Click here to view this media Crying Boehner now wants millions of Americans to cry along with him, I guess, because he’s proposing serious cutbacks in the lives of the elderly in America. Don’t you love seeing these rich, fat-cat gasbags demanding cuts in programs for the middle and lower classes while Bush’s tax cuts for the rich rain down on them millions of dollars in fool’s gold? The GOP is waging war to create a two-tiered class system in America based solely on cash: the very wealthy and the poor. Good-bye to the middle class and all that. WSJ: House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday that he’s determined to offer a budget this spring that curbs Social Security and Medicare, despite the political risks, and that Republicans will try to persuade voters that sacrifices are needed. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Boehner said House Republicans would offer a budget for the next fiscal year that sets goals for bringing the programs’ costs under control. But he acknowledged that Americans aren’t yet ready to embrace far-reaching changes to Social Security and Medicare because they aren’t aware of the magnitude of the financial problems. “People in Washington assume that Americans understand how big the problem is, but most Americans don’t have a clue,” Mr. Boehner said, speaking in his Capitol office. “I think it’s incumbent on us, if we are serious about dealing with the big challenges, that we go out and help Americans understand how big the problem is that faces us.” Cryin’ Boehner followed that up by saying we should raise the retirement age to 70: House Republican Leader John Boehner said in an interview with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review out today that he would back raising the Social Security retirement age to 70 for those who will not retire for another 20 years. The comment – along with Boehner’s statement that the financial reform compromise reached last Friday creates a bill that amounts to “killing an ant with a nuclear weapon” — has drawn the attention of Democrats eager to cast the GOP as uncaring about the problems of average Americans. Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee National Press Secretary Ryan Rudominer told Hotsheet in response to the comment that the Republican “blueprint” is to privatize Social Security and Medicare, citing the budget of Representative Paul Ryan (R – Wis.). (Republicans are quick to note that while Ryan’s “blueprint” for the future has advocated such measures, he has not put them forward as the House Republican budget.) Senator Jeff Merkley comes out fighting against the GOP: Senator Jeff Merkley opens fire on the House GOP plan for budget cuts in some of the harshest terms I’ve heard yet: The GOP budget plan will destroy 700,000 jobs. The last thing our nation can afford right now is further job losses. We need to be creating jobs, not destroying jobs. There are common-sense budget cuts that could reduce our deficits without wrecking the economy or attacking working families. We can start by cutting back on the bonus tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires that Republican leaders insisted on just ten weeks ago. We could end tax subsidies for oil companies and save tens of billions of dollars in the process. Republican House Speaker John Boehner summarized his perspective on the Republican budget as follows: if people might lose their jobs, “so be it.” You might think the House Republican leaders would show some humility after their failed agenda turned record surpluses into massive deficits in 2001, or after their policies reduced the wages of working Americans during the modest expansion in the middle of the decade, or after they burned down the economy with unregulated derivatives and predatory mortgage securities in 2008. Apparently not. Their proposals are exactly the same: give massive tax cuts to the wealthiest, shred the safety net, and eliminate investments that would help restore American economic leadership. Will Democrats heed his call? Don’t hold your breath. Merkley tried to lead the important fight to reform filibuster rules back in January, and he was sold out by Democratic leadership , who made a “handshake” agreement with Republicans to quietly abandon their abuse of the filibuster. Now we have this new obstructionist group of eight Republicans who will block every bill they don’t like in the Senate. So much for handshakes. Filibuster reform would have been nice at this point, but I agree with Digby that gridlock is better than letting them cut the heart out of the American people. This is the Teabag faction, of course, which now includes John McCain (who I always knew was a fanatical right wing scumbag at heart)and John Ensign who is under big time pressure. (I expect Orrin Hatch will be joining this group any day now.) Essentially, they are now running the US Senate and any “deals” that happen will have to get past them. Doesn’t that sound grand? So I’m frankly rooting for gridlock at this point. And if that’s what we have, then it’s necessary to use it wisely. Merkley’s speech is a great starting point.
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The left-wing comedian Jon Stewart is at it again after ripping conservative Republicans for going after public sector collective bargaining. Stewart updated the situation in Wisconsin Thursday night on the “Daily Show,” reporting on Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker introducing his new budget proposals. “He has put public sector unions on notice, and particularly teachers, that the gravy train is over – even if the gravy is actually lunchroom cafeteria-grade gravy-like rehydrated soy chips,” Stewart spun, painting the comfortable pensions and benefits of Wisconsin public school teachers as dog food compared with infamous Wall Street bonuses. He also shifted the debate – instead of going after public sector unions, conservatives somehow are anti-teacher, according to Stewart's logic.
Continue reading …Maddow: Fox News Governor John Kasich May Have Picked the Wrong Fight in Ohio
March 4, 2011 No Comment
Click here to view this media As Rachel pointed out, former Fox News candidate and now Ohio Governor John Kasich may have picked the wrong fight in Ohio. He may not be getting as much attention nationwide for his union busting as Wisconsin’s Governor Walker, but he’s doing even more damage there and he’s going after the police and firefighters as well with his union busting legislation. Rachel and one of our resident Ohioans on teamcrooks pointed out today that when even the Cincinnati Enquirer is bashing you in op-eds, you’ve got some real problems. A shameful performance on Senate Bill 5 : It is shameful that Ohio Republicans pushed the SB5 collective bargaining bill through the Senate on Wednesday using the sort of tactics that congressional Democrats were justly criticized for using during the health-care reform debate. What’s doubly shameful is that this process is tainting an overhaul of public employment practices that is eminently worthwhile and necessary – in fact, long overdue – but should be done in a more reasoned, collaborative manner. The process should produce at least a credible level of buy-in. We call on Ohio House leaders to step back and see how they can improve the quality of the debate as they take up the measure. Go read the rest but this is from a paper that heartily endorsed Kasich before the election.
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Click here to view this media [YouTube version] Via The Guardian : The ugly face of Islamophobia in Orange County, California The Southern California chapter of the Islamic Circle of North America Relief USA organised a fundraising dinner in Orange County, last month. But guess who also turned up? A motley collection of protesters who can be seen here chanting in the above video distributed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations civil rights group : As the video shows, the rhetoric of the protesters became increasingly venomous toward the families and children who came to attend the ICNA Relief fundraising dinner. Protesters shouted invective statements such as “Go home terrorist,” “Muhammad is a pervert, Muhammad is a child molester,” “Go home and beat your wife, she needs a good beating,” at the event-goers. One of the protesters’ guest speakers, seen in the video, is a local councilwoman who denounces the event as “pure, unadulterated evil,” and continues: I know quite a few Marines who would be very happy to help these terrorists to an early meeting in paradise. The local paper, the Orange County Register , noted the signs saying “No Sharia law” but added: “In the afternoon, the event had the atmosphere of a July 4 picnic.” Two Republican congressmen also attended the protest rally, including one, Ed Royce, who spoke of how “multiculturalism” was paralysing America. And the fundraising? For disaster relief, womens shelters, halal food banks, according to the Islamic Circle of North America. And here’s what a U.S. Congressman had to say on the matter: REP. ED ROYCE (R-CA): “A big part of the problem we face today is our children are taught in schools that every idea is right, and no one should criticize others’ positions no matter how odious. And . . . that’s . . . What do we call it? We call it multiculturalism, and it has paralyzed too many of our fellow citizens to make the critical judgments we need to make to be a prosperous society.”
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Paula Abdul 911 Call : I Wanna Go! – The Hollywood Gossip Paula Abdul placed a call to 911 on Valentine’s Day because her boyfriend would not let her out of the car. Things are fine between them now, though. Paula Abdul 911 Call – CelebGlitz On Valentine’s Day, Paula Abdul made a frantic 911 call, in which she can be heard screaming, “Drop me off!” during an apparent fight with her boyfriend in – Paula Abdul 911 Call . Paula Abdul 911 Call (LISTEN): Boyfriend Won't Let Her Out of Car … As far as I’m concerned, Paula is right up there with the woman who called 911 because McDonald’s was out of nuggets. Paula Abdul 911 Call – One News Page Celebrit. Paula Abdul 911 Call : On Valentine’s Day, Paula Abdul made a frantic 911 call, in which she can be heard screaming, Drop me off! during an.. Celebrities on One News Page on Thursday, 3 March 2011. Paula Abdul 911 Call – Listen to Audio | Daily Postal The recent Paula Abdul 911 call audio released online today shows the ex-American Idol judge as a damsel in distress. Paula Abdul dialed 911 hotline to re… kiluvsyuu says: RT @tmz : Paula Abdul made a frantic and tearful 911 call during a Valentine's Day drive with a boyfriend — repeatedly sc… http://bit.ly/fArtng
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Remember No Labels? You can be forgiven if you have completely forgotten about that organization since it appears to have died at birth despite the hype given to it back in December by several in the mainstream media including Washington Post Reporter Philip Rucker who wrote this plug for the organization that is notable for its almost instant fade from national consciousness: It will form a political action committee to help defend moderate candidates of both parties against attack from the far right and the far left, said John Avlon, a founding member and one-time speechwriter for former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani (R). “There's this idea that somehow walking in lock step with a party is courageous,” Avlon said. “I think it's conformity. . . . That's the opposite of courageous. It's cowardly.” Since then there has been almost zero news relating to No Labels. Ironically the only tiny bit of news that seeped out from No Labels was the controversy over its label since the artwork was apparently lifted (polite word for “stolen”) from the label of another organization. Other than that very minor controversy, No Labels has elicited a collective yawn from anybody who noticed…and most people didn't even know they existed in the first place. And now, as if confirming it's own irrelevance, No Labels has issued this press release which has been completely ignored by the media, including even Philip Rucker: WASHINGTON, March 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following statement was released today by No Labels Co-Founders Mark McKinnon and Nancy Jacobson at a press conference on Capitol Hill with over 200 No Labels state leaders: “We know that we are not going to solve our significant budgetary challenges unless we get everyone at the table and everything on the table. And that means everyone, not just our elected representatives. “Increasingly, politicians are held hostage by powerful interest groups. So, we need them at the table as well. Today No Labels is calling on representatives of the Tea Party and MoveOn.org to come together to discuss and debate the key budget issues facing our country. “Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski have graciously agreed to host a discussion between leaders of these organizations on their MSNBC program Morning Joe. “Let's stop the fighting and start the fixing. We need this discussion as soon as possible, for the good of our country.” So this will accomplish what other than generate a slight bit of publicity for MSNBC's Morning Joe show? The real message of this No Labels press release seems to be: “Yoo! Hoo! In case you haven't noticed we still exist…at least in our own minds.” Another not so secretly liberal organization pretending to be non-partisan hyped by the MSM bites the dust yet again. At least with Annabel Park of the Coffee Party we got some comedic entertainment in the form of her addressing her own navel with stream of consciousness psychobabble. From No Labels all we got was a collective yawn.
Continue reading …Martin Bashir and Bernie Sanders Agree: Hike Taxes on Wealthy and Oil Companies
March 3, 2011 No Comment
MSNBC's Martin Bashir has only been on the job for a few days, but the newly-minted anchor is already letting his liberal flag fly. On his eponymous program today, Bashir was dumbfounded as to why Congress is reluctant to hike taxes on the rich and end tax deductions for oil companies. “Why won't Congress simply do what the people want?” lamented Bashir, interviewing Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the independent socialist lawmaker who caucuses with Democrats. Bashir cherry-picked the findings of one poll to imply that Sanders's left-wing economic views – which include a single-payer health care system – enjoy national support, yet the former ABC anchor failed to identify the self-described socialist senator's political leanings. While it is true the NBC-Wall Street Journal poll found that a vast majority of Americans support ending tax deductions for oil companies and still more support a surtax on people earning more than $1 million per year, the poll found popular support for several other issues that Bashir neglected to mention: 56 percent of Americans believe the Social Security retirement age should be raised, 62 percent support means-testing for Medicare, and 51 percent support nixing funding for the Obama health care overhaul, just to name a few. In case his adulation for Sanders was in doubt, a bubbly Bashir concluded the interview on a sycophantic note: “Senator Bernie Sanders, as ever provocative and insightful, thank you very much for joining us.” Given that the majority of Americans don't even support the Obama health care overhaul, let alone a national single-payer system, Bashir's choice of Sanders as the bellwether of popular sentiment is bizarre at best and irresponsible at worst. For an archive of Bashir's bias — including his smears of Sheriff Joe Arpaio and biased treatment of a small Catholic town in Florida — click here . And to find out which Florida town Bashir referred to as the “Catholic Jonestown” and “Catholic Iran,” click here . A transcript of the relevant portions of the segment can be found below: MSNBC Martin Bashir March 3, 2011 3:32 p.m. EST MARTIN BASHIR: What you just said almost mirrors our new NBC-Wall Street Journal poll. When asked about the best way to reduce the deficit, a full 80 percent of Americans favor a surtax on those earning more than $1 million. 78 percent said eliminate earmarks. 76 percent want to eliminate defense projects the Pentagon says it doesn't need, sorry the Pentagon says it doesn't need. And 74 percent said it's time to end subsidies for oil and gas companies. Why won't Congress simply do what the people want? Sen. BERNIE SANDERS (I-Vt.) : Well what can I tell you? This senator believes absolutely – and I saw that poll – the most significant point you made, the highest percentage is people saying “look, the rich are getting richer.” Why are you going to cut programs that the middle class and working families need. Ask these families to start paying their fair share. The effective tax rate today of the wealthiest people in this country is lower than it's ever been in recorded history in our country. So that's the obvious solution. So you ask me why? Well you know the answer to that. Who do you think controls the Republican Party? Big money controls the Republican Party. This is where their campaign contributions come from. So if I have anything to say about it, I'm going to do everything I can to see the Democratic caucus come forward and say “yeah, we do need to make some cuts.” I think there are programs that could be cut, but bottom line is not to ask the wealthiest people in the country to pay their fair share after they received huge amounts of tax breaks is insane. What the Republicans are saying is way outside of what the average American believes. –Alex Fitzsimmons is a News Analysis intern at the Media Research Center. Click here to follow him on Twitter.
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Amr Moussa is very popular with Egyptians and is ready to stand. The problem is, he’s part of a discredited past After years in the political wilderness heading up the glorified talking shop known as the Arab League, Amr Moussa is back on the national scene in Egypt. Following weeks of public speculation and private deliberation, the popular and charismatic one-time foreign minister has announced his intention to run for Egypt’s recently vacated top job. “I am ready to nominate myself for the presidency. I see this as a duty and a responsibility,” he told the independent Egyptian daily al-Masry al-Youm . Long slated as a possible replacement for Hosni Mubarak by opposition figures seeking a bridge to democracy, Moussa’s candidacy seems to chime with the public mood. A recent poll revealed that almost half of Egyptians support the idea of him becoming Egypt’s next president. Although the vast majority of Egyptians aspire to transparency and good governance, the instability of recent weeks has created a certain amount of anxiety and apprehension, leading many to cite their immediate priorities as being “political stability” and “security for the masses”. And as my wife argued in a debate in which I expressed my doubts about Moussa’s credentials, the Arab League chief and former foreign minister could well be the best candidate to engineer a stable transition to democracy. Although he is a member of the old guard, Moussa somehow kept himself immune to the rampant corruption and rot which surrounded him, and his decade at the Arab League has kept him at a safe distance from one of the most unpopular governments in Egypt’s recent history, the so-called “businessmen’s cabinet” of ousted prime minister Ahmed Nazif .. During his decade-long tenure as foreign minister (1991-2001), Moussa was indisputably the most popular politician in Egypt and he was even described by Time magazine as “perhaps the most adored public servant in the Arab world”. And in a country where public servants act like masters and are generally despised, being popular is a rare commodity indeed. So rare, in fact, that many Egyptians strongly believe Amr Moussa was “kicked upstairs” to the Arab League by Mubarak who was envious of and feared his popularity. On a personal level, Moussa exudes charisma and gravitas, as I experienced on the one occasion I was in the same room as him, and has both the refinement of the polished career diplomat and a natural “common touch” – two hugely important ingredients for success, according to Rudyard Kipling . As foreign minister, he was admired for his dexterous management of Egypt’s international relations, particularly with the Arab world, and his perceived straight talking on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Despite his obvious strengths, I cannot help but conclude that Moussa’s weaknesses are far more troubling. Although he never personally indulged in the excesses of the former regime, he has been and remains a Mubarak loyalist. While opposition figures have risked life and limb, or at least their reputations and security, to push for reform, Moussa has never openly criticised the old regime nor was he involved in any meaningful manner in the revolution. During the 18 days it took to topple Mubarak, Moussa sounded more like Catherine Ashton expressing the EU’s dithering position when he urged all sides “to show restraint”, rather than a possible people’s choice as their future leader. Moussa as president could well provide the stable bridge to democracy that his supporters desire, and he has reassuringly suggested that he would only serve a single term: “The coming president of Egypt, whoever he is, must, in my opinion, stay for one term only … to lead the process of reform and put the country on the road to stability.” Nevertheless, there is the chance, though he is not popular with the army, that his popularity with the people and loyalty to the past would be used by the military to provide a democratic facade without real democracy. Personally, I would back Amr Moussa as transitional president if the presidency was stripped of its power and transformed into a ceremonial position to provide Egypt with a unifying figure during its democratic transformation and a recognisable face to the outside world. But Moussa himself is opposed to Egypt becoming a full parliamentary democracy, at least for the time being. Well, if not Amr Moussa, then who? Other names doing the rounds include former IAEA chief Mohamed Elbardei and the head of the al-Ghad party Ayman Nour . Though neither are popular candidates according to the poll cited above, Elbaradei has the advantage of being a non-partisan figure around whom the opposition have rallied, especially prior to the revolution, while Nour is young and has the credibility of having been at the forefront of Egypt’s struggle for democracy which landed him in jail for having dared to run against Mubarak in the 2005 elections. On the downside, after decades walking the corridors of international diplomacy, Elbardei is something of a “Johnny-come-lately”, while many Egyptians fear that Nour and his liberal party will continue the neoliberal economic policies that have aggravated inequalities in Egypt. Who will become Egypt’s next president will, hopefully, be for all Egyptians to decide later this year. But with the range of established political figures being so uninspiring and in the spirit of the fundamental change awakened by the revolution, the conditions for running should be so eased that the young leaders of the revolution and even unknown citizens with well thought out platforms can run and perhaps become the next president. Some view the absence of clear presidential candidates as a problem which, at some levels, it is. But if Egyptians choose someone to lead them who is not part of the political class, then they may just create a true “government of the people, by the people, for the people” – and perhaps even reinvent democracy itself . Egypt Arab and Middle East protests Middle East Protest Khaled Diab guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …Charlie Sheen, late-night tragedy: Craig Ferguson and Jimmy Fallon show some compassion: VIDEO It takes a strong late-night host to resist doing Charlie Sheen jokes , and that man is Craig Ferguson. He announced earlier this week that he wouldn’t be doing any Sheen-is-crazy humor. Ferguson has a greater frame of cultural reference than the other hosts, and he reached back to the ancient London hospital that gave us the term “ bedlam ” — a choice word for the media frenzy surrounding Sheen, but, to Ferguson’s point, an example of a place where mental patients were ridiculed by the public. ( Read Jimmy Fallon Charlie Sheen more… ) Charlie Sheen: Guinness World Record Breaker & ‘Hangover 2′ Star? It’s probably been about 20 minutes since that last you’ve heard of Charlie Sheen, but fear not as we’re here to give you your hourly update! According to Entertainment Weekly (via Mashable) Charlie’s infamous Twitter account is the fastest account to reach 1 million followers, with the actor doing so less than 24 hours from signing up. Maybe it has something to do with the tiger blood? Also happening in Sheen’s World: a possible Hangover 2 cameo? ( Read Jimmy Fallon Charlie Sheen more… ) Charlie Sheen: Other celebrities weigh in CBS) Charlie Sheen’s antics are not only providing fodder for late-night hosts but they’re also eliciting comments from other celebs, including a few who have been burned by the spotlight themselves.. “Charlie Sheen told E! News that he plans to release his own fragrance,” said Jimmy Fallon Wednesday night on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” “It combines the delightful aromas of sweat, cigarettes and denial.” ( Read Jimmy Fallon Charlie Sheen more… ) WATCH: Jimmy Fallon Take On Charlie Sheen’s “Winning” Cologne ( Video ) Jimmy Fallon nails Charlie Sheen’s erratic media appearances with a very funny parody of Sheen’s favorite phrase lately “Winning!” The “Late Night” host riffs on the Two and a Half Men star’s statement to E!News about a cologne he claims he wants to do and pairs it with some of the actor’s actual quotes. The impersonation is very very good. ( Read Jimmy Fallon Charlie Sheen more… ) Video: Jimmy Fallon Is ‘Winning’ in Charlie Sheen Parody Jimmy Fallon just couldn’t resist jumping on the Charlie Sheen bandwagon. The ‘ Late Night With Jimmy Fallon ‘ host portrayed the troubled actor Wednesday night in a clip for a fake cologne appropriately called Winning. Fallon delivers a near spot-on impersonation of Sheen, who has famously made the press rounds this week spewing out a mix of nonsensical ramblings. ( Read Jimmy Fallon Charlie Sheen more… ) Jimmy Fallon Channels Charlie Sheen In an Ad for “Winning” Cologne Charlie Sheen told E! on Monday that he’ll “do a cologne.” But, what would Sheen’s cologne be like? On Wednesday’s “ Late Night ,” Jimmy Fallon gave the public a peek at what a Charlie Sheen cologne would be like with a hilarious parody of fragrance ads, featuring the talk-show host impersonating the “Two and a Half Men” star. ( Read Jimmy Fallon Charlie Sheen more… ) Jimmy Fallon Channels Charlie Sheen, Sells His ‘Winning’ Cologne (VIDEO) Given all the hilariously outrageous comments Charlie Sheen has offered up over the last week, it was high time Jimmy Fallon put his stellar impressionist skills to work on the actor. On ‘ Late Night ‘ (weeknights, 12:37AM ET on NBC), the host fashioned himself after Sheen in his epic ‘ Piers Morgan Tonight ‘ interview (wearing NYC T-shirt, etc.), and channeled the TV star in an advertisement for his “cologne” called (very appropriately) Winning. ( Read Jimmy Fallon Charlie Sheen more… ) Jimmy Fallon Charlie Sheen Parody Video: Now THIS is Winning (Watch)! This video is the epitome of winning! After watching this video, you’ll quickly realize that no one – NO ONE – does Charlie Sheen better than Jimmy Fallon. Fallon portrays the “b-tchin’ dude’ himself as he absolutely nails the character in this video. Too bad it’s not actually a character – it’s 100 percent real life Charlie Sheen. In addition to quoting Sheen’s many outrageous comments over the past few weeks, Fallon offers the former Two and a Half Men star a little bit of advice: ( Read Jimmy Fallon Charlie Sheen more… ) Jimmy Fallon Charlie Sheen : Jimmy Fallon Charlie Sheen Video The “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” host did his best with his “Adonis DNA” to impersonate the troubled actor last night using all the “winning” phrases. If you close your eyes, you will almost immediately think you are hearing this babble straight from Charlie’s own mouth and then you open your eyes to Winning For Men Cologne, and realize it is all just a joke… or is it, you may just see Winning For Men Cologne on shelves in the coming weeks. ( Read Jimmy Fallon Charlie Sheen more… ) Jimmy Fallon, Ellen DeGeneres spoof Charlie Sheen Charlie Sheen is a boon for talk-show hosts. The self-destructive star of ” Two and a Half Men ” has been doing non-stop interviews, tweeting and landing on front pages. As bizarre and entertaining as those appearances have been, nothing beats a great Jimmy Fallon impersonation of Sheen. In a new video, the “Late Night” host lampoons Sheen’s crazed commentary recently by hawking Sheen’s new fragrance, “Winning For Men.” It’s made with tiger blood, of course. ( Read Jimmy Fallon Charlie Sheen more… ) Jimmy Fallon as Charlie Sheen: “Winning” Jimmy Fallon is a total freakin’ rock star from Mars. The talk show host’s remarkable impersonation of Charlie Sheen (video below) is making the rounds on the Internet and television news– almost catching up with Sheen himself. In a mock ad for a cologne called “Winning,” Fallon puffs a cigarette and mixes some of the troubled “Two and a Half Men” actor’s crazy quotes with a few invented ones, like “What’s my name? Carlos Estevez? Come se dice ‘winning?’” ( Read Jimmy Fallon Charlie Sheen more… ) Related Searches : jimmy fallon, charlie sheen quotes, charlie sheen twitter, livethesheendream, charlie sheen soundboard Courtesy : EW , Celebuzz , CBS News , Back Seat Cuddler , POP Eater , Gossip Cop , TV Squad , Twirlit , Long Island Press , Kansas CW & NBC Philadelphia
Continue reading …Charlie Sheen, late-night tragedy: Craig Ferguson and Jimmy Fallon show some compassion: VIDEO It takes a strong late-night host to resist doing Charlie Sheen jokes , and that man is Craig Ferguson. He announced earlier this week that he wouldn’t be doing any Sheen-is-crazy humor. Ferguson has a greater frame of cultural reference than the other hosts, and he reached back to the ancient London hospital that gave us the term “ bedlam ” — a choice word for the media frenzy surrounding Sheen, but, to Ferguson’s point, an example of a place where mental patients were ridiculed by the public. ( Read Jimmy Fallon Charlie Sheen more… ) Charlie Sheen: Guinness World Record Breaker & ‘Hangover 2′ Star? It’s probably been about 20 minutes since that last you’ve heard of Charlie Sheen, but fear not as we’re here to give you your hourly update! According to Entertainment Weekly (via Mashable) Charlie’s infamous Twitter account is the fastest account to reach 1 million followers, with the actor doing so less than 24 hours from signing up. Maybe it has something to do with the tiger blood? Also happening in Sheen’s World: a possible Hangover 2 cameo? ( Read Jimmy Fallon Charlie Sheen more… ) Charlie Sheen: Other celebrities weigh in CBS) Charlie Sheen’s antics are not only providing fodder for late-night hosts but they’re also eliciting comments from other celebs, including a few who have been burned by the spotlight themselves.. “Charlie Sheen told E! News that he plans to release his own fragrance,” said Jimmy Fallon Wednesday night on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” “It combines the delightful aromas of sweat, cigarettes and denial.” ( Read Jimmy Fallon Charlie Sheen more… ) WATCH: Jimmy Fallon Take On Charlie Sheen’s “Winning” Cologne ( Video ) Jimmy Fallon nails Charlie Sheen’s erratic media appearances with a very funny parody of Sheen’s favorite phrase lately “Winning!” The “Late Night” host riffs on the Two and a Half Men star’s statement to E!News about a cologne he claims he wants to do and pairs it with some of the actor’s actual quotes. The impersonation is very very good. ( Read Jimmy Fallon Charlie Sheen more… ) Video: Jimmy Fallon Is ‘Winning’ in Charlie Sheen Parody Jimmy Fallon just couldn’t resist jumping on the Charlie Sheen bandwagon. The ‘ Late Night With Jimmy Fallon ‘ host portrayed the troubled actor Wednesday night in a clip for a fake cologne appropriately called Winning. Fallon delivers a near spot-on impersonation of Sheen, who has famously made the press rounds this week spewing out a mix of nonsensical ramblings. ( Read Jimmy Fallon Charlie Sheen more… ) Jimmy Fallon Channels Charlie Sheen In an Ad for “Winning” Cologne Charlie Sheen told E! on Monday that he’ll “do a cologne.” But, what would Sheen’s cologne be like? On Wednesday’s “ Late Night ,” Jimmy Fallon gave the public a peek at what a Charlie Sheen cologne would be like with a hilarious parody of fragrance ads, featuring the talk-show host impersonating the “Two and a Half Men” star. ( Read Jimmy Fallon Charlie Sheen more… ) Jimmy Fallon Channels Charlie Sheen, Sells His ‘Winning’ Cologne (VIDEO) Given all the hilariously outrageous comments Charlie Sheen has offered up over the last week, it was high time Jimmy Fallon put his stellar impressionist skills to work on the actor. On ‘ Late Night ‘ (weeknights, 12:37AM ET on NBC), the host fashioned himself after Sheen in his epic ‘ Piers Morgan Tonight ‘ interview (wearing NYC T-shirt, etc.), and channeled the TV star in an advertisement for his “cologne” called (very appropriately) Winning. ( Read Jimmy Fallon Charlie Sheen more… ) Jimmy Fallon Charlie Sheen Parody Video: Now THIS is Winning (Watch)! This video is the epitome of winning! After watching this video, you’ll quickly realize that no one – NO ONE – does Charlie Sheen better than Jimmy Fallon. Fallon portrays the “b-tchin’ dude’ himself as he absolutely nails the character in this video. Too bad it’s not actually a character – it’s 100 percent real life Charlie Sheen. In addition to quoting Sheen’s many outrageous comments over the past few weeks, Fallon offers the former Two and a Half Men star a little bit of advice: ( Read Jimmy Fallon Charlie Sheen more… ) Jimmy Fallon Charlie Sheen : Jimmy Fallon Charlie Sheen Video The “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” host did his best with his “Adonis DNA” to impersonate the troubled actor last night using all the “winning” phrases. If you close your eyes, you will almost immediately think you are hearing this babble straight from Charlie’s own mouth and then you open your eyes to Winning For Men Cologne, and realize it is all just a joke… or is it, you may just see Winning For Men Cologne on shelves in the coming weeks. ( Read Jimmy Fallon Charlie Sheen more… ) Jimmy Fallon, Ellen DeGeneres spoof Charlie Sheen Charlie Sheen is a boon for talk-show hosts. The self-destructive star of ” Two and a Half Men ” has been doing non-stop interviews, tweeting and landing on front pages. As bizarre and entertaining as those appearances have been, nothing beats a great Jimmy Fallon impersonation of Sheen. In a new video, the “Late Night” host lampoons Sheen’s crazed commentary recently by hawking Sheen’s new fragrance, “Winning For Men.” It’s made with tiger blood, of course. ( Read Jimmy Fallon Charlie Sheen more… ) Jimmy Fallon as Charlie Sheen: “Winning” Jimmy Fallon is a total freakin’ rock star from Mars. The talk show host’s remarkable impersonation of Charlie Sheen (video below) is making the rounds on the Internet and television news– almost catching up with Sheen himself. In a mock ad for a cologne called “Winning,” Fallon puffs a cigarette and mixes some of the troubled “Two and a Half Men” actor’s crazy quotes with a few invented ones, like “What’s my name? Carlos Estevez? Come se dice ‘winning?’” ( Read Jimmy Fallon Charlie Sheen more… ) Related Searches : jimmy fallon, charlie sheen quotes, charlie sheen twitter, livethesheendream, charlie sheen soundboard Courtesy : EW , Celebuzz , CBS News , Back Seat Cuddler , POP Eater , Gossip Cop , TV Squad , Twirlit , Long Island Press , Kansas CW & NBC Philadelphia
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