the dukes of hazzard

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This is already the most beautiful thing I’ve seen all week.  A Dodge Charger kitted out to look like the famous General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard goes roaring down the street in Somerset, Kentucky and jumps a ramp and goes soaring through the town’s water fountain.

Behold the stunt!

Okay, yeah the car got banged up a bit (the driver didn’t get a scratch apparently, thank the Lord) but that’ll buff right out.  Throw on some Bondo and a good sanding and it’ll be good as new!

Notice how this car is all-out faithful to the General Lee of the show.  Including the Confederate flat on the roof.  That’s a really good touch, completely in the spirit of the TV series.

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I spotted this clip yesterday and it is definitely one of the better pro-candidate videos that I’ve ever come across.  This is the kind of thing that the more creative types of candidates’ supporters should aspire toward.  For a lot of reasons I really like this one.

Behold “The Dukes of MAGA”:

So, about who I’m supporting in this election.  Something I’ve very rarely tipped my hand about throughout the history of this blog…

As many readers know, I have a rule.  It’s one that I initiated after my own run for public office years ago, and the TV ads I made for that campaign.  Here it is: I do not vote for a candidate if he or she runs a negative campaign commercial targeting an opponent.  I made three commercials and each of them was positive, upbeat, humorous at times and serious when need be.  There was another candidate ...

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With the new season of Doctor Who now airing on the BBC (and very soon here in America on the Sci-Fi Channel, thanks for the tip Geoff!) a lot of fans are celebrating the return of the Doctor. Here’s what one clever chap did: mashing up footage of both Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant as the Doctor from the revived series, with Waylon Jennings’ classic theme song from The Dukes of Hazzard…

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