Captain & Cola and the POP Awards
58We Salute You!
Good morning breakfastpoppers. Today is Tuesday, June 22, 2010. It is time, once again, for the POP Awards, so let us prepare Captain & Coke and head to the theater. You will need 1.5 ounces of Captain Morgan Spiced Rum, 3 ounces of cola and 1 lime wedge (fruit is good for you). Combine Captain Morgan and cola in a ice-filled highball glass and garnish with the lime wedge. Don something festive and I'll see you in a bit.
Welcome nominees and friends to the 40th weekly presentation of the prestigious POP Awards. It is with great pleasure that I call to the stage Mr. George Stephanopoulos, our first "winner" of the morning. George we were deeply enthralled to hear you place blame on BP and Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen for their mishandling of the Gulf spill. Noticeably missing from your report was any suggestion that the Obama administration's response to this tragedy was less than thrilling. In fact, you depicted the administration as having done everything they could to mitigate this disaster. Please accept this award. You are a testament to blind biased reporting and you are a leader in bringing journalism to its knees. For the record George, it would have been far more accurate to state that President Obama did everything he "wanted" to do.
Let's move right along and call to the stage Mika Brzezinski, the NBC Anchor. You are receiving this award in recognition of your admission that you have been working closely with the Obama administration on the oil spill talking points. How does it feel to serve as a shill for the White House? Do you feel you may have violated some ethical and journalistic principles? Of course you don't, but we do. Shame on you. Please accept your POP and perhaps a new position in the White House. You could be a Democratic Strategist. All you have to do is learn to smile inanely.
Our third "winner" of the morning is Congresswoman Giffords, a Democrat from Arizona. What could have possibly been going on in your mind when you asked General Petraeus if our soldiers in Afghanistan were going to start using renewable energy on our military bases to reduce our need for oil? Ms. Giffords, our soldiers are dying at the hands of our enemies and you are wasting the General's time asking him about renewable energy. Perhaps you would like to see our tanks run by windmill power?
Our fourth "winner" of the morning Is Diane Sawyer. Ms. Sawyer, you are a journalist, or so they say, so we ask you why you keep referring to Arizona's anti-illegal immigration law as "Arizona's controversial anti-immigration law". The key word here is illegal. If you don't know what that means, look it up. Aren't you charged with reporting the news accurately? Perhaps you have some old school books around that would help to refresh your memory about the basics of good reporting.
Our last, but definitely not least "winner" of the morning goes to a London museum that airbrushed Winston Churchill's signature cigar right out of a photograph of him giving his victory salute. The picture hangs right over the entrance to the museum which is celebrating the wartime leader. Through the use of image altering techniques "someone" turned Mr Churchill into a non-smoker! The museum is sticking to its claim that they didn't notice the cigar was missing. Since no one offered to come to the awards to claim the POP, we'll be happy to send it to you along with a cigar that we hope you place in Mr. Churchill's hands.
The morning festivities have flown by so quickly. I ask you all, as is our custom, to raise your glasses on high and toast to and perhaps pray for our "winners'.
Until next time...POP...
Good morning billy,
What's wrong with a woman like this is that she shouldn't be in Congress. Her thought process is damaged and she is wasting the taxpayers money and time. That's what's wrong.
Pop,
Another great group of "winners". I give up on journalism as it is stone cold dead. The last trusted journalist was Walter Cronkite.
Churhill's cigar was probably Cuban in the eyes of the non-smoking crowd.
General McChrystal obviously resigned when he gave his interview to Rolling Stone!!!!!!!!!!
I like the award to a London museum! To airbrush Winston Churchill's cigar - how creative and how divine! :) I wonder what particular museum in London did it? I will be drinking Pol Roger today (favorite Churchill's champaine). Cheers Pop!
Pop she is so wrong - I meant that rhetorical as in what the heck is she saying - what is mentally wrong with her - these people have no earthly idea. Maybe she was smoking one of Winston's Cigars with a little of her leaders tobacco?
Good morning Tom,
Do you think we can ever get back true journalism, common sense and integrity? I wonder.
Good morning Wanderlust,
The museum was Winston Churchill's Britain at War Experience Museum. I suppose i their eyes it is okay to change history. That's what we are doing now in our country.
George Stephanopoulos wielded his prodigious knowledge of oil spills and ecosystems this morning as he interviewed a diver with first hand knowledge of the damage at the site of the leak. The diver told GS that crustaceans attached to the rig were dying because they couldn't escape to safer waters. George said "They're covered with oil, right?". The diver said, "No, they are dying from lack of oxygen."
Thanks, Dr. George. Maybe you can co-host with Dr. Oz. How do you look in scrubs?
Excellent group of winners this week as usual. In George Stephippotumus, Comrade Brzezinski and Tom Sawyer you have fine examples of the leftist, Marxist press. What can you expect from these people? They carry the Obumma flag. (Here's a tip for a winner next week. Find out the person in the administration who wants illegal aliens to have equal pay with legal citizens of the US). Giffords is another example of the leftist, Marxist movement in congress to focus on the administration's objectives, which are not objectives of the citizenry, and not focus on reality. The last winner proves we don't have a monopoly on sheer stupidity. Ladies and gentlemen, let's reconvene at the bar and discuss. BARTENDER........
Dear billy,
I understood you. By the way,now that history has been airbrushed, there is no longer a Winston Churchill signature cigar.
Good morning nicomp,
George has all the earmarks of a budding scholar. If what I have no idea!
Good morning taxlarry,
Most important I say let's convene at the bar and discuss. Now I thank you for your clever change of names and your summation of the "winners". See you later.
Hi POP... journalism is dead. Objectivity is dead. Common sense is dead. It is all opinion and agenda pushing. To call it news, or reporting is just as misleading as the "news" all of your winners purport to disseminate.... As far as the airbrushing of the cigar, it is just yet another example of the morality police taking things way too far... the guy smoked cigars, big f-ing deal... i am enjoying my vitamuffin with a cigar and this captain and cola, and i must admit, it is quite nice.... takes the edge off the "news" of the day....
Morning Pop, that Captain & Coke is sure hitting the spot this morning!
As for the awards...spot on as usual. I think every piece of journalism I've read/heard/seen in recent years has been slanted one way or the other (usually the other). It's unfortunate, but we certainly have to take everything we hear with a grain of salt. Journalists lie as much as the politicians themselves these days!
POP: Kudos again! Great recipients of the POP Awards!
Three out of five winners are newscasters (the old fashioned word) who are just puppets for their employers.
The real newscaster is the one who would throw away the news they are forced to read and just state the news.
Speaking of that, I think I'm on to something. Do you think that the WH is spending all day writing the news for ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, etc? That would explain why they have no time to work on the important things - oh, like , OIL SPILLS.
I cannot understand why people want to change things to what they are now. Smoking is not acceptable now; it was when Churchill was in power. So What! If he smoked a cigar, so what? Shame on the museum for wanting to change his image.
As for Congresswoman Gifford, she should be fired. Maybe she is directly related to Kathy Lee!
I've had enough! I'm off to the bar - save me a seat....
We have crude oil washing up on our beaches driving the initiatives for Cap & Trade and Comprehensive Energy Reforms. We have illegal immigrants driving our new Health Care Reform laws and obviously acting as an unyet used impetus to Comprehensive Immigration Reform. In either case, both are violations of the borders of our country. The President took an oath of office to defend America against all comers both foreign and domestic. He is failing to act on both points in the best interest of the American people and we have people in the media defending the positions? There are actions that need to be taken on both fronts quickly. 1. Close down the border tighter than the seal on a mayonnaise jar and then we'll figure out what to do with what has already leaked through. 2. Tell BP to "stop the damn leak" then concentrate the efforts of the entire United States government on abating the onslaught of oil to the shores of America. If that means calling out the Navy, call out the damn Navy. Use the ships to drag hay bales around, I don't care, drag something around! Call out the damn Coast Guard! Relax the Jones Act and allow other countries to help. Do anything it takes to stop the oil from reaching the shore. Then, when you are done, tally up the bill and send it to BP. Even if they do not pay, we will still be the winners in this process. Until those steps are taken, this President is doing nothing but sitting on his hands and wearing his phony crown. Double up on that Captain, will ya...yeah, pour it like you don't own it! WB
Good morning jellio,
Hats off to you. It is beyond refreshing to find a person not afraid to tell it like it is and live life the way she wants. I say we organize a party and head for the museum and put back Churchill's trademark cigar. History can't be rewritten, ever. See you later at the bar. Bring the baby. It is never to early to learn about truth and common sense.
Good morning rkhyclak,
Where are we supposed to go to get the news? We can't all be investigative journalists so I suppose we have to learn to spot a distortion of the truth when we hear it. I honestly believe you get better and more reliable info on the hubs. Meet you later at the bar.
Good morning Pino,
As for removing Churchill's cigar, what a disgrace. You can't re-write history to satisfy your moral code. Speaking of disgraces, the Congresswoman is the perfect example of a complete waste of time and energy and should go back home and build a windmill. See you at the bar. I plan on using up a lot of carbon credits!
Good morning Wayne,
Brilliant commentary and your impatience mirrors mine. I think there may be much more behind Obama's disinterest in the oil leak. Something doesn't smell right. As far as immigration is concerned, he's is using this crisis to further his own agenda. I honestly believe he should be impeached to save the nation. I think this is the first time I have said these words, but enough is enough.
Churchill losing his cigar is such a good visual example of political correctnes.
Good morning sheila,
Not to mention a complete distortion of reality and history.
Cheers! holding my glass high in tune to your wonderful rant! thanks pop! keep it up!
Good morning American Romance,
Clink!!
POP, You hit the highlights very well this week as usual. The sad thing is I know the list could go on and on. The media is a joke. Churchill losing his cigar is another example of changing history to suit the "new Values". I saw screw the new values. They are taking us down a road that none of us want to travel. I can't even watch the news without getting ticked off at something anymore. There are a bunch of liars and people with agendas not in the best interest of the United States running the show. I sure hope things start to change with the elections in November.
Morning POP, let's all get in line for the parade of mass exodus from the WH. Orszag, Rahm, possibly Hillary and behind them will be Oberman and Matthews, Sawyer and Stephanopulous after all they will be the first to jump from a sinking ship. I wonder if Obama can even play Golf or does he punt like he does at being president?
Good morning Pamela,
When a museum feels free to doctor a well known photo of Churchill you just know that nothing is sacred. Common sense and brains are gone, gone, gone. Where is November when you need it? We have a lot to clean up on this side of the Atlantic.
Good morning jiberish,
Now that's a sporting event I would pay to see. I think he actually does play golf and I have come to believe that we are all better off when he is on the greens than in the WH. See you at the bar.
I don't get it why so much dissent regarding Obama's work on the spill. I mean, he already told us he couldn't suck it through a straw. ;)
NBC working closely with the Obama team?? Say it ain't so!
Pop, the awards are again quite befitting to the folks getting them. I wonder, if they even know the extent of, how they feel about being the ass of jokes and criticism world wide. I received an email that was a collection of political satire cartoons from around the world, it surprised me to find the whole world watching and laughing at the USA. We have become a source of entertainment. Fox has supporting agencies, just not in this country. With that Morgans it is, to the bar! for an indeterminate time of drinking to the late, great butt of the joke, USA, 50
Morning POP...The Churchill piece reminded me of a quintessential Churchillian remark ( somewhat abridged ):
Winnie's attending a party with Nancy Pelosi and friends, and having just finished dessert, was lighting up a cigar to go with his spiked coffee...Pelosi turns to Winnie and says " If I were your wife I would put poison in that coffee "...To which Winnie replied " Madam Speaker, were you my wife I would drink it ! "...and then blew smoke at her...I could go to sleep smiling with that thought..
Gifford has the IQ of an ice cube, and knows these are her last throes before being tossed out on her green fanny...Save me a seat at the tavern, I'm bringing cigars for all...Larry
Good morning Springboard,
I agree, Obama couldn't suck it through a straw so he has the right to wash his hands of all the messy oil. After all he did all he wanted to do.
Dear habee,
I'm so sorry but they re in cahoots, after all. Meet me at the bar and I'll buy you a drink.
Good afternoon fify,
I heard the same thing. The world is watching and laughing. I read this morning that even the Muslim countries pretty much think Obama is a joke. I just hope the joke doesn't turn out to be on us. I'll meet you at the bar and I am ready to stay for hours.
we live in a silly world
Good afternoon maven,
Love the anecdote, changes and all. Were Pelosi related to me in any way, I would drink it too. See you later at the bar. I'm buying and I will personally light your cigar.
Good afternoon vrajavala,
If only our world were only "silly". Meet everyone at the bar and we'll talk about things.
Pop, I watched that senate hearing where the attacked the CEO of VB, the powers that be are now going after anyone connected even in a small way, soon they will say Kevin Costner is the one you made the mess...yes Pop this is a fantastic hub, I am so impressed by you writing skill you are simply the best. A fan and friend
Pop
First off I wasn’t notified again of this hub! But having said that it is appropriate that you chose a drink that features a Pirate; perfect symbolism for this administration. After all Pirates sailed the coastlines stealing money from honest seafaring vessels; this bunch cruises the country looking for loot to redistribute. They should make a drink; preferably rename Ripple Wine or Mad Dog 20-20 and call it Barrack’s Brew!
Lighten up on Munchkin George; after all he spends most of his time singing in the Loly Pop Guild. How could he have possibly gotten a hold of the Regime’s latest re-write of the BP Spill; you know where Barrack the Magnificent dove down 20 phantoms and plugged the hole but that damned Bush came along behind him in his submarine; paid for by Halliburton and pulled the plug!
Pop, Mika Brzezinski, NBC’s Anchor couldn’t possibly have violated some ethical and journalistic principle, none of these Obama Puppets have any such principles. To them a Principle is someone who presides over one of their failed public schools; nothing more
Hey Pop Congresswoman Giffords is part of that Democrat coalition that shamefully disgraced General Petraeus when he appeared before congress in 2008. You remember that session wherein Hillary Rotten Clinton told the General in order to believe him what was required was a “willing suspension of disbelief.” So are you the least bit surprised they would now request him to focus his attention on Al Gore’s fantasy instead of the reality of war in which our soldiers are actually dying?
My dear Pop, surely you realize you misspoke when you referred to Diane Sawyer as a journalist. She along with her fellow Obama Water Carriers is there simply to read the daily talking points provided by the Regime. The Regime refuses to recognize the existence of Illegal Aliens just as it refuses to recognize the existence of Terrorist s. It prefers to refer to the Illegal’s as Undocumented Obama Supporters.
As for the London museum airbrushing Winston Churchill's signature cigar out of a photograph of him giving his victory salute; everyone knows smoking kills. Everyone knows cigars were meant to be used as Bill Clinton used them; not for smoking. I wonder if Churchill had a Monica.
Good evening Patriot,
I guess the drink was appropriate. Our freedoms are being pirated away by a group of psycho followers who are strangely willing to do and say whatever Obama, a completely inept community activist irritant has to say. When did all these people become so incredibly stupid? Is there something in the drinking water? Are they susceptible to brainwashing? What could it be?
Brovo Great award ceremony.
Diane Sawyer report the real news. HaH!
Keep on hubbing!
Good morning POP. I just stopping by. Good information from you and I always enjoy your recipes. Keep it up my friend. I hope you always healthy and success for all your achievement. Nice to see you again.
Prasetio
Good morning Darlene,
I think we are reliving the Inquisition!
Good morning eovery,
Diane Sawyer, a journalist, Ha!
Good morning prasetio,
I enjoy it when you stop by for breakfast. You always manage to brighten my day.
Thank you. Diane Sawyer a journalist? You are far too kind. :>) I missed that Winston Churchill story. Talk about political correctness run amok.
Good morning Ken,
I stand corrected, Diane Sawyer is not a journalist and she is definitely not Tom Sawyer's sister. I guess doctoring photos is just the newest form of propaganda, made available by technology. Thanks for stopping by for a bit of breakfast.
To see how history is rewriten every day, all we have to do is listen to the news - no matter who reports the events will put a spin on it to serve their party interest. Journalism is a joke; and a bad one for that
Good morning Petra,
When you boil things down, it seems like the time has come for us to discover and report the news ourselves and in a short while be our own doctors and believe almost nothing that we hear. We are going to have to do it all.
Mika Brzezinski, oh even her now is working for Obama, hmmm. Thanks breakfastpop for this update. Maita
Good evening Maita,
It seems like the media has forgotten all the basic principles of journalism.
billyaustindillon Level 2 Commenter 23 months ago
This Giffords woman is a disgrace Pop - what is wrong with these people - we had 2 Australians and an American die - another 7 injured in a helicopter crash yesterday there. How to piss off your troops and your last allies troops - WHAT IS YOUNG WITH THESE PEOPLE. Captain Morgan ahoy!