Art of Michael Cuffe

Large Rogue Wave Disaster at Mavericks Surf Competition 02/13/10 Feb 13, 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Cuffe) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:15:00 +0000

New Michelle Obama Print Release

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Cuffe) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:55:00 +0000

Friends,

After many requests I have finally produced a Michelle Obama piece. I hope you like it!

The new limited edition print entitled "Michelle" can be purchased at my Obama art site www.TheObamaExperiment.com

Prints are only $20.00 signed and numbered by myself, and each comes with a certificate of authenticity. Shipping is free. Edition size is 150.

Stickers have also been produced for this piece and are only $1.00!

Check it out!

Thanks so much!

-Michael Cuffe

The Obama Experiment

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Must See Video: President Obama speaks at Republican Retreat.

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Cuffe) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:36:00 +0000

Dancing Inmates - Michael Jackson's This Is It

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Cuffe) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:14:00 +0000

You've probably seen the original Thriller version of the inmates dancing. Well, Jackson's choreographer traveled overseas to do a professional version to be filmed for the This Is It premier.

Read:

Filipino, Philippines "Dancing Inmates" from Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), a maximum security prison, were treated to a visit by Michael Jacksons long-time choreographer Travis Payne and dancers Daniel Celebre and Dres Reid to learn performances from THIS IS IT.

Celebrate One Year of Obama! New Print Release by Michael Cuffe!

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Cuffe) — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:12:00 +0000

I've just released my latest Obama print here:

http://www.TheObamaExperiment.com

Peace!
-Michael Cuffe

Christmas at the White House 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Cuffe) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:07:00 +0000

Christmas at the White House 2009 from White House on Vimeo.

Obama's "Friends" on SNL this weekend...funny stuff.

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Cuffe) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:09:00 +0000

Public Option Please Design by Michael Cuffe

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Cuffe) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:52:00 +0000

Friends and Family,

I recently completed a design for the grassroots organization Public Option Please. They are keeping the democratic members of congress honest and focused on the idea of a public option.

There are 6 grand winners that were picked out of 30 finalists, and I need your votes for my design (I’d dearly appreciate it!). Saturday is the deadline, so I need them a.s.a.p.

Vote here:
http://publicoptionplease.com/campaign-art-contest/

The “Public Choice” winner will be announced along with special Juried Prizes chosen by a panel of experts including Arianna Huffington, Margaret Cho, Aaron Rose, Jesse Dylan, Robbie Conal, Marshall Ganz, and Arlene Holt Baker.

Thanks so much!
-Michael Cuffe

The House Passes Health Reform Bill!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Cuffe) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:05:00 +0000

What more can one say...

"Art For Obama" book release by Shepard Fairy & Jennifer Gross Featuring Michael Cuffe

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Cuffe) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:14:00 +0000

Friends, Lovers, Patriots,

I am happy to announce that Shepard Fairey and Jennifer Gross have produced a wonderful book entitled "Art for Obama" (Abrams Publishing) which features a cavalcade of art produced during the Obama Campaign and for Manifest Hope: Denver and D.C.

I am stoked to tell you that my piece "The Hopeful Hearts Club" made it into the book (pg. 176) alongside so many other wonderful artist friends and talented individuals.

Below is a video advertising the book, look for quick shot of me at :49 seconds.

Additionally, you will find a link to Amazon where you can buy the book directly.

Best,
-Michael Cuffe

Buy Here at Amazon: Click Here

Obama's Consistant Smile (Video)

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Cuffe) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:28:00 +0000

Barack Obama's amazingly consistent smile from Eric Spiegelman on Vimeo.

Will Ferrel and Don Draper on Health Reform and Insurance Executives - Pretty Funny

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Cuffe) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:06:00 +0000

Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell

The Max Baucus Bill Mess

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Cuffe) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:07:00 +0000

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

Obama vs. Kanye West

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Cuffe) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:47:00 +0000

Over the weekend the MTV Video Music Awards and there was an incident with Kanye West.

As reported by TMZ:

"After Taylor Swift -- who is just 19 years old, mind you -- won the award for Best Female Video at the VMAs, Kanye rushed the stage, took the mic from her and proclaimed Beyonce had "one of the best videos of all-time."

For her part, Beyonce looked completed mortified by Kanye's childish actions."

This is a funny video remix that put Kanye in place of Joe Wilson.

Enjoy,
-Mike

My Cousin Zach interviewed for his new show The Vampire Diaries by CNN

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Cuffe) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0000

The End of Last Nights Obama Health Care Speech

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Cuffe) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:01:00 +0000

Beautifully animated "Energy Giant" short

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Cuffe) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:09:00 +0000

RWE Energy Giant from Andrés Rosas Hott on Vimeo.

Sen. Al Franken Talks Down Angry Mob Over Healthcare

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Cuffe) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:17:00 +0000

Teabaggers and Obama Editorial Cartoon Genius

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Cuffe) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:09:00 +0000

More Health Care Enlightenment from Bill Moyers

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Cuffe) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:51:00 +0000

We need a public pet option By Garrison Keillor

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Cuffe) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:13:00 +0000

Sept. 2, 2009

I caught part of a radio call-in show the other day on which a vet was fielding questions about Addison's disease among basset hounds and a cocker spaniel's hypothyroid problem and what can be done about a bulldog who snores (he needs to lose weight), and it was interesting to discover the excellent medical care that dogs have come to expect these days. The vet was herself a dog parent, as she put it, and there was genuine feeling in her voice when she discussed the bassets' hormonal problems, something I haven't heard in the debate over healthcare for humans this summer.

I have not been a pet parent for 20 years so perhaps I'm not up to speed here, but back in the day, dogs slept in the garage or on the porch so they could defend the home against socialism, and if they snored, it definitely was their problem and not ours. Ditto hypothyroidism. And there was a death panel around whose name was Dad.

Dad grew up on a farm and was not overly sentimental about animals. He did not purchase jewelry for them or talk to them in a high-pitched voice. He would have blanched at the thought that the average cost of a visit to the vet with your cat is now $172. The chance of Dad paying that much to care for Snowball was about the same as Snowball's chances in hell. But that has all changed, and now the American people shell out upward of $10 billion a year for healthcare for pets.

Fine. Not an issue. Nobody called in to the show to suggest that the knee operation on the 14-year-old golden retriever (a recent cancer survivor) shows a level of caring far beyond what we extend to three-fourths of the world's human population. I could have, but I don't care to upset the golden retriever community. Live and let live is my motto, dear reader. If your gerbil Mitzi needs a new heart valve and you've got the 15 grand to spend on it, I am not here to stand in your way. Period.

And so the summer fades into September. Here on the upper Mississippi we've already felt an autumnal chill. I have gone to the State Fair and fed my child her allotment of corn dogs and deep-fried cheese curds and led her through the poultry barn so she knows where the omelet comes from and now it's time for her to resume science and mathematics and learn the subjunctive mood.

Here is an example of the subjunctive: Had we known that Republicans were so paranoid about public health, we would have packaged healthcare reform differently and come up with better slogans.

Perhaps there should be a public pet option.

There was real sympathy for the parent of the bassets with the adrenal deficiency, whereas the 48 million uninsured Americans (of whom two-thirds come from a family with at least one full-time worker) are merely a big fat statistic and so far Democrats have failed to produce a poster child. We can sort of imagine the misery of walking into an emergency room with no money, no plastic, no Blue Cross card, and trying to obtain treatment for some ailment that doesn't involve bone fragments protruding from the skin, but it doesn't speak to the heart the way an injured dog does.

Animals love us unconditionally and we love them back, maybe more than we love our neighbors, and that's just the truth, Ruth. People can be irksome, petty, especially raggedy ones -- poverty does not always bring out the best in folks -- and that's why it's difficult to get people to care about the uninsured.

If you put a pet option in the healthcare reform scheme, Republicans would be in a bind. It's one thing to oppose big government taking over from those little mom-and-pop insurance companies, but do you favor throwing Mr. Mittens out the car window when he gets old and feeble and needs an IV because he can't chew his kibble? You'd have weepy pet parents at town hall meetings waving photographs of kittycats in need of new kidneys, and finally you'd start to see some empathy. People love their animals, and if we could just agree that everybody in America should receive the same level of care enjoyed by an elderly golden retriever, we could be done with this and get ready for the World Series.

(Garrison Keillor is the author of "77 Love Sonnets," published by Common Good Books.)

© 2009 by Garrison Keillor. All rights reserved. Distributed by Tribune Media Services, Inc.

Listen to it Rain - Pretty Amazing Little Clip

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Cuffe) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:43:00 +0000

Bill Maher Interviews Bill Moyers...and it is Excellent!

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Cuffe) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:21:00 +0000

Part 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_BUx49UEng

Part 3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeDcd6BS5AM

Enjoy,
-Mike

Support Wellness: Nationalize Health Care Poster Print Release

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Cuffe) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:03:00 +0000

I am happy to announce the release of my latest poster print geared at bringing attention to the National Health Care debate currently occurring in this country. As a artist who has gone through the strain of paying high premiums and many periods of not being able to afford health insurance, I feel particularly passionate about this issue.

I have watched as recently as the last year, as more than one family member has been denied life saving treatments due to a tired system that focuses more on the bottom line, and less on human life. Even the best insurance offered provides little protection to high premium paying customers... namely all of us.

I believe that EVERYONE DESERVES WELLNESS. Nationalizing health care is an idea that has been proven to work worldwide, will make a difference in the lives of those you love, and can work for America.

-Michael Cuffe

Click here to buy the latest poster print

L.A.

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Cuffe) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:50:00 +0000

This girl that moved to L.A. from "Boom" Chicago. Her video explains to her friend why not to move back to L.A.

Pure Genius.