The Crustacean to Lead the Nation
October 18, 2008
My campaign advisers unanimously agree.
Nancy Hanauer’s word styling makes her the winner of our Find-a-Slogan campaign. We choose:
“The Crustacean to Lead the Nation”
Intrigued, the team did a little digging and learned that, like most Americans, Nancy makes a solid contribution to society at Hop to Signaroo.
She teaches American Sign Language (ASL) to hearing parents for their hearing babies.
Boy, Michelle and I wish we knew about Nancy when I was a community organizer back when the girls were born. It would have reduced little Melia Ann’s frustration when she couldn’t express herself and we couldn’t understand her. (Might have gotten a little more sleep too!)
Hop to Signaroo has educated more than 3,000 parents since opening its doors in 2000. From her Web site we learned that:
– Babies gain control of their hands approximately a year before they have complete control of their vocal chords;
– Signing promotes faster language development, stimulates intellectual growth and brain development, enhances motor skills, and strengthens the parent-child bond;and,
– Children who signed as babies often have higher IQs, a more sophisticated understanding of language, better reading and spelling skills, and more interest in books because of an early jump on language.
Nancy, Michelle and I congratulate you and your solid contributions to our great landscape. You are doing God’s work.
You can reach Nancy at nancy@hoptosignaroo.com or at 206.789.SIGN.
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Barack Lobster lyrics
October 16, 2008
Republican party.
Economy’s down in the deep.
Someone must come and save it.
We need Barack Lobster!
Barack Lobster! Barack Lobster!
Eight years of these clownfish.
Cheney is worse than Simon Cowell.
W’s got us stuck in Iraq.
That’s why we need Barack.
And not just Barack.
We need Barack Lobster!
Barack Lobster! Barack Lobster! Barack Lobster!
Palin can see Russia.
I think that’s freakin’ insane.
Lots of trouble.
Barney Rubble.
McCain is in a jam.
Obama is our man!
Barack Lobster! Now. Now.
Obama in ‘08!
They don’t make ‘em finer than MC Yogi
October 13, 2008
MC Yogi, the entire campaign is rallying behind your beautiful tribute to the safe, prosperous, and free nation ahead of us.
Thank you for sharing this with land dwellers.
This one’s going underwater with me.
Obama ‘08 - Vote For Hope from MC Yogi on Vimeo.
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A lobster in every pot
October 12, 2008
We at the Obama camp need the right campaign slogan if we are to win the Presidential election.
Will you help us?
The winning slogan will be emblazoned on our campaign buttons. The winning author will receive five free campaign buttons to wear on the campaign trail. Plus bragging rights, natch.
Click on the Comments below to add your slogan.
Contest ends on Joe Hage’s birthday (October 14) at midnight PST. One slogan per entry. Multiple entries allowed. Slogans must be submitted in the comments section of this post and become the sole property of the Barack Lobster campaign.
Good luck!
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Laughter is the best medicine
October 12, 2008
Every anthropod feels vulnerable when a member of the Nephropidae family gets served with lemon and butter.
That’s when we need to set our thoraxes down in front of some mindless entertainment to get our antennae back on straight.
It’s times like these that we’re especially grateful for the folks over at Fifth Column.
I gotta call it like I see it. For mammals, they are pretty funny.
(Some parts are NSFW. I had to cover Malia Ann’s maxillae when Lewis Black came on screen.)
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The Lobster Shop is now open
October 11, 2008
My fellow Americans, Michelle and I welcome you to the Lobster Shop.
Get your own Barack Lobster apparel!
Show your patriotism with one or more of these quality items made by Americans, for Americans. Now more than ever, we need you to reach across the aisle and stimulate our economy.
Your purchase may help restore order to the credit markets, calm the financial markets, and help one or more of the 27 million small businesses that are at the backbone of our economy.
Support a crustacean.
Buy American. Buy Barack Lobster products and services. Buy with pride. Buy often.
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When I was no bigger than a mollusk
October 11, 2008
Here’s a few seconds of animation when I was no bigger than a mollusk.
I’m grateful to co-creators Joe Hage and Joe Narciso (here with Steve Carell about FedEx; here on that famous E*Trade “Dinky” commercial) for thinking me up and elevating me to public office.
Of course, without SNL animators David Wachtenheim and Robert Marianetti (Saturday TV Funhouse) I probably would have been eaten by now.
Enjoy your peek into the creative process at the earliest stages of development.
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Hello, Tawnya Jonsek.
October 11, 2008
Tawnya, thank you for doing everything you can to support my candidacy.
It was very nice of you to post my resume on your site, AWomansBlog.com. I want to win the Presidency so I can help hard-working Americans like you.
I’m impressed with the way you shaved $200 off your grocery bill. Groceries, gasoline, all these rising expenses, it can be difficult to make ends meet. I know. I grew up with limited means to a single mother. It can be very tough.
If elected, I will do everything I can to restore financial order on Main Street and Wall Street.
Thank you and God bless you. I hope you sail by often.
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Loves me like Barack
October 11, 2008
I have to say, I’m struck by the outpouring of love and affection by the American people.
Take the Narciso family, for example. Here’s a dad and his beautiful daughters Samantha and Sophia singing a little song they made for me.
It’s sweet.
Without my exoskeleton, I would have melted.
Click. You’ll see what I mean.
Thank you, Narciso family.
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When David and Robert molt
October 11, 2008
Like most anthropods, David Wachtenheim and Rob Marianetti are vulnerable when they molt.
Under times of such duress, they draw things. Here’s a sample of some of their WM Animation work.
I nearly laughed my shell off when I first saw this.
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