Mortal Kombat Parody: Barack Obama vs. Fox News & the "Terrorist Fist Jab"
Mortal Kombat Parody: Barack Obama vs. Fox News & the "Terrorist Fist Jab"
July 6, 2008
A fist bump?
A pound?
A terrorist fist jab?
With those words, Fox News talking head E.D. Hill ignited a bit of a controversy last month. Hill was referring to a small, celebratory bumping of fists between Barack and Michelle Obama. The "terrorist fist jab" comment would eventually lead to an on-air apology from Hill.
A parody video has placed Obama in a Mortal Kombat setting with the terrorist fist jab as his special attack.
GP: Pretty funny stuff and we thank reader Scott Snell for the heads-up...
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Posted 11/08/09 at 09:02am
DarkSaber: http://tinyurl.com/yez7jyo
DarkSaber: http://tinyurl.com/yez7jyo
Posted 11/08/09 at 09:01am
DarkSaber: Oh for gods sake, the Gearbox pres is gobbing off about Valve again
DarkSaber: Oh for gods sake, the Gearbox pres is gobbing off about Valve again
Posted 11/08/09 at 08:53am
JDKJ: But cheer up, Austin. If the unemployment rate continues to double-digit as predicted for the next few years, your half-dozen stands a better than likely chance of returning to power.
JDKJ: But cheer up, Austin. If the unemployment rate continues to double-digit as predicted for the next few years, your half-dozen stands a better than likely chance of returning to power.
Posted 11/08/09 at 08:46am
JDKJ: @DS: If he had added the line about "or hiring illegals aliens under the table to work as nannies," it would have been a completely perfect descripition. And, yes, it's about the same difference between a six and a half-dozen.
JDKJ: @DS: If he had added the line about "or hiring illegals aliens under the table to work as nannies," it would have been a completely perfect descripition. And, yes, it's about the same difference between a six and a half-dozen.
Posted 11/08/09 at 08:31am
DarkSaber: My god, that description makes them sound almost Republican. Still what did you expect, Obama is only marginally more left than republicans.
DarkSaber: My god, that description makes them sound almost Republican. Still what did you expect, Obama is only marginally more left than republicans.
Posted 11/08/09 at 01:07am
Austin_Lewis: Health insurance, brought to you by the same kind of bureacrats who couldn't, in timely fashion, investigate the comments of any of the men Obama appointed Czars. Or their past. Or their history of not paying taxes.
Austin_Lewis: Health insurance, brought to you by the same kind of bureacrats who couldn't, in timely fashion, investigate the comments of any of the men Obama appointed Czars. Or their past. Or their history of not paying taxes.
Posted 11/08/09 at 01:06am
Austin_Lewis: Yes, and what a piece of crap it was. Arresting and fining people just because they don't make a personal choice to buy healh insurance, creating over a hundred new bureacracies, and worse.
Austin_Lewis: Yes, and what a piece of crap it was. Arresting and fining people just because they don't make a personal choice to buy healh insurance, creating over a hundred new bureacracies, and worse.
Posted 11/08/09 at 12:24am
ZippyDSMlee: JDKJ:the only trouble is a bunch of witless hacks wrote it....its going to be a train wreck....
ZippyDSMlee: JDKJ:the only trouble is a bunch of witless hacks wrote it....its going to be a train wreck....
Posted 11/07/09 at 11:33pm
JDKJ: BREAKING: In a photo-finish at the wire, House passes health care reform bill. Relatedly, in a fit of pique, Austin Lewis kicks innocent dog.
JDKJ: BREAKING: In a photo-finish at the wire, House passes health care reform bill. Relatedly, in a fit of pique, Austin Lewis kicks innocent dog.
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:27pm
ZippyDSMlee: man I got alot of junk and dup files too >< god I need orginization...and no not the knee capping media mafia kind :P
ZippyDSMlee: man I got alot of junk and dup files too >< god I need orginization...and no not the knee capping media mafia kind :P
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:26pm
ZippyDSMlee: replaced :P
ZippyDSMlee: replaced :P
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:23pm
ZippyDSMlee: beemoh:hey its like 60GB porn,400GB anime 100GB games and crap I have took from all my DVDs, I hate waiting on dvds to install stuff..... oh and 40GB of my porn was in the found.000 folder...mostly corrupted.... least I got names of wut needs to be repa
ZippyDSMlee: beemoh:hey its like 60GB porn,400GB anime 100GB games and crap I have took from all my DVDs, I hate waiting on dvds to install stuff..... oh and 40GB of my porn was in the found.000 folder...mostly corrupted.... least I got names of wut needs to be repa
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:18pm
beemoh: @Zip: ...and you'd have to spend all that time re-downloading that porn?
beemoh: @Zip: ...and you'd have to spend all that time re-downloading that porn?
Posted 11/07/09 at 03:34pm
ZippyDSMlee: ggrrrrr......vista lost one of my hard drives and I had a heart attack thinking I lost 1TB of data....
ZippyDSMlee: ggrrrrr......vista lost one of my hard drives and I had a heart attack thinking I lost 1TB of data....
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:58am
JDKJ: Which could be explained by both (a) and (b).
JDKJ: Which could be explained by both (a) and (b).
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:56am
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: You forgot C) the fact that, for some reason, every time he did something that would suggest he shouldn't be in the military, let alone an officer, higher ups ignored it or let it slide.
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: You forgot C) the fact that, for some reason, every time he did something that would suggest he shouldn't be in the military, let alone an officer, higher ups ignored it or let it slide.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:51am
JDKJ: Part of the problem is, I believe, that (a) the Army had a lot of time and money already invested in him and which they were unwilling to simply write-off and (b) an increasing need for the type of skills and services he provided.
JDKJ: Part of the problem is, I believe, that (a) the Army had a lot of time and money already invested in him and which they were unwilling to simply write-off and (b) an increasing need for the type of skills and services he provided.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:48am
JDKJ: And that even if he was begging not to get cut loose, he was apparently a real good candidate for being cut loose, anyway.
JDKJ: And that even if he was begging not to get cut loose, he was apparently a real good candidate for being cut loose, anyway.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:11am
JDKJ: @chada: And while Kennedy once noted that there's usually more than enough blame for everyone to get a slice, the possibility that the Army was unwilling to cut loose someone who was asking to get cut loose could be a factor.
JDKJ: @chada: And while Kennedy once noted that there's usually more than enough blame for everyone to get a slice, the possibility that the Army was unwilling to cut loose someone who was asking to get cut loose could be a factor.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:07am
ZippyDSMlee: *noms on his feet*..nomnomnomnom*droooll* ...wuuutttttt uuu looking at?
ZippyDSMlee: *noms on his feet*..nomnomnomnom*droooll* ...wuuutttttt uuu looking at?
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Comments
Is it sad that I paid close enough attention to the video to see the timer jump from 99 to 67 as he punches Sonya.
Anyways I think right up till the end it was a little funny. I laughed hardest when the Rev. popped up.
Obama can manipulate time now!?!
We are all doomed I tell you, DOOMED!
OMG, H4X! Clearly overpowered character.
Imba. Iiiiimbaaaa!!
Yeah, Fair & Balanced my 360's power brick...
But seriously, that pundant news chick got bent out of shape over a little fist bump? Everyone knows PMCs (Private Military Contractors) fist bump all the time. I read that on Penny Arcade.
The thing is, Fox News is a bit coy when they make assumptions. They don't flat out imply "X is true!" in their headlines. They usually put a question mark at the headline like "Could X be true?" which is a technicality at first glance. But the question mark lets them say that this is not what they really meant, but rather a speculation. No matter how strange a speculation it could be.
And something less related, FOX does Photoshop jobs of reporters:
http://mediamatters.org/items/200807020002
wow. that photoshop job is hilarious.
Yeah, they plant the idea and let peoples ignorence carry it to term.
Seriously? First off, how do they think they're number one? Even if they somehow do have the best ratings they have the least informed audience of any major news network and are perhaps the most politically motivated as well, time and time again posting false/controversial things that people take as truth.
Second, that is some of the worst photoshopping I've ever seen, especially if they wanted people to believe they were real.
-"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." -Sir Winston Churchill
That's some of the worst Photoshoppery I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot. Seriously, it's not that hard to use Photoshop. You would think all the buckets of Republican money that Fox gets that they could invest in a few liberal artsy types to do photoshop work them them. *pauses* That's irony right there.
Dear god! To think I was going to vote for that bloodthirsty monster!
.....on second thought, I'll still take him over McCain.
Shit, My 2 year old nephew does that with me and my brother all the time!
DAMN YOU, ALEXANDER! YOUR BLONDE HAIR AND BLUE EYES HAVE DOOMED US ALL!
Very funny video.
Seeing that I remember a lot of people powerhoused their way in MK with Baraka, I think that character would be fitting.
OBAMALITY!
Really? No one's done that yet? :P That was pretty good though. lol
clearly this call for McCain's fatality....The Straight Talk Express
Okay, so...
Obama-Terrorist Fist Jab
McCain-Straight Talk Express
let's throw in the ones who didn't make it:
Hillary-
Romney-
Gravel-Rock Meets Water (for no apparent reason)
Guliani-
Please think some moves up for Hillary, Mitt Romney and Rudy Gulliani. Oh, and feel free to throw in some other names.
-If shit and bricks were candy and tits, we'd all be livin' large. For information on games and psychology, look up: Jonathan Freedman(2002)Block & Crain(2007)Grand Theft Childhood, by Harvard Medical School researchers Larry Kutner and Cheryl Olson
Obama-Terrorist Fist Jab
McCain-Straight Talk Express
Hillary- Drink Up (Foe is put into a giant blender. When it's done, Hillary goes in with a shot glass and starts drinking. The guy from "Will It Blend?" pops out of the corner and says "Don't breathe this")
Romney- Marriot Crush (hotel falls on victim)
Gravel- Rock Meets Water (for no apparent reason)
Guliani- Twin 9x11 Planks (both have nails, foe is mercilessly beat until s/he explodes. After the announcer says "Guliani Wins," Guliani says "9/11" nine times and after "Fatality," another 11 times.)
Huckabee- Summon Chuck Norris (Chuck Norris appears, says, "You're messing with the wrong guy," roundhouse kicks foe in the face. They explode. Conan O'Brien, Jon Stewart, and Stephen Colbert then appear out of nowhere and dance on the battlefield.)
Hillary-Free healthcare. She shouts 'this person is dying' and suddenly a whole team of surgeons come and dismantle him and carry off the organs
Romney-Ocean of Filth. Traps victim in a houdini style water tank that spawns from nowhere. Then the tank starts filling up with disgusting water. It gets to the neck when toxic sludge is dumped into the tank filling it completely. It is then topped off and the contents cause the glass to fog up completely. It is then lifted and shook by a big robotic hand then set down. The side facing Romney shatters and a mix of brown and blood red water comes flowing out as well as the eyeballs and an arm.
Gravel-Rock Meets Water (for no apparent reason)
Guliani- World Trade Center rubble slide
Now here's a better one for obama.
yes we can. Obama reaches into the skull and starts saying. "Can we inspire the population with hope? Can we reach the minds of every man women and child in this country and crush the competition?" He then rips out his opponent's brain and shouts "Yes we can."
I like the other guys chuck norris summon for huckabee.
Now we need to think of one for the one candidate I can't believe you forgot to mention.
Ron Paul.
Ron Paul: Massive, permenant cuts.
Seeing as how Fox has gone way too far with trying to use their propaganda to such pathetically low ends, can we finally take them off the air? Please? Has anything decent or remotely journalistic come from them in a great while?
Wow. I don't know how I managed to miss this all month until now.
Yeah, this is the first I've heard of this as well.
-If shit and bricks were candy and tits, we'd all be livin' large. For information on games and psychology, look up: Jonathan Freedman(2002)Block & Crain(2007)Grand Theft Childhood, by Harvard Medical School researchers Larry Kutner and Cheryl Olson
Pretty funny.
Does Fox News have something against the good old Fist Pound?
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YES.
Now I don't have to get off my ass for the important shit anymore!
Whats next, ordering pizza from Xbox live?
Wait... I think that sounds like a good idea.
But I think voting should MAKE you get off your ass, and see outside or a second while you go vote. I mean, your picking the president of the United States of America for God's Sake... least you can do is drive down there and punch out a card.