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Great moments in headline writing




Posted at 23:09 by Sadly, No!

What you say !!

Thanks to Blair pour l’image.

52 Comments »

  1. Loneoak said,

    November 3, 2008 at 23:15

    Who axed him the question?

  2. Foghorn Leghorn said,

    November 3, 2008 at 23:18

    I say, I see not a thing wrong here son!

  3. stryx said,

    November 3, 2008 at 23:20

    I think they meant to say, ‘Obama be sayin’….’

  4. actor212 said,

    November 3, 2008 at 23:24

    I think they meant to say, ‘Obama be sayin’….’

    Please. In Ebonics, that’s “Obama bin sayin’…”

    The correct translation of this phrase is “Obama bin sayin’ he mait be a-headed fo’ a win Toosdee”

  5. LittlePig said,

    November 3, 2008 at 23:26

    “He told me tales
    and he drank my wine,
    Me and my magic negro just feelin’ fine…”

  6. LittlePig said,

    November 3, 2008 at 23:27

    Aw shoot, wrong thread.

  7. Dragon-King Wangchuck said,

    November 3, 2008 at 23:30

    To be fair, that article does come from the AP’s Pickler. This Pickler. So it’s actually a step up from “Is Obama All Style and Little Substance?”.

  8. MzNicky said,

    November 3, 2008 at 23:31

    What you say !!

    Hit the road, Mac
    And don’t cha come back no mo no mo no mo no mo
    Hit the road, Mac
    And don’t cha come back no mo

  9. OTB said,

    November 3, 2008 at 23:33

    i be hearin you little pig. Rock it!

  10. PaminBB said,

    November 3, 2008 at 23:33

    Somehow, “Campaigning reaches fever pitch 2 days before vote” does not strike me as breaking news. Unless they meant this:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fever_Pitch_(2005_film)

    which would be kind of unexpected.

  11. actor212 said,

    November 3, 2008 at 23:34

    Or, Mz Nicky, we could resort to the Steam song.

    Nah nah nah nah
    Nah nah nah nah
    Hey Mc-ca-ain
    Goodbye….

  12. Lawnguylander said,

    November 3, 2008 at 23:36

    McCain says will pull off upset, Obama says ain’t tryna hear dat – 2 hours ago

  13. Marco said,

    November 3, 2008 at 23:39

    Barack’s Na Na has passed. RIP.

    Classy condolences from the right wing to come in 3…2…1…

  14. actor212 said,

    November 3, 2008 at 23:40

    She did?

    I;m sad to hear that. On the cusp of history.

  15. alec said,

    November 3, 2008 at 23:40

    Barack’s Na Na has passed. RIP.

    Classy condolences from the right wing to come in 3…2…1…

    (MONGOLOID SAMPLE, CARJACKING)

  16. Gavel Down said,

    November 3, 2008 at 23:41

    Nonsense, they are simply treating him as Confucius, with all attendant respect that entails.

  17. alec said,

    November 3, 2008 at 23:43

    Doh: novice mistake. That would be a Jocko Homo sample, and the carjacking comes after the cafe assault.

  18. alec said,

    November 3, 2008 at 23:45

    pps: WHERE ARE HER FILES

  19. Colleen said,

    November 3, 2008 at 23:45

    Sad news, Barack’s grandma has died.

  20. Rugged in Montana said,

    November 3, 2008 at 23:58

    Good afternoon liberals, I’ve just finished watching a pretty good movie on cox in demand, called The Last Supper.

    Now what’s interesting about this film, is that unlike most Hollywood films, it actually portrays the liberals as the villians. The plot of this film is about five liberal grad students who decide to invite prominent conservatives to their home for dinner, and murder them by serving them poisioned wine.

    It begins when one of the liberals car breaks down, and a passing truck driver gives him a ride home. Once home, the liberals seemingly in good faith invite the man inside to have dinner. Once dinner starts the liberals start chomping down their food and the man sits there and exclaims, “aren’t you all forgeting something.” Then the liberals ask
    “what could we possibly be forgeting.” Then the man replies, “You forgot to say Grace.” Then one of the liberals snidely remarks, “We don’t say Grace here.” During the course of the dinner conversation, the audience finds out that the man was in fact a war hero who served in the First Gulf War, and is very conservative. The liberals then go on to mock the man’s service to his country, and one of them even goes so far as to call the man a Nazi. So the man, quite possibly overeacts, which is understandable given his service to his Country and gets one of the liberals in a choke hold. A fight ensues when another liberal got his arm injured by the enraged war hero. One of the liberals them proceeds to stab the man to death.

    After a brief arguement on what to do next, they then decide to bury the body in their vegtable garden. The film then takes a sinister turn, when they next decide to “do society a favor”, and start killing off conservatives, who they precieve to be the source of all the world’s evil. There first victim is a Christian Pastor, who they poison to death with arsonic induced wine. They end up doing this to ten prominent conservatives in all, inviting each of them over to their home for dinner, to dicuss politics. The film took an even more sinister turn, when the leader of the liberals, a man by the name of Luke, invited a 17 year old school girl, who opposed sex education being taught a the school. He was about to kill her, insisting on offering her the poisioned wine, even after she told him, she doesn’t drink. Apparently, this was too much for the other liberals, who then escorted the girl out of the house.

    Luke even goes so far as to murder a Sherrif’s Deputy who was on to what they were doing. Then while at the airport, to of the liberals run into a very prominent Rush Limbaugh-esque conservative talk show host, and invite him over for dinner to murder him. It turns out however that the man is onto what they’ve been doing, and proceeds to tell them that he’s really not that “far right.” All of the liberals with the exception of Luke decide against killing the talk show host, who proves to be quite charming. So they argue about this in the other room, leaving their guest alone at the dinner table, where he in very Rush Limbaugh like fashion, smokes a cigar.

    The liberals, after a brief but heated arguement in the other room, return to the dining room, already decided against killing the very charming conservative talk show host. The talk show host, then precieves to offer a toast to the liberals, who then ask if he’ll be sharing a drink with them. He declines, saying he’s already drank too much. It turns out, that the heroic conservative talk show host, ends up tricking the murderous liberals, and poisons them to death instead. Thus avenging his murdered collegues.

    Excellent film, which believe it or not portrays the liberals as villianous and cowardly and the conservatives as smart, moral and heroic. Excellent for a change given Hollywood’s usual leftwing bias.

  21. actor212 said,

    November 4, 2008 at 0:01

    The plot of this film is about five liberal grad students who decide to invite prominent conservatives to their home for dinner, and murder them by serving them poisioned wine.

    Damn, I had that dream the other night and woke up with serious wood.

  22. Anonymous said,

    November 4, 2008 at 0:03

    How are the Freepers handling the news of the death of Senator Obama’s grandmother? Just as you’d expect.
    —————–

    Did Toot die naturally, or was she put down?
    My suspicion in the latter.

    Perfectly timed terminal sedation…….

    cyanide?

    I think all of us are thinking the same thing. A bit too convenient.

    In other words, Obama has to get back to Hawaii. Something has come up on the certificate.

    That’s cold.
    Had her put down the day before the election.
    Probably figures it will be good for a few extra votes.

    ————————-
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2123979/posts

    What lovely people those Freepers are.

  23. GeoX said,

    November 4, 2008 at 0:06

    YOU HAVE NO CHANCE TO SURVIVE MAKE YOUR TIME

    I can’t believe I’m the first person to do that.

  24. Pere Ubu said,

    November 4, 2008 at 0:06

    Doh: novice mistake. That would be a Jocko Homo sample

    Bad spudboy!

    No French fry & donut for you.

  25. Pere Ubu said,

    November 4, 2008 at 0:07

    Move all vote for great justice!!!

  26. OneMan said,

    November 4, 2008 at 0:11

    “Excellent film, which believe it or not portrays the liberals as villianous and cowardly and the conservatives as smart, moral and heroic.”

    Oh, fiction then.

  27. DMcK said,

    November 4, 2008 at 0:13

    I saw this move once called Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster, where Godzilla is all pissed at us for pumping sewage and toxic waste into the sea, and you think “oh shit it’s building stomping time” but then OMFG he’s like TOTALLY THE GOOD GUY and kicks the smog monster’s butt!!!!1!111one like a 300 foot tall Billy Jack

  28. stryx said,

    November 4, 2008 at 0:13

    Rugged, I’d agree with you but Monte Carlo simulation methods are especially useful in studying systems with a large number of coupled degrees of freedom, such as fluids, disordered materials, strongly coupled solids, and cellular structures (see cellular Potts model). More broadly, Monte Carlo methods are useful for modeling phenomena with significant uncertainty in inputs, such as the calculation of risk in business (for its use in the insurance industry, see stochastic modelling). A classic use is for the evaluation of definite integrals, particularly multidimensional integrals with complicated boundary conditions.

    If it weren’t for that, I’d say you were right.

  29. JesusCrispy said,

    November 4, 2008 at 0:16

    Rugged in Montana,
    I know your type. I bet you are orginally from somewhere in California (Lancanster maybe, or Ceres?) who moved most likely to the Flathead valley to get away from all the “libruls in California” sometime in the late 90′s. You were probable in Posse Cominitus at some point. Please go back to California and start a revolution there, leave us peace loving Montanans alone. By the way I do have weapons but I’m not worried that the ‘libruls” are going to take them away.
    Jesus

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  30. alec said,

    November 4, 2008 at 0:34

    Based on Rugged’s prior track record, I am willing to bet that the film he is describing is actually a Boy George biopic.

  31. RUGGED IN MONTANA said,

    November 4, 2008 at 0:35

    It begins when one of the liberals car breaks down, and a passing truck driver gives him a ride home.

    Damn it Rugged, have you been watching the Playboy Channel again? You know this is harvest time, our busiest time at the dental floss farm, so stop messin around and get back to the floss bush and get to work!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKHLAjTmJ1k

  32. Kathleen said,

    November 4, 2008 at 0:41

    the AP writer is just recognizing that Obama’s greatness is so profound he is plural rather than singular.

  33. Smut Clyde said,

    November 4, 2008 at 0:49

    he is plural rather than singular.
    Kinda like the Elohim?

  34. Righteous Bubba said,

    November 4, 2008 at 0:50

    OBAMA SAY RELAX DON’T DO IT

  35. lolSmut said,

    November 4, 2008 at 0:50

    i cn haz job riting AP hedlines?

  36. Xecky Gilchrist said,

    November 4, 2008 at 0:55

    Obama is actually a plural. The singular is Obamum.

  37. RUGGED IN MONTANA said,

    November 4, 2008 at 1:02

    Obama is actually a plural. The singular is Obamum.,/i.

    Not The Obami?

  38. Smut Clyde said,

    November 4, 2008 at 1:02

    I curse RB for putting ‘Hussein Goes to Hollywood’ lyrics into my head.

  39. Smut Clyde said,

    November 4, 2008 at 1:13

    No, RIM; ‘Obamum’ is clearly a second-declension neuter noun.
    A man walks into a bar, and asks the barman, “Would you decline a tequila?”

  40. alec said,

    November 4, 2008 at 1:27

    OBAMA SAY RELAX DON’T DO IT

    CHOOSE SHARIA

  41. Nathan R said,

    November 4, 2008 at 1:30

    I was more struck by the headline two below it…there’s a certain finality to it that I appreciate.

  42. Xecky Gilchrist said,

    November 4, 2008 at 1:36

    ‘Obamum’ is clearly a second-declension neuter noun.

    I don’t know from the fancy schooly stuff like that; I just learned that nouns that end in “-us” generally have plurals that end in “-i” and those that end in “-um” have plurals that end in “-a”.

    For example, you could say that at the Greyhound station you saw a large number of bi, and several ba.

  43. Smut Clyde said,

    November 4, 2008 at 1:50

    I’m worried about this ‘Sharia Law’. I know I’ve violated the 4th Sharium on a number of occasions.

  44. Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist said,

    November 4, 2008 at 2:25

    I know I’ve violated the 4th Sharium on a number of occasions.

    Here, have an ambrosium and try to relax.

  45. Mo's Bike Shop said,

    November 4, 2008 at 2:47

    A townhall in New Hampshire.

    What? Is he going leaf-peeping?

    John McCain’s quest for the presidency is like the guy who works his life away for a gold-plated retirement, only to find he’s too boring to do anything rewarding with his stash.

  46. Doctorb said,

    November 4, 2008 at 3:18

    Someone set up us the Obama.

    We get signal.

  47. Some Guy said,

    November 4, 2008 at 5:42

    OT but.

    Ya know, I was half-kidding when I said that the API’s next move is to palm the tennis ball and watch the wingnuts go charging off in the direction they they pretended to throw it, chuckling as the Jack Russel Terrier-esque righters frantically tried to find where it landed.
    http://lefarkins.blogspot.com/2008/11/bad-news-for-john-mccain.html

    It’s hard being right all the time.

  48. Smut Clyde said,

    November 4, 2008 at 5:57

    you could say that at the Greyhound station you saw a large number of bi
    OBJECTION YOUR HONOUR
    Xecky Gilchrist forgets that ‘Omnibus’ is already a dative plural adjective, so there is no excuse to pluralise it further.

    [Begins to measure drapes for the inauguration of the Pedantry Dome]

  49. Qualm Steamer said,

    November 4, 2008 at 6:03

    ‘Omnibus’ is already a dative plural adjective

    Isn’t omnibus a kiss from God?

  50. jim said,

    November 4, 2008 at 10:12

    “Obama say he might be headed for a win Tuesday.”

    You know what you doing.

  51. actor212 said,

    November 4, 2008 at 16:34

    Not The Obami?

    Obami can only won.

  52. The Goddamn Batman Is Aware Of All Internet Memes said,

    November 4, 2008 at 18:34

    They have set us up the Obama! All your electoral votes is belong to us.

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