http://www.crankymediaguy.com News, Commentary and humor from a Blue Collar, Working Class perspective on Media and The World Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:15:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Homeland Security Helmet | Invention Lab -- Powered by RadioShack®Yes, that's me and I won! I am singlehandedly protecting America from the scourge of terrorism. Go ahead and cower in fear, I've got your back, Mr. and Mrs. USA.Seriously, I got an email this evening from the company ... http://www.crankymediaguy.com/2008/06/i-am-singlehandedly-protecting-america-from-terrorism/ Man offered $2.2m for his life in AustraliaSo, this guy in Perth, Australia is auctioning off his entire life. Wow, trading your life in, what a great idea. Gee, I wish I thought of that. Oh, yeah, I did. Twice, actually.Back in the 1980's, I got ... http://www.crankymediaguy.com/2008/06/this-is-such-a-brilliant-idea-that-i-wish-i-thought-of-it-oh-wait-i-did/ Tim Russert and the ultimate sacrificeWhere were you when you heard that Tim Russert died? That will be the defining question in years to come. Is there a man or woman alive in America today who doesn't have the answer to that question indelibly burned into their brain?I ... http://www.crankymediaguy.com/2008/06/where-were-you-when-you-heard-tim-russert-died/ I've just figured something out. At the risk of seeming immodest, I'm WAY more creative than the people who run the "guerrilla marketing" companies whose websites I've seen on the Internet. Sorry, geniuses, but hiring "street teams" via Craigslist is NOT cutting-edge. (For the uninitiated, "street teams" are ... http://www.crankymediaguy.com/2008/04/at-the-risk-of-seeming-immodest/ This is further proof that a lot of "experts" don't have Clue One. This guy was a Big Time executive at HBO and he's putting money into this basketball/trampoline hybrid, which has already failed once. Here's my newest Rule of Business: if it couldn't increase the audience on ... http://www.crankymediaguy.com/2008/04/if-you-own-any-stock-in-this-sport-sell/ I've been saying for years now that these "non-lethal" weapons you keep reading and seeing news stories about are NOT for deployment against people who wear funny-looking costumes in some other country where everybody rides to work on a camel but for protesters right here in the good ol' US. ... http://www.crankymediaguy.com/2008/03/ive-been-saying-for-years-now-that/ Remember the news stories about iPorn a couple of years ago? Fake. Much of what makes the local and national news is fake. One "journalist" joked, "I'm off to do WhoreTV." And it would be funnier if it weren't true. No time for reporting about how the vice president ... http://www.crankymediaguy.com/2008/03/one-big-reason-why-your-local-tv-news-is-such-bullshit/ ...to tell this asshole preacher to go fuck himself.  It can't be offensive to God 'cause His son told me to say it! http://www.crankymediaguy.com/2008/02/jesus-told-me/ ..and for the fascist future, too. Play Security Checkpoint. Read the comments on this product. http://www.crankymediaguy.com/2008/02/preparing-americas-children-for-their-future-low-paying-jobs/ OK, let's say you're a right wing writer of words and you want to write something about Barack Obama's parents and how they might have met and how that might somehow "prove" that they or he are/is communist.  Would it make sense for you to, oh I don't know, DO ... http://www.crankymediaguy.com/2008/02/heres-one-of-those-crazy-fucking-ideas-i-get-from-time-to-time-2/ This is the kind of story that I might consider a hoax because it is so ridiculous. If only... Well, I've always said that the modern incarnation of fascism wouldn't come with a shouting dictator but with a smiley face and a corporate logo - and here we are: Terror toys: ... http://www.crankymediaguy.com/2008/02/brown-shirts-and-armbands-sold-separately/ And another one bites the dust.  Revver, one of the sites touted as a "You Tube killer," is up for sale.  OK, no big deal, you say.  After all, Internet businesses are sold all the time.  Well, yeah, but shouldn't a "You Tube killer" be going for a bit more ... http://www.crankymediaguy.com/2008/02/psst-wanna-own-a-you-tube-killer/ I'm sure you read or saw on the TV news the other day the story about the suicide bombers in Iraq who had Down Syndrome.  OK, I'm calling bullshit on this one.They were suicide bombers, right?  That means they blew themselves up.  Into teensy tiny bits.  So, how the hell ... http://www.crankymediaguy.com/2008/02/calling-bullshit-episode-1/ My wife, while overhauling this website, pointed out to me that the last four things I posted were about those stupid Swarovsky crystals.I hadn't realized that; I don't see the list of postings when I add one.  Anyway, I agree that I have more than made my "point" (assuming I ... http://www.crankymediaguy.com/2008/01/no-more-rhinestones-for-me/