OH, SAY, CAN YOU SING?

FOX PRESENTS: WHEN CELEBRITIES ATTACK

I don't know which is worse, her bad Aretha Franklin impression (or maybe it's Joe Cocker?) or that she's this doing to the Star Spangled Banner. Submitted for your Fourth Of July amusement, formerly from Richardson, Texas, headquarters of Grumpy Industries International, I give you Jessica Simpson's assault on our national anthem:



and yes, that dress does make your butt look big, girl.

Meeeeeeeeow.

Official Month of the Pirate Month - Part IV

Now on a lighter side, submitted for your approval, three interpertaions of "What Do/Shall You Do With A Drunken Sailor?" (Youtube, way better than TV)

A traditional version:



a "nicer" version, sounds like it could be sung at my church:



a version for the kids out there:



Now, where's me grog?

Official Month of the Pirate Month - Part III

Now wait a minute, now! It turns out that someone in Great Britain is trying to make "Grumpy" the new drunk. As reported by the BBC News :

"Drunken sailors" have been removed from the lyrics of a nursery rhyme in a government-funded books project.

But the Bookstart charity says the re-writing of What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor? has "absolutely nothing to do with political correctness".

The charity says that the shift from drunken sailor to "grumpy pirate" was to make the rhyme fit a pirate theme, rather than censorship.

Put him in the brig until he's sober," has also been lost in the new version.

This latest ideological spat over nursery rhymes was sparked by the re-writing of What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor.

[snip]

This is the latest in a series of disputes over nursery rhymes.

There were complaints in 2006 about pre-school children attending two nurseries in Oxfordshire being taught "Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep".

Last year, a story based on the Three Little Pigs fairy tale was turned down by a government agency's awards panel as the subject matter could offend Muslims.

A digital book, re-telling the classic story, was rejected by judges who warned that "the use of pigs raises cultural issues".

However, a study in 2004 showed that nursery rhymes exposed children to far more violent incidents than an average evening watching television - including Humpty Dumpty's serious head injury.

This I will not stand for! I wish to protest, this is as a serious violation of the artistic integrity of this old song, grumpy is NOT the same thing as drunk. I should know, I have been both repeatedly. Wine with my blogging, if anything makes me less grumpy, also less coherent and grammatical.

Plus if they rewrite all the nursery rhymes: How will college history professor 's be able entertain bored student with the possible darker meanings of nursery rhymes. For example a sweet little lullaby Rock-a-bye Baby .

FRIDAY FEEDBAG FOR THE WEEKEND AND FOLLOWING WEEK:

Food for your spirit

(Wednesday was Ash Wednesday, the beginning of traditional period of self reflection, penance, leading to Easter for we Christians):



Food for your mind

About four weeks ago, from January 23, 2009 “Bill Moyer’s Journal” (tivo it, tape, carve this program on tablets, there’s always something valuable he covers) :

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/01232009/profile.html

“Bill Moyers sat down with political columnist and blogger David Sirota and WALL STREET JOURNAL columnist Thomas Frank to talk about their expectations for this administration and what they think Obama must accomplish to bring real "change" to Washington.” Watch the show or read the transcript, you choice.

Grumpy’s favorite quote:

THOMAS FRANK: And but exactly what David said. He [Obama] doesn't — maybe he does understand that he has the power, I mean, this is where they teach you the orthodoxy, you know? Harvard, Chicago Law School. I mean, these are the upholders of the orthodoxy, the idea that, no, we can't have an industrial policy in America. The market has to decide. We can't pick winners. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

He now has the power to throw all that overboard. History is demanding that he throw it overboard. The — you know, the orthodoxy is discredited like at no time since, you know, the 1930s. It is, you know, it is in his power to do that. I think he'll rise to the challenge."

Food you should AVOID

How about 1170% of your daily cholesterol per serving sound?

http://consumerist.com/5161202/the-worst-food-product-ever-may-have-been-found

Am I the only one getting a disturbing zombie vibe?