LIPSTICK ON A PIG... LIPSTICK ON MY COLLAR...

Barack Obama did something he should not have done: stoop to the low levels of the Republicans.

He sure did when he said, "...You can put Lipstick on a pig -- it is still a pig!"

The jibe is squarely directed at Republican Sarah Palin, the woman from probably the most corrupt state in the U.S. and the-now-an-interesting-choice-of-candidate-for-vice-president but-soon-to-be-a-costly-mistake-for-McCain gal.

Obama should have left her to her own downfall -- she is a failed mother (how she is going to govern the most powerful nation in the world when she can't even be a good parent, is anyone's guess), a creationist who is going to screw things up is a big way in this modern and increasingly free-thinking world (my bet is that she will be so out of whack with the rest of the world, that Europe is going to laugh all the way to the top position as the dominant world-influence peddler -- and let's face it, Europe is all about what people around teh world want: modernizing society; equality of the people and empowerment of the masses; and the U.S. is soon going to be non-invincible should Palin take a mistep)

Anyway, we managed to sit down with Miss Piggy, of The Muppets fame, and she had a thing or two to say about the Presidential election in the United States.

FD: Yo pig, what's up!?

Miss Piggy: Snort! Snort! Hey you lambchop! How ya doin?

FD: Doin good. WHat do you thin of Obama's crack about pigs and lipstick?

Miss Piggy: It was an utter insult! I am no Republican, in case you didn't know. I am a Democrat pig, like all them other pigs!

FD: Yikes! That didn't sound quite right! Anyway, do you actually wear lipstick?

Miss Piggy: I sure do. My favorite shade is pork-chop red!

FD: Pork-chop? Hmmm, I feel hungry suddenly. C'here my little bacon!

Miss Piggy: Err, ciao kids!

FD: Wow... that pig sure can fly!

And Miss Piggy ran like hell and disappeared into the horizon.



Photo of Miss Piggy from New York Times website.

Photo of Sarah "Lipstick on a pig" Palin from BBC MUNDO website.

HOT NEWS ANCHORS ON CNN

ANJALI RAO HAS BEEN THE MOST IMPRESSIVE NEWS ANCHOR ON CNN FOR A LONG TIME. SHE HAS GROWN FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH OVER THE YEARS. SHE IS STILL RIGHT THERE AT THE TOP. SHE HANDLES SERIOUS NEWS AND MAGAZINE PROGRAMS WITH EQUAL EASE ND HER CHEMISTRY WITH THE REST OF HER COLLEAGUES ON CNN IS SECOND TO NONE.

NOW, CNN HAS A NEW ADDITION, THE TREMENDOUSLY CLASSY KAUSHAL PATEL, POSSIBLY THE MOST GLAMOROUS NEWS ANCHOR ON THE PLANET TODAY. WOW! EVERY TIME KAUSHAL PATEL COMES ON AIR, SHE JUST ADDS SO MUCH OF THE GLAMOUR FACTOR TO THE TELEVISION THAT IT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL! SIZZLING KAUSHAL PATEL IS BOLLYWOOD ROYALTY PERSONIFIED!
PHOTOS:
1. ANJALI RAO -- PICTURE FROM CNN WEBSITE
2. KAUSHAL PATEL PHOTO FROM: http://www.unclebarky.com/abovethefold_files/page0_blog_entry841_2.jpg

REPUBLICANS CONSOLIDATE...

It seemed like President George W. Bush was coming to his senses when it was announced that a portion of the U.S. troops were going to be pulled out of Iraq. In reality, what it means is he is making the stage less messy for -- and we are using a very big 'IF' here -- if his fellow Republican John McCain becomes the next U.S. President. The aim is to keep the political power base in Republican hands.

With this cosmetic pull out from Iraq, Bush is cleaning his house for McCain. It might seem like a noble gesture -- but underneath it, the U.S. still attacked a sovereign nation (Iraq) when it invaded that middle east country. (That's why America's noise over Russia attacking Georgie which the U.S. tagged as an attack on a sovereign nation rings hollow.)

PHOTO OF GEORGE W. BUSH LOOKING YOUNG AND HANDSOME, FROM http://www.command-post.org/2004/2_archives/george_bush_uniform.jpg

DEARLY BELOVED... WILL THE REAL KIM JONG-ILL, ERR, JONG-IL, PLEASE STAND UP...

One of the worst fashion disasters walking the Earth, North Korea's Beloved Leader Kim Jong-Il, is MIA.

He missed North Korea's 60th annniversary bash and parade -- you know, military marching (in their rather fashionable feet stomping style!), military leaders vogue-ing on podium, military vehicles and weapons paraded proudly etc etc -- and the evil tongues of the world's media are wagging and hissing insanely about the status of his health. Some say Beloved Leader (that's what the North Koreans call him) has suffered a stroke. Others say, he has diabetes and a host of heart ailments. The North Koreans say Beloved Leader Kim Jong-Il isn't ill -- in fact, there is "no problem," they said, adding "not true" to claims that the fashion terrorist is ill. Or should that be IL?

Of, course the most evil tongue wagging -- and it has been wagging for quite while -- is Waseda University's North Korean expert Professor Toshimitsu Shigemura. This Japanese academic claims Beloved Leader Kim Jong-Il died in 2003 and look-alikes have been filling Beloved Leader's shoes.

Whatever the case might be, we have Team America: World Police, a 2004 puppet-animation film directed by South Park co-creator Trey Parker (the other co-creator is the aptly named Matt Stone). The side-splittingly anarchic Team America film has truly immortalized our Beloved Leader Kim Jong-Il, if you ask us.

THE BELOVED PHOTOS OF KIM JONG-IL ARE STILLS (NO, WE DIDN'T SAY STIFFS!!!) FROM TEAM AMERICA

MALAYSIAN UPPER MANAGEMENT... THERE'S NOTHING UPPER ABOUT IT

One of the main reasons this country is not doing as well as it should be is simple -- the people who have slithered into managerial and upper management posts are simply worth nothing!

There is no foresight in their policies nor the implementation of it, Malaysian bosses are busy padding their pockets instead of ensuring the every wage earner takes home something decent AND IS PROVIDED A SAFE AND HEALTHY WORKING ENVIRONMENT.

My own experience has been that if you point out that there are ample anecdotal evidence to warrant a thorough investigation and testing of, for example, air quality in the work place -- and everyone turns a deaf ear to it! If, five years down the road, when all the staff are stricken with cancer (and trust me -- the majority of the employees are, unfortunately, very dim and would not be able to associate high numbers of, let's say, cancer cases within one office to the building in which they worked in) -- it will all be a very sad thing.

Is it too much to ask to have bosses who have a bit of intelligence and compassion to the well being and health of employees? This sickens me in every sense of the word.

THE GATHERING OF HICKS TAKES PLACE...

Minneapolis was descended by a horde of Republican hicks recently where Republican John McCain was officially nominated by his fellow Republicans to be the next Presidental candidate. Unfortunately, for the rest of the world, anyway, as if the thought of McCain running the United States wasn't horrific enough -- Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was nominated to the be McCain's vice-president.

Worst of all, the Republican National Convention, on the whole, looked like the National Convention of the Aged, with so many oldies in the audience. McCain himself, apparently, ran free with the dinosaurs!

This is about when the world will run and hide for cover in fear of irrational American foreign policy should the US fall into the hands of Republicans in the November elections.

As a result, all the liberals and progressives are now intently channeling all their positive thoughts towards Democrats Barack Obama and Joe Biden to take the top two posts in the US come the the November elections.

These photos from the venerable New York Times show the faces of Republicans (and their hats, too!) at the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis. Oh, the man facing the audience in the hatful picture is President George W. Bush, the numero uno Republican at the moment.

PINK COMES OUT SIZZLING WITH NEW SONG CALLED "SO WHAT"

Pop star and rock chick with attitude who we all know as the color Pink has released a new song called "So What" and it is quite a sizzler indeed.

Check it out at youtube.com

The song is catchy, and the lyrics are so simple and honest that it is easy to like instantly. Welcome back Pink.

(Also give Pink's "Who Knew" a listen. It is one of the most solid pieces of pop songs ever written. B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!!!!!!)

Photo of Pink from this website: http://english.pravda.ru/img/idb/photo/pink-26.jpg

SARAH PALIN... A DANGER TO THE REST OF THE WORLD

The strange folks in the United States who call themselves Republicans may have forced themselves to like like the idea of having Sarah Palin as a vice-president of the United States (and a definite shoo-in for the US presidency seeing how ancient John McCain is!) but take it from me that the rest of the world finds her repugnant.

She is a poster girl for NRA and comes from a state known for corruption. She is a woman who is going to damage the US and its ties to the rest of the world.If anything should happen to McCain, will the world be ready to deal with a US president who will literally behaves as if she is having her p****d? Or, what happens when she becomes menopausal? God help us all!!!!!!!

Palin's stand on her her daughter's five-month old pregnancy is rather liberal, if you ask us. What is baffling is the conservative Christians amongst the Republicans are all out supporting Palin's daughter when we all know that the hypocrites are saying in their hearts, "Shit, Palin's shameless young daughter has no self-control. What a lusty beast she must be!"

And sex, let us not kid ourselves, is all about pleasure and orgasms for youngsters. Not some noble desire to create offsprings. That offspring, if there is one, is purely an accident.

Oh, and John McCain was so obviously ignorant of Palin's daughter's pregnancy. Otherwise, he would NOT have gone anywhere near Palin, must less nominate her as a vice-president. To try and make a positive spin of Palin's daughter's pregnancy is so not a conservative thing!

Photo of Sarah Palin from Seattle Times.

HILLARY WHO??? JUST KIDDING -- WE LUV YA OLD GIRL!

Hillary Clinton was my preferred choice for President of Unite States. Unfortunately, a few misteps by her -- not to mention the awesomeness of Barack Obama -- has made Obama the choice candidate for the US presidency.

Anyway, we love ya Hillary. Great speech at the Democratic National Convention.

As for Obama, he is making all the right moves. It will be interesting to see him become the president of the United States. Obama's choice of Joe Biden as vice president is positively and infinitely more inspired than Sarah Palin by Obama's rival for the US presidency, John McCain. (McCain, in case you have not read my earlier blog entry, is Paris Hilton's arch nemesis.)

Anyway, here are some nice photos:

1. Hillary Clinton picture from UK's most excellent Telegraph UK website
2. Barack Obama portrait shot by the incomparable Martin Schoeller

HURRICANE GUSTAV FIZZLES... AS DOES SARAH PALIN

Sometimes one never knows if the media are making things up for the sake of scoring big on the ratings games or they are just stupid. The way CNN was going on and on about Hurricane Gustav, with the visuals of menacing red swirls approaching New Orleans in its weather reports, I was on the edge of my seat, almost fainting from the coverage-fatigue. "Ooo, that red swirl of the storm that CNN keeps showing must mean Hollywood-special-effects-grade kind of destruction for New Orleans!" I'd thought.

No, I am not evil and do not wish such a thing on the inhabitants of New Orleans. And I was happiest when the leaders there instructed people to evacuate parts that were in the path of Hurricane Gustav. My grouse is the emotional fatigue everyone went through because the American media spinning the web and trying to outdo one another in the doom-and-gloom-weather-forecast stakes.

From Category 3 storm, Gustav was downgraded to Category 2. And the quality of news coverage fizzled as did the storm. Thankfully!!!!! Amen! Now we can also focus our undivided attention on Sarah Palin and how unsuitable she is as a candidate for VP. Boy, does McCain suck in his choice of VP as far as the world audience is concerned! And CNN's Jonathan Mann and that other old guy (as Paris Hilton would have put it!) who're covering the Republican convention are so very lame as Republican apologists as far as Sarah Palin's pregnant daughter is concerned.

Anyway, back to Hurricane Gustav, it was a serious enough storm -- as these pictures from New York Times show.

(The weather maps are from CNN -- the red-yellow-green swirly one -- as well as from the US National Hurricane Center at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml)

ASIAN AIR POLLUTION BLOWING OVER TO THE UNITED STATES

Is anyone actually surprised that the disgusting air pollution in Asia is actually being carried by the winds to places like the United States?

The world is an organic thing and naturally what happens in one part of the world is going to impact another part of the world. People have to be more vocal in protesting what happens in other parts of the world. Otherwise, their own little paradise will be damaged by the acts of the irresponsible others.
















Well, Yahoo has a report on this and there is prove that this is happening.
(http://news.yahoo.com/story//mcclatchy/20080831/sc_mcclatchy/3031567)

AUDREY TAUTOU TO PLAY COCO CHANEL

Pretty French actress Audrey Tautou, who became world famous through the delightfully quirky Jean-Pierre Jeunet directed movie "Amelie" (2001) is slated to star as legendary French women's wear fashion designer Coco Chanel in a biopic. Good choice, we say!







Photos:
1. Audrey Tautou photo from http://www.celebrityshack.com/images/stories/female-celebrities/audrey-tautou/thumb.jpg
2. Coco Chanel photo from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/graphics/2007/07/29/st_chanel1.jpg

DAVID DUCHOVNY'S HAPPY ADDICTION

It is an addiction men usually don't mind having but David Duchovny has signed up into rehab for sex addiction. Duchovny is famous for his role in television hit show X-Files. It was a great series and became a worldwide smash, making Duchovny a household name around the world.

Details are sketchy about his sex addiction (kinkyness? frequency?) but his wife Tea Leoni has come out in support of her husband.

Photos:
1. Tea Leoni from Entertainment Weekly

2. David Duchovny driving from: http://www.kultx.cz/wp-content/uploads/david_duchovny_californication_c.jpg

HENRY CEJUDO ON JAY LENO... BRILLIANT YOUNG MAN!

In a recent episode of Jay Leno, impressive Henry Cejudo made an appearance. This endearing young man, 21 years old, won a gold medal at the recent Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

What was most excellent about Henry's appearance was how likable he was. He was very relaxed and had a lovable sense of humor and Leno's studio audience -- like the audience watching Jay Leno at home -- expressed their fondness for his honesty and disarming frankness in a big way.

Cejudo spoke of the hardship and the poverty of his youth and through it all, his effervescent spirit came through. Is it any surprise then that he won the gold medal in the 55kg category in his event (wrestling) at Beijing?

Photos:
Henry Cejudo and his mom (this picture from:http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=19472)
Henry Cejudo victorious at the Olympics

LIZ LEMON.... IS THAT YOU? A VP??????

John McCain's choice of candidate as vice-president would make or break his presidency bid, I'd thought. And when I saw his choice -- LIZ LEMON!!!!!! -- I thought Obama was doomed. Who on Earth could counter the brilliant choice of Liz Lemon as a vice-president candidate. It was an inspired choice, I thought.

Then I realized that it was NOT ACTUALLY the lovable Liz Lemon (the brilliant alter-ego created by Tina Fey for her superb television comedy series, 30 Rock), but someone called Sarah Palin.

I don't know who Palin is, and frankly, because don't care. I don't think a country like the United States can afford to risk having a woman as President. McCain is 72, and the chance is there that if anything happens to him, the most powerful country in the world would fall onto the lap of a 44-year old woman. It is a risk no American should be willing to take, I think.

(Don't take me wrong, I think Germany's Angela Merkel is a brilliant leader. But that is because Germany is a country with a superb due-process system in place and so Merkel only had to oversee Deutschland. But running a country like the US would, to a large part, be dependent on the personality of its leader. And the emotions of its leader. And a woman at the top spells trouble.)

Pictures of:
1. Sarah Palin and John McCain
2. The incomparable Tina Fey

SONG OF THE YEAR... JONAS BROTHERS' WHEN YOU LOOK ME IN THE EYES

OK, last year I predicted that Amy Winehouse would be the blockbuster star of 2007 with the stupendous hit song, Rehab. And I was right!

This year, I predict that the Jonas Brothers' When You Look Me In the Eyes" will be a monster hit and win them loads of awards at music shows in the months to come and at next year's major music awards show like the Grammy's.

It is a catchy song and the black & white music video is a classic. The video is brilliantly crafted as if the young lads have been at it singing on stage for years!
Catch the music video and see for yourself! (CLICK ON THE HEADLINE FOR THIS ENTRY TO SEE THE VIDEO)

Picture is from this website: http://www.clubjonas.com/page/2/

(Oh, ok, I said Duffy had something of the song of the year with "Mercy" -- but, although her song is great, the music video is kind of crap, with its fire effects. That's why she is not at the top of my list anymore.)

NEVER, EVER DISHONOR THE MALAYSIAN FLAG

IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT SOME MISGUIDED SOULS ARE URGING MALAYSIANS TO PUT UP OUR BELOVED FLAG UPSIDE DOWN. THIS CANNOT BE ALLOWED OR TOLERATED.

JALUR GEMILANG IS A SACRED PART OF ALL MALAYSIANS AND IT REPRESENTS HONOR AND GREATNESS. ANYONE WHO DISRESPECTS THE FLAG MUST NEVER BE LET OFF THE HOOK.

AS IT IS, THE FACT THAT THE CULPRITS WHO HAVE SUGGESTED SUCH AN ATROCIOUS AND UNFORGIVABLE THING ARE FREE MEN AND WOMEN SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE FREEDOM ENJOYED BY THE PEOPLE OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY. AND IT IS TO DATUK SERI ABDULLAH AHMAD BADAWI'S CREDIT THAT PEOPLE HAVE SO MUCH FREEDOM TO EXPRESS THEIR DISSATISFACTION AFTER A PARTICULARLY OPPRESSIVE PERIOD IN MALAYSIAN HISTORY. BUT AS EVEN THE PRESENT PM MIGHT SAY, "DON'T PUSH YOUR LUCK!"

RESPECT THE FLAG!

USAIN BOLT -- THE FASTEST MAN ON EARTH!

WEDNESDAY NIGHT WAS SOMETHING ELSE ALTOGETHER INDEED IN THIS MODERN ERA -- IT'S THE BEIJING OLYMPICS, WITH MORE THAN A BILLION PEOPLE INTENTLY WATCHING THEIR TELEVISION SCREENS TO SEE HOW USAIN BOLT WILL DO IN THE 200M RACE.

HE'D ALREADY CLINCHED THE 100M RACE WITH A RECORD-SHATTERING TIME OF 9.69 SECONDS.

TONIGHT, USAIN IS HIS USUAL JOVIAL SELF, FOOLING AROUND WITH THE TELEVISION CAMERAS AND WITH THE AUDIENCE HE KNOWS ARE WATCHING HIM CLOSELY INTHE STADIUM AND ALL AROUND THE WORLD.


THEN, WHEN THE 200M RACE STARTED... IT WAS QUITE A SPECTACULAR SIGHT INDEED SEEING USAIN BOLT OF JAMAICA AGAIN SHATTER THE WORLD 200M RECORD BY CLOCKING IN 19.30 SECONDS AT THE GLORIOUS BIRD'S NEST STADIUM IN BEIJING.
(THE BIRDS NEST IS GORGEOUS AND IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL STADIUM IN THE WOLRD WITH THE CAPACITY TO SEAT MORE THAN 90,000 FANS -- OH, AND THE CHINESE MUST BE CREDITED AS BEING THE BEST OLYMPICS GAMES AUDIENCE EVER... THEY TRULY KNOW HOW TO SPOT AND SUPPORT TALENT!)

ANYWAY, AGAIN, USAIN BOLT WAS HEAD AND SHOULDERS AND ARMS AND LEGS AND TORSO AHEAD OF EVERYONE ELSE. GENETICALLY, THIS FASTEST MAN ON EARTH HAS TO BE AS CLOSE TO PERFECTION AS A MAN POSSIBLY CAN BE.

THEN, FITTINGLY, AFTER HE'D CONQUERED THE 200M RACE, THE CAMERAS FLIRTED WITH HIM AS HE ALSO, IN TURN, FLIRTED WITH THE AUDIENCE BOTH IN THE STADIUM AND THOSE WHO'D BEEN WATCHING HIS FEAT ON TV AT HOME. THROUGHOUT, THE ROAR OF THE CROWD IN THE STADIUM WAS THUNDEROUS. (CROWD THEN SPORTINGLY SANG THE "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" SONG FOR USAIN WHO IS CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY THE NEXT DAY.)

PRIOR TO THE START OF THE 200M RACE, I WAS WONDERING HOW USAIN BOLT WOULD COPE WITH SO MUCH PRESSURE BEARING DOWN HIS BACK AS EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN FOLLOWING THE OLYMPICS GAMES IN BEIJING HAD HIGH HOPES FOR HIM TO OUTDO THE WORLD RECORD. SURPRISINGLY, HE WAS CHARMING AND COOL AS A CUCUMBER AND LAPPED UP ALL THE ATTENTION EVERYONE WAS SHOWERING ON HIM!

TOMORROW, USAIN BOLT OF JAMAICA TURNS 22 AND WINNING THE 200M IN GREAT STYLE IS A GREAT WAY TO START HIS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS.

THESE EXCELLENT PICTURES ARE FROM NEW YORK TIMES. SEE THE NYT WEBSITE (WWW.NYTIMES.COM) FOR THE WORLD'S BEST COVERAGE OF THE BEIJING 2008 OLYMPICS IN CHINA.

BEIJING 2008 -- ON 08-08-2008 AND MICHAEL PHELPS WINS 8 GOLD MEDALS TO BECOME AN OLYMPIC LEGEND

BEIJING 2008 OLYMPICS AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE AUSPICIOUS NUMBER 8

THE NUMBER "8" IN CANTONESE MEANS "PROSPERITY" OR "TO PROSPER". AND WHAT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER IT HAS TURNED OUT TO BE FOR GIFTED AMERICAN SWIMMER MICHAEL PHELPS WHO WON 8 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS TO BECOME THE GREATEST OLYMPIAN EVER!

JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT THE CHINESE WERE RIGHT IN CHOOSING SUCH AN AUSPICIOUS DATE FOR OPENING THE BEIJING 2008 GAMES AND HAVING IT BE ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OLYMPIC GAMES EVER!

THE WORLD AUDIENCE IS MORE MEDIA AND INTERNET SAVVY THAN EVER BEFORE AND THE AWARENESS OF THE OLYMPICS GAMES IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH. THE WORLD IS TRULY MORE GLOBALIZED THAN ANYONE THOUGHT IT EVER WAS!

BEIJING 2008 -- THE TRUE OLYMPIANS ARE ENTERING THE STADIUM!

TRACK AND FIELD -- THAT'S WHEN THE POWER OF THE OLYMPICS IS UNLEASHED!

THE TRUE DISPLAY OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT AND SHEER POWER OF THE HUMAN BODY NOW COME INTO PLAY IN THE MOST HIGH PROFILE SEGMENTS OF THE OLYMPICS GAMES: ATHLETICS. (YES, PHELPS HAS DONE AN AMAZING THING IN BRINGING SWIMMING TO THE FOREFRONT OF THE PUBLIC EYE -- BUT IT IS STILL THE ATHLETES IN TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS WHO CAPTURE THE BULK OF IMAGINATION OF THE GLOBAL MASSES.)

USAIN BOLT OF JAMAICA HAS ALREADY SET THE MINDS OF PEOPLE REELING WITH HIS SPECTACULAR SPEED AND NOW RUSSIAN POLE VAULTER YELENA ISINBAYEVA HAS BROKEN HER OWN RECORD AND, IMPRESSIVELY, IN DOING SO KEPT THE ENTIRE STADIUM OF PEOPLE BACK JUST TO WATCH HER BREAK THE POLE VAULTING RECORD!

PICTURE IS OF USAIN BOLT (2ND FROM LEFT), MAKING WINNING THE 100M DASH LOOK LIKE A BREEZE. PICTURE FROM NEW YORK TIMES.