kids
09/05/2007
Senator John McCain's Crotchety Old Man Presidential Campaign
Senator John McCain's campaign for president could be going better; 2008 looms, but his fundraising and polling aren't nearly what they could be. So his decision to tackle questions about his age (he just turned 71 on August 29th, making him the oldest candidate in the race) is a solid one -- better to address those concerns head-on than let them fester in the minds of the voters.
But in this Concord, New Hampshire town hall meeting, when a high school student asks McCain if he's too old to handle the presidency, there are a few missteps in the senator's answer. First off, when he claims that he's "very active" and still "enjoys life," he kind of sounds like an commercial for Ensure. And when he calls the young man a "little jerk," he sounds like Old Man Withers, telling kids to get the frick off his lawn. John McCain, if you're going to insult the kids of today, maybe you should watch Superbad first. Learn how to cuss in their language.
07/03/2007
Death to Farfur, Hamas TV's Answer to Mickey Mouse
Ah, Farfur, you squeaky-voiced, incendiary, singing, dancing promoter of violence to children, we hardly knew ye. Good.
This week, Tomorrow's Pioneers, a children's program on Palestinian Hamas station Al-Aqsa TV, featured Mickey-Mouse-like Farfur getting "martyred" by Israel. Farfur has been making international headlines for a few months now, with his cheerful lessons about worldwide Islamic rule and his call-in segments where kids chat about annihilating the Jews and sing about using AK-47s as he dances along.
But just in case the kids watching had ANY doubts left about which side they were supposed to be on, there's this kicker of a final episode, in which Farfur takes a beating for not giving up his land to Israel, and then his cute-as-a-button young cohost, Saraa, sweetly informs us that Farfur has taken the long dirt nap for the cause. Charming.
Incidentally, wiki reports there's been controversy about how accurately the show's been translated by the Middle East Research Institute. However, I can't help but notice nobody's challenged the authenticity of the AK-47 song. Good riddance, Farfur.
