LIES, liberals, LIES! We the Tea Bag Party are UNITED and you are in dis array,youll be defeated by freedom and liberty, no more infiltrating socialests!

dis array, dat array, what’s the diff.

…and attacked National Review’s most successful author, Mark Levin

Jonah has a sad.

Our socialists are the socialest!

a mean joke about people with Down’s Syndrome

It’s OK, he meant it satirically.

We the Tea Bag Party are UNITED…

Well played parody troll. That is exactly what we’re saying here – that th teabagging right-tards are UNITED, despite common sense, easily checkable facts, and your own lying eyes. That the authoritarian streak y’all nurse where Strong Daddies give you boners will suffer no dissent no matter where it comes from or how rational it is.

Wait, maybe it isn’t a parody troll – consider Irky’s tell from that post

It makes you wonder who was asleep at the switch or, if there was no one asleep at the switch, who let it happen.

Teh Conservatard Corollary to Poe’s Law must hurt the parody troll business to no end.

here is a poorly constructed reference to Trig Palin that could be interpreted as a mean joke about people with Down’s Syndrome

How could it be interpreted as anything but? Oh, I see, he’s talking about Sully’s investigations of Sarah Palin’s pregnancy…so…wait…why didn’t he say the Andrew Sullivan School of Journalism?

Levin sure did spank him. Manzi says, many of the 20K scientists on the petition Levin cites have no PhD.

Yeah, says Levin, but 9K do!

He didn’t mention whether Ms Spice has a PhD. Maybe an honorary?

Andy McCarthy weighs in as well:

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MzI1YjgwNjRlYmEyMGJkZTA0OGE3ZjJhYTJjMjYyZDU=

I’m ashamed to admit, though, that to me, Lindzen doesn’t seem like a kook who probably thinks the Queen of England and the Trilateral Commission are in on a farcical global science scam. But what do I know? I don’t even have a Ph.D.

Well if global warming denial doesn’t look like a crackpot theory to Andrew “Birther” McCarthy, that’s all the validation I need.

I’m pretty sure “the Trig Palin School of Investigative Journalism” was a (clumsy) reference to Andrew Sullivan, not a post-facto deniable suggestion that Manzi’s research skills are comparable to those of a Down’s Syndrome patient.

The problem with Lindzen is that his “theory” is just wishful thinking, as research has shown. It’s really frustrating that he loves the limelight so much that he’s willing to be a Quisling for the wingnuts.

This is like Atlas Juggs versus Charles Johnson, but with bigger boobs.

I’m pretty sure “the Trig Palin School of Investigative Journalism” was a (clumsy) reference to Andrew Sullivan

If by “clumsy” you mean completely fucking retarded.

Oops.

But what do I know? I don’t even have a Ph.D.

BWaaAHHAHAhahAHAHAHA!11one11!! To recap
Manzi: Levin provides no argument for go-balls warming denialatering except citing taht OISM thing which is totally bogus. All he’s got is argument from authority, and even there he loses.
McCarthy: LOL! Manzi is all – check out the PhD thing! LOL – Manzi’s trying some sort of argument from authority thing! LOL! Sure the guy I cite honestly believes in a transcontinental conspiracy to steal our precious bodily fluids carbon dioxides!111!one but Manzi’s the one who’s pulling things out his ass!

From Erickson’s comments section:

These pseudo-conservatives need to be properly purged.

I can’t decide if this guy is a right-wing Stalinist or a colonic cleansing enthusiast.

Why can’t he be both?

Wait so is there an opening at the Corner for a sensible progressive whose views are somewhere to the right of Reagan’s? Does a book deal come with that? Do I get my picture next to my posts?

I dunno about Ginger Spice and her educational credentials, but since we’re talking about manufactured pop groups, I’d be comfortable taking medical advice from Rachel Stevens any day.

This is like Atlas Juggs versus Charles Johnson, but with bigger boobs.

“Ooh, he hung the curveball right out there over the plate…”

Yeah, and Pammy has big fake tits, too! So does Chuckie, but his are real.

“Fouled back. Count goes to one-and-two.”

I can’t decide if this guy is a right-wing Stalinist or a colonic cleansing enthusiast.

Ask him how many times he has to flush.

Ask him how many times he has to flush.

And does he yell “Wolverines!” when he does so???

RedState commenter katesmith:

I have no respect for National Review. Showcasing Manzi was about more than Manzi vs Levin. It was unnecessary at best, timed for maximum harm against conservatives, and highlighted a positive view for global warming–which is the biggest crime against humanity in history. The worst possible thing a right of center publication–or a sane person for that matter– could do is defend that movement in any way.

Wow … hyperbole much? People concerned with climate change are perpetrating ‘the biggest crime against humanity in history’ — I fucking love it!

Plus the claim that some guy’s blog critique of a single chapter in a recent book was ‘timed for maximum harm against conservatives’ … I mean, maybe the proximity to Earth Day means something, but does katesmith think that NRO and Manzi have been plotting this whole thing for months?

I think she probably does think that.

STOP MOCKING TRIG PALIN!

and highlighted a positive view for global warming–which is the biggest crime against humanity in history.

Indeed I cannot think of a single thing in the history of mankind worse than a positive view of global warming, all other crimes pale in comparison.

Crimes against humanity? For trying to ensure that their idiot grandchildren aren’t reduced to cannibalism? Gah let them all burn.

“Fouled back. Count goes to one-and-two.”

I’m balking at listening to the rest of this play-by-play.

Katesmith’s (aka Susan’s) blog is a blend of baseball commentary and berserko rants about sinister global warming conspiracies.

… this decades long, hateful cause behind which trillions of carbon trading dollars are screaming. In the process, America and its citizens are demonized and must pay reparations in perpetuity in favor of equatorial dictators, UN grifters, and billionaire hedge fund thugs.

Evidently, George Soros is behind it all.

Oh yes we all know the brown people and the billionaires are always in cahoots.

who was asleep at the switch
Not saying that Eric-of-that-ilk is basically a relay unit for other people’s words and phrases, but alerted by his use of the cliche twice in quick succession, I checked on Google. Sure enough, hit #1 is a Freerepublic rant about Obama’s culpability for Madoff’s success in scamming people throughout the Bush presidency, while #2 is a rightblog rant about El Baradei.

What is this switch with such remarkable narcoleptic properties, anyway?

So what is Erick’s area of expertise again? The PhD in Stupid Studies notwithstanding, of course. Perhaps he’ll work the enema bag for this ‘purging’, I think he just might have a knack for such a thing.

I’m balking at listening to the rest of this play-by-play.

I can’t think of a single response to your double entendre but I’m sure there will be a mound of puns and jokes batted around all evening.

What is this switch with such remarkable narcoleptic properties, anyway?

Yet our best trained best educated best prepared troops refuse to fight. Matter of fact it’s safe to say that they would rather switch – than fight.

I suspect that the phrase is a corruption from the Victorian era when interior decorations would work long days for a mere pittance, eventually dozing off beside a collection of curtain fabric samples, when they would be described as “asleep at the swatch”.

So what is Erick’s area of expertise again

Lawyer. He reminds me of the crazy moron who wrote in that a release referred only to the contents of a particular document (“see attached”) which he then point-blank refused to send. Apparently you don’t have to be intelligent, nor knowledgeable about even your own field of study to remain employed.

As an investigative journalist, I had the pleasure of meeting Scooter Libby back in the good old days. He kept trying to tell me something about some Valerie chick – but d00d is so boring I fell asleep at the snitch.

Geez I dugout the No-Doze pills but I still couldn’t stay awake during the baseball. I fell asleep at the pitch

It was her! She’s the sorceress who cured my insomnia! I fell asleep at this witch!

I find poison oak reactions soothing and relaxing. I fall asleep at the itch.

We’d better pick up every (sleeping) stitch…

*POLITICAL JEPOARDY – TEH HOME GAME*

One of their main media sources is PRAVDA, their party model emphasizes unquestioning obedience & a cult of personality around their leaders, they dread the corrupting influence of outsiders & believe in malevolent conspiracies being engineered by shadowy cabals to destroy their homeland, & they have an ongoing fixation with conducting ruthless purges to maintain their ideological purity.

“Who are American conservatives in 2010, Alex?”

(ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!)

A couple of years ago, I took a trip through Africa. Deep in the Congo, I was bitten by a fly that gave me trypanosomiasis. By the time we reached the Suez Canal the disease had progressed to the point that I fell asleep at the ditch.

I think Erick was referring to the computer programmer who was working around the clock debugging a program when he fell asleep at the glitch.

Dammit, that fucker Snipe cast a sleeping spell on me before I could get the Snitch.

He didn’t mention whether Ms Spice has a PhD. Maybe an honorary?

Different Spice, but your comment got me wondering why no right-wing university has given Sarah Palin a PhD. yet. Think about it:

1. Palin can refute experts by pointing out she has a PhD too, and we both know it just stands for “piled higher and deeper”.

2. Right-wingers can throw out charges of discrimination, disrespect, misogyny etc. any time somebody on the left refers to her as “Sarah Palin” instead of “Dr. Palin”

3. Some right-wing school could then hire her as a lecturer and give her buckets of money to teach a class.

4. 2012 slogan: Fix healthcare; put a doctor in the White House.

She bored the hell out of me, so I fell asleep at the bitch.

I went to see a movie that had Will Smith and Kevin James, and it was terribly boring. Suffice to say, I fell asleep at the Hitch.

Do other people find that sometimes they are drifting off into dreams when they are woken again by a myoclonic spasm? I fell asleep till the twitch.

They simply had to show me their collection of velvet paintings. I fell asleep at their kitsch.

When World of Warcraft released its latest mod pack, I fell asleep at the Lich.

I’m versed in bad rhymes, and happily asleep in this niche.

The best part of Erickson’s complaint about National Review Online is where he says that allowing Manzi’s post was such a crime “particularly when so many who post there have in the past had to get someone to sign off on their posts.”

In other words, “When I’ve guest-blogged on NRO they made me run my posts past K-Lo before I could put them up, and even blocked some of my most obnoxious and inflammatory posts completely!”

Oh, wait, I forgot to add … “What a bitch!”

I’m just glad no one’s surgeon fell asleep at the stitch, or there’d be a funeral and we’d fall asleep at the ditch.

As it is, it looks like the S,N crew forgot to reset the server. They must have fell asleep at the glitch.

As opposed to the libertarians, who fell asleep at the Gulch.

Count goes to one-and-two

Either Count Count is pitching or Lawrence Welk is doing the play by play.

You could say Bush fell asleep at the rich and caused the economic crisis.

Shorter Mark Levin: I’m right, he’s wrong, don’t believe me? Buy my book and judge for yourself.

What a tool.

Erickson: “…particularly when so many who post there have in the past had to get someone to sign off on their posts….”

Someone actually IS editing that site? I mean, I know it was K-Lo ’til they canned her, but…wow.

I figured screw it, let’s ask Erick himself what he meant by Trig Palin School of Investigative Journalism. His reply via e-mail:

I added a footnote so the people who have mocked Trig Palin for three years only to come to his defense will know what I meant.

In short, the people who bash conservatives inevitably praise Andrew Sullivan as a thoughtful conservative ignore and stay silent over his four year witch hunt to investigate and prove Trig Palin’s mother is not Sarah Palin.

So saying Obama is a socialist is a bridge too far, but investigating the parentage of Trig Palin is perfectly acceptable.

Erick

Sent from my iPad

Not exactly angry, but perhaps an artful dodge?