Comments on: Introducing something called ‘the rubble faction’

By: liberalrob

liberalrob — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 19:15:40 +0000

“A wider outbreak of war could lead to the Staight of Hormuz being closed and then the atomic bombs make all the oil in the groung glow in the dark for 10,000 years or so.”

Maybe THEN we could get some action on alternative fuels?

Didn’t I read a novel a few years ago where the bad guys’ plan was to nuke the Saudi oil fields, take over the Caspian ones and hold the world hostage? I’ll have to go look through my library…

Of course it’s just a variation on Goldfinger’s plan.

By: merlallen

merlallen — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 09:10:08 +0000

I once worked with a man who freaked out every time a Middle Easterner stayed at our hotel. He would say stupid shit like, “Oh great, I feel so safe with that man here”. And every time I would say, “that Timothy McVeigh looking motherfucker is freaking me out”.

By: Mark S.

Mark S. — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 05:30:55 +0000

A couple of years ago Iâ€”which is to say, a fringe, cranky, not-very-respectable commentatorâ€”

Derb, maybe you’re not quite as fringe now, but the other two adjectives still fit you to a tee.

By: jade

jade — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 05:15:24 +0000

It’s interesting to notice that Gary is now regularly resorting to changing the subject. If he’s lost his will, who’s left?

By: mikefromtexas

mikefromtexas — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:06:20 +0000

A wider outbreak of war could lead to the Staight of Hormuz being closed and then the atomic bombs make all the oil in the groung glow in the dark for 10,000 years or so. Oh, goodie. I missed the first great depression but am SOOOOOO looking forward to this one.

By: Some Guy

Some Guy — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:00:38 +0000

Shorter Gary: Talking about stuff makes things worse.

This brings light on something I find intersting, which is referance past victories and causes to rally the figurative troops, on both sides of the pond.
Gary, I assume, has no problem with the incorrect designation of “islomofacists” to muslim extreemists. This, of course, brings back fond memoeries of past conquests, struggles, and most importantly, victories of the USA. Obviously, this is borrowing directly from WWII, when we were all “Yaaay us!” and not in any real danger, for the most part.
But he DOES have a problem of people refering to the current guerre du jour being drawn into parallel with another previous war, though one that did not go in our favor, but is actually more accurate then the hyperbole that Gary is in favor of.
I enjoy this, not only because it highlights the power of the word, giggidy booyah, but also how the Righter Side of Sears is complete and ignorantly unaware of the irony.

Also, in other news; suck it, blue!

By: agum

agum — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 03:09:42 +0000

If the World of Warcraft IV embarks on an orgy of bloodshed, the harsh truth is that we may be the beneficiaries

Soon the president himself will be making positive remarks about MMORPG inhabitants mass-slaughtering each other.

– General Jonah Goldberg, November 2, 2014.

“More griefers = Fewer terrorists”

By: Smiling Mortician

Smiling Mortician — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 03:04:33 +0000

Yes, I quite fancied that war. Cracking insurrections, ripping good biological agents dispersed among the civilian population. I daresay I give it a ten. Might I just get a top-off on my claret? Righto, then.

By: Lesley

Lesley — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 02:43:08 +0000

“I had quite enjoyed the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-88. “

As in kick back with a bowl of popcorn, a beer, and my slippers in front of the tube kind of enjoy? How does someone “quite enjoy” a war?

This is very Gary Larson Far Side.

By: Famous Soviet Athlete

Famous Soviet Athlete — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:56:41 +0000

Abu Ayman, an Islamic Jihad leader in Jenin, said he is â€œemboldenedâ€?

It doesn’t count unless he mentions Nancy Pelosi.

By: His Grace

His Grace — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:38:56 +0000

I love Gary. He sees the word “Muslim” and automatically thinks “terrorist.” God help him if he actually had to live somewhere where there were lots of Muslims. He’d be pissing his pants with “OMG they’re all gonna kill me” expression on his face while everyone else wondered why a fat balding man had urinated on himself in public. Just remember Gary, the terrorists can’t get you if you turn around quickly enough so they can’t sneak up behind you.

By: Flying Rodent

Flying Rodent — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:20:26 +0000

I entirely understand.

I’ve always been mystified by those who call World War One “The Great War”.

Surely WWII, with it’s higher death toll, pitched mobile infantry and tank battles and use of atomic weapons was loads better.

By: ifthethunderdontgetya

ifthethunderdontgetya — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 00:28:37 +0000

Betty was their leader, Thers!

By: Ginger Yellow

Ginger Yellow — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 00:27:40 +0000

I rather think these comments betoken instead a general right wing slide into genocidal bloodlust.

By: Thers

Thers — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:33:17 +0000

It's all true -- picture of the shadowy leader of the Rubble Faction here.

By: mmm...lemonheads

mmm...lemonheads — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:28:46 +0000

Gary, the only thing that emboldens the terrorists is Pam Anderson.
I’m serious. Pam Anderson makes the terrorists braver, and fightier, and full of truthiness.
Damn that Kid Rock, say the terrorists. She would be ours if The Gary of Rupperts weren’t foiling our grand Pam plan.
You go Gary. Kick some terrorist ass, for Pam.
What was that? You can’t serve? A pilonidal cyst?
Damn you Gary. Pam was counting on you. Damn it Gary, we were all counting on you.

By: LA Confidential Pantload

LA Confidential Pantload — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:12:05 +0000

I don’t get – why does Derb think Barney Rubble has anything to do with war in the Middle East?

By: ifthethunderdontgetya

ifthethunderdontgetya — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 22:59:57 +0000

Today in sockpuppetry... Seems teh General's (awesome) review of Lynne Cheney's new book on Amazon has exposed another reviewer of same as the book's illustrator.

By: a different brad

a different brad — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 22:52:26 +0000

There he is. So, so cute.
Look what I have in my hand, Gary.
Shiny jingling keys!
Watch the jingleshiny go bouncy, lil Gary.

By: liberalrob

liberalrob — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 22:50:36 +0000

Ancestor of the "rubble faction": "In June 1941, just after Germany had invaded the Soviet Union, Senator Harry S. Truman commented: "If we see that Germany is winning we ought to help Russia and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany and that way let them kill as many as possible, although I don't want to see Hitler victorious under any circumstances. Neither of them think anything of their pledged word." The sentiment was common at the time. Nonetheless, it would haunt Truman after he unexpectedly became president on April 12, 1945, and found himself forced to deal with a Soviet nation that had become an important and oft-sentimentalized wartime ally. In later years, a generation of New Left historians would cite Truman's off-the-cuff remark as evidence of a reactionary and mean-spirited attitude that led to a long, needless Cold War."