Tag Archives: Popular Culture

Putin releases oligarch, blasphemers and hooligans. Obama pardons turkeys

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Eric Verlo

2013. They are arguably Russian President Vladimir Putin most formidable adversaries, behind the scenes, in popular culture and in the international court of public opinion. The corporate press think Putin did it to rehab his anti-gay stance in advance of … Continue reading →

Posted in Headlines | Tagged Arrest, Barack Obama, Corporate, Cult, Culture, Gay, Jokes, London, Obama, Olympics, Popular Culture, POW, power, President, PRESIDENT Barack Obama, prison, Putin, Russia, Thanksgiving, Turkey, Turkeys, Vladimir Putin, Winter, Winter Olympics | Leave a comment

Tony, David Barsamian says hello

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Eric Verlo

The local Pikes Peak Justice & Peace Commission found a little more between the lines than they may have counted on from visiting scholar/lecturer David Barsamian. Although he preached the habitual Gandhian nonviolent civil disobedience, and putting faith in reforming … Continue reading →

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Cheech & Chong concert “Get it Legal” tour: Mid October at Pikes Peak Center

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Brother Jonah

Just a thought from the headline. You know how some people can get together and recite all the lines from say “Let’s Make a Dope Deal” or sing Black Lassie complete with the lead in of “thish is Horrendo Revolver … Continue reading →

Posted in Perspective | Tagged ARN, Art, Censorship, Cheech Marin, CIA, Ciudad Juarez, coup, doctor, Downtown, El Paso, idiots, Juarez, Kip, legalization, Marijana, Meat, Mexico, Pikes Peak, Pikes Peak Center, Popular Culture, Radio, Rock, Texas, The The, Tommy Chong, War, Weed | 3 Comments

We live among gods and demigods

Posted on May 23, 2010 by Eric Verlo

I know a someone who’s studying Greek mythology. He isn’t very impressed and told me so, probably baiting me. He fixed me in the eye and said “Put it this way, I’m not going to care about it in college.” … Continue reading →

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Case of curious cellphone, bandana and Greyson Chance’s perfect microphone

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Eric Verlo

PT Barnum would have been a terror on Youtube –I’m certainly sobered to see what fools America every time. Is sudden-tween-throb Greyson Chance’s talent for real? Too soon to say. But the 6th grade sound man at Cheyenne School of … Continue reading →

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Speaking of books… Tim LaHaye.

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Brother Jonah

Tim LaHaye. OK, so that says a LOT in just two words. I know what the Non-Christian opinion is, now for a Christian voice. The dude is selling a Study Bible with a fold out graphical timetable from the start … Continue reading →

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Three meals away from revolution

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Eric Verlo

The phrase is oft quoted, but no one knows who originated it –or, even if it’s true. It could just be an old pharah’s wives tale. But Obama buys it: from the people who brought you hope.gov we’ve now come … Continue reading →

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Addict, pederast dies, much fanfare

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Eric Verlo

But let’s look past the innuendo and unproven transgressions, to celebrate the man’s contribution to the cannon of Western popular music product. Please! I hear celebrities dismiss the allegations of Michael Jackson’s pedophilia like too much water under the bridge, … Continue reading →

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Marianne Moore’s Utopian Turtletop

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Marie Walden

In the mid-fifties the newly-public Ford Motor Company sought a name for its soon-to-be-released experimental car, known in its design stage as the E-car. After in-house marketers came up with 300-odd names which were felt to be embarrassing in their … Continue reading →

Posted in Perspective | Tagged America, Baseball, boxing, CIA, Corporate, Cult, Culture, Edsel, Family, Ford, Ford Motor Company, Forward, History, Intel, IRA, Marketing, Passion, Poetry, Popular Culture, reason, USA, War | 2 Comments

TWILIGHT vampires resemble predators of the less mystical sexual variety

Posted on December 3, 2008 by Eric Verlo

TWILIGHT- For those parents who have unwittingly encouraged their daughters to delve into Twilight, where our episodic fascination with Dracula lore is adapted for the young adult romance genre, be forewarned that author Stephenie Meyer may have fogged her rose-colored … Continue reading →

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Shlomo Sand and shattering a national mythology

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Tony Logan

Shattering a ‘national mythology’ Shlomo Sand’s book is titled “When and How the Jewish People Was Invented?” and you probably will not find it stacked up on tables for sale in Barnes and Noble or Borders. I don’t expect it … Continue reading →

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Obama Madonna Sanjaya Brangelina

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Eric Verlo

John McCain might be confusing his rival Barack Obama for a Britney- type celebrity for an obvious reason, his solo moniker. Obama’s name recognition is not just a sound-byte, it’s a single bite. Electoral product Obama makes a spiffy commercial … Continue reading →

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Product Obama

Posted on July 26, 2008 by Tony Logan

“At the time when the American military industrial complex is despised around the world, [Barack Obama] is a front man out of central casting which will buy it more goodwill and new room to maneuver in the first 15 minutes … Continue reading →

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The Beatles were counter-revolutionary

Posted on April 5, 2008 by Eric Verlo

Much as the world adores The Beatles, would it not be instructive to note that they led the forces of passivism, and lost, thankfully, to the urgent demands of passionate youth ignited by the imperative to upturn the old world order. Continue reading →

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Raise awareness to the CAUSE of cancer

Posted on February 27, 2008 by Eric Verlo

Look at all that pink respect for breast cancer! Breast cancer awareness, I mean to say. As Marie has pointed out, women’s basketball over the weekend was draped in custom pink uniforms for the cause of cancer. “Cause” is an … Continue reading →

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For dummies, morons or complete idiots

Posted on February 23, 2008 by Eric Verlo

A friend of mine says the best guide to constitutional law among titles he’s surveyed is The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the U.S. Constitution. I’d prefer the 70’s era light-hearted For Beginners incarnation as a recommendation. Not just because that … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture | Tagged America, American, ARN, Art, Books, Constitution, Fun, Health, idiots, Intel, IRS, Jokes, Limbaugh, Literature, Marketing, Morons, Poor PEOPLE, Popular Culture, RAW, Rush Limbaugh, U.S. | 2 Comments

Britney -just what big pharma ordered

Posted on February 11, 2008 by Eric Verlo

No need to address alcohol or drug abuse, there’s a quick fix with psycho meds. Britney Spears could serve as an example for reform and rehabilitation or she can be a poster child for blaming our actions on ambiguous mental frailty. Continue reading →

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Shtrength, Shtrong, Shtreuth!

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Eric Verlo

Streuth! Where did an “sh” sound introduce itself into pronunciations of “str?” Is it Cracker Ebonics like “libary” or “aks” expecially? Who says “SHtrong” beside southern idiots like the current president? I now hear the god-awful mispronunciation on the lips … Continue reading →

Posted in Semantics | Tagged Army, Army Strong, CIA, Crack, Ebonics, God, Headlines, idiots, Nuclear, Popular Culture, President, Pronunciation, Respect, slang, soldier, Sport, USA, Voice | 4 Comments

Build it [in SL] and they will come

Posted on December 31, 2007 by Eric Verlo

There’s an interesting trait of human nature I see playing out on the ever opening expanses of the Internet. It’s evident in dramatic relief too in Second Life. I suppose it’s the combination of man’s entrepreneurial spirit and the Protestant … Continue reading →

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Young people don’t bother going through the motions

Posted on December 26, 2007 by Tony Logan

The Gazette Christmas edition had a breakdown chart of El Paso County voting last election. It showed that more people vote from the morgue in this county than vote if they are aged 40 and under. Well almost! Half the … Continue reading →

Posted in Dem | Tagged ALF, Art, Cheerleaders, Christ, Christmas, College, Colorado Springs, Corporate, Democracy, El Paso, El Paso County, Election, FARC, Gazette, Popular Culture, Progressives, reason, Republic, Republican, Republican Party, Republicans, The Gazette, Vote, Voting | 2 Comments

Ugly Dolls more than skin deep

Posted on December 23, 2007 by Eric Verlo

Do you remember several years ago, when Ugly Dolls crawled out of the Cabbage Patch like that season’s Troll Doll? We have an obsession with fugly. Except they were trendy, hand sewn in someone’s attic and sold at exclusive boutiques, … Continue reading →

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Who doesn’t support the troops?

Posted on December 22, 2007 by Eric Verlo

May I ask -who do you know doesn’t support the troops? Is there someone you need to encourage to show more support for the troops? No one? Then why the sticker? Support the troops? You do. You want … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Politics | Tagged America, American, American Flag, Antiwar, Citizenship, courage, Dissent, Fascism, Flag, Flags, freedom, Imperial, Imperialism, Love, Militarism, Popular Culture, Pride, Support the Troops, Swastika, troops, Violence, War, yellow ribbons | Leave a comment

Evolve in comfort of your own home

Posted on December 21, 2007 by Eric Verlo

My friend Richard sent this Christmas gift tip for Heartland State families: EVOLUTION BOARD GAME “Race around the board and up the evolutionary ladder as you draw, decode, decipher, act, mime and even read minds.”

Posted in Local News | Tagged Art, BOA, Christ, Christmas, Evolution, Popular Culture, Race, RAW | Leave a comment

Let’s not save those ‘damsels in distress’ in Muslim countries…OK?

Posted on December 18, 2007 by Tony Logan

One of the great US excuses for occupying Afghanistan with troops intermittently flowing forth from the neocon-controlled corporate press, was that American civilization was liberating Afghan women from their cruel men of the Taliban. It was a propaganda crumb thrown … Continue reading →

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Jesus vs. Santa rivalry is nothing new

Posted on December 17, 2007 by Eric Verlo

A holiday detente: As Easter sprung from fertility celebrations befitting the rebirth of spring, so Christmas originated from offerings of the season’s greetings to the winter solstice. And while Christians might have taken over the party, they’ve had to retain … Continue reading →

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