Reality Is What People Say

Looking for an escape from the usual vacation? How about staying in an 800 year old Manor House? Llanthony Secunda Manor offers Medieval Accommodations.

That’s almost a a thousand years of history! A house built by monks 300 years before Columbus sailed from Spain.

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Here are nine positions by John McCain that shows his true political allegence. He is not a Maverick or an Independent, he has sold his soul to the Neo-Con Right Wing to get the nomination.

(1) John McCain Filibusters Minimum Wage Hike accuses the Democrats of class warfare — While adding to the war on the poor.

(2) McCain The Hypocrite economic policy shaped by lobbyist, just like every other republican agenda item. Bought and sold by Corporate America

(3) Bush, McCain On Social Security: Shredding the safety net. John McCain doesn’t need Social Security - He has two government pensions and married an heiress. .

(4) McCain Defends Nafta: It makes it so much easier to get export jobs when you create a special tax free zone and give corporations refunds for sending your jobs over seas. John McCain is a man of the people — Who make over $250,000 a year.

(5) McCain On Irag : Keep Troops in Iraq for “A Hundred Years”.

(6) McCain Supports Bush Veto: Deny kids health insurance expansion.

(7) McCain Opposes GI Benefits:: He already got a government funded college education, why should our troops expect the same.

(8) McCain Opposed Choice: He supports individual rights of corporations, but not women’s rights to control their own body.

(9) McCain Defends Bush’s Iraq Policy: The biggest disaster in 225 years of American Foreign Policy and John McCain, the man running on his experience, supports Bush’s Policies.

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The internet provides great opportunities for people with a little knowledge and a twisted sense of humor to perpetrate pranks. We have previously shown how a couple thousand people can play the Google Bombing game, but it turns out that even a few bloggers can make a site rank for rather unexpected key words. Take everyone’s favorite Google Engineer, Matt Cutts, who innocently included the words Stud Service on his post about a funny business card.

Given the weaknesses in the algorithm and the insane amount of trust rank Matt has built over the last 3 years, it shouldn’t take much to get him in the top 10!

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Now that the Christmas bells are no longer echoing in my ears, we can start to think about the next retail “holiday”. This poses an interesting question that I predict will split right down the gender lines:

Which would you rather recieve as a gift, a box of Chocolate and Champagne or to be greeted at the door in Hot Valentine Lingerie?

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Urban blight inevitable leads to plummeting property values and anyone who can afford to do so quickly flees in search of a better neighborhood. Websites and virtual communities suffer from the digital equivalent, Virtual Blight.

Phishing, Honey Pots, Bot Attack, Spam Blogs and Advertorial mixed with advertising for debt consolidation, payday lenders, pornography, online casinos and offshore pharmaceuticals — these can make a website or community feel like a bad neighborhood. Like it’s real world counterpart, virtual blight left unchecked it will destroy the value of the site and the brand.

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Thanks to a great guy and marketing genius by the name of Joe Morin, I had the pleasure of seeing The Blue Man Group, who many consider the best show in Las Vegas.

For the intellectually inclined, the show offers plenty of social commentary laced with symbolism about the disconnected individual in the cyber age and commentary on consumerism and junk food, but you have to ponder these things slowly over a bottle of wine. Fortunately, to enjoy the show, you don’t need to spend any time with academic deconstruction. This is theater Las Vegas style…Raw, flashy gut level entertainment with the refinement of a mug of beer.

The power and enjoyment of the show comes from cymbals (and drums, keyboards, guitars and bass) - not symbolism- combining a dozen or so physical comedy sketches with primal rhythms, great visual effects and high energy performances by the the Blue Men.

The only caveat I offer is that this show is not for those inclined to headaches! Loud music, banging percussion and flashing lights are a great time in my book, but to my wife it would be the perfect description of a migraine!

If your a fan of fine dining, I should also mention the excellent gourmet cuisine available at the Venetian Hotel. They have 12 gourmet restaurants, including offering from Chefs Tom Moloney, Mario Batali, David Burke and Thomas Keller.

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Stephen Colbert announced tonight on his show that he is running for president. He gets my vote! The people of Reddit and Digg helped me anoint Stephen as the greatest living American. Now perhaps we can rally enough support for him to win South Carolina.

Politics are so absurd in America that only comedians actually tell the truth!

Sign the petition and get Stephen to run in all 50 states.

See what Stephen Colbert had to say in the New York Times

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Stephen Colbert has gotten his legion of loyal fans to commandeer online voting to name a bridge in Hungary and a hockey team mascot in Michigan. Colbert’s suggestions to change Wikipedia listings have driven Wikipedia editors to the edge of a nervous breakdown.

Now he’s taking satirical aim at Google search results.

During the question and answer period before the April 11th show, he was asked if he ever considered doing any Google Bombing. After a brief explanation, Stephen replied, “I can do that? Great, I would like to be first on Google for Greatest Living American

So, Colbert Nation, find a web page, blog or forum and add a link to the http://www.colbertnation.com with the link description of “The Greatest Living American” (don’t include the quotes).

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