You couldn't avoid them, even if you didn't watch the game. So now have your say.
Some quick thoughts to get things started: The Passat ad showed a husband and father in a good light. That was a pleasant surprise — and may even help sell a car or two. The Coke border guard ad made me a little more likely to buy a Coke; the Pepsi ads made me a little less likely to buy a Pepsi. Some of the worst ads, for Doritos for instance, were created by on-line amateurs. I haven't decided whether our tax dollars were well spent on those Chrysler ads. (For some time I have been speculating that the Chrysler ad agency is deliberately making awful ads — in hopes that people will talk about them.)
Oh, and here's an interesting poll finding: About 35 percent of Americans say they prefer the ads to the game.
Posted by Jim Miller at February 07, 2011 08:26 AM | Email ThisThe only ad I laughed out load at was the House ad take off with the cane.
I thought the half-time show was bad BEFORE they started warbling a love song to Obama.
On another note, the hypocrisy of the Obama's totally cracked me up with the menu for their football party. Either Barry locked Michy in a closet or she is a total hypocrite
Um, I'm not seeing limp broccoli and tired carrot sticks, there Michelle - - good enough for school kids but not for you?
Posted by: RagnarDanneskjold on February 7, 2011 10:24 AMAs for the commercials, loved the Darth Vader one. But was very disappointed by the Pepsi Max one. Not at all kid friendly to see some 8 years old girls in the room where we were watching try to make sense of the ad where the guy is thinking he just wants to sleep with her, sleep with her, sleep with her. Nice Pepsi. Real family friendly content.
And the Eminem $9 million ad paid for by taxpayer bailout for a resurfaced Sebring. Now that's a joke. And no one will buy it either, and GM will again be headed for the abyss. Hopefully by then we will have a new administration with the sense not to pay to bail out union pensions. Note, neither Toyota, nor Ford ran ads. They are too busy focusing on profits and success.
I guess we can thankfully stick a fork in Eminem now that he "doesn't do commercials."
White House Super Bowl menu: 'Bratwurst, Kielbasa, Cheeseburgers, Deep Dish Pizza, Buffalo Wings, Potato Salad, Twice Baked Potatoes, Potato Chips, Pretzels, Chips and Dips, Salad, Ice Cream'...
Um, I'm not seeing limp broccoli and tired carrot sticks, there Michelle - - good enough for school kids but not for you?
Lighten up, Ragnar, it was a ***** party. Unbelievable - how low and pointless will you guys go to take a swipe, not at the President, but at his wife?
Every first lady has taken on some project - actually, Bill Maher riffed on this last night - LadyBird Johnson had beautifying roads, Laura Bush worked on illiteracy. So Michelle Obama is concerned about the explosion of obesity, particularly among children, and you're out to take swipes at her simply because you don't like her?
Sheesh. Why don't you just 'go Galt' and disappear into the mountains and deprive all of us of your pithy insights and other great contributions to the political discourse.
(Edited to keep the language suitable for a family site. - jrm)
Posted by: Dr. Liberal on February 7, 2011 10:36 AMThe Toyota/Darth Vader ad was perfect: exactly what an effective ad should be - draws you in then makes you smile THEN makes you remember what they were advertising.
Dorito's made me remember - remember not to buy Dorito's and although I don't eat candy bars often it might be worth it to buy a Snickers to reward them for putting Roseanne Barr where she belongs....
Posted by: RagnarDanneskjold on February 7, 2011 10:37 AMSchool kids can't bring birthday cupcakes anymore:
Lighten up, Ragnar, it was a **** party."
Can't have bake sales to supplement school coffers: Lighten up, Ragnar, it was a **** party."
Can't bring Halloween treats: Lighten up, Ragnar, it was a **** party."
Look up hypocrisy in the dictionary Dr pet - who do you see?
Obama Super Bowl bash: All the food and drinks we peons aren't supposed to have
Hey, if the prez wants to get schnonkered and clog his arteries with fatty foods, I doubt I could possibly care less than I already do. But for the love of Pete, do not tell me that I need to lay off of the same stuff that you are downing unless you are willing to live by example.
And this isn't the first time Michelle Antoinette has spit at us while lecturing us - lots of pics at various places of her stuffing cheeseburgers and fries in her pie hole and just last week she publicly salivated over all that good barbecue she expects to chow on down at the DNC convention in Charlotte.
Hypocrites,
(Edited to keep the language suitable for a family site. - jrm)
Posted by: RagnarDanneskjold on February 7, 2011 10:47 AMOnly ad I liked was the beetle ad with all the bugs.
Posted by: Vince on February 7, 2011 12:55 PMMaybe if his wife wasn't constantly running her mouth telling us what to do - and then ignoring those directives when it comes to herself - we wouldn't be taking swipes at her.
Got it?
Posted by: jimg on February 7, 2011 01:11 PMIn reality it is; "Don't do as I do, do as I say", Michelle Obama or whoever wears the Democratic stripe.
Posted by: KDS on February 7, 2011 01:32 PMNot even close to the filth and hatred directed by the left toward Sarah Palin, or any other conservative for that matter. Are you seeing anyone for that condition yet? You really should you know. It's not healthy.
The rest of the menu for the 100 or so guests at the White House bash is tailgate-friendly even if served inside the Executive Mansion: bratwurst, kielbasa, cheeseburgers, deep-dish pizza and Buffalo wings with sides of German potato salad, twice-baked potatoes and assorted chips and dips.Gee Bambi, that's kinda gunna piss your wife off, isn't it. Seeing, y'know, how she's appointed herself as the Healthy Food Czar. And we all know you're terrified of upsetting your wife, so... how exactly did you get away with this menu? Did you dispatch some secret service agents to chloroform her and lock her in the basement for the length of the game?
Kind of sweet how you justify the criticism of your obsession with her with variations of "They're just as mean if not meaner", "She hates her country", and explaining 'liberalism' by way of Super Bowl party menu.
Top notch work by the usual regurgitators posting here. Almost as entertaining as the Darth Vader commercial.
I will be the first to admit that encouraging children to eat healthier is a fine and laudable idea. BUT she didn't stop there: she mandated, she hectored, she lectured - and then she spit at those she mandated, lectured and hectored by not LIVING what she preaches. Don't pretend be anti-obesity while stuffing your own face.
The same can be said for public education - the liberals started the federal agency with ostensibly laudable reasons - then they went to far with the unions, with actively working against CHOICE in education, with social engineering rather than TEACHING and we end up with few barely literate graduates in a consistently falling graduation rate and rankings equivalent to third world countries.
The same might even be said for abortion - they said they wanted the few of them being performed safer and we end up with nearly 1/6th of our population murdered in the womb.
The same might be said for the welfare state: everyone wants to give the needy a helping hand, but liberals went from that gracious charity to a mandate that led to a welfare nation with 14% of the US population on food stamps.
I wonder (snicker, no I don't) what the reaction to these same ideas if they had been the cause of Laura Bush instead of her literacy agenda.
AND I guarand*mntee Michelle Antoinette never volunteered in her kids school kitchen or lunch room: you can present all the limp broccoli you buy, you can force it on their free food plates, then you can stand and watch them dump it right into the trash after they finish the things they like that they begged from their pals who brought a lunch they WILL eat. We saw it everyday in PRIVATE school that served lots of choices. Hells bells watch the d*mned commercial for chicken nuggets!
Predictable unintended consequences of liberal hypocrisy.
Posted by: RagnarDanneskjold on February 8, 2011 10:31 AMThe more you type this kind of stuff to promote your own opinions, the less counter arguments anyone needs to provide.
Posted by: godtomsatan on February 8, 2011 04:38 PMShe raised the issue of childhood obesity, and if that was all she did raise the issue and encourage better habits, her hypocrisy wouldn't be an issue nor fodder for mocking. But she went further with her lecturing, governmental mandates, punishing taxes on products the government deems bad, telling restaurants to omit salt and reduce portions and banning tempting toys. This isn't just her highness, it's governmental bullying encouraged by her stance. IF her stance is legit to her then she should publicly and privately live it. Instead she photos ops, then has the parks service maintain "her garden" and run to the market to buy the veggies they "picked" for the Top Chef show. She lectures while she indulges. 'Do as I say not as I do' seems to be the Obama family/administration motto.
I seem to remember that every time a 'family values' conservative slipped with failings in his personal life, the noisy left couldn't wait to gleefully engage in loudly pointing out and mocking it. However, those with the failings were not forcing their 'family values' upon the rest of us through their control of government schools, though bans, though mandates and taxes AND they typically publicly admit to and apologize for their indiscretions, while Michelle Antoinette publicly salivates over her excitement and plans to indulge in hers.
Yep, glaring, disgusting hypocrisy.
Posted by: RagnarDanneskjold on February 8, 2011 05:50 PMSo I have a little mental exercise for our liberals - do they have the courage to answer?
Let's say Michelle Antoinette was really serious about obesity... why START with the entire country with sweeping mandates (well, other than that's the way of hubby and dems exemplified by the daily failing Obamacare)?
She has at her fingertips 14% of the US population who have been repeatedly documented as the most obese, the most unhealthy and universally used as an excuse to make children cry and force us all into salt free, flavor free diets.
That's right, she SHOULD have started with the 14% of Americans on FOOD STAMPS. They are already living on government/TAXPAYER largesse.
Why hasn't she mandated tighter, healthier controls on what THEY eat? Why hasn't she started with the kids who are getting FREE breakfast lunch and dinner via the taxpayer?
It would be easy to tie limits to their food cards: ONLY fresh fruits, grains and dairy, ONLY certain cost effective/nutritive cuts of meat. NO processed foods, NO take and bake meals, NO salty, sugary, fatty snacks and drinks, NO instant food (particularly when FRESH whole is available (example rolled oats vs instant oatmeal).
She could even incentivize by offering DOUBLE dollars on fresh fruits and vegetables and/or mandate half value on things like lunch meats or convenience sliced cheese vs whole blocks.
She could have used her signature project to TEACH so many who simply don't know better how to eat better by modifying their buying habits AND as an added benefit made them healthier (which is purportedly hubby's goal) and thus saving the taxpayer's a few bucks.
So loud libs - why hasn't she?
That's right - it isn't about nutrition, it's about CONTROL.
It's none of Michelle Obama's business what people eat, and it's certainly none of her business what portion size restaurants serve. So, why is she using her husband's position to strong-arm restaurants into conformity with her will?
If she is concerned about the welfare of Americans in general, and women, children and families specifically - why isn't she using her husband's bully pulpit to fight something that is undeniably important and that will truly make a difference? Something like human trafficking in America....
...What woman, especially a woman with young daughters, would not view the crime of forced sexual servitude and abortion as not being more important than the size of the pork chop a restaurant serves as an entrée?
I expect chirping crickets, how about you, Saltherring?
Posted by: RagnarDanneskjold on February 9, 2011 11:36 AMOf what good are salad bars in inner-city schools like Detroit, Newark, and Camden where too many kids are dropouts or truants? Will arugula, toasted sesame seeds, and splashes of raspberry vinaigrette really draw these kids back to classrooms? Or even lunchrooms?...
...As the first African-American First Lady in the nation's history, Michelle Obama is uniquely positioned to bring her appeal and unprecedented influence to bear in the fight to end the debauching and destruction of inner-city black and minority kids. These kids don't need a steady diet of tofu and bean sprouts. What they need are discipline, structure, strong values, intact families, church, safe streets, and public schools that actually educate. That's a menu for the First Lady to promote.
Michelle Denies the Fries
Michele attempts to dictate to restaurants what they can serve.
... The problem with the whole scenario is that while the First Lady's advisors were "holding private talks" with the National Restaurant Association, she spent the last 12 months partaking of foodie adventures and paying no attention to quantity, calories, sugar, fat or sodium content. ...
...Michelle's 2010 food inventory is not even close to being comprehensive and yet this woman feels she has the authority to deny Americans the right to choose the quantity and content of what we eat?
Where are those pesky liberals? No doubt hiding from the truth, eh, crickets?
Posted by: RagnarDanneskjold on February 9, 2011 11:46 AMI seem to remember that every time a 'family values' conservative slipped with failings in his personal life, the noisy left couldn't wait to gleefully engage in loudly pointing out and mocking it. However, those with the failings were not forcing their 'family values' upon the rest of us through their control of government schools, though bans, though mandates and taxes AND they typically publicly admit to and apologize for their indiscretions, while Michelle Antoinette publicly salivates over her excitement and plans to indulge in hers.
Yep, glaring, disgusting hypocrisy. Posted by RagnarDanneskjold at February 8, 2011 05:50 PM
N.Y. Rep Resigns After Claim He Sent Shirtless Photo to Woman on Craigslist
Rep. Christopher Lee resigned from office Wednesday just hours after a report claimed the married Republican congressman sent a shirtless photo of himself to a woman on Craigslist. ...
"It has been a tremendous honor to serve the people of Western New York. I regret the harm that my actions have caused my family, my staff and my constituents. I deeply and sincerely apologize to them all. I have made profound mistakes and I promise to work as hard as I can to seek their forgiveness," he said in a statement.
just hours
I regret the harm
I deeply and sincerely apologize
I have made profound mistakes
Yooo hooo little lefty crickets in 3, 2, ...
