What Coke Taught me Super Bowl sunday

This year Coke did a ton of commercials on the Super-Bowl. Some of them were funny and some of them were not so funny. The one that caught my eye early on was with the Simpson's. The piece focuses on Mr. Burns loosing all of his money and the after effects. Towards the end of the commercial Mr. Burns sees people playing in the park and having a good time. He longingly looks and wants to be apart of the "happiness". One of the revelers, Apu, gives him a coke and includes him in the festivities.
Now I am all about sharing a beverages among friends, and even offering something to a stranger, but Mr. Burns? Mr. Burns, within the Simpson's Universe, has maintained a power plant that has cause immeasurable environmental damage, he has stolen a child from a family, blocked out the sun, murdered people (subjective|Tree House of Horrors episode), and has had noted packs with the Devil himself. Why would anyone ever want to share anything outside of fist sandwich with this man?
Now this commercial in past years may not have been such a big deal, but which rich person is Mr. Burns is representing in the commercial? Is he Bernie Madoff, or one of the bankers, or a member of Wall Street? Would you give a coke to any of those people or invite them to hang out in the park?
Seems to me that Coke wants us to help out these pour rich bastards that screwed the hell out of all of us. Is this apart of a larger PR scheme to humanize the super rich? It just might be...throughout the Super Bowl another Ad ran for 'Undercover Boss', which takes a CEO and places them in "lower level" positions. The show ran just after the 'Post Game Wrap Up' and featured a very nice CEO of a waste management company getting into "lower level" jobs. This CEO was extremely personable and caring. The CEO showed general concern about the workers around him. This CEO is not like the CEOs that screwed up our economy. Those types of CEOs would never do a "lesser" job. Some can't even get their f'n coffee. 'Undercover Bosses' featured CEO may have been a bit of a dick at some point (not sure), but he didn't wreck his company for a profit or layoff tons of workers to show a inflated company asset numbers.
The Simpson's/Coke commercial and the 'Undercover Boss' represent a new spoonful of crap that America will have to eat will watching the boob tube. This kind of crap can lead to statements like "he's not such a bad guy even though he fired everyone, cause he has a family" or "don't tax the rich, cause then they won't hire". It's pretty much madness.
Give a Coke to your boss and ask for a raise or a contract so you can't get fired. Then you can see how much he doesn't focus on the bottom line.


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Al Franken opens a can of whoop ass on Comcast & NBC

Al Franken goes to town on Comcast & NBC about their merger.

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is has to be weird being NBC's Jeff Zucker...when the funnyman who worked for a long time with your wife makes you look like a jackass on TV.


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R2 will take your factory job & your space job

As unemployment climbs to a necessary boozing proportions, NASA and, super corporate giant, GM, have teamed up to make a robot that will replace you at your factory job and your space job. NASA and GM named this robot Robonaut, but refer to it as R2 (which is retarded cause it's totally more like C-3PO). The robot is pretty badass and seems to completely mimic all the movements of the top half of a humanoid. Obviously once in space this robot will get all red eyed bag guy on us and try to destroy the world. Until then, Robonaut will shake your hand and pretend to not have a mind of its' own. If we were the Robonaut (Ro-bo-Cop?) we'd probably play nice too, just so we'd have a job. Some of us with jobs pretend to be mindless all the time for our bosses, but we can't lift up cars or be in space without air. Alas...



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In our Talons by Bowerbirds

Bowerbirds "In Our Talons" from Alan Poon on Vimeo.

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Kickass T-Shirt Design from Glennz Tees

The people over at Glennz Tees have some pretty cool T-shirts. Here are a few:



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"Getting back out there" by Ben from golikeafox.blogspot.com

Repost From golikeafox.blogspot.com

Today, I got back on my trusty steed(bike), Captain Awesome, and took a spin around the neighborhood. It was a bit cold today around 30ish, but it felt good to get back out there after a long winter break. Went and saw the good people at Brooklyn Bikes to check what new things they had in stock. Think I am going to need a saddlebag and tire change gear by the time the 5-boro comes up. I also need to get in shape for the 42 miles!
Some images of Captain Awesome...




Sincerely,
Ben

More Than a Feelin' by Secta Chameleon feat. Judie Jay

SECTA CHAMELEON feat. JUDIE JAY - MORE THAN A FEELIN' from Emil Goodman on Vimeo.

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Grand Canyon by Phillip Bloom

Grand Canyon from Philip Bloom on Vimeo.

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Adidas goes Star Wars

Adidas comes out light savor a blazing with Original Star Wars integrated attire.









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Augmented (hyper)Reality by Keiichi Matsuda

Keiichi: "The latter half of the 20th century saw the built environment merged with media space, and architecture taking on new roles related to branding, image and consumerism. Augmented reality may recontextualise the functions of consumerism and architecture, and change in the way in which we operate within it."

Augmented (hyper)Reality: Domestic Robocop from Keiichi Matsuda on Vimeo.

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WTF Wed-Get On My Horse

There was a kid in my junior high that use to sniff gasoline. I assume he made this...

www.getonmyhorse.com

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In Fox they trust

So a report just came out saying that Fox is the #1 trusted news source, beating out CNN by 10%. Fox holds 49% of this supposed viewer trust. I now understand why people are confused. If they trust the ones that factually lie then how can they even begin to know what's real. In an off the cuff comment the Roger Ailes, President of Fox, said he was in the "ratings business" and thus not in the news business. Case in point is when Fox news cut away from the Presidents Q&A with the GOP early, just cause. What the hell? Like what the fuck? So the problem is clearly that the American people are being fed lies...how do we fix this?





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My Name is Potato by Rita Pavone

No idea why Rita had to sing about Potato's, but we are glad she did...



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Today's WorkForce...

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The Internet is made of Cats

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Monday's Music: Undisclosed Desires by Muse

Muse - Undisclosed Desires from ANDRO CONDE on Vimeo.

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Found Mecca: Brooklyn Home Brew Store

Brooklyn Home Brew Store just opened up in Brooklyn. Now one has no excuse not to make new brilliant beer in the comfort of their own home.

Check out their store page here.
And their Blog here.


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Something New: Obama Speaks to the Republican

We all had just a single day after the 'State of the Union' to sober up and really digest the President's speech. We all wanted more from the speech and yesterday, we got more. In a Q & A session between the President and Republicans, the President, finally, cleared up some very misleading information. The, not so formal, session went so well that the President has suggested doing it all the time. The Republicans agree, although, they are not big fans of the TV cameras, one assumes because they can't mislead their constituents when the President is directly clarify issues presented by the Republicans. It wasn't the ass-kickin' that we all still want, but it's a pretty awesome none the less. These types of discussion Televised (and even not Televised) could actually help with real progress in a government that seems to be frozen in time. It also might help "you lie" supporters see that the President is doing his best to keep the truth out there. One can only hope.

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Norway by Beach House

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Reflections of the 'State of the Union'

In the President's 'State of the Union' there was talk about job growth and continued recovery of the economy; discussion of what remains of the healthcare bill and changes to the war in Afghanistan. These are all great things, but the People didn't want the normal politician speech, they wanted a potent message that shows the President is just as angry about Wall Street hacks and deviant lobbyist. The People wanted fist shaking and ass kicking. All they got was a speech that some People fell asleep halfway through either because of the boredom from the same old political jargon or because they were playing the 'State of the Union' drinking game. Should the President have offered such a speech, maybe one similar to old school wrestling with Hulk Hogan and Audre the Giant? That remains to be seen. It is hard to say that the President's agenda of bringing both republican and Democrats together is really worth anything. There is an obvious fundamental difference that keeps the conservatives screaming out "you lie" when the truth is being told. There are so many out there still focused on the Presidents race and not the loss of their own hometowns job market. Would it be good to stand up in a gun battle and say "can't we work this out"? The answer is "no". The President may not want to see the battle that is waging yet, but the People, on both sides, do. If progress is to be made then we have to stop allowing stupidity to reign. It is for he greater good.


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