Are We Not Men? We Are DEVO!
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“Are we not men?” Where did that come from? From Island of Lost Souls greatest horror flic (1932) ever!
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Charles Laughton plays the mad scientist creating HUMAN/ ANIMAL HYBRIDS (W). Bela Lugosi (Dracula) asks his peers, “Are we not men, or we just a mob of ignorant Tea-Baggers?”
Many asked, “What does the Guru of Pop Culture do with his free time?”
Saturday I checked out the new Dollar Store (next to the Blockbusters that just shut down) with Reverend Greg in our small truck-stop hometown. I bought me a Dinosaur Book with 3D glasses included (cool), a pack of 12 Marvel superheroes stickers with a figurine of Doc Oc (Spiderman foe…also cool) and a 3-pack of Bible card decks made in China where there ain’t no Christians.??? All this for $3!!!
Rev Greg offered a prayer:
DEAR GOD, I PRAY THAT THEE CREATE A $3 STORE WHERE I CAN BUY STUFF FROM MY NEIGHBORS!
Whatever…That ain’t gonna happen…so let’s return to the Chinese Bible Cards:
My favorite the rookie card of Abraham in the Bible Superhero Deck.
I wish I could share this with you but I don’t reckon I know how to get this image on the Intertubes so hurry on down to you dollar store and buy you a Chinese Superstar Bible set (which also includes Bible Trivia and Bible Go Fish). Well, let me tell you…the front side has Abraham with a big ole grin cause he got himself 2 wives (like Glenn Beck, George Mittens and them other Mormons) and one them was a hot, exotic Egyptian chick (just like Cleo). Would y’all say no?
The reverse side of this Chinese Bible card reads: Abraham’s son Ishmael through whom the Arab nations of today count their ancestry. The birth of Isaac, through whom the Jews of today count their ancestry. It was Isaac’s descendants who were to inherit the land of Canaan (Israel).
Let me wrap my mind around this…Is this Chinese Bible card telling me that Abraham was the Daddy of Islamo facists, Jews and Jesus?
I was confused so I asked Rev Greg to explain:
“Abram (or Abraham) married his half-sister Sarai (or Sarah), and Abram’s brother Nahor married their niece, Milcah (GeneSIS 11:29). But, the incest relationship of Abe and Sarah didn’t produce any kids, so Sarah told Abraham to sleep with Hagar, her really hot Egyptian maidservant (Genesis 16:1-2).
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According to ancient custom, any resulting children would then be treated as if borne by the wife.
Sarah said, “Perhaps I can build a family through this dark one.”
Abram agreed to what Sarai said,” and Hagar became pregnant (Genesis 16:2-4). Then there was tension between Sarai and Hagar, and Sarai unjustly blamed Abram for the problem (v. 5). Abram let Sarai do whatever she wanted with Hagar. His jealous wife/sister (Incest 3-somes seldom work out) mistreated Hagar so much that she fled home with her son (v. 6).
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But, that’s not the end of the story. God told Abraham that Sarah would have a son and Abraham laughed…Sarah laughed (18:12). “Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, ‘I did not laugh and I am not a witch…I am you!’” (v. 15).
“And the moral of this story is,” Rev Greg concluded, “There be a lot less hate and trouble in the world today if Abraham had just kept it zipped up.”
Kevin McCarthy Tried to Warn Us!
“Stop and listen to me! …. They’re not human! … Can’t you see? Everyone! They’re here already. You’re next!” Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) was the 2nd greatest flick of the First Golden Age of American SciFi (The 1950s). Can you name the Best? Click here for my absolute answer.Why is Body Snatchers a classic? Because IT’S STILL RELEVANT TODAY!
Tea-Baggers, Pod People…what’s the dif?
.McCarthy dismissed assertions that “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” was an allegory about the communist infiltration of America or an indictment of McCarthyism.
“I thought it was really about the onset of a kind of life where the corporate people are trying to tell you how to live, what to do, how to behave. And you become puppets to these merchants that are somehow turning individuals into victims.”
President Eisenhower issued a similar warning in his Farewell Address:
“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex.
The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes.”
His children suggest that in an earlier draft of the speech, he referred to the
“military-industrial-congressional complex”. Source
51 years ago…The birth of Barbie and credit cards!
As the oldest Baby Boomer girls (nee 1946) entered teendom. Coincidence?
.ABOVE LEFT: 1959 First Barbie, Mastercard and Visa. RIGHT: Barbie 2009
In 1959 the Toy Industry drooled as they recognized the gigantic new puberty market of Baby Boomer kids…record toy sales for the past decade, and Mattel didn’t want to lose their best customers.
Barbie was hatched that year, and Boomer females have never been satisfied with their bodies since. Babs transcended dollhood and became a lifestyle, a role model to help adolescent girls make the painful transition to adulthood. Barbie possessed everything an All-American girl could possibly desire: a perfect face, figure, hair, a fabulous wardrobe and an ideal boyfriend (Ken). Barbie was the first doll with boobs, which seemed natural, since the sale of training bras increased by 50% in 1959 as the oldest Boomer girls turned 13 and began to notice serious changes in their anatomy. How could they compete with Barbie? At full scale, Babs’ measurements would have read: 40DD- 18- 26. Her breasts defied gravity and stuck out, high and well formed (and nippleless), and her exaggerated, hourglass waist could only have been achieved in the real world by the removal of a few ribs and vital organs. Barbie’s long, slender legs must have been achieved in a month on the Gitmo torture rack, or as the result of some terrible disease (which also caused her nipples to fall off?). If a real woman owned a full-scale figure like Barbie’s, she would be the most popular photographic subject in medical journals since the Elephant Man.
Nonetheless, every little Boomer girl in America simply had to own a Barbie and as many accessories as her parents would tolerate. Mattel’s production line could barely keep up with demand. They started the Barbie Fan Club, and soon membership exceeded that of the Girl Scouts of America. Each subscriber received regular fan club letters with tips on how to become an all-American Dream Girl, and a complete shopping guide of the latest additions to Barbie’s wardrobe. Teenieboppers dropped all other dolls and concentrated on helping Barbie get ready for her next big date with Ken. In fact, Barbie’s entire schedule consisted of getting ready for dates, shopping, trying on new clothes and experimenting with new hairstyles and makeup. It is interesting to note that 1959 was also the year that Visa and Mastercharge cards were introduced.
Barbie’s life was not cluttered with any visible signs of education, marriage or career (until 1985, with Barbie’s “Home Office Center”), but no one seemed to wondered where she got all the money for her beautiful house, swimming pool, spa, horse, snazzy sports car, and more than a thousand expensive outfits. Perhaps Barbie was the mistress of a very wealthy man? What other job could she possibly qualify for that could earn her enough to maintain her luxurious lifestyle? Closer examination will dispel the mistress theory, however… Mattel neglected to provide Barbie with the physical equipment necessary to perform the duties of such an occupation. Ken has been the only guy to date Barbie during the past half century because he, too, has nothing going on below the waist or above the neck.
This vain, self-centered, materialistic, hollow-headed, sexless, cold, plastic princess served as the adult role model for little girls throughout the entire history of our generation. On her twenty-first birthday in 1980, 112 million Barbies had been sold…one for every American female.
With Barbie as a role model for little girls, and GI Joe for little boys, it’s amazing that the Baby Boomer Generation turned out as well as it did.
Published by Nick at 04:24 AM on October 14, 2010