GAG-O-MATIC: Rebranding America
There’s a sense in some quarters of these not-so-United States that Norway, Europe and the World haven’t a clue about the real President Obama; instead, they fixate on a fantasy version of the president, a projection of what they hope and wish he is, and what they wish America to be.
Well, I happen to be European, and I can project with the best of them. So here’s why I think the virtual Obama is the real Obama, and why I think the man might deserve the hype.
Read the rest.
BONUS "ON WHAT PLANET?": Who wrote it? Check out Althouse for the answer. Here you go:
Annoying conservatives is dangerous: they take names, hold grudges, and all too often find ways to take people who annoy them down. As a result, the Kewl Kids, as Digby calls them, tread very carefully when people on the right are concerned — and they snub anyone who breaks the unwritten rule and mocks those who must not be offended.
FORTH!
ReplyDeleteANTISEMITISM!!! I can see your avitar...but me THE JOOOOOO no avitar for me! You're all RACISTS! And AVITARISTS. And something like that.
ReplyDeleteAHHHH!
ReplyDeleteVICTORY IS MINE!
Yay! We kan haz avatar!
ReplyDeleteHi ya WriterMom!
ReplyDeleteIt starts with a quotation from a speech he gave at the United Nations last month:
ReplyDelete“We will support the Millennium Development Goals, and approach next year’s summit with a global plan to make them a reality. And we will set our sights on the eradication of extreme poverty in our time.”
They’re not my words, they’re your president’s. If they’re not familiar, it’s because they didn’t make many headlines. But for me, these 36 words are why I believe Mr. Obama could well be a force for peace and prosperity — if the words signal action.
The millennium goals, for those of you who don’t know, are a persistent nag of a noble, global compact. They’re a set of commitments we all made nine years ago whose goal is to halve extreme poverty by 2015. Barack Obama wasn’t there in 2000, but he’s there now. Indeed he’s gone further — all the way, in fact. Halve it, he says, then end it.
Well, golly, Bono, I'm in favor of entirely eliminating all poverty by next Tuesday. So I deserve TWO Peace Prizes, at least.
woot, going to use up the rationed avatar's with this post.
ReplyDelete/I hope.
I thought you jews were controlling everything? Can't you take everyone else's avatars?
ReplyDelete((UFO TOFU))
ReplyDeleteHa! So, so nice to see everyone.
OR, I stopped my kids from fighting in the car today. I think I deserve a Nobel Prize also.
OH.
ReplyDeleteMah.
Gawd!
GONE! My beautiful avitar-GONE, poof.
I haven't liked Bono ever since he came to Canada to campaign for our center left Liberal party. All because our Conservative party at the time, and still, is EEEEEEVVVVVVIIIIILLLLL!
ReplyDelete/Just shut up and sing already.
No more extreme poverty.
ReplyDeleteModerate poverty for everyone!
But for me, these 36 words are why I believe Mr. Obama could well be a force for peace and prosperity — if the words signal action.
ReplyDelete"If" being the operative word here. Obama is allergic to Action, though. If he were to actually take a stand and do something decicisve and make an actual decision, he'd be held accountable, and/or someone somewhere wouldn't like him. He could'nt handle that.
The "Millennium Development Goals" are one of the silliest Big Ideas in circulation today. Pick an arbitrary percentage of poverty... and pledge to eliminate it by an arbitrarily-chosen year. Brilliant!
ReplyDelete(By the way, Bono, given that George W. Bush actually saved millions of lives in Africa with his AIDS initiatives... not must "created good feelings about saving them", but actually did it... how many Nobel Peace Prizes do you think he deserves?"
Hello WriterMom.
ReplyDeleteI liked to confuse my kids with conflicting threats ...
ReplyDelete"If you two don't stop fighting, there'll be no pickled beets for a week.
But if you stop now, there'll be no pickled beets for a month."
They’re a set of commitments we all made nine years ago whose goal is to halve extreme poverty by 2015.
ReplyDeleteApparently, Bono now considers himself a nation-state.
Bono, as explained in the finest political commentary available on television, is actually the world's largest turd.
ReplyDeleteSummation of Bono's opinion piece....
ReplyDeleteI like Obama 'cause he talks good.
not must
ReplyDelete[sigh]
Hi, WriterMom! I've kept missing you here. I wanted to tell you that, partially thanks to your resume hints I'm sure, I just got a Full-Time job in my field. I've told many friends here (ad nauseum?) but kept missing you. Thanks again.
ReplyDelete"Extreme Poverty"? Based on what I saw on my sojourn into downtown Seattle last week, that's a type of sport.
ReplyDeleteCould be an olympic event in a year or two.
Apparently, Bono now considers himself a nation-state.
ReplyDeleteWe are all nation-states, my friend. And as soon as we get rid of those pesky christians and their so-called "god", we can all be Gods, too!
/
What? The White House picked out Sonia Sotomayor's clothes? ? ?
ReplyDeleteGoing to look for backup.
One of the funniest South Park episodes IMO was the one where Bono was a big sh*t. Measured in Courics.
ReplyDeleteLMAO
You should get Obama's resume hints.
ReplyDeleteSheesh.
Repost from the bottom of the previous thread:
ReplyDeleteLucius, the link works this time.
(but since this is another thread, this link should work)
I love these lines:
Lately the peace prize committee is just messing with our heads. They honored Mohamed ElBaradei and the International Atomic Energy Agency in 2005, by which time India, Pakistan, Iran, and hence every cab driver in New York had the bomb.
What? The White House picked out Sonia Sotomayor's clothes? ? ?
ReplyDeleteWell, they gave up on Michelle long ago, so why not?
/meow
200th!
ReplyDeleteOMG I have been trying to get this site to load for almost two hours. Has anyone else had problems?
What? The White House picked out Sonia Sotomayor's clothes? ? ?
ReplyDeleteHmmm. Interesting, considering that Palin, and the RNC, were derided, ridiculed, and mocked for buying Palin some clothes.
But, you know, that was then - when dissent was the highest form of patriotism and stuff - not now. Things are different now.
Hiya GAK!
ReplyDeleteOR, who are you to sniff at these laudable goals developed over dozens of months of conferences and work-groups? What are you doing to reduce poverty, huh? At least they're talking a lot about it!
ReplyDelete//
Well, they gave up on Michelle long ago, so why not?
ReplyDeleteThe last dress I saw Michelle in, I thought someone had just cut up and sewed the old drapes from the Treaty Room.
/FashionistaMode
RB: Of course things are different now. After all they won.
ReplyDeleteI thought someone had just cut up and sewed the old drapes from the Treaty Room.
ReplyDelete"I saw it in the window, and I couldn't resist it."
-Carol Burnett, "Went With The Wind" skit
I would think a wise Latina would make a better fashion choice than a ...
ReplyDeleteaww, it's not even FUN to mock their double standards and hypocrisy anymore.
RB: Of course things are different now. After all they won.
ReplyDeleteThat's right, people! The Chimperor is no longer in office, Darth Cheney is no longer in office with his hand up the Bushitler's butt using him as a puppet! Let's raise the level of discourse and show some respect for the office of the president!
Spenser with an S!!
ReplyDeleteI am so happy about that! WOW. Can you send me an e-mail and give me some more information?
writermom_LGF@hotmail.com
And if we don't show respect for the office of the president, or the current resident thereof, that office will no longer consider us a real news outlet.
ReplyDeleteSpenser: First of all: "Heh."
ReplyDeleteSecond, I actually know a lot of people who are involved in the "Millennium Development Goals"... ah... business. Nobody has ever been able to explaing how the "reduce by half by 2015" figure was arrived at. We know what "reduces" poverty; free markets, personal freedom, opportunity, education. Policies and systems friendly to those concepts should ALWAYS be pursued, not just extra-'specially between now and 2015.
They didn't buy her clothes. Had her bring in 5 suits and they picked one out.
ReplyDeleteThat's one reason why I love(d) Royal Canadian Air Farce, and This Hour Has 22 Minutes. They mock relentlessly all political parties.
ReplyDeleteAnd if we don't show respect for the office of the president, or the current resident thereof, that office will no longer consider us a real news outlet.
ReplyDeleteIt's for your own good! There's too much conservative talk in the media, and it's NOT FAIR!
Drinks are on Spenser!
ReplyDeleteThat's one reason why I love(d) Royal Canadian Air Farce, and This Hour Has 22 Minutes. They mock relentlessly all political parties.
ReplyDeleteI've actually watches those shows on occasion. Pretty funny stuff!
Occasional Reader said...
ReplyDelete-Carol Burnett, "Went With The Wind" skit
I LOVED that skit. I need to look it up, hopefully on YouTube somewhere.
Running Bare said...
ReplyDeleteI've actually watches those shows on occasion.
I had no idea you spoke Canadian!
Running Bare said...
ReplyDeleteLOL! *now cleaning bits of corned beef off monitor.*
OR said "We know what "reduces" poverty; free markets, personal freedom, opportunity, education. Policies and systems friendly to those concepts should ALWAYS be pursued, not just extra-'specially between now and 2015."
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I sense no empathy in your post, only logic. I also sense no tears, just a common-sense approach to helping people. You will never be lauded in the halls of Geneva and Brussels with that attitude toward poverty.
OR!!
ReplyDelete{WHACK}
I had no idea you spoke Canadian!
ReplyDeleteIt's because he's so close to the BC border. It kinda filters down, Eh?
And, yes. I'll buy drinks tonight in the pub, if you can keep OR and OLT out of the good stuff.
ReplyDeleteSo you speak Canadian, eh?
ReplyDeleteTake off, eh!
I had no idea you spoke Canadian!
ReplyDeleteI have a special toque I wear, which translates for me... My BabelTogue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aRMZ4ePmMM
ReplyDeleteHeh. OR got whacked.
ReplyDeletepeace and prosperity
ReplyDeleteAnyone else get brain freeze when they read that? Anytime I read that my opinion of the writer or speaker goes in the shitter.
It tells me the person is trotting out Marxist claptrap without a clue as to what they are saying. It tells me the person is an ignorant fool with no knowledge of history or politics, only good feelings about which they know less than nothing.
The real deal comes for one thing only, securing individual liberty, it's all built on that.
B0Z0 knows less that Zero.....
OR!!
ReplyDelete{WHACK}
Thank God you're back, Writer Mom.
Poor people in America? You mean the ones with cell phones and $100 sneakers? And plasma TVs and cars? Those poor people?
ReplyDeleteGotta get things done. Later.
ReplyDelete(( J C M ))
ReplyDeleteI do love your style. When I hear any of the following DOG SQUEEZE, my brain shuts off:
-peace and justice
-stakeholders
-"giving back" (GET YER OWN)
-social justice
-gaps
It's because he's so close to the BC border. It kinda filters down, Eh?
ReplyDeleteI've spent most of my life within a few hundred miles of the canadian border, or just over it, so what's all the kerfuffle aboot, eh? Now I have a skull cramp, so I'm gonna go lie on the chesterfield for a bit.
{{redstateredneck}}
ReplyDeleteWriterMom said...
ReplyDeleteThanks!
Bono saying that he understands something "because he is European" is racist nonsense.
ReplyDeleteThe idea that he understands words or ideas better or differently because of the accident of his ancestry or place of birth has no foundation.
WriterMom, have you seen the latest Toronto (Red) Star bill board campaigns? Saw one this weekend that made my blood run cold. Big bold letters that said "Until Caring Becomes The Law".
ReplyDelete/got a picture of it, will post a link to it later when I get home.
Spenser (with an S) said...
ReplyDeleteAnd, yes. I'll buy drinks tonight in the pub, if you can keep OR and OLT out of the good stuff.
All your booze are belong to us!
The idea that he understands words or ideas better or differently because of the accident of his ancestry or place of birth has no foundation.
ReplyDeleteI know I'M offended by it. Of course, I only understood part of what he was saying...
/HalfBreedMode
WriterMom said...
ReplyDelete(( J C M ))
{WriterMom} Back at, and Welcome to C2!
Thanks!
Are we talking about people who think the Guess Who's Share the Land makes sense?
ReplyDeleteMaybe I'll be there to shake your hand
Maybe I'll be there to share the land
That they'll be givin' away
When we all live together
I'm talkin' 'bout together now
That song rots your mind.
Occasional Reader said...
ReplyDeleteWe know what "reduces" poverty; free markets, personal freedom, opportunity, education.
Looking for the opening of "OR's Poverty Fat Farm" in the near future.
Kosh said "That song rots your mind."
ReplyDeleteYeah, but American Woman makes up for it.
/
True. Because "American Woman" brought us the awesome parody by Bob Rivers, "Inflatable Woman".
ReplyDeleteDid you guys solve the world's woes while I was gone?
ReplyDeleteNow, before I try to go back to finish the last little bit on Teh Web Site, and hopefully not get distracted by shiney objects on the way, I'll leave you with this fun piece by our good friend Jammie:
ReplyDeleteIt Must be Racist: Sportswriter Criticizes Donovan McNabb
"I don't need your war machines
ReplyDeleteI don't need your ghetto scenes."
Okay, asshole, you get nothin' else this American Woman has, either!
Bono's not European, he's just Irish.
ReplyDeleteThe Irish have been thrown off all the good continents time after time. For due cause, I might add.
/I'm allowed to say that because I'm part Irish
"Millennium Development Goals" - they may not look like much, but it'll make the Kessel Run in less than 4 parsecs.
ReplyDeleteOLT
ReplyDeleteHAHAHA!
Running Bare - can I have my name in tiny little letters by Render's name? Like RENDER and his sidekick what's her name? Something like that? No? It's your website? Ok. ;)
ReplyDeleteGotta go do some work.
ReplyDelete:-(
BBL
/driveby
ReplyDeleteIs she still here...?
WriterMom!!! :-) :-) :-)
The Irish have been thrown off all the good continents time after time. For due cause, I might add.
ReplyDeleteAs P.J. O'Rourke said, "God put peat in Ireland because he knew that they'd be the only people who would get drunk enough to try to burn mud."
OLT and BDVM, Ha!
ReplyDelete"Until Caring Becomes The Law".
ReplyDeleteThat just induces projectile vomiting....
You will be required AT GUN POINT to CARE!
Makers and Takers: Why Conservatives Work Harder, Feel Happier, Have Closer Families, Take Fewer Drugs, Give More Generously, Value Honesty More, Are Less Materialistic and Envious, Whine Less...and Even Hug Their Children More Than Liberals
Liberals are utter stuck on the material definition of happiness. They think possession of the 60" TV is happiness, completely oblivious to the psychological and spiritual satisfaction of earning something thing through individual effort and production.
Liberals are utter stuck on the material definition of happiness. They think possession of the 60" TV is happiness, completely oblivious to the psychological and spiritual satisfaction of earning something thing through individual effort and production.
ReplyDeleteYou're so right. A 72 inch TV is happiness.
What are the Millennium Development Goals?
ReplyDelete* Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
* Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
* Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
* Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
* Goal 5: Improve maternal health
* Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
* Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
* Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development
Yeah! It's a 10 year Plan!
CNBC, Reuters fall for climate hoax
ReplyDeleteGotta love it! There is also a video with it.
JCM, how do the Muslims feel about goal 3 "Promote gender equality and empower women"?
ReplyDeleteOr is there a footnote that says "as much as is consistent with Islam"?
Oh Kosh. Don't you know that Islam and Sharia is gender justice?
ReplyDeleteTrue. Because "American Woman" brought us the awesome parody by Bob Rivers, "Inflatable Woman".
ReplyDeleteOh, dear. Did he really do that? LOL
I love Bob.
Road Map Towards the Implementation of the United Nations Millennium Declaration,
ReplyDelete58 page document.
Liberty is not mentioned.
Freedom of the media is mentioned as is "social and economic freedom."
Gramsci would be so proud....
Hi littleoldlady!!!
ReplyDeleteHi BeerDrinkingVictory Monkey!!
hi WriterMom!
ReplyDeleteHi WriterMom!
ReplyDeleteBurqa empowers woman, as does walking behind me, not learning to read or write, not driving, not owning property, and not voting.
ReplyDelete/
Goal 4: Reduce child mortality.
ReplyDeleteI assume this is the abortion goal.
OLT - and never, ever saying no to you. Right?
ReplyDeleteOh boy: 5th Circuit - Hurricane Katrina Victims Have Standing To Sue Over Global Warming.
ReplyDeleteArticle in All Street Journal.
I forgot to read it as Islamo-speak, the way "Peaceful Iranian nuclear program" means "Iranian bomb development program to use on Israel and anyone else who threatens the peace of Shi'ite Islam"
ReplyDeleteWell the work day is done. See you all in a few hours maybe.
ReplyDelete/*poof*
OldLineTexan said...
ReplyDeleteGoal 4: Reduce child mortality.
I assume this is the abortion goal.
Or you do like many nations in the WHO report that report lower infant morality rates than we do.
Don't count premature, or critically ill newborns as a live birth until the infant stabilizes. A 48 hour rule essentially as to whether or not it was a baby.
Origin of Specious said...
ReplyDeleteOh boy: 5th Circuit - Hurricane Katrina Victims Have Standing To Sue Over Global Warming.
Article in All Street Journal.
Kosh's Shadow says -
that circus has had too many fifths.
PIMF - Wall St. Journal.
ReplyDelete#Bono: what can I tell you? To his credit, he wasn't a big Bush-basher and occasionally had nice things to say about US conservatives for actually trying to do something about AIDS in Africa. He even didn't think Jesse Helms had horns and a tail :-)
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, priorities are everything: Guess who cannot attend the 20th anniversary celebration of the wall coming down.
Kosh's Shadow said...
ReplyDeleteI forgot to read it as Islamo-speak, the way "Peaceful Iranian nuclear program" means "Iranian bomb development program to use on Israel and anyone else who threatens the peace of Shi'ite Islam"
Bumper sticker on the Mad Mullah's and Dinnerjacket's cars.....
No Israel
Know Peace
That song rots your mind.
ReplyDeleteKosh, I really liked Burton Cummings (I saw him launch his solo career in concert when I was a child) - I never even thought about that lyric before.
Hippies are funny. : )
ArmyWife said...
ReplyDeleteOLT - and never, ever saying no to you. Right?
Please, woman, have your husband ask me as is proper. Hold still while I find a suitable stone or perhaps a small whip.
/
Meanwhile, priorities are everything: Guess who cannot attend the 20th anniversary celebration of the wall coming down.
ReplyDeleteWell duh. He's making waffles that night. Or it's date night. One of the two.
Oh boy: 5th Circuit - Hurricane Katrina Victims Have Standing To Sue Over Global Warming.
ReplyDeleteYou typed "All Street Journal" so I thought perhaps you were joking, but I looked it up.
Oh my.
Good afternoon all!
ReplyDeleteI haven't been on since Friday morning..... why do the avatars originally load and then get overlaid with an American flag?
CC - It should be interesting
ReplyDeleteand who are they suing for global warming? Me? You? Anyone without those swirly light bulbs?
ReplyDeleteJCM, if I ever saw that as a real bumper sticker, I'd have to plead temporary insanity.
ReplyDeleteFinally Free said...
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, priorities are everything: Guess who cannot attend the 20th anniversary celebration of the wall coming down.
In The Wee Won's circle it's known as the Nakba.
why do the avatars originally load and then get overlaid with an American flag?
ReplyDeleteWhat, you dont' liek american flags? What are ya, some kinda godless commie pinko? Huh? HUH?
/
Running Bare said...
ReplyDeleteHe's making waffles that night.
Heh heh heh.
/must I?
AW:
ReplyDelete"The suit was brought by landowners in Mississippi, who claim that oil and coal companies emitted greenhouse gasses that contributed to global warming that, in turn, caused a rise in sea levels, adding to Hurricane Katrina’s ferocity. (See photo of Bay St. Louis, Miss., after the storm.)"
Duh.
ReplyDeleteThey're going to sue Boooooosh.
Kosh's Shadow said...
ReplyDeleteJCM, if I ever saw that as a real bumper sticker, I'd have to plead temporary insanity.
No kidding... it's meant to be sarcastic, but it's the policy of Hamas, the PA and Iran.
In The Wee Won's circle it's known as the Nakba.
ReplyDeleteOMFG ROTFLMAO... His whole presidency so far has been a nakba.
@Origin of specious: Katrina victims global standing to sue over global warming?
ReplyDeleteThe sages of Chelm have met their masters.
OldLineTexan said...
ReplyDeleteDuh.
They're going to sue Boooooosh.
But weather machine belongs to Karl Rove.....
/must I?
ReplyDeleteIf by that, you mean that Michelle Obama's face looks like a waffle, well, I must inform you that thinking that is raaaaacist...
/
Origin, the "oil and coal" companies should countersue any of the plaintiffs who drives a big car and doesn't have all CFL bulbs, as much insulation as they can fit, and all the other energy saving devices, saying they are also at fault.
ReplyDeleteAnd why don't they sue the anti-nuclear activists who blocked non-CO2 emitting power sources?
I wanna be a lawyer in that trial.
ReplyDeleteFirst witness for the defense:
"Sir, how did you arrive at this courthouse?"
"By car."
Judge /slams gavel
"Case closed."
/E-ZEE MUNNEE
LOL OLT
ReplyDeletejcm everyone knows that the evil genius mastermind bushhitler controls rove and the rest of the vast right-wing conspiracy, same as everyone knows that bush is a stupid puppet with roves hand up his ass moving his mouth like that purple ape peanut thing except not as funny and with two shoes, just like everyone knows that the party of bush and rove is under no ones control except paulians and nazis and deniers and racists
ReplyDeleteoil and coal compnees are in mai erf, steeling teh carbunz
ReplyDeleteRunning Bare said...
ReplyDeletewhy do the avatars originally load and then get overlaid with an American flag?
What, you dont' liek american flags? What are ya, some kinda godless commie pinko? Huh? HUH?
/
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Well, I guess it really isn't fair that my avatar looks better than yours, so they should all be the same so we're equal/
Ok, everyone. I'm sorry that it has come to this, but the Obama Administration has decided that this blog is an enemy of the revolution.
ReplyDeleteIn accordance with the new Government-Approved Web Log Owner's Manual, I'm afraid that I'm going to have to purge you all.
oh damn not again
ReplyDeleteWell, I guess it really isn't fair that my avatar looks better than yours, so they should all be the same so we're equal
ReplyDelete/Looks for soviet hammer and sickle avatar to replace the default with
OLT!
ReplyDeleteROFLMAO!
Later, back to a tester.....
oh damn not again
ReplyDeleteROTFL
FF - LOL. Love the reference to Chelm. Too true.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to sue these global warming fanatics for giving me a head ache... EVERY DAMN DAY....
ReplyDeleteHi C² community!
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, priorities are everything: Guess who cannot attend the 20th anniversary celebration of the wall coming down.
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Guess what I as a German am not going to celebrate that exact day but have already celebrated German unification on the 3rd of October.
It is because that day is the 9th of November!
Hey y'all - sorry for the drive by post but was hoping that CC would check your e-mail PLEASE!
ReplyDeleteHope everyone is doing well and that I get the chance to see you all down the road!
Fr a minute I thought this was an Onion headline, but it comes from The Wall Street Journal.
ReplyDelete"USDA Confirms H1N1 in Minnesota Pigs "
Am I missing something?
Well, I guess it really isn't fair that my avatar looks better than yours, so they should all be the same so we're equal/
ReplyDeleteLet's hold hands and sing songs to Obama!
I will check my mail, realwest. : )
ReplyDeleteSomeone remind me again how the whole housing debacle began......then, please call WH.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33382851/ns/business-real_estate
This is not "mortgage relief," this is more loans to people who cannot pay them back.
This train conversation is passing me by;
ReplyDeleteI ain't got nothing to say.
Oh crap! 32% of our kids' school is out sick so they're taking Tues. and Wed. off to clean the school and get the kids better.
ReplyDeleteRLL,
ReplyDeleteit is a mortgage merry-go-round with Dory ( of 'Finding Nemo' fame) as it's center piece.
Corre∫pondence Committee said...
ReplyDeleteWell, I guess it really isn't fair that my avatar looks better than yours, so they should all be the same so we're equal/
Let's hold hands and sing songs to Obama!
______________________________________________________________
Arise, you prisoners of starvation!
Arise, you wretched of the earth!
For justice thunders condemnation:
A better world's in birth!
No more tradition's chains shall bind us,
Arise you slaves, no more in thrall!
The earth shall rise on new foundations:
We have been nought, we shall be all!
'Tis the final conflict,
Let each stand in his place.
The international soviet
Shall be the human race
'Tis the final conflict,
Let each stand in his place.
The international working class
Shall be the human race
We want no condescending saviors
To rule us from their judgment hall,
We workers ask not for their favors
Let us consult for all:
To make the thief disgorge his booty
To free the spirit from its cell,
We must ourselves decide our duty,
We must decide, and do it well.
'Tis the final conflict,
Let each stand in his place.
The international soviet
Shall be the human race
'Tis the final conflict,
Let each stand in his place.
The international working class
Shall be the human race
mmmmm,mmmmm,mmmmm....
Callahan23 said...
ReplyDeleteRLL,
it is a mortgage merry-go-round with Dory ( of 'Finding Nemo' fame) as it's center piece.
Kosh's Shadow says --
That means it is being run by a clownfish?
Kosh's Shadow,
ReplyDeleteThat means it is being run by a clownfish?
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Either that or rather Dory is a regal tang who suffers from short-term memory loss. ;-)
//Oooh, sorry for having been a smart-ass.
Dory was a blue damsel, FYI.
ReplyDeleteeschew: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!! [CC runs screaming.]
ReplyDeleteDid you all catch the Krugman quote on Althouse?
Annoying conservatives is dangerous: they take names, hold grudges, and all too often find ways to take people who annoy them down.
This is like some weird mind game they play. I have seen this happen a lot. They accuse conservatives of what they're doing. Right on the heels of Operation Lie About Limbaugh, Krugman writes THIS.
I almost think it's on purpose.
That means it is being run by a clownfish?
ReplyDeleteDoes it look like the joker? Cuz that would be raaaaacist.
Krugman has jumped the clownfish/regal tang/blue damsel.
ReplyDeleteShort-term memory loss is just that condition that befalls so many politicians who haven't learned anything from the fiscal turmoil we're in since about a year.
ReplyDeleteGood afternoon folks. Nice to see WriterMom upthread with a big shiny new avatar...
ReplyDelete...speaking of which, what happening to our avatars? I suppose the plumbers are working on it?
Projection, as I often say, is a bitch.
ReplyDeleteCorre∫pondence Committee said...
ReplyDeleteI almost think it's on purpose.
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I actually believe they have no idea that they do this.... pure unconscious projection.
Kenneth,
ReplyDeleteAll avatars have been converted to the USAmerican flag. Now that Obama is President and the World is Righteous Again, all you poor people that have been posing as Canadians to avoid international disapproval may now stand up proudly and take your share of the blame and approbation.
/
Or, Bare broke 'em.
Either explanation works.
@Kosh: "And why don't they sue the anti-nuclear activists who blocked non-CO2 emitting power sources?"
ReplyDeleteYes! Please!
The reason the French can afford to be snooty on CO2 is almost 4/5 of their electricity being nuclear-generated. And in their case, that powers much of their public transportation as well.
Fresh Threadage!
ReplyDeleteSadly, the French military-deodorant complex is still powered by the potent yet limited output of an aging bulldog fed solely on brie, boiled eggs, and beer, which continues to limit production, especially in summer.
ReplyDeleteIt is actually childish to behave as the democrats do.
ReplyDeleteAlways blaming the other side is utterly immature. Adults often enough wonder what they've done wrong themselves as to improve their future actions.
This runs counter to progressive thinking as their ideologies or ideas are perfect and can't be questioned nor criticized (oh forbid!).
@Eschew: be careful! :-) Your quoting the Internationale might be used to "prove" we are a pro-Communist site.
ReplyDelete/"Let he who hath understanding gather."
Good afternoon eschew with the squiggly "s". In case you missed this Dr. Sanity had quite a bit to say about our MSM today
ReplyDeletehttp://drsanity.blogspot.com/
"Many of these walking, talking advertisements for 21st century neo-marxist fascism--who laughingly call themselves "objective journalists"-- are nothing but the mindless zombies of a not-quite-dead Marxism/communism/socialism that rose from its 20th century grave. What gave new life to these moldering and rotting ideas that certainly deserved to die after the mass death and destruction they caused, was the energizing power of postmodern rhetoric, cultivated in the hallowed halls of academia, where the vampire elites had access to the unsuspecting children who came to learn."
New thread upstairs - thanks, Origin, for the topic idea.
ReplyDeleteI'll leave this one open if you want to hang here for a while, guys, but the Katrina/GW topic is upstairs.