Todd's Mischief Blog

Just because.  And yes, this is seriously one of the worst Photoshop jobs ever.

  What does this have to do with anything? Nothing really. I'll just leave you to question my sanity... 

Also: Say hello to the “Sev-Con” There’s a NYTimes article out over the weekend that is all the buzz today. The pull-quote du jour is by former Mitt Romney strategist Mike Murphy, who told National Review in 2005 that Romney "is a pro-life Mormon faking it as a pro-choice friendly." The preferred pick-apart is that this proves Romney will say and do anything to get elected. And, I admit, it certainly sounds damning. If nothing less, it was a poor choice of words. But this is old news. At the time Murphy issued a statement saying he had been misquoted. I’d say the facts support Murphy’s side of the story. The Times article tries to make more ado about Romney’s pro-life journey than there is. In 1994, when he ran against Ted Kennedy, he did not shy away from his personal opposition to abortion but positioned himself by saying “my personal beliefs, like the personal beliefs of other people, should not be brought into a political campaign.” He lost that race. In 2001, Romney e...

The leftist undertones of The Danger Rangers The only drawback I’ve so far discovered in cutting the cable is the lack of children’s programming broadcast on Saturday mornings. When all my electronics are in working order, Hulu and Netflix solve this issue handily. Unfortunately, my TV went kablooie, and the one from the spare room ain’t so internet friendly. DVDs only go so far b/c my kids still require supervision at all times and I ain’t watching the same eight episodes of SpongeBob over-and-over. So, I find myself tolerating the limited selection available over the airwaves. Most of it is fine, actually. There are, however, a couple of irksome programs. Take The Danger Rangers (please!) which might be better named "The Party Poopers." As you may have guessed, it is a show about safety-—stop, drop, and roll and whatnot—-which is well and good. Except that they present the message with storylines that advocate overly cautious behavior as a remedy. What’s more, they often ...

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There are two is one side s to every story News must have been pretty slow last Friday because the biggest story was about Arizona Governor Jan Brewer wagging her finger at President Obama on the tarmac when he paid a visit to her state. It shouldn't surprise anyone that the media managed to draw this story entirely from a single photo. Almost every version of the story makes a point of the fact that no one actually heard the two executives' exchange. Nevertheless, so eager was the legacy media to further the guise of Obama as the benevolent savior to the ungrateful hordes that they whipped up a story of Brewer's belligerence out of practically nothing. Cue the stream of commentaries and editorials decrying Brewer for her "hostility." As such, it should probably come as no surprise that the single photo driving the story is also edited.  No, there is no Photoshop chicanery, but the image that is most returned on Google Images has been strategically cropped. Th...

Obama's disastrous new campaign slogan Hat tip to NotAWonk for alerting me to this piece of "comedy gold." We who have been paying attention already know that good sense is in short supply among Obama and his crew. To put a big underline beneath that, the Obama-Biden campaign has chosen "Change Is" for its 2012 slogan. (I'd say they put an exclamation point on it, but it's an open-ended sentence. This is a slogan that is just begging to back-fire. It invites everyone to finish the thought however they choose. Allow me to demonstrate: Change Is...bowing to foreign princes and apologizing for America's greatness. Change Is...worthless solar panels instead of reliable fuel. Change Is...food stamps for all! I didn't even believe it at first, but ABC News is reporting that the "meme will likely be here to stay" as it already appears on campaign merchandise. Wow! And if you don't think slogans are important, don't forget the massive...