‘Fugly’ is one of the few words I can think of to describe Bozell, though it is a bit dated.

Does the b-word craze refer to the Bozos who perpetuate this craze?

Have you seen this?

Regis and Kathy discover … the world.

On topic: Brent Bozell plays one of the gay guys on The Sarah Silverman Program?

Who knew?

Correction: Apparently, it’s Regis and Kelly, not Regis and Kathy. I’m not particularly proud of this error, but I’m also not embarrassed that I don’t know this.

Still off-topic: I would like to take this opportunity to say that the Garmin commercial is ruining my Christmas.

and wasn’t Brent Bozell also the bass player in Bad Company?

It makes me growl just to hear that puppy raper talk about me. I wouldn’t save him if he fell down a well.

If Brent Bozell doesn’t want to be made fun of because he looks funny, he should …

uh …

… argue in a coherent manner so that he won’t get so much attention?

… walk around dressed like Dr. Zaius so people will think he’s on his way to a comic book convention?

… hang out at comic book conventions?

I’m trying to help.

Oh! I got another one!

Stand next to Jonah Goldberg.

I think Mr. Bozell makes alot of sense.

Now pardon me. It’s the time of day where I sit in a public place and read the newspaper and pretend that Mallard Fillmore is making me laugh out loud.

The dKossacks are supporting the troops this Christmas by saying they’re like Islamic terrorists. Check out dKos, it’s the #1 diary.

Some of these people are nothing but partisan political hacks.

Some are just pundits for the money.

Some have a base agenda, theocracy or bigotry, something that drives and informs their foul spew.

Some are true believers, trying genuinely to understand why so many feel they are wrong, and to explain that they MUST be right.

And some are truly mean-spirited sociopaths with only the destruction of the “other side” as a defining goal. Bozell is such a man. A foul thug, only seeking to cause hurt and spread hatred, a man not so much interested in outcome as he is in process, as long as the process is as ugly and destructive as he possibly can make it.

Of them all, I only truly loathe the Bozells of the pundit-verse….

mikey

The Daily Kos diary is here.

Not surprisingly, our friend is suffering from Conservative Honesty Deficiency – please give to fight this dread disease – and is wildly misrepresenting the diary, probably at the prompting of the White House Talking Point Factory.

The diary is about the major role that the Bush Administration gives to evangelicals in the American military, and the diary makes a very good point about the dangers of overemphasizing religion in military organizations. And it uses Islamic extremists as an example.

Thank you, Gary. If it weren’t for conservatives constantly thrusting their opinions into every discussion, we might forget how deceptive and ill-informed they have to be.

Bozell in May 2007:

Def Jam records has a sorry history promoting vile gangsta-rap messages, but now [Russell] Simmons is having serious second thoughts. He’s proclaiming loudly and most eloquently that the street poets need to drop some words from that mainstream repertoire — the N-word, “bitch” and “ho.” These need to be considered extreme curse words, he says, and should be taken off the public airwaves, just like the famous “seven nasty words” that are banned, for the simple reason that children are in the audience. To be sure, some radio stations regularly edit such language, but many others don’t.

He doesn’t advocate dropping this language altogether, which is unfortunate. Simmons concedes that millions of adults listen to unexpurgated rap CDs, and he is unwilling to condemn it. Still, the move to take this off mainstream radio is a significant start.

[…]

It is high time the rap community clean up its act. Russell Simmons should be hailed for daring to suggest rappers (and their moguls) groom their language, and leave their linguistic bad breath at home.

Yeah, sure, Bozell LOOKS like a hypocrite to the untrained eye.

Maybe Gary or Saul could tell us why it’s OK for him.

They have been well-trained.

Al Qaeda: Jump!

Gary and Saul: How high?

WOOF! Great find there, J! Give yourself a treat!

Yeah. Let’s not use “bitch” EXCEPT to describe Hillary Cllinton.

A front page headline to make the christytards apoplectic:

WHO WAS JESUS?
A Muslim prophet?
A Jewish teacher?
Son of the Christian God?
Answer: All of the above

…Though global politics and war make it seem Christianity and Islam are hopelessly in conflict, Muslims are captivated by the life of Jesus — and even place more emphasis on his mother, Mary, than most Protestants.

Brent Bozell: Liberals use the B word all the time; for example these two vegetarian bitches who want to prevent you from eating the brutally raised and slaughtered factory farmed meat that is your right.

I like how he spends half of his column on two cookbook authors. Hilarious.

I really hate the whole renaissance of the B-word that we are in now. People think they sound ‘edgy’, but to me, they just sound dumb. What can I say, I guess I’m old fashioned.

Thing I’ve found is there aren’t a lot of real “trigger” words out there anymore. You know, the ones that, if you use them in a bar argument the fight starts right then?

But I’ll tell you one thing. You call a dood in a bar “bitch” and he’s gonna be firing on you before that single syllable can leave your lips. It’s automatic.

Kinda nice to still have a few words that can turn an argument into a fight without muss or fuss…

mikey

A notorious pearl-clutcher requests that we loosen up and stop clutching our pearls.

It is rich, is it not?

“Hey, let’s you an me fight!”

“Them’s fightin words!”

Major anthrax attack with high winds in SE MN today. Not supposed to quit until tomorrow. Along with the layer of ice we got friday night, I’d say nature has performed a textbook war on christmas this season. There will most likely be some casualties.

Maybe we need a motto to stop the b-word craze. ‘Every time you say ‘bitch’, a condem does it’s job”.

Shorter Actor212: Bitch Bozell.

Good Ol’ Brent.

What a gentleman.

So Brent Bozell nows holds up Posh Spice as a role model?

Is Brent Bozell the one who claims to be on the front lines of the War on Terra because his office is in the Empire State Building?

I have a hard time keeping these guys straight.

I’m ill. I just wanted to pop in and remind people that Mitt Romney is a Fembot.

Brent is right. Why make a fuss when a presidential candidate cowardly and passively endorses his supporters calling a rival senator/candidate “bitch” when there’s a cookbook a Spice Girl read that uses the term repeatedly?

Brent is on it, beyotches.

Is Brent Bozell the one who claims to be on the front lines of the War on Terra because his office is in the Empire State Building?

That profile in courage belongs to Huge Hewitt.

Ah. Thank you thunder. I knew it was one of them.

Concerning the cookbook authors:

…calculated rudeness is running over the last vestiges of decorum in our everyday speech.

Since Sadly, No is pretty much a seething hotbed of calculated rudeness, I guess that means that we bear heavy responsibility for dragging the modern world down into barbarism. At least there’re still a few heroes like Bozell to protect those last vestiges of decorum.

But I’ll tell you one thing. You call a dood in a bar “bitch” and he’s gonna be firing on you before that single syllable can leave your lips. It’s automatic.

It still surprises men when the word is turned on them. I have seen how surprised and wounded men get, though I have never seen it start a fight. It sounds very believeable, though.

A to-do list for Bozell

1) Stop writing.
2) Study third-grade grammar textbook under the subject ‘Apostrophe Usage.’
3) Return triumphantly, secure in at least one basic rule of English, and reap mockery for being stupid in completely different ways.

Since Sadly, No is pretty much a seething hotbed of calculated rudeness…

I like the look and feel of ‘seething hotbed’, but I think you need to replace ‘calculated’ with ‘spontaneous’. This is much more on the fly.

At least there’re still a few heroes like Bozell to protect those last vestiges of decorum.

If you define ‘decorum’ as ‘rich white male privilege’, you’re fairly accurate.

Thanks for visiting, sweetheart. Come again soon.

Whoa, whoa.

Lock up and stand down, ‘bear.

Pretty sure snorg’s one of ours.

Getting damn hard to tell the snark from the trolls.

That’s a bit of a problem, community-wise….

mikey

Is Brent Bozell the one who claims to be on the front lines of the War on Terra because his office is in the Empire State Building?

That profile in courage belongs to Huge Hewitt.

I still can’t believe he had the nerve/stupidity to make that argument to Michael Ware, of all people. What a maroon.

At least there’re still a few heroes like Bozell to protect those last vestiges of decorum.

Yes, I’m pretty sure Snorghagen is being facetious here.

What? I shot without knowing the enemy? I guess that means that I bear heavy responsibility for dragging the modern world down into barbarism. Sorry about that, modern world.

I think I need a nap….

Nah. You get a shiny piece of fancy bling and a 3-day R&R.

It’s frequently worth it…

mikey

Latest reconaissance reveals that the wind has let up and I can now see the lights on the opposite bank of the Mississippi River. I think it’s time to go do some serious anthrax abatement. Sleep will have to wait. crap

Wow, Brent Bozo is a hypocrite? Color me absolutely shocked.

“But I’ll tell you one thing. You call a dood in a bar “bitch” and he’s gonna be firing on you before that single syllable can leave your lips. It’s automatic.”
Jiminy, that’s prolly why I’m totally not getting laid these days. Stoopid bitch doods.

He should get that looked at by a dermatologist.

Anyone in Chicago or parts nearby?

I’m flying there on Wednesday.

Bill Moyers is rightfully indignant. But its a lost cause.

Don Quixote himself tells us to quit tilting at windmills. And to avoid apostrophes.

Since Sadly, No is pretty much a seething hotbed of calculated rudeness
I am far from convinced that hotbeds actually seethe. Acting in the role of Metaphor Police, I would recommend ‘burgeoning’ or ‘fomenting’.
As Peter Wimsey says in ‘Murder Must Advertise’, “It is a metaphor culled from the kitchen-garden.”

Anyone in Chicago or parts nearby?

I live in Chicago. Where in the region are U flying to?

Or, where are you staying, that may be the way to ask.

I almost deleted ‘seething hotbed’, but then I decided it had a nice funky quality. If you don’t change your sheets for a few weeks, I’m sure your hotbed will seeth bigtime.

What? I shot without knowing the enemy? I guess that means that I bear heavy responsibility for dragging the modern world down into barbarism.

That’s okay. After what civilization has been up to for the last few years, barbarism might be an improvement.

Oops. Make that ‘seethe’. ‘Seeth’ is the biblical version of ‘see’.

‘Seeth’ is the biblical version of ’see’.
It’s not the plural of ‘sooth’? Damn.
[crosses out 8 Down]

Flying into O’Hare, driving to Geneva.

Is there actual snow on the roads, or is it just fucking cold?

In the last couple of weeks I’ve been reviewing my travels to figure out 1) when was the last time I was in Chicago? 2) when was the last time I was in a COLD place? and 3) when was the last time I drove in snow?

Answers –
1) 1988

2) probably 1998

3) 1984

I am far from convinced that hotbeds actually seethe. Acting in the role of Metaphor Police, I would recommend ‘burgeoning’ or ‘fomenting’.

Nope, the only thing that matters about language is how good (or nice and funky) it sounds. Haven’t we learned anything from 7 years?

There is a bee-yoo-ty-full moon out there for anyone presently experiencing unclouded nighttime.

Is there actual snow on the roads, or is it just fucking cold?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!! Oh, that hurt.

t’s not the plural of ’sooth’? Damn.

Is it because its the Christmas season that I immediately thought of PDQ Bach’s oratorio “The Seasonings”?? and the passage about the soothsayer?

And there were in the same country, shepherd’s pies.

“Soothsayer, say unto me the sooth.”

g, Weatherunderground says chance of snow on wednesday & temps in the 20’s and 30’s. Didn’t mention freezing rain at all. Sounds bearable to me.

Is there actual snow on the roads, or is it just fucking cold?

At this point, there is not much snow on the roads, but it’s really, really cold & quite windy.

On Wednesday, according to weather.com, it should get warmer (High 36 F/Low 29 F), and there will be about 30% chance of rain or snow. Thursday is 37/34, w/ 20% chance of rain or snow.

Predicting Chicago weather is always kind of chancy but I think you may escape deep snow, at least on Wednesday, and it won’t likely be too cold.

gbear, you in the region too?

I’m in St Paul, MN. Just finished shovelling our all-day snow. It’s 13 degrees here this evening but getting up into the 20’s for Christmas here too.

If only the language in here were more civil, and the discourse more reasoned and centrist, the Dems might win elections. As a Dem, I am concerned about how your foul-mouthed speech — and all that anti-war shit — misrepresents us, and wish you would stop before we are beaten by Republicans, who will make us look weak and immoral. Thank you.

We’re in Geneva for a family wedding, then we spend the weekend in Chicago at the Omni Hotel.

The funny thing is, I grew up in the area around Geneva; my family moved away, and then 30 or so years later my brother ended up back in the area, and his kid is getting married there.

I will have to get used to the cold again, but what I’m really worried about is O’Hare.

Have a good time in Geneva. I’m not too close- in Chicago itself, north side.

As a Dem, I am concerned about how your foul-mouthed speech — and all that anti-war shit — misrepresents us, and wish you would stop before we are beaten by Republicans,

Oh, yes, “concerned,” I’m sure the election will revolve around the fact that posters here at Sadly, No, say “Fuck” a lot. We are that important.

Shouldn’t you be getting ready for midnight mass or something? Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

Snow days are dangerous when you’re stuck in the house with a computer, allmusic.com, amazon.com and a credit card. I did some damage today.

I will have to get used to the cold again, but what I’m really worried about is O’Hare.

Yeah, O’Hare can be quite a huge issue to get through, all right. And yes, it is pretty darn cold at times, at least compared to California.

Well, you know, I’m pretty hardened to the cold. It DID get down to 47 the other day.

I call fake concern.

About Geneva, yeah, sometimes (not always) life is circular like that.
Listen, if you wanna drop me a line, my email’s adellutri atte hotmail daught com.

Concerned wrote:

As a Dem, I am concerned about how your foul-mouthed speech — and all that anti-war shit…

Now there’s a beautiful example of an is-it-a-troll-or-is-it-snark type of post.

That’s right, California can get pretty cold. Not quite as cold as here, but still.

47 for a low?

Oh, that hurt too.

Well, I was going to find a youtube of PDQ Bach’s “The Seasonings” for you, but all I could find was The Unbegun Symphony

Enjoy it.

concerned does seem a bit too ridiculous this time, don’t they?

My brother lives near Geneva; my other brother (his twin) lives in Evanston.

My spouse went to school at IU, and knows Chicago pretty well. I haven’t been there except to visit since I was a kid.

Funny thing is, in the 80s and 90sI had a job where I traveled all over the country, but I always missed the gigs in Chicago proper – I went to places like Peoria, Rockford, Carbondale, Springfield, but never Chicago.

Closest I got was Aurora.

My present for the Sadly,Naughts is another set of ram-pant photographs. These ones come from an agricultural research project from 30-odd years ago.
In those days, we didn’t have fancy knitted cardigans for our sheep. Had to make own pants for them out of old fertiliser bags. We had it tough.

Well, Chicago is cool, but it’s basically just a New York with only 70% the size or something like that. Other towns, large and small, definitely have their worthy points.

Travel is kool anyhow.

If only the language in here were more civil, and the discourse more reasoned and centrist, the Dems might win elections. As a Dem, I am concerned about how your foul-mouthed speech — and all that anti-war shit — misrepresents us, and wish you would stop before we are beaten by Republicans, who will make us look weak and immoral. Thank you.

Haha! A real-life concern troll! Man, I thought you guys were fake; that Atrios made you guys up to get more traffic or something.

I guess you could still be fake. The internet isn’t exactly a bastion of people being forthright or truthful v(0.o)v   v(o.0)v   v(0.o)v

Clyde, do the ram-pants protect the sheep after they are sheared?

Can you get ram-pants in boot-cut, stovepipe leg and wide leg?

In those days, we didn’t have fancy knitted cardigans for our sheep. Had to make own pants for them out of old fertiliser bags. We had it tough.

They don’t seem concerned about their appearance. If I had to stand around in public wearing an old fertilizer bag, I’d feel pretty sheepish.

Time for the ZK candles to be lit.

His mom posted a picture of him in his bed at home with his cat sleeping with him.

There’s a traditional neighborhood Christmas Eve party that happens every year and moves from house to house. It just happens to be short walk from ZK’s house this year. I wonder if we will carol. I would love to, if his folks are up to it. They usually come to the party, of course, ZK was one of the kids who used to run around and wreak havoc.

(High 36 F/Low 29 F)

Yee Gads! Is that fucking Fahrenheit?

That’s crazy. People shouldn’t have to live in crap like that.

It would be no different if it was 98 with high humid…

Ahh. Dammit. Never mind…

mikey

g. Give normal. Just another christmas.

When you’re fucked up, all you want is normal.

All you wish for is for people to stop looking at you like that, and to stop whispering.

Give normal. It’s a major gift….

mikey

I’m perfectly fine with calling Hillary a bitch, just so long as everybody also refers to McCain (or the Mormonator or Huckabee or any of the repub dwarfs) “that no-good cocksucker.”

Equal opportunity and all.

Just remember, calling each of those repubs a cocksucker ain’t enough. It’s gotta be “that no-good cocksucker.”

Every different place on the Earth has its own unpleasant part of the environment. Arizona has flash floods and tarantulas. Seattle has too little sun. California can be too hot and dry. Chicago’s issues aren’t too bad to me. People that live in like Winnipeg, Canada, now… I don’t know how they do it.

Hell, the damn coldest Christmas I’ve ever spent was in Tampa Florida. The damn house was just not built for the cold!!!

Hell, a few years ago, I spent christmas on the big island.

It was cloudy, windy, and sometimes only got up to 68.

Man, you shoulda seen those locals bundle up. Me? I didn’t much change out of shorts and a tee shirt. But I guess it comes down to what you’re used to…

mikey

Just remember, calling each of those repubs a cocksucker ain’t enough. It’s gotta be “that no-good cocksucker.”

As opposed to: “that very good and wonderful cocksucker?”

Just remember, calling each of those repubs a cocksucker ain’t enough. It’s gotta be “that no-good cocksucker.”
———————————————————————–
As opposed to: “that very good and wonderful cocksucker?”

I was thinking the same thing. That second approach would work especially well if you provided graphic details as to exactly what it is that makes each candidate a truly outstanding cocksucker.

Somehow, the idea of Fred Thompson… well, nevermind.

A couple of pre-xmas treats…

Peter Sellers doing Laurence Olivier doing Richard III doing It’s a Hard Day’s Night.

Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie performing the barman sketch.

Catherine O’Hara in her prime: SCTV Dusty Towne Holiday Special

Hey, Mikey. I’m on the Big Island now, and it’s cloudy, windy and isn’t getting above 68. Brrr.

the first two didn’t take. trying this again:

Peter Sellers doing Laurence Olivier doing Richard III doing It’s a Hard Day’s Night.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xLongUBPm5Y

Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie performing the barman sketch.

gbear is in St Paul huh? I’m in Minneapolis and it’s 10 degrees F right now. Which is a bit cold but not too bad. 10 to 20 is perfect crosscountry skiing weather. Twenty below is too cold but it’s been a long time since we’ve had a serious Minnesota winter here. You know, one where Mother Nature has decided she’s gonna take you out if she can.

(High 36 F/Low 29 F)

yikes, whatever that is in real money, its cold.

[he says, sipping an ice cold beer with a ‘in the shade’ temp of 33 deg. C]

Anyone know about Kathleen Battle singing “Amazing Grace”?

“Gavin hastily adds: (pic) ”

Dr. Xauis!! I LOVE Dr. Xauis!

They don’t seem concerned about their appearance. If I had to stand around in public wearing an old fertilizer bag, I’d feel pretty sheepish.

Fnar fnar fnar! They already look pretty sheepish. Fngh. Hehehe.

Okay, so my sense of humour isn’t always sophisticated. Sue me. Sheep are always funny, even when they’re not in view.

Wow, thanks Lesley. That’s some great stuff. Catherine O’Hara is just fantastic!

Brent Bozell is right. We are all just bitches, except when we are bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitchezzzzzzz.

The geriatric Rottweiler just fell down the stairs.

He always looks embarrassed when this happens.

Traitor Bob’s Cabin.

I really hate the whole renaissance of the B-word that we are in now. People think they sound ‘edgy’, but to me, they just sound dumb. What can I say, I guess I’m old fashioned.

I can see that. But beyatch, beyotch, and especially biznatch just crack my shit up.

As for no good cocksuckers, if you’re in mixed company and need to take it down a notch, might I suggest miserable pricks?

Here’s another SCTV favourite. Eugene Levy doing Perry Como’s still alive:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xHjXio9ywiA

This was at the height of those awful KTel record commercials and variety shows featuring tacky dance numbers.

It’s amazing that such wonderful late night teevee was produced out of Edmonton. Anywhere was Coolsville in the 1970s.

Another favourite was The Carol Burnett Show. Here’s an old clip of Burnett and Harvey Korman

We watched some A & E special about Carol Burnett the other night. It’s been years since I even thought of her. It was cool to see.

Love it in the clip when she says to Korman: “Where did you learn to practice law? The Whitehouse?”

What I loved about the Carol Burnett show was how they cracked up during the sketches.

example: Southern family…

Man, I have GOT to get that SCTV boxed set. Now that’s a fucking investment I’d never regret.

Weather here in eastern WA is mid-30s and raining. I expect an inch or two of anthrax here before morning. I’m glad we don’t have serious snow here like some of you brave folks–just because I hate driving in it–but I can handle cold. It’s when the sun doesn’t come out that I get loopy. A few winters ago, Seattle went more than three months without the sun coming out ONCE. That’s total suicide weather, as far as I’m concerned.

I have the boxed set and it’s worth every penny.

Here’s another classic: Martin Short as Ed Grimley unable to sleep on Christmas eve.

I dunno, when I say “miserable pricks,” I think of a sad-looking droopy dick that somebody’s drawn a frown on with a Sharpie. The thing is, I LIKE dicks (some of them, anyway), so it just doesn’t seem right to me to call somebody a prick as an insult. And calling somebody a “cocksucker” just sounds descriptive, not insulting.

Yeah, yeah, I know I think too much, you don’t have to tell me.

omg, this Mrs. Wiggins sketch is wonderful.

Lesley – I can do the Ed Grimley triangle dance.

Jennifer, you keep doing that dance and you”ll never need WD40 in your hip joints.

when I say “miserable pricks,” I think of a sad-looking droopy dick that somebody’s drawn a frown on with a Sharpie.
The Kitten look — a happy felt-pen smile and a couple of pert little ears held on with sellotape — always gets a good reaction. Or the Dickzilla look, which involves colouring in with a green felt-pen, and a row of cut-out paper triangles running down the back for a spine-ridge. Or so I hear.

Can you imagine anyone getting away with this flasher sketch now?

Clyde, do the ram-pants protect the sheep after they are sheared?
Yeah, after shearing. It was supposed to reduce the damage from an unpleasant weed by the name of barley grass.

I dunno, when I say “miserable pricks,” I think of a sad-looking droopy dick that somebody’s drawn a frown on with a Sharpie.

That sounds remarkably like Fred Thompson.

Late to the party, g, but here in Rockford it’s down in the 20’s atm with winds from 25-30mph with gusts of 50. It’s not supposed to snow the next few days, though.

The Kitten look — a happy felt-pen smile and a couple of pert little ears held on with sellotape — always gets a good reaction. Or the Dickzilla look, which involves colouring in with a green felt-pen, and a row of cut-out paper triangles running down the back for a spine-ridge. Or so I hear.

Salacious secrets from the Bimler household.

BTW, just for information, the forecast here for tomorrow (WarOnChristmas day) is a fine and sunny 28C (that’s about 82F for those of you still behind the metric era). And we’ve had a whole two days of rain on the weekend, so that’s our allotment of rain for the season. Sigh. Drought is a bitch. Am I allowed to say that?

Only if the drought is a Democrat, Qetesh.

The fact is, liberals are extreme fags.

I got immune to cold weather. I also started wearing hats. That’s the key. Now that I wear hats, it has to get below about 17 F. before I’ll even think of putting on a coat. Unfortunately though, this has rendered me unable to function back in Florida when I’m there. Oh, and I’m a bitch. Forgot to mention that one….HAHAHA!

As long as people are posting Fry & Laurie though, here are my personal favorites (song-wise…there’s just too much otherwise). The polite rap song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdRfhARwGoI
and Stephen’s ode to “You, you, you!” (with Hugh’s amazing, and amazing *looking* back-up singing):

Gary, and yes, I am an extreme fagbitchcunt.

How are we going to beat this bastard Bozell?

Listing who’s been bad and good, naughty and nice? Warning us not to cry (play the victim) or pout (cast blame and act entitled)? There’s little difference, when you think about it, between St. Nick and St. Newt. George Will himself could hardly be more stern and judgmental. Santa Claus rightly understood is a far cry from the socialist redistribution of John Edwards or the syrupy hope of Obama.

The fact is, the goal of the left is the liberation of mankind from traditional institutions and codes of behavior, especially moral codes. It seeks a restoration (or achievement) of a state of nature, one of absolute individual liberty–universal happiness without the need for laws. The proposed political way stations chosen by the left in its drive toward this vision have [included]: abolition of private property (socialism); prohibition of Christianity and/or propagation by the political elite of a new civil religion to replace it; confiscatory taxation, especially at death; regulation of political speech to limit the ability of certain individuals or classes to affect politics; the takeover of education to instill new values and moral habits in the population; confiscation of privately held firearms; gradual phasing out of the nation-state; displacement of the traditional family in favor of child-rearing by an enlightened governmental elite; and the inversion of sexual morality to elevate recreational sex and reduce the prestige of procreative sex.”

Immediately after my 6:05 (S,N! time) post, my aged home computer blew up. I probably won’t be back here again until 2008, so I just wanted to wish everyone a safe and extremely gay holiday week. Big Hugs.

….displacement of the traditional family in favor of child-rearing by an enlightened governmental elite…

Yes, it was that odious liberal Newt Gingrich who proposed taking kids away from their parents and raising them in state-run orphanages…er…indoctrination centers. Thank god the LIEberal Gingrich menace was defeated!!!

Oh, and… big guy…when you forget and leave the quotation marks at the end of your Deep Thoughts, it’s just a red flag that you’ve stolen them from some other trogladyte. Leave it up to a winger to not even be bright enough to steal material from someone who’s sane or intelligent.

“The fact is, the goal of the left is the liberation of mankind from traditional institutions and codes of behavior, especially moral codes.”

We call that the Declaration of Independence.

” It seeks a restoration (or achievement) of a state of nature, one of absolute individual liberty–universal happiness without the need for laws”

We were hoping the US Constitution would help us in that endeaver.

I can’t help with you that last huge-ass sentence, it’s filled with too much bullshit.

Gary Rupert quoting John Andrews quoting Jeffrey Bell:
(One of the evil goals of the left is)…the inversion of sexual morality to elevate recreational sex and reduce the prestige of procreative sex.

That’s definitely a major problem. No one’s going to reproduce if we don’t make procreation more prestigious. Maybe we should give out medals or award tenure or something.

I’m in Minneapolis and it’s 10 degrees F right now. Which is a bit cold but not too bad. 10 to 20 is perfect crosscountry skiing weather.

I worked up a sweat shovelling snow last night at 10 degrees. Yea, 20 is really comfortable if your exerting yourself. In my younger days, I’d ride my mountain bike if it was above 20 degrees and if the roads were plowed wide enough so that you could ride without pissing off the car drivers into a homocidal rage. Dumping your bike on an ice patch is a drag though. You don’t fall over, you just go straight down when the bike shoots out from under you. Ouch.

the inversion of sexual morality to elevate recreational sex and reduce the prestige of procreative sex.

..and the problem with that is..??

[back to work]

t seeks a restoration (or achievement) of a state of nature, one of absolute individual liberty–universal happiness without the need for laws … prohibition of Christianity … confiscatory taxation … regulation of political speech

I guess we’ll achieve these goals without using laws because confiscatory taxes, no free speech(snerk), forbidden guns, and forbidden Christianity will make everyone happy? So happy they’ll happily give up their freedoms to be absolutely free? Awesome.

Snorghagen said,
No one’s going to reproduce if we don’t make procreation more prestigious.

I’ve got a friend who refers to kids as “FT’s”; FT = fuck trophy. If you get a trophy, how could it possibly be MORE prestigious?

tigrismus wrote:

I guess we’ll achieve these goals without using laws because confiscatory taxes, no free speech(snerk), forbidden guns, and forbidden Christianity will make everyone happy? So happy they’ll happily give up their freedoms to be absolutely free? Awesome.

Aw, come on. You’re being rational. That’s no fair.

The Dr Zaius thing’s not bad, but Google “Father Jack Hackett” for the proper “seperated at birth” shiznat.

You’re being rational.

YOU TAKE THAT BACK!

No one’s going to reproduce if we don’t make procreation more prestigious. Maybe we should give out medals or award tenure or something.

Why do you think they hired Nicole Richie and Anna Nicole Smith to become pregnant? Its just like Louis Vuitton bags – if we see the celebrities carrying them, we’ll want to buy them!

The procreation marketeers ran into a little glitch when they rolled out the Britney Spears procreation launch. Kind of like New Coke, it was a flop.

That’s why they reinvented it with this year’s Jamie Lynn Spears line.

They’re still working on the edgier offerings, like the Paris Hilton version, but they have to make sure they’ve tested it for all known toxins.

I’ve had recreational sex and procreative sex, and can’t really explain the difference, unless it has to do with hitting what you aim for.

gbear–you’re kicking ass out there, now I feel guilty.
dBa–you’re making me wish I weren’t ill.
Gary–I know liberals who hate Christianity, but that’s a pretty broad-brush statement. Wait, I was one of those liberals. Now I’m a Catholic and my fundie “Christian” neighbors tell me I’m not a Christian.
Shorter: I converted to Christianity and all I got were evangelical bigot neighbors.

P.S. Gary, I think you were supposed to throw in something about gay people in there. Just sayin’.

it’s been a long time since we’ve had a serious Minnesota winter here. You know, one where Mother Nature has decided she’s gonna take you out if she can.

Noen, were you around for the winter of 96? I moved into my house in January of that year. It was sunny and -10f the morning I moved in and we were all happy at how good the weather was that day. My dad called me the first night and told me to leave the cabinet under the sink open because it was heading down to -30f. I laughed and didn’t believe him but I sure wasn’t laughing a week later when it was STILL -30f. I worked in the Knickerbocker building then and parked over where the new baseball stadium is going. That was one LONG week.

Tyree, if by kicking ass you mean dealing with the cold, I’d have to say it’s an accident of birth. I can see the hospital I was born in from my office window and my house is less than 3 miles from here. If I had it to do over again I think I’d choose being born rich. Anyone can deal with cold weather long as you have mittens and a good battery in your car.

Leaving work in a few minutes and the advice from the office tech regarding my fried computer is that I should try to do recovery before I attempt any repair. See you guys again when I get a new computer. sigh

That’s the advice you got from a computer tech? He sounds like he should be working for the Geek Squad or Firedog.