Tag Archives: advertising

Flight of the Flightless

Posted on November 17, 2008 by Lee

Boy, I love this charming ad for the Washington state secret tax on the poor lottery.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged ad, advertising, birds, flight, flightless, marketing, poor, tax, video, Washington Lottery, youtube | Leave a comment

Cocktail Politics, Rio Rancho Office Space and Truman Republicans

Posted on November 3, 2008 by Lee

It occurs to me that the sequence of cocktails is the best political indicator I know of on election night. In 2004 I was attending a Democratic election party and early on everyone was drinking wine and martinis in stemware, … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008 | Tagged 1948, advertising, Albuquerque, ALF-CIO, barber, bourbon, bumpersticker, Bush, campaign, chess, cocktails, congress, Democrats, Domestic Politics, election 2004, election night, exit polls, girls, harry truman, high desert, John Kerry, Karl Rove, martinis, McCain, mobilization, New Mexico, Obama, party, patron saint, poll, Rasmussen, Rio Rancho, Sandoval, Sandoval County, scotch, Scott Rasmussen, secular, special interests, strip mall, suburban, Truman Republicans, whiskey, women | 2 Comments

The Post-Post-American World

Posted on November 1, 2008 by Lee

So, did you enjoy the much discussed post-American world order? Hope you didn’t miss it. Surely it didn’t lack for advertising. But if you did happen to step out for a moment, we just lived through the end of market … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Foreign affairs | Tagged 1990, advertising, Bill Emmott, capitalism, dictatorship, dollar, economy, Europe, japan, petrocracy, political philosophy, post-American, post-post-american, recession, Thomas P.M. Barnett | Leave a comment

Not Sure if You’ve Voted?

Posted on October 19, 2008 by Lee

I’ve been seeing this amusing banner ad for Obama popping up all over the web. Given the behavior of some of ACORN’s representatives, it might not be an illegitimate question.

Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008 | Tagged ACORN, ad, advertising, banner, election, fraud, Obama, representatives, Voting, web | Leave a comment

Palinmania Snippets

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Lee

Like so many others, Elizabeth Johnson is out for that Palin look. Sarah always has such choice footwear…and eyewear retailers are getting explicit in their advertising. In case you were curious, this is where you end up when your anti-Palin … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged advertising, Alaska, childhood, Elizabeth Johnson, eyewear, fashion, glasses, hysteria, ideology, Palin, Palinmania, political indoctrication, Sarah Palin, style, women | Leave a comment

McCain and the Electoral College

Posted on September 13, 2008 by Lee

For two weeks, as John McCain’s national polls first rose above Obama and then solidified there, Democrats protested that the popular vote was irrelevant. Look to the state polls said they, in a sensible but amusingly opportunistic argument for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008 | Tagged advertising, colorado, electoral college, Florida, investment, McCain, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Obama, Ohio, poll, Rasmussen, survey, Virginia | 3 Comments

Independence to Scale

Posted on September 8, 2008 by Lee

Another splendid ad for SOSGeorgia. I say again, in the conceptual appeal to world opinion, the Georgians are simply better at this sort of thing than their far better financed adversaries. (Carpetblog)

Posted in Foreign affairs | Tagged advertisement, advertising, Georgia, no surrender, Russia, SOSgeorgia | Leave a comment

F–k It.

Posted on August 6, 2008 by Lee

The way to travel. (via Adverbox)

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged 10 Cane, ad, advertising, rum, Travel, video, youtube | Leave a comment

Exposing a Media Fantasy

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Lee

Jon Stewart hilariously ridicules the notion that McCain’s advertising contains hidden racist and sexist messages.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged advertising, fantasy, hilarious, Jon Stewart, McCain, Media, racism, RedState, ridicule, sexism, video | Leave a comment

Two Voters

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Lee

David Gergen is the latest to detect hidden racist messages in McCain advertising. I’d say that there’s two types of voters on this issue. The sort who sighs at an “obvious” effort to invent an artificial racism for McCain, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page | Tagged advertising, David Gergen, McCain, Obama, Race, racism | 6 Comments

Running Against the New York Times

Posted on August 1, 2008 by Lee

Perhaps Mr. Riley’s allegation in Newsday that the McCain “Celeb” ad exposed some sort of crypto-racist subterfuge, is more widely shared among Obama’s media advocates than one might have assumed. For the queen of that kingdom evidently shares the sentiment: … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page | Tagged advertising, editorial, harold ford, John Riley, Low-Road Express, marketing, McCain, Media, New York Timews, Obama, Race, racism, racist, slogan, subterfuge | Leave a comment

In Absolut Mockery

Posted on April 4, 2008 by ChrisB

Many of you may have seen the Absolut Vodka ad that ran in a Mexican magazine recently in links around the blogosphere. Now the mocking has begun as well. I submit this more historically accurate version of their ad. While … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris' Page, Humor | Tagged absolut vodka, advertising, aztalan, Mexico, mockery, Texas | 9 Comments

A Boy and His Hero

Posted on February 17, 2008 by Lee

You don’t have to be Colombian for this beautiful advertisement to touch your heart.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged advertisement, advertising, boy, Colombia, Ejército de Colombia, hero, military, solider, video, youtube | Leave a comment

Fighting the Death of Germany

Posted on February 4, 2008 by Lee

75% of Germans believe that their society is hostile to children. That’s a toxic attitude to combine with an appalling 1.3 children-per-woman fertility rate. Well below the replacement rate, the country is literally dying out over time. To attack the … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged advertising, birth rate, campaign, children, death, demographics, Du bist Deutschland, fertility, Germany, Media, patriomny, population, video | Leave a comment

Too Bootylicious for Your Jeans?

Posted on February 3, 2008 by Lee

Fiorana is a new company that is manufacturing blue jeans specially made to accommodate a certain widely admired latina asset. According president Mike Braden, “The Latina body is different in waist and hip structure. When wearing Anglo cut jeans, there … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged advertising, anglo, blue jeans, business, ethnic, fashion, Fiorana, hispanic, latina, marketing, Mike Braden, women | 3 Comments

Obama Goes National

Posted on January 22, 2008 by Lee

Barack Obama launches the first nation-wide television advertising campaign (cable tv spot on CNN and MSNBC). Team Hillary is upset about the violation to the DNC Florida campaigning boycott. She’s probably more upset by how strong this ad is.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged ad, advertising, Barack Obama, boycott, campaign, CNN, DNC, Florida, Hillary Clinton, MSNBC, tv, video | Leave a comment

Fruity and Safe

Posted on January 18, 2008 by Lee

Behold, the best ad for fruit flavored condoms you’ll ever see in your lifetime. Very SFW.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged advertising, condoms, flavor, fruit, marketing | 2 Comments

A New Voice Coach?

Posted on January 18, 2008 by Lee

Hillary has been modifying her voice lately. A new TV spot on the economy in California. Soooothing and feminine. Much improved from this.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged advertising, California, economy, Hillary Clinton, soothing, television, voice | Leave a comment

Frontrunnerless

Posted on January 16, 2008 by Lee

Some people are very happy about the Michigan results: media firms. As Ken Wheaton points out in Advertising Age, with there still being no clear frontrunner for the GOP nom, spending on advertising is about to go through the roof.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged , advertising, election, GOP, Ken Wheaton, Mitt Romney, nomination, Republicans | Leave a comment

Rumors of Recession

Posted on January 16, 2008 by Lee

Hyundai is contemplating pulling its Superbowl advertising, citing sudden concerns about US economic indicators. Traditionally ad budgets are the first to go when firms start believing they’re entering a recession. Not the most encouraging news of the day.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged advertising, business, economy, Hyundai, marketing, recession, Superbowl | Leave a comment

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