John's Blog

Ali G Strikes Again?
"No one knows for sure who he was, that Middle Eastern man in an American flag shirt and a cowboy hat who was supposed to sing the national anthem at a rodeo Friday night in the Salem Civic Center.

But he sure shook up this town before leaving in a hurry.

Introduced as Boraq Sagdiyev from Kazakhstan, he was said to be an immigrant touring America. A film crew was with him, doing some sort of documentary. And he wanted to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" to show his appreciation, the announcer told the crowd." AND THEN; THE FUN BEGAN!

At first, I didn't get Ali G, and I still sometimes don't find all the Ali G stuff all that funny, but Borat kills me every time! If you've missed him, the classic sketch is Throw The Jew Down The Well. Although it sounds like it might be anti-Semitic, Sacha Baron Cohen (Ali G) probably doesn't have to worry about that accusation. Taunting rednecks until they get ticked off, is on one level cruel, but my mean side finds it pretty funny. The real irony is that these remarks were only a little to the right of many of the neo-con nuts running around and spouting off!