Comments on: The Waiting Is The Hardest Part…

By: Marq

Marq — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 04:50:21 +0000

Well, I wasn’t talking about any and all “Frank J”s one sees floating about online, just the one commenting here. That one I wasn’t sure if it was the real thing. I mean, who knows? Sure was asinine sounding, though.

By: chimera

chimera — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 09:10:23 +0000

FrankJ is for real. He originated IMAO. He is a quite sincere and dedicated righty who believes he is writing scathingly witty satire. We would all agree if we were all still in 7th grade. ‘Course, li’l Frank *looks* about 13, soooooo…

By: Smiling Mortician

Smiling Mortician — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:15:13 +0000

Well, but, in Ace’s defense, this isn’t hypocrisy so much as a fundamental problem with pronouns. See, first the “you” is the left, and then its the indefinite “none” that’s the left, and then the right becomes both “ours” and “you,” all of which is very confusing for a man who can just barely manage a complex sentence. Therefore, we need to excuse the apparent contradiction in ethical standards if he brings a note from his English teacher . . . [fzzt!] . . . Ow! Sprained a lobe. Never mind. I got nothin’.

By: sysprog

sysprog — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 20:22:58 +0000

Ace of Spades HQ: http://ace.mu.nu/archives/185027.php

July 07, 2006 Congratulations To The Online Left ... Well, take a look at what you've become ... Look in the mirrors. Do you like what you see? ... Prediction: Almost none on the left will take Deb Frisch to task for this. ... Can you really [see] the right blogosphere remaining silent if one of ours went this far over the line? No, you can't. posted by Ace at 12:50 AM July 07, 2006

By: Smiling Mortician

Smiling Mortician — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:24:27 +0000

If Frank J is satire, he’s really dedicated satire of the Andy Kaufmann school. When I dutifully went over to nominate SN for best humor blog, I noted that Frank’s repeated nominations and defenses of IMAO, as well as his attacks on other nominations, sounded awfully sincere.

By: Jâ€”

Jâ€” — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:31:15 +0000

Fake Gary deposed by Fake Frank!

By: Marq

Marq — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:37:07 +0000

OK but would somebody please, please, please tell me that we havenâ€™t somehow traded Gary for this Frank J. yahoo?

I was kinda under the impression that that was mebbe a parody, 'cos it was pretty effing dumb. No, I didn't click thru to "his" blog, 'cos what does that prove? Anyone can cut & paste any URL into that odd "URI" field that S,N! has. Then, after the whole shebang is forwarded off to Uri Gellar in Israel, he hand-codes the post into HTML and sends it off to Seb at S,N! HQ in DE (no, not Delaware). After Seb gives it a quick once-over to ensure that there are no actionable items contained within, it's posted here, mere milliseconds later! Gee, those two are fast!

By: Miss Emily

Miss Emily — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:33:39 +0000

ecostudent,

Got any links? I’m pretty far out of the loop; but I’m thinking any song entitled “Achille’s Last Stand” has to have an interesting beat…

By: Smiling Mortician

Smiling Mortician — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 02:52:34 +0000

And sarcasm is likely just a bit beyond his rhetorical abilities.

By: Jâ€”

Jâ€” — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 02:03:24 +0000

Frank J. is listed as one of the regular bloggers at that site.

By: D. Sidhe

D. Sidhe — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 01:53:26 +0000

I thought Frank was being sarcastic.

By: Demogenes Aristophanes

Demogenes Aristophanes — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:27:12 +0000

I just suggested to the IMAO crowd this t-shirt slogan:

“There was once a decent Liberal … he killed himself.”

Let’s see if they run with it … despite the origin …

By: Smiling Mortician

Smiling Mortician — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:37:35 +0000

OK but would somebody please, please, please tell me that we haven’t somehow traded Gary for this Frank J. yahoo? I would so prefer to deal with a troll who is illogical, repetitive, dim and sincere than one who’s so aggressively stupid that he actually posted this:

IMAO is the funniest blog ever, and if you donâ€™t think so then youâ€™re just too dumb to get the jokes. Try re-reading the posts. It took me a couple of minutes to get the Murtha/Muppet one.

Christamighty, what is this? Seventh grade? I dunno. Maybe the RNC can no longer afford the upkeep on Garybot and has resorted to paying its trolls in Clearasil multi-packs.

By: DocAmazing

DocAmazing — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:00:09 +0000

Re: “Left-Wing Hate Rhetoric”–

Remember, the FBI’s institutional culture is deeply right-wing, and they still haven’t exorcised the ghost of J. Edgar Hoover, who ran COINTELPRO and demonized the Black Panthers while denying that the Mafia existed. They still chase old Panthers–cover story at http://www.sfweekly.com this week. Note that they’re making big noise over ELF and Alf and Earth First! while ignoring the Army of God and the other Eric Rudolph Appreciation Societies out there.

This is an FBI case. Expect there to be an intentional soft-pedaling of the right-wing blog angle. No paranoia, just a working knowledge of 20th-c. history.

By: Alek Hidell

Alek Hidell — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:15:41 +0000

Speaking of our boy Chad Castagana, here is a local ABC affiliate reporting on the story. No pictures of the man himself yet, but they do show a bit of his house (including a van parked in the driveway with the words "Death to liberals" written on one of the windows) and interview a neighbor who says he likes to conduct out-loud debates with himself. Castagana's a gift that keeps on giving. I hope The Smoking Gun will have a booking photo of him soon.

By: Seanly

Seanly — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:49:00 +0000

umm, I went to the site IMAO people were making fun of a few posts above. What a garbage dump. They have some juvenile story about Bush confronting a raging Rumsfeld as he destroys the Pentagon (wtf? He’s already accomplished that mission). And a picture of Mel Martinez on top of a Mexican flag. I suppose since Mel is Hispanic, he must be pro-illegal immigration and pro-reconquista. He’s Cuban, but I’m sure in their ignorant world every brown person is a Mexican.

I’m not sure that the site is a parody or sarcastic as someone implied above. If it is, they are doing a bad job of it. See Jesus’ General.

By: lawtalkinguy

lawtalkinguy — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:22:36 +0000

I think the “left-wing hate rhetoric” is in reference to materials about left-wingers, not by left-wingers. It is included in a request regarding anti-semetic materials.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:21:55 +0000

Excuse me guys, but Elections Have Consequences, and November 7th fundamentally proved that Conservatives Aren’t Funny. Let’s not retread a debate that we have already won, please.

By: Marita

Marita — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:59:54 +0000

Well, for anyone else whose eyes roll back in their heads after less than a minute of IMAO, you might consider going here to second, third, or nth the S,N! nomination for most humorous weblog at the Weblog awards site. It looks like a lot of the IMAO flying monkeys have been there already. We may as well send a smarter breed of flying monkeys on over.

By: townser

townser — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:57:13 +0000

Wow- After a quick visit with the lovely folks over at imao I need to take a shower. I was having a difficult time separating the supposed sarcasm from the outright hate speech.