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Why does it matter what Peter Yarrow thinks? Well mainly because he and “Puff” Lenny Lipton were the ones who wrote the original “masterpiece” that was spoofed by Paul Shanklin. Here are the words of Peter Yarrow on the ultra liberal blog the “Huffington Post.”

The sending of a Christmas greeting by Chip Saltsman to the members of the Republican National Committee that includes a recording of the so-called parody, “Barack the Magic Negro” is not only offensive, it is shocking and saddening in the extreme. It flies in the face of America’s deeply held hope for a new era in which common ground and mutual respect characterize the exchanges between our national leaders.

I and my co-writer of “Puff,” Lenny Lipton, have been eagerly awaiting an end to the mean-spiritedness, outright disrespect and bigotry that was commonplace prior to this last presidential election. What might have been wearily accepted as “the way it was” in the campaign, is now unacceptable. Obama is not a candidate. He is the President-Elect, and this song insults the office of the Presidency, the people who voted for him, as well as those who did not — and taking a children’s song and twisting it in such vulgar, mean-spirited way, is a slur to our entire country and our common agreement to move beyond racism.

It is almost unimaginable to me that Chip Saltzman who sent the CD, would seriously be considered for the top post of the Republican National Committee. Puff, himself, if asked, would certainly agree.

Well guess what Peter? I don’t give a damn and neither does the Republican party. And out of total contempt for this mans idiotic statement I shall once again give you the video to watch.

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Take offense, call me racist, frankly I don’t give a damn. This world is too up tight. Had this video been done about Condi or Powell half those who are making a fuss about it now would have kept quiet. So say what you will its useless.

BTW you can view the video below.

UPADTE: The original video was deleted by YouTube so I found another version. Song is identical but the pictures are different.

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This has probably been one of the most memorable years in political history. Not because of all the corruption charges and super wins but mainly because many of them were not expected. So after following this year’s election and political news I have compiled a list of five of the smartest and five of the dumbest politicians of 2008. Mind I remind you this has nothing to do with their performance as a politician but rather how they were able to convince voters to either vote or not vote for them.

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Its not like this is new business for The Simpsons. They’ve been doing this for years. But I find this one quite funny seeing it takes aim at one of the most ridiculous notions around today: Just because you own an iPhone does not make you cool, and just because you don’t own one does not make you uncool.

The entire five minutes of Apple bashing can be found after the break.

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Even Barney the first dog doesn’t like the treatment of his master President Bush by the media. In the above video you can clearly see him take out his anger on a Reuters reporter who fails to ask his permission before petting him.

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I was really hoping to find some laughs in this video since I’m just trying to get my last laughs out of the election before its over in a few hours. But thanks to the dumbness and absolutely spiritually blasphemous themes I found nothing funny about it. But maybe you will so I have included the video below.

BTW the video is made by an Obama supporter, figures..

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And I thought that Sarah Palin fever had died down. Turns out that when Sarah Palin made her guest appearance on SNL it was the highest ratings and viewership the show had gotten in the last 14 years. The last time the show had gotten such good ratings (10.7) was March 12, 1994 and the host was Nancy Kerrigan.

Just in case you want to see the show for yourself you can view it below. BTW Tina Fey makes a guest appearance in the show.

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Am I the only one who notices that Obama lacks a good sense of humor? It was pretty obvious when he did the 10 surprising things about Obama. And while Hillary was no better she did score a few extra points. But last night was one of the clearest examples that Obama lacks a real sense of humor. McCain totally creamed him at the Alfred E. Smith dinner.

But I will let you judge for yourself. Excerpts from both candidates jokes can be seen below.

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Welcome to a new series here on Norton Release. For the most part I will leave commenting on the cartoons to the minimum.

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Is Vladimir trying to send Bush a subtle message not to f*** with him and his men in Georgia? I’m not sure that this lunatic believes that this will actually give him some credence, but in any case its quite interesting.

If you’re interested, view the video below.

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