first created by Benjamin Franklin. They are fantastic governmental institutions, which are run by local governments, and are subsidized by state / federal money. They are prime examples of a socialistic governmental institution. Public tax money is paid by everyone, even if a person never has a need for the library they still pay taxes to help support it. The existence of the library helps the betterment of the American public. NO MONEY IS NEEDED TO BORROW A BOOK, as opposed to a FOR PROFIT LIBRARY.
Hopefully, GOP politicians might someday pick up a book. Who knows, maybe they might LEARN something. Anything is possible.
For the most part, libraries do not censor what you can read. They also do not keep a dossier of what you read. They are not in the business of keeping tabs on the citizens, which is something that BIG BUSINESS LOVES TO DO.
CAN ANYBODY SAY THE WORD G-O-O-G-L-E?
3) NASA - a government agency that single-handedly created multiple industries, by issuing contracts to private companies, for the development of the hardware/software to get to the moon. The end result of those contracts created the needed equipment for us to put a man on the moon. After those goverment contracted products were created the private companies then started to think of possible spinoff uses for those products. GOVERNMENT & PRIVATE BUSINESS WORKING TOGETHER - A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT.
Do you think that private business would open up their collective corporate purses to develop the hardware/software on their own? AHHHHH NOOOO!!! NASA was the catalyst. If NASA had never existed, we wouldn't be enjoying the benefits of the space program products that were spun off from their original purposes. Many spinoff industries would not exist if NASA didn't have a need to "CATTLE PROD" American companies to think out of the box.
4) AMTRAK - a government owned corporation, which was created to provide NEEDED passenger train transportation. Passenger train travel that the PRIVATE BUSINESS railroad companies had CLAIMED they couldn't provide profitably.
Even with "inheriting" crappy equipment along with the dilapadated train stations, and with MINIMAL support from GOP politicians, Amtrak still has been able to survive. If Amtrak was really able to compete with the airlines - THEY WOULD KICK THE AIRLINE'S BUTTS. A single train engine could pull over 100 railroad cars. Amtrak could sell an incredibly cheap ticket hauling 100 cars of passengers, while using one locomotive. Dedicated railroad tracks, which do not give preference to freight trains, would allow the trains to fly from one city to the next (figuratively.)
5) Social Security & Medicare have been succesful business enterprises for over 80 years.
6) The Postal Service was making a tidy profit - prior to the Lame Duck session of Congress, at the end of 2006. The REPUKEICAN controlled House snuck in a bill that required the Post Office to fund 75 years worth of pension benefits during a 10 year period. No other business has ever been forced to do that. Federal Express, or UPS would be out of business if they were forced to fund 75 years of pensions.
The Postal Service has to fund the pension benefits of employees that are not even BORN. 75 years in advanced prepaid pension payments means that a future-to-be retiree is currently a newborn baby.
The GOP snuck that law in for one reason. They wanted to break the postal unions. At the same time, the GOP created law will force the closure of thousands of rural Post Offices. Post Offices that are in rural RED STATE - REPUBLICAN areas.
Not too smart, REPUKEICANS.
A lot of people don't know that UPS & Federal Express send packages to the Post Office, because it isn't profitable for the two PRIVATE companies to deliver rural area packages. The Postal Service can do it better than UPS & Federal Express.
What do you think would happen if the Postal Service has to make drastic service cuts to rural areas? Do you think Fed Ex / UPS will take up the slack in the rural areas of the country? YEAH, RIGHT - there isn't any profit in that.
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ATTENTION PEOPLE:
STOP LISTENING TO THE TALKING HEADS ON THE FOX 'OPINION" CHANNEL.
STOP LISTENING TO THE DRUG ADDLED VERBIAGE FROM RUSH.
USE YOUR BRAIN.
REPUKEICANS ONLY WANT WHAT IS BEST FOR BIG BUSINESS.
THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE MIDDLE CLASS.
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BULL POO POO - PILED 1 MILLION MILES HIGH.
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EXAMPLES OF WELL RUN GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS
1) State & U.S. government money has educated BILLIONS of children, who later attended some of the finest universities in the world (American universities.) I get a kick out of the GOP claiming that public school educated students have a SUPPOSEDLY poor quality education. I guess they base their false assumptions on test results, which are then compared to test results from other countries.
HEY, PEOPLE - APPLES & ORANGES. The tests are not the same from one country to the next.
The SUPPOSEDLY poor quality public educated student leaves the public high school, and then goes to one of the world's finest universities (which would be located in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) and magically becomes an exceptional student. Could it be that the public educated student really did have a quality education, and the SUPPOSEDLY poor quality public school is actually an excellent institution?
2) The public library was first created by Benjamin Franklin. They are fantastic governmental institutions, which are run by local governments, and are subsidized by state / federal money. They are prime examples of a socialistic governmental institution. Public tax money is paid by everyone, even if a person never has a need for the library they still pay taxes to help support it. The existence of the library helps the betterment of the American public. NO MONEY IS NEEDED TO BORROW A BOOK, as opposed to a FOR PROFIT LIBRARY.
Hopefully, GOP politicians might someday pick up a book. Who knows, maybe they might LEARN something. Anything is possible.
For the most part, libraries do not censor what you can read. They also do not keep a dossier of what you read. They are not in the business of keeping tabs on the citizens, which is something that BIG BUSINESS LOVES TO DO.
CAN ANYBODY SAY THE WORD G-O-O-G-L-E?
3) NASA - a government agency that single-handedly created multiple industries, by issuing contracts to private companies, for the development of the hardware/software to get to the moon. The end result of those contracts created the needed equipment for us to put a man on the moon. After those goverment contracted products were created the private companies then started to think of possible spinoff uses for those products. GOVERNMENT & PRIVATE BUSINESS WORKING TOGETHER - A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT.
Do you think that private business would open up their collective corporate purses to develop the hardware/software on their own? AHHHHH NOOOO!!! NASA was the catalyst. If NASA had never existed, we wouldn't be enjoying the benefits of the space program products that were spun off from their original purposes. Many spinoff industries would not exist if NASA didn't have a need to "CATTLE PROD" American companies to think out of the box.
4) AMTRAK - a government owned corporation, which was created to provide NEEDED passenger train transportation. Passenger train travel that the PRIVATE BUSINESS railroad companies had CLAIMED they couldn't provide profitably.
Even with "inheriting" crappy equipment along with the dilapadated train stations, and with MINIMAL support from GOP politicians, Amtrak still has been able to survive. If Amtrak was really able to compete with the airlines - THEY WOULD KICK THE AIRLINE'S BUTTS. A single train engine could pull over 100 railroad cars. Amtrak could sell an incredibly cheap ticket hauling 100 cars of passengers, while using one locomotive. Dedicated railroad tracks, which do not give preference to freight trains, would allow the trains to fly from one city to the next (figuratively.)
5) Social Security & Medicare have been succesful business enterprises for over 80 years.
6) The Postal Service was making a tidy profit - prior to the Lame Duck session of Congress, at the end of 2006. The REPUKEICAN controlled House snuck in a bill that required the Post Office to fund 75 years worth of pension benefits during a 10 year period. No other business has ever been forced to do that. Federal Express, or UPS would be out of business if they were forced to fund 75 years of pensions.
The Postal Service has to fund the pension benefits of employees that are not even BORN. 75 years in advanced prepaid pension payments means that a future-to-be retiree is currently a newborn baby.
The GOP snuck that law in for one reason. They wanted to break the postal unions. At the same time, the GOP created law will force the closure of thousands of rural Post Offices. Post Offices that are in rural RED STATE - REPUBLICAN areas.
Not too smart, REPUKEICANS.
A lot of people don't know that UPS & Federal Express send packages to the Post Office, because it isn't profitable for the two PRIVATE companies to deliver rural area packages. The Postal Service can do it better than UPS & Federal Express.
What do you think would happen if the Postal Service has to make drastic service cuts to rural areas? Do you think Fed Ex / UPS will take up the slack in the rural areas of the country? YEAH, RIGHT - there isn't any profit in that.
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ATTENTION PEOPLE:
STOP LISTENING TO THE TALKING HEADS ON THE FOX 'OPINION" CHANNEL.
STOP LISTENING TO THE DRUG ADDLED VERBIAGE FROM RUSH.
USE YOUR BRAIN.
REPUKEICANS ONLY WANT WHAT IS BEST FOR BIG BUSINESS.
THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE MIDDLE CLASS.
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