Random Musings

The Down-and-Out Show For Our Times

Wednesday, 04 March 2009 21:49 Patrick J. Sauer

I know a couple of women who got laid off, but didn't go home and mope or drown their sorrows in Thunderbird.

Instead, they started the website Recessionwire, which is a "pop-up," meaning it will only last as long as the current recession.

They aren't dummies, though, they also bought the domain name Depressionwire, which should be coming to a laptop near you any day now.

Here's a little thing I did for them on the only show that matches the tenor of our broke-ass times, the great Flight of the Conchords.

HBO, please do us a favor...we're begging you. Bring it back.

Or at least give Mel a spin-off. That Kristen Schaal is some king of magic person.

And she would never, ever, pull a Carol Brown.

Inside the GOP Hip-Hop Revival Tent

Monday, 23 February 2009 23:38 Patrick J. Sauer

If you haven't heard, the Republican party has the solution to what ails 'em.

It's the hippin' and the hoppin'.

This isn't just idle condescending chatter either, enlisting the youth, the ones who listen to this crazy new "rap" music is now official "off-the-hook" GOP strategy.

Don't be surprised to see Newt Gingrich getting jiggy with it.

And yes, "getting jiggy with it," is about where the GOP's understanding of the hip-hop culture begins and ends. Will Smith, circa 1997.

HuffPo!

Five Things Nobody Wants to Hear on the Road to Great Depression 2.0

Friday, 13 February 2009 22:56 Patrick J. Sauer

The Huffington Post is now home to 23/6.

All hail Arianna!

So now I am a HuffPo "blogger," alongside other workaday writers like George Soros, Russell Simmons, Se. Patrick Leahy, Alec Baldwin and Dr. Ruth Westheimer.

Although I find Dr. Ruth's latest missive both depressing and wrong.

Isn't there anything left to make us feel good about ourselves?

Joe the War Correspondent Won't Be Going it Alone

Friday, 16 January 2009 15:45 Patrick J. Sauer

You have to give Samuel Jospeh Wurzelbacher credit for one thing, he's taking full advantage of the opportunities that landed at his work boots.

I'm also glad Joe reminded us of how united the country was during World War I. "The war to end all wars" often gets overlooked. At 35, Joe the Plumber may be a couple of years younger than I, but I too feel his nostalgic longing for the days when the family would all head down to the picture show, pay a nickel for a box of popcorn, and watch our boys on the front get mustard gassed.

Keep dumbing it down right-wingers, it's a foolhardy foolproof strategy.

As always, the Huffington Post's own, 23/6!