National Anthem 2.0 is Patriotism that Rocks!

Do you like those unabashedly proud, flag waving, heavy handed Hooray for the USA, films from the World War II era? I miss that, too. Two twin rock musicians engineered a project to put together this song and video to support our troops, with that self-same unapologetically patriotic feel about it.



I like that this salute to our nation's finest spans several generations and all branches of the armed services, as well as their families on the home front, and those on whom we depend on as first responders. It's a proud loud retort to the sickening spit in the eye our finest men and women are getting from our pop culture mavens, and what gets passed off as news media.

The twin brothers, born Kris and Marc Kancler, love and live rock music so much that they legally changed their names to Super Star and Rock Star. Kris, I mean Super, runs a charity called We Are One, to rescue troubled teens from substance abuse, encouraging them instead to a life of sobriety, especially by directing their energy toward the performing arts.

Chicago the Beautiful (1948)

Here's a 1948 travelogue of Chicago with an Edu-Films feel to it. The main landmarks in this tour yet remain some 60 years later while the rest of the city has risen around them.

Popeye vs. Anime

Newer Popeye cartoons have a cheapened, unworked on feel to them compared to the classic Fleischer shorts, and I never got into anime (a.k.a. Japanimation) because it's too oddball to get into. This short captures both of my sentiments.

Obama on Infants Born Alive: Let 'em Die

Jill Stanek is a controversial figure. Her detractors (and they are legion) on Internet forums and elsewhere say she's a loon, that Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois, fired her as a labor and delivery nurse on grounds of incompetence.

And then there's her side, the one everybody else believes: that Stanek was fired by Christ Hospital because she discovered they were leaving unwanted newborn babies to starve to death in a dark closet with the dirty linens. Stanek went on to testify before the Illinois Senate, where then-State Senator Obama killed the state version of the Born Alive Infant Protection Act.

This video is simply one of the most stirring productions I've ever seen. Watch it and decide for yourself who's the loon, and who's doing God's work. Don't worry. Despite the appearance of the video still, there's no graphic gore or violence. Oh, and please pardon the odd leader and trailer.



More on Jill Stanek: Her home on the Web, syndicated column, and YouTube channel. Mrs. Stanek also heads BornAliveTruth.org, together with the charismatic abortion survivor Gianna Jesson.

Jill's termination by, if you'll excuse my momentary dyslexia, Antichrist Hospital, is a win for the Pro-Life movement and the babies of the world Jill now serves in her greater capacity as a public figure.

Tough to be a Christian

I think anyone who's ever been marked as a Christian on the job or in public can relate to this video. It's got an endearing homemade production feel about it, a little camp, and background music reminiscent of those good old Charlie Brown cartoons.

Roll 'em!





Update:

All right, what gives here? I found a different film and cast, same setting and the same exact script. Is this the Joe Biden school of ministry, or what?

The Catholic Vote

Movie by CatholicVote.com

This movie is moving in more ways than one. While it places abortion at the forefront of the list of issues to vote for, it also contains a segment showing peace demonstrators, which could serve as a loophole for those Catholics who are throwing their support on the wrong side of this election. ("See! Look, Marge, it's OK to support Obama. He's the guy for peace!")

That little peace sign can stuff a sock into the mouth of the conscience of a Catholic voter inclined to cast a ballot for Obama, the candidate who's hellbent on deregulation and permanentizing abortion. Religious Left voters will see what they want to see (as are we all so inclined), but the producers of this film didn't have to go and place that visual sticking out so conveniently for them to grasp onto like that.

As today's polling numbers bear out, the election's nothing like in the bag for McCain. Catholic voters weigh in at 20% of the national total, a key determing factor in who wins US presidential elections. With so many US Catholics wandering astray from the flock, they're not voting overwhelmingly prolife, and it's going to take more than this little viral video to get them to vote the right way.

Join the prayer effort here (or roll your own). Only God Himself can move hardened hearts.

Joyful American Children Singing Happiness to Dear Leader for Glorious Change

Update: I replaced the original nauseating Obamaprop with this great parody from Reason.tv. In fact, Drew Carey stole my wind as I was trying to cobble together a collaborative parody with my more talented brother Brendan doing the heavy lifting.

Hey, Drew Carey is funny AND smart. Chicks dig that.

Reveille: A Funny and Touching Tribute to our Veterans

"Yeah, yeah. Tribute to the vets, yadda, yadda, but I'm busy now."

I hear that since I'm the King of Busy himself (as you can tell by my wide spaced posting dates), but this is so well done it's worth a watch anyway. Trust me.

If they still made Sesame Street this hilarious...

...I would pledge instantly to switch our children's television staple from Noggin to PBS.



(I'd date this around 1970 or 1971; I remember seeing it as a youngster when it aired originally.)

General George S. Patton on Iraq

Talented impressionist Mike Kaminski doing George C. Scott doing Patton.