Barack Velveeta
rich
richard.romeo at gmail.com
Sat Oct 17 00:33:27 CDT 2009
the stuff on Fang/Hearst is quite good, Joseph but this missive...huh?
if anything Jason seems to me a parody of whiggers that's all
rich
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
> Is Jason Velveeta a kind of early 70's caricature of Barak Obama as aspiring
> pimp for the American Dream?
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> Since I mentioned this thought earlier I thought I would follow up a bit
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> Stage set for JV by Soul Gidget song. Obama grew up in surfin Hawaii
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> Both JV and BHO have an unfortunate name and a processed cheese quality.
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> J V arrives in snow white Chauffered Rolls
> O arrives on world scene as Democratic J V quarterback speaking Harvard
> English introduced by Clintons/Kerry as star speaker at Dem convention. A
> widely palatable black man in a very white package.
>
> JV reeks of his phony patchouli oil aspiration to coolness. But can’t
> exercise authority, doesn’t seem to know the real from the fake.
> Obama seems like MLK when he speaks, wants to be a Lincoln, but backs down
> every time he is challenged( Israeli settlements, domestic spying,
> accountability for banker fraud, public option, ) He hires thieves to mind
> the store. Offerin some low grade shit with great promises.
>
> JV depends on oriental whore Jade. US economy depends on Chinese putting
> out.
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> Career counseling failed. Neither ended up in an honest line of work, or a
> job suited to their character, since nether seems to have much taste for
> beating up whores or other pimps. Both seem to want others to believe them
> but don't seem to believe themselves.
>
> Quick loss of street cred.
>
> OK, it’s an unflattering comparison, most will say ridiculous, but it has a
> kind of ringy-dingy- zinginess to me, and I will be surprised if no one else
> makes it. It would poke at the question of how much difference there is
> between high aspirations and being a pimp, the kind of question P asks.
>
> I know I'm setting myself up for more spinal adjustments and if I had a
> university job I would stand to lose it. Nothing to worry about there , but
> I think its funny and apt and as good as any other ideas that been tossed on
> the table. Also
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