Posts filed under 'Trivia'
My New Support Page
I’ve gone back and forth in my head over the past year about how to monetize this site, if at all. A part of me likes the purity of a web site with absolutely no hint of financial motive. Another part of me knows that I put a lot of time into this, so a gratuity wouldn’t hurt now and then.
So, you’ll see a new option at the top of the page called “Support the RL Blog”. I’ve provided two ways to show your love financially. Either method is totally voluntary.
Thanks for your continued patronage and please don’t consider me a “sell out”.
Respectfully,
Rutherford
October 26, 2009
“Rogue” and “Rouge”: A Tale of Two Sarah’s
As if one needed any more proof of the media’s disdain for Sarah Palin, the editors of The Nation magazine have planned to release a book of essays, critical of the former Alaska Governor on the same date as her much anticipated auto-biography. For more details, check out the NPR article.
As a service to Palin lovers everywhere, here are the two book covers. Careful shopping folks. You wouldn’t want to end up buying the book that has the truth about Sarah Palin, now would you?
Going Rogue -- Harper Collins Books
Going Rouge -- OR Books
Happy reading!
Respectfully,
Rutherford
57 comments October 23, 2009
The Latest Hit by the Bachmann-Palin Overdrive
It’s been a long ten months since the musical muse last visited me. That song was in honor of John McCain and his then notorious brother.
Lately I’ve been humming songs by that great Canadian import the Bachman-Turner Overdrive. Today after hearing one more idiotic story about Michele Bachmann, Congresswoman from Minnesota, I was struck again by musical inspiration.
So here for your trivial consumption is my first song for the newly formed duo, the Bachmann-Palin Overdrive:
You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet (sung to the tune of, of course, “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet”)
(Sarah)
I used to be the Governor
I was having fun all day
They made me run for VP
Then they took my fun awayI say that any fame is good fame
So I take what I can get
Yes I take what I can get
And then I wink at you with my big brown eyes
and sayYou ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
No b-b-baby you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
I’ll say something stupid that you never will forget
No no no you ain’t seen nothin’ yet(I need to be educated
Gotta go to school.)(Michele)
Now I’m from Minnesota
I do not have a brain
I say stuff that is crazy
Folks think that I’m insane
But I say any fame is good fame
So I take what I can get
Yes I take what I can get
and then I look at you with my crazy eyes
And say you ain’t seen nothin’ yet
B-b-b-baby you just ain’t seen n-n-n-nuthin yet
I’ll say something dumbass that you never will forget
No no no you ain’t seen n-n-n-uthin yet(Sarah)
I let them interview me
Wearing fishing wader pants
The government will kill you
If you give them half a chanceI say that any fame is good fame
So I take what I can get
Yes I take what I can get
And then I wink at you with my big brown eyes
and sayYou ain’t seen nothin’ yet
No b-b-baby you ain’t seen nothin’ yet
I like to shoot down wolves while riding in a jet
No no no you aint’ seen nothin’ yet(Michele)
You know I fear the census
It’s a socialistic plot
And all my peers in Congress
Want our government to rotBut I say any fame is good fame
So I take what I can get
Yes I take what I can get
and then I look at you with my crazy eyes
And say you ain’t seen nothin’ yet
B-b-b-baby you just ain’t seen n-n-n-nuthin yet
I sputter nonsense like I suffer from Tourette
No no no you ain’t seen n-n-n-uthin yet(I need educatin’
Gotta go to school)(Michele and Sarah)
We two girls have a tactic
We’re crazy like a fox
We want to scare the masses
When we talk outside the boxWe say that any fame is good fame
So we take what we can get
Yes we take what we can get
And then we look at you with those vacant eyes
And say you ain’t seen nothin’ yet
B-b-b-baby you just ain’t seen n-n-n-nuthin yet
We’re a crackpot and a beauty pageant vet
No no no you ain’t seen n-n-n-uthin yet
Respectfully (?),
Rutherford
77 comments August 15, 2009
Lawson is Illegal Immigrant
Yes, my friends, the truth must come out. I have been informed that several crack researchers at World Net Daily have uncovered my real birth certificate. Since I refuse to be outed by those with a vicious agenda, I am preempting any potential scandal by posting my original birth certificate.
Alas, it is true, that like Barack Obama, I was born in Kenya. Hence my devotion to him all these many months. The evidence is here for all to see.
Respectfully,
Rutherford
429 comments August 7, 2009
New Sister Site
For those who have a hankering to express themselves in comic strip form but have no artistic ability, there is hope!
http://stripgenerator.com provides you with all the artistic help you might need. You simply provide the dialogue and voila you’ve got yourself your own politically sharp, socially relevent comic strip!
The bad news is, at least for the time being, the strip images are not reproducing that well within WordPress, so I’ve taken advantage of stripgenerator’s blogging capability to set up a sister site devoted to strips. I don’t know how often I’ll update it, but you’ll find it in my side bar. It’s called “Rutherford Illustrated”. If I tire of maintaining two different sites, I may abandon the help I’m getting from stripgenerator and resort to my own primitive drawings in the tradition of Cloak and Badger’s brief experiment in cartooning (now sadly defunct).
So here goes! Hope you enjoy!
The Santelli Philosophy at Work
Respectfully,
Rutherford
Add comment March 9, 2009
Everyone Rushes to Kneel at the Feet of Limbaugh
Anyone paying any attention to the news lately knows that talk show host/media personality Rush Limbaugh is having a ball with his recent notoriety. So, I have a question for all my conservative readers.
Respectfully,
Rutherford
21 comments March 4, 2009
The Blog Goes to Radio
UPDATE: Since a couple of folks have said they’re having trouble hearing the broadcast, I’m popping a quick screenshot of the BTR player in here because quite frankly I don’t think the interface is entirely intuitive. If after pressing the play button shown in the pic below, you still don’t hear the broadcast, go see if you can play any of the other broadcasts and if not, see if a different browser does the trick. I’ve had no problem playing them but that really means nothing.
blogtalkradio interface
Today I launched the second new experiment for The Rutherford Lawson Blog. Earlier in the week, I tried my hand at live blogging and while the initial attempt underwhelmed me, I plan to continue the practice as I find news events worth covering live. Part of my challenge was getting used to the live blogging technology that I’ve chosen.
So today I took the blog in a new direction by launching a new show on BlogTalkRadio. Lesson 1: it is 1000 times easier to present yourself in writing (with that great editing ability) than it is to do a live 30 minutes. The result probably sounded somewhat stream of consciousness but I soothed my ego by saying “Rush Limbaugh rambles, so why can’t I?”
My goal is to do the show weekly, 30 minutes per episode. I’m hoping the more of them I do, the better I’ll get and the more folks will bother to tune in. Fortunately, BlogTalkRadio understands that we live in a TiVo age and they archive everything. So, anyone curious about my maiden voyage can listen to the first episode of The Rutherford Lawson Show.
Be forewarned, it sounds amateurish because I am, guess what, an amateur at this sort of thing. Also I ended the show sounding disturbingly like John McCain during his Republican convention victory speech “Stand up and fight!”
By the way, I’ve stated my FCC-ready policy. Anyone who calls into the show and cusses gets hung up on. Otherwise, anything goes!
Respectfully,
Rutherford
10 comments February 12, 2009
Why I Love Rod
Sorry folks but how can you not love the Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich? The man has at least three things going for him:
1. Soprano like charisma: The day before his arrest, when asked about the cloud hanging over him, Blago said “I’ve got nothing but sunshine hanging over me.”
2. Spectacular delusions of grandeur: According to the complaint filed against him, Rod thought he might get a cabinet position or an ambassadorship as “payment” for selecting Obama’s replacement in the Senate.
3. Sheer chutzpah: Despite the fact that he knew the Illinois Secretary of State, Jesse White would not validate any senatorial appointment and that the Senate itself would block such an appointment, Blago fulfilled his legal duties today and appointed Roland Burris to Barack Obama’s vacant seat. At the close of his press conference announcing the appointment, Blagojevich said, “Feel free to castigate the appointer but don’t lynch the appointer. I am not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing!”
It’s a shame that old Rod is not a Republican. As entertaining as Sarah Palin was, Blago would have been ten times more fun as McCain’s running mate! I personally cannot wait for the next chapter to play out in this saga of dirty Chicago politics. Whatever happens, as long as Rod gets a turn at the microphone, I’ll be a happy man. You can’t write characters like this one. The man is priceless!
Respectfully,
Rutherford
4 comments December 30, 2008
A Poll for All My Conservative Friends
The wording of this poll question is from one of my devoted readers. Have fun with it. I’ll be posting something more substantial in a day or so.
While we’re having some fun, here’s a video for you. I love the style, even if I don’t endorse the message.
Respectfully,
Rutherford
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50 comments July 19, 2009