Al “The Senator” Franken
Astroturfers are Wagging Your Dog

Billy Mays was a good pitchman who could sell just about anything. We are good consumers. We want well made products that make our lives easier to manage and will buy just about anything. Your government knows this and is looking out…for you!
You can bet your last pack of 8 dollar cigarettes, that any war, action or event that has entered our consciousness in recent memory, has been kid tested and mother approved. Because we want well made products that make our lives easier.
Control the message, sell the product.
Of course this is nothing new. The Constitution and Eisenhower warned of it and as of late, short white men with names like Cheney, Rumsfeld, McNamara and Kissinger, made make believe happen. Because we need to believe in the unbelievable.
Control the message, sell the product.
Be it DreamWorks, GE or PR firms like Hill and Knowlton, make believe sells very well, because we need to believe in the unbelievable.
sell the product…
Desert Shield/Storm was written and directed by Hill & Knowlton with help from The Rendon Group, who then later gave us Ahmed Chalabi. Chalabi was the actor who worked with the Rendon Group which sold us the current Iraq War.
control the message…
Palin, WMD’s, Anthrax and Yellow Cake! Jessica Lynch, Health Care, Tea Baggers and Stimulus Packages!
Spin it till you win it, or at least long enough for us to forget it.
Remember citizens, Democrats, Republicans and the media are all dirty. Beware the messenger. Also beware of earth friendly hybrids built by GM, Ford or Fiat. Power generating windmills and solar farms built by GE, BP and Exxon? We’re already a third of the way there.
Control the message, sell the product.
Those Who Live in Blue Tarp Houses
Should not throw hot legal action threats around lightly. Because trials have a way of shining the light of day on stupidity and hot stuff will melt your blue tarp house.
To catch up on the Palinators latest threats, go here.
Speaking of the Alaska Independence Party, it appears Sarah has now pissed off the wrong guy. Poor poor Sarah.
Star Spangled
Quitter
Speak of the devil! Sarah Palin is quitting. She is taking her blue tarp and going home.
As per usual, there is s bird in the background during her moment in front of the cameras. This one is not being strangled and beheaded like the turkey at Thanksgiving…but still. I give her bonus points for sticking with a theme.
Whatever the future holds for Sarah, be it prison, shooting wolves or advising President Obama on North Korea, I hope she gets the same team that vetted her for McCain. Cause she’s gonna need em.
Massive Slice of Americana

Andrew Sullivan has some things to say about Sarah Palin. Who the hell doesn’t?
Andrew uses words like pathological and incessant lying, narcissism, delusions of grandeur, white trash concupiscence and fraudulence. Guess I’m at a loss as to why he does not mention the blue tarps, held down by tires up on the roof of casa de Palin.
Sarah Palin, having gotten this close to anything more complicated than purchasing a jar of pickles at Costco? Yeeeeah, right.
If you think corrupt, diaper wearing and corporate owned career politicians are troublesome…try putting some of the Jerry Springer gene pool in charge.
Oh yeah, my bad. The Springer gene pool is already in charge.
The Governor Sanford Video
No it’s not the sex video from Argentina. Though you know one exists. This video shows our horny conservative governor and his moral compass, on the run without his security detail. This happened at least 77 times in the past two years.
Maybe there is something to this fake moral compass thing? It pays well, you can fornicate and lie your way across several states, South America and then blame Obama, libruls, and the terrorists…and your shit still don’t stink?













