Obama Impersonator at GOP Conference

At the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans this weekend, Barack Obama Impersonator Reggie Brown took the podium for a few minutes to do a stand-up routine. He was eventually ushered offstage for inappropriate comments. A link to the highlights of the video is below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS5aPCAd8Ho&feature=player_detailpage

Although you may have mixed feelings about the appropriateness of the time and place to make these jokes, this is a hilarious video. I wish they would have shown Mitt Romney's reaction in the video, but I digress. If this would have been on Comedy Central it would have been perfect. But I will admit that the racial jokes and the crack at Romney's religion were a bit out of place at a Leadership Conference like this. However, I agree with him on the fact that Tim Pawlenty is a spineless wuss. And I'll give him props for the Samford & Sons comparison - that was pretty good. Anyway, whatever your political views are, this video is pretty funny. For me, the fact that this is in a room mostly full of ultra-conservatives makes those last few jokes all the funnier.

Remembering Ryan Dunn

I would like to devote this blog post to the memory of Ryan Dunn, one of the stars of the hit TV show Jackass. Dunn died in an automobile crash earlier today. He crashed his Porsche 911 GT3 while going 110 miles an hour. Because he was going so fast, the car exploded and the only way they could identify the body was his tattoos. Oh, and 3 hours earlier he tweeted this picture:

Now, I'm not usually one to jump to conclusions, but I'm going to say he was drunk. Driving a sports car at 110 miles an hour down a public street with a friend in the passenger's seat is not something that a sober man would do, even one as badass as Dunn. Now, I don't mean to make light of this situation: drunk driving is a terrible thing - it was bad judgement on Dunn's part and it's sad that it took the life of his friend as well. But, that is an EPIC way to die. If I were to make a list of the Top 10 Ways To Die, this would certainly be on there.

Ryan Dunn will be dearly missed. As we all know, Jackass is one of the greatest educational shows on television - it has given us many deep metaphors, thoughtful philosophies, and intellectual content over the years. Plus, it has set a great role model for the children of America. As sad as this incident is, I guess Ryan Dunn went out the way a star of Jackass should - with a sports car and a giant explosion.