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Sheila Jackson Lee (Idiot-Texas) pissed off at Pepsi

Sheila Jackson Lee is on the warpath. She’s not pissed off about any issues she should be pissed off about. No, she’s pissed off about one of Pepsi’s Super Bowl commercials.

Sheila Jackson Lee is on the warpath. She’s not pissed off about the deficit nor about our national bumbling during the Egyptian crisis nor about our porous border nor about any of the other issues she should be pissed off about. No, she’s pissed off about one of Pepsi’s Super Bowl commercials.

In fact, she’s so pissed that she took to the floor of the Unites States House of Representatives to excoriate Pepsi.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dFuWADnpIg

It’s a commercial, Sheila. It’s a commercial for fizzy sugar water. It has nothing to do with selling good nutrition. That commercial would star Michelle Obama.

Of course, as we always feel obligated to point out in every Sheila Jackson Lee story, this is the woman who once asked a NASA administrator if a Mars rover would be able to take a photo of the American flag that Neil Armstrong planted.

Genius. Pure, unadultered genius.

By the way, here’s the Pepsi commercial that has Jackson Lee’s panties in a wad.

(God, that’s a horrible image. We apologize.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mjRU6b4ecw

Michelle Antoinette defends White House Super Bowl fat fest, says “Healthy eating is about moderation”

Yup. That’s what she said. Moderation. We’re pretty sure she sat Jay-Lo and her Hobbit husband down before the game and told them to ignore the cheeseburgers and deep dish pizza and have a salad instead.

Yup. That’s what she said. Moderation. Because, you know, everyone eats in moderation at Super Bowl parties. We’re pretty sure she sat Jay-Lo and her Hobbit husband down before the game and told them to ignore the cheeseburgers and deep dish pizza and have a salad instead.

barack-obama-eating
Barack Obama showing moderation

Michelle’s hometown Chicago Sun-Times reports:

First Lady Michelle Obama, discussing healthy eating the day before the first anniversary of her “Let’s Move” anti-obesity campaign, defended the White House Super Bowl menu which included bratwurst, kielbasa, cheeseburgers
 and deep dish pizza.

The point is balance, not deprivation, Mrs. Obama said at Tuesday lunch with reporters who cover her East Wing. “I like to talk about my obsession with French fries because I don’t want people to think that “Let’s Move” is about complete, utter deprivation. It is about moderation and real life changes and ideas that really work for families, today’s families too.”

During the year of her “Let’s Move” healthy eating and exercise drive, Mrs. Obama has never said people should quit junk food–just don’t eat it all the time.
“I think I’ve always been very consistent on that front because that’s how I live my life. “I mean, It’s about balance. It’s always about balance. I felt As a mother if somebody came and said ‘you can never have a hot dog’ or serve your child a slice of pizza, we’d never get a handle on this issue cause I think that’s sometimes how people feel, that’s it’s all or nothing.

C’mon, Michelle, Super Bowl Sunday is about eating yourself sick, stuffing your gut with junk until you wish you’d worn sweatpants with an elastic waistband because your belly’s so full. What it’s not about is moderation and balance.

But if you’re truly concerned about moderation, Michelle, perhaps she could do us all a favor and ask your husband to moderate his attempt to socialize the economy of the United States.

Source: Chicago Sun-Times

Cyndi Lauper look-alike screws up national anthem at Super Bowl

There may not have been cheerleaders at the Super Bowl game, but there was one giant boob. Pop singer Christina Aguilera delivered her version of the national anthem, which varied slightly from Francis Scott Key’s version.

There may not have been cheerleaders at the Super Bowl game, but there was one giant boob. Pop singer Christina Aguilera delivered her version of the national anthem, which varied slightly from Francis Scott Key’s version.

Here’s the video. Both version of the lyrics follow.

“Oh, say can you see by the dawn’s early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming.” (real lyrics)
What so proudly we watched at the twilight’s last reaming.” (Aguilera version)
And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?”

Is it just us or is Christina Aguilera beginning to look waaaaay too much like Cyndi Lauper?

No cheerleaders at the Super Bowl today, so maybe this will make up for it

There are no cheerleaders at the Super Bowl today, since neither the Steelers nor Packers has a squad. But here is TV commercial with a not blonde in it to hopefully make up for it. It has boobs and is funny, so why not?

Nando’s is a restaurant chain that started in South Africa and now has stores in 38 countries (including one in Washington D.C.) They specialize in Portuguese chicken dishes.

We found a comment that said this was a South African commercial, but the blonde is definitely an Aussie, so we’re not sure where it was made. We could get into a long discussion about whether the commercial was done in Australia or whether it was done in South Africa to make fun of Australians or whether …

Who cares? It’s funny and it has boobs.

The Editor says, “Green Bay by seven” and the Administrator says, “Who’s playing?”

The Super Bowl commercial Google didn’t run, but should have

Here’s the manly man version of the Super Bowl commercial Google didn’t run, but should have.

We’re manly men here at IHateTheMedia.com and that Google Parisian love story Super Bowl commercial didn’t put any tears in our eyes. None at all. It was just a couple specs of dust, that’s all.

On the other hand, here’s the manly man version of the commercial Google didn’t run, but should have.

Congratulations to the guys at Slate V who created it.

We’re not sure which Super Bowl commercial was best, but it’s clear which one was worst

The Census Bureau wasted $2.5 million tax dollars to run one thirty second commercial during the Super Bowl. We can only assume they wanted to run as many spots as Bud, but held back out of respect for the new austerity program the President talked about during his State of the Union Address.

The Census Bureau wasted $2.5 million tax dollars to run one thirty second commercial during the Super Bowl. We can only assume they wanted to run as many spots as Bud, but held back out of respect for the new austerity program the President talked about during his State of the Union Address.

As if pounding $2.5 million down a rat hole wasn’t bad enough, the commercial was easily the most remarkably dull, mind-numbingly unintelligible commercial of the day.

Your tax dollars at work.

Pro-abortion group says Tebow Super Bowl commercial “showed an undercurrent of violence against women”

The Women’s Media Center, which had objected to Focus on the Family advertising in the Super Bowl, said it was expecting a “benign” ad but not the humor. But the group’s president, Jehmu Greene, said the tackle showed an undercurrent of violence against women.

LSD in the drinking water. That’s the only reasonable explanation for the reaction of the Woman’s Media Center to Tim and Pam Tebow’s Super Bowl commercial.

The Associated Press reports the lunacy:

The Women’s Media Center, which had objected to Focus on the Family advertising in the Super Bowl, said it was expecting a “benign” ad but not the humor. But the group’s president, Jehmu Greene, said the tackle showed an undercurrent of violence against women.

“I think they’re attempting to use humor as another tactic of hiding their message and fooling the American people,” she said.

We’ve watched the commercial about a dozen times trying to find some of that violence. We even went through it frame-by-frame thinking that maybe they had hidden some of that subliminal advertising stuff in the commercial. We’re sad to report that we were unable to find any violence against women noted by the Women’s Media Center.

Of course, were not highly-trained observers like the folks at the Women’s Media Center.

But we still think Pam Tebow’s kind of hot.

Source: Associated Press via Breitbart

Tebow commercial runs during Super Bowl: So what was all the controversy about?

Now that we’ve seen the “controversial” Tim Tebow pro-life Super Bowl commercial, we’re not sure what the pro-abortion people were so upset about.

Now that we’ve seen the “controversial” Tim Tebow pro-life Super Bowl commercial, we’re not sure what the pro-abortion people were so upset about.

There was no mention of abortion. No mention of the fact that Pam Tebow risked her life by giving birth to Tim. In fact, the message was vague at best.

Pam Tebow: I call him my miracle baby. He almost didn’t make it into this world. I remember so many times when I almost lost him. It was so hard. Well he’s all grown up now, and I still worry about his health. Everybody treats him like he’s different, but to me, he’s just my baby. He’s my Timmy, and I love him.

Tim Tebow: Thanks, mom. Love you, too.

Our bottom line: Pam Tebow’s kind of hot, isn’t she?

Audi Superbowl commercial seems oddly prophetic

This is Audi’s commercial from today’s Super Bowl. Laugh all you want, but the Green Police are coming. You know it. We know it. Everyone knows it.

This is Audi’s commercial from today’s Super Bowl. Laugh all you want, but the Green Police are coming. You know it. We know it. Everyone knows it.

He’s baaaaack: Couric to interview Obama
before Super Bowl

What could be worse than President Obama showing up on television on Super Bowl Sunday? How about President Obama being interviewed by Katie Couric right before the game.

Hope he's better at passing a football than he is at passing legislation

What could be worse than President Obama showing up on television on Super Bowl Sunday? How about President Obama being interviewed by Katie Couric right before the game.

Bingo. The Orlando Sentinel has the details down on the 50-yard line:

Super Bowl Sunday will be a busy one for CBS anchor Katie Couric, but she will be far from the game.

“I’m very excited about going to the Super Bowl,” said Couric, who will anchor the “CBS Evening News” Friday from Miami. “I wish I could stay. I have an appointment with the president. That’s a good excuse.”

Before the game, Couric will conduct a live, 12-minute interview with President Barack Obama at the White House. She also offers an interview with New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees.

Couric said on Wednesday she was still formulating her questions for Obama but had solicited queries via Twitter, Facebook and local stations.

“I want it to be a good, substantive interview, but it’s the Super Bowl audience,” Couric said. “I want it to have the appropriate tone.”

There’s no escaping this guy. Don’t even try. If you turn off your TV he’ll just show up at your doorstep at dinner time, sit in your favorite chair, help himself to your macaroni and cheese, and talk your ear off.

Funny that a guy who graduated from Harvard doesn’t understand the meaning of the word “overexposed.”

Source: Orlando Sentinel

Chick fight: Megyn Kelly bitch slaps Gloria Allred

Megyn Kelly of Fox News didn’t take any crap from the overexposed attorney Gloria Allred during a discussion about the Tim Tebow’s pro-life commercial set to air during the Super Bowl.

Megyn Kelly of Fox News didn’t take any crap from the overexposed attorney Gloria Allred during a discussion about the Tim Tebow’s pro-life commercial set to air during the Super Bowl.

HotAir.com reports the details:

Allred claims that the Focus on the Family ad, which features Florida University football star Tim Tebow and his mother, Pam, is “misleading” even though she hasn’t seen it.

The ad reportedly will tell the story of how Pam Tebow decided not to abort Tim even though doctors told her the pregnancy could endanger her life. Allred is threatening to file complaints with the FCC and FTC if the ad airs but does not mention her allegation that aborting the pregnancy at the time in the Philippines would have been a crime.

Kelly poked holes in Allred’s take on the ad throughout the video. She asked whether Allred believes a woman’s right to choose extends to choosing life, why she would object to someone airing an ad with a religious message, and why abortion advocates don’t air a competing ad if they are so bothered by the Tebows’ message.

“As you know, that’s the bedrock of the First Amendment,” Kelly said. “The answer to speech you don’t like is not less speech; it’s more speech.”
But the highlight of the segment comes at about the 4:30 mark. Allred ridiculously in effect argued that if Focus on the Family insists on airing an advocacy ad during a sports event, it should be compelled to air the equivalent of a mini-documentary explaining Philippines law.

Kelly’s response: “No ad can tell the entire story about the law as it stands in the Philippines. … It’s just a practical impossibility, Gloria, which would lead many to say that this is a PR stunt by you.”

A word of warning: Never stand between publicity whore Gloria Allred and a TV camera. She will knock down you, Ruth Bader Ginsberg and her own mother to be seen on television.

Source: HotAir.com

NY Times writer begged Springsteen to attack ‘corporate fat cats’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjbSD6OImjUThe Boss was on his best behavior during his Super Bowl halftime show, much to the dismay of a wacko New York Times columnist.

Sportswriter Harvey Araton urged Springsteen to make a political statement during his time in the spotlight. Here’s what Araton said:

“Maybe we’ll get lucky and there will be at least one bold moment Sunday night when Springsteen goes rogue and rails against — oh, I don’t know — offensive Wall Street bonuses, $18.4 billion worth. Go ahead, Bruce. Make those corporate fat cats squirm on their sofas.”

Luckily, Springsteen didn’t comply. The only protest came when he asked his vocal chords to do what they are no longer capable of doing.

Was that porn during the Super Bowl or is Jake “The Snake” Plummer making a comeback?

unzipWith less than three minutes to play in Super Bowl XLIII, Tucson viewers were surprised to see a woman unzipping a man’s pants followed by “a graphic act.”

Somehow, the Super Bowl feed was switched with a 30-second excerpt from an adult cable TV channel.

“I just figured it was another commercial until I looked up,” one female viewer said. “Then he did his little dance with everything hanging out.”

“We will investigate what happened and make sure our viewers get answers,” said the company president, Gary Nielsen.

Here at IHateTheMedia.com, we will do everything within our power to get to the bottom of this. We’ll start by interviewing Jenna Jameson.

Lauer’s pre-game propaganda

photo by Flickr's theotherway
photo by Flickr's theotherway

Turns out we hate the media more than ever on Super Bowl Sunday.

That’s because Matt Lauer achieved what medical experts have always
considered to be anatomically impossible by interviewing President Obama’s
while his lips were firmly planted on the president’s butt.

Sadly, NBC turned a 12-minute portion of its programming over to Matt Lauer and President Obama for a little Super Bowl pre-game propaganda.

Had the interview had been strictly about football, it might have seemed
more reasonable. But it strayed rather quickly into an opportunity for Obama
to discuss the war in Iraq and his economic stimulus package.

Does anyone recall a similar cloying interview with President Bush prior to
earlier Super Bowl games?

We don’t.

Brilliant anti-abortion commercial banned by NBC

Here at I Hate The Media, we know a thing or two about advertising. Like, for example, we know a great commercial when we see it.

NBC has rejected a Super Bowl commercial created by a Catholic advocacy group. The ad, which can be seen here (to the left) is simple, riveting, and features a surprise twist. Consider it proof that a great commercial doesn’t have to cost millions of dollars.

No matter what position you take on the abortion issue, this commercial is a simple, powerful piece of communication.

Watch it.

Hot PETA women and their cucumbers

We’re happy to report that General Motors isn’t spending $3,000,000 for a Super Bowl commercial this year. But what about other advertisers?

Is it wise to spend that much money on one commercial in this economic downturn? Surprisingly, many advertisers say, “Yes, it’s a bargain.”

Their rationale? The Super Bowl draws an immense audience and is, perhaps, the only programming on television that causes consumers to “lean forward” and watch the commercials.

No one will be leaning forward and watching the attached PETA commercial because it was rejected by the television network. Talk about your wardrobe malfunction.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTdPRlHB4Os

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