K-LOLcon
If you love dogs (and those who know me know that I do) and if you’ve been thinking of buying Rescuing Sprite, a dog book by conservative communist Mark Levin, all you need to do is saunter over to America’s Shittiest Website™ and read K-Lo’s review. Her review will completely quash any temptation you might have to buy that book next time you see a copy in Border’s. I guaran-effin-tee it.
K-Lo’s review goes downhill pretty quickly:
In Rescuing Sprite, Mark offers a gift that crosses party lines — a tribute to man’s best friend and an appreciation for the gift of unconditional love and protection of innocents.
OMG, did she just work in a reference to abortion? She did. She can’t even write a review of a dog book without turning the subject to zygoticide. I don’t know whether to hoot with derision or bow down in abject admiration for such single minded, highly focused wingnuttery.
And if you’re skeptical that K-Lo would give five stars to a book that actually “crosses party lines,” well, you would be completely justified:
Rescuing Sprite is a look at the softer side of Rush and Sean Hannity.
After first reading about the “softer side of Rush,” I had to drill a hole in my skull and flush my frontal lobe with a 60-40 mixture of Clorox and grain alcohol to more-or-less purge the image of a white, pimply, gelatinous Lim-butt from my mind. (If you need to do the same, I recommend trying a 50-50 mixture instead; it might sting a little less.)
I recently saw Sprite on display, up front and prominent, at a New York Barnes and Noble as a “staff recommendation” — usually an honor reserved for, say, The Communist Manifesto. It did, however have, the disclaimer “dogs don’t discuss politics.”
Wait, I assume the liberal fascist book clerks would be recommending Mein Kampf, not The Communist Manifesto. Oh, but wait, that’s probably fascist too.
Rescuing Sprite probably isn’t fascist, but if you want to read the best dog book ever, and one without touching anecdotes about Oxycontin Rush, ignore K-Lo’s advice and read My Dog Tulip instead. Or you might buy How to Raise a Jewish Dog, which is authored by commenter Mr. Wonderful and which apparently involves telling your dog how it hurts you when he does the wrong thing and comparing him to other dogs who behave properly so that the guilt will force him into being a good dog.
Perhaps I’m just a fucking idiot, but can sum1 explain how “peti4s” reads in Non-Douchebag?
“petit fours”
Petit Fours, a little teeny tiny layer cake with frosting in between the layers and then coated in a light candy type shell. They’re quite lovely if made properly.
It’s funny because she’s fat, you see.
Oh, is Barnes & Noble part of the Islamunistofascist conspiracy as well?
Teh Totally Tarian Temptation from Barnes & Noble to Barney Frank
…dogs don’t discuss politics.
Apparently beached whales do, though.
Got it. Clowning on her 4 bills of jiggle. Figged it wuz either that or the 3 glasses of booze in close vicinity of her top hole.
Figged it wuz either that or the 3 glasses of booze in close vicinity of her top hole.
I can haz Funky Cold Medina?
the fact that you know what ‘petit fours’ are, merely serves to reinforce my point that you are a Liberal Fascist and you would, in fact, force all of us to consume dainty sugary desserts in an objectively pro-terrorist attempt to sap this country’s masculinity.
the fact that you know what ‘petit fours’ are, merely serves to reinforce my point that you are a Liberal Fascist and you would, in fact, force all of us to consume dainty sugary desserts in an objectively pro-terrorist attempt to sap this country’s masculinity.
What It Will Be Like If We Eat French Desserts: http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/8471.html
Does she weep every time she menstruates?
the fact that you know what ‘petit fours’ are, merely serves to reinforce my point that you are a Liberal Fascist and you would, in fact, force all of us to consume dainty sugary desserts in an objectively pro-terrorist attempt to sap this country’s masculinity. – r€nato
1915, Russia
Misha: Come the revolution everyone will eat strawberries and cream!
Grisha: But I don’t like strawberries and cream
Misha: Come the revolution everyone will have to eat strawberries and cream!
Not so fast KloPez, according to LodenLogic (TM) Hitler loved dogs, so people who loved their dogs are fascists.
Jesus. Nevermind Rush’s squidgy bits, her “writing” could be used to torture prisoners.
Does she weep every time she menstruates?
Speaking of, where’s the ketchup?
Speaking of dogs, it’s Jebus! (Link courtesy of balloon-juice.com)
Renato,would it help if I made a GIANT version of said dainty cake? I could even decorate it with little gargoyles or dragons or cars or something. Just for you.
She’s so right about Barnes and Nobel. Last time I was there I was shocked to see the prominent display of leftist tomes. “Harry Potter and Affordable Healthcare,””The Bridges of Madison County that were Destroyed by a Hurricane And Never Repaired” and the biggest offender, “Tuesdays with Maury Povich.”
I like petit fours. But shouldnt’ we be calling them “Freedom cakes?”
I think her “Communist Manifesto” comment was a tryout joke because she’s auditioning to write gags for Mallard Fillmore.
She won’t get it because she’s way too funny and it will make the regular staff writers jealous.
Other LIbranazimunistajihadi books I’ve seen staff recommend in our Gestatobook stores.
http://www.amazon.com/Holes-Louis-Sachar/dp/0440419468/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200075470&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/Olive-Other-Reindeer-Vivian-Walsh/dp/B0006J5UP0/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200075498&sr=8-2
When will the horror end?
Principal Blackman: I assume you know that you’re going to hay-ell.
Salon has an interview with Herr Pantload today:
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/11/goldberg/
I don’t have the strength to read it, but maybe someone else here does.
This is tremendous:
Rush recalled meeting a soldier at National Review’s 50th-anniversary dinner in Washington, D.C. Rush was embarrassed because the soldier — who had lost an eye and arm in Iraq — was praising Rush. Rush told Mark: “He pooh-poohed me and said, ‘We all have our roles.’ I think you have creeping guilt, Mark. Fight that. We are all who we are. It takes all of us to make a country.”
So according to Rush, it was a soldier who had to remind him that it was okay to be a raging egomaniac, and he passed that wisdom along to Mark Steyn.
This merely serves to reinforce my point, which is central to my point, which is that you are a Liberal Fascist.
I don’t have the strength to read it, but maybe someone else here does.
I started to, but I lasted about 14 seconds. I didn’t realize how lazy and dependant on the Sadly, No!sians I’ve become to filter all of this stuff for me and make it funny. It’s quite a process. Sadly is like good tequila. Reading a straight-up Jonah interview is like eating a 200-pound cactus with a live worm.
B+N employees are part of The Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy™? Who knew? I guess the fact that their bookstores carry Coulter, Goldberg and O’Reilly – and even give them valuable floor display space when their new books come out – merely serves to reinforce her point.
Principal Blackman: I assume you know that you’re going to hay-ell.
Oh yes, I’m well aware. I think I sealed that deal when I laughed my ass off at this.
I think I sealed that deal when I laughed my ass off at this.
Well, save me a spot if you get there first. I LOLed too.
Rescuing Sprite is a look at the softer side of Rush and Sean Hannity.
Aha! Their secret marriage is now revealed.
Notorious PAT and Jake: Re: Salon interview, check out the end section of the “Doughy Pantload Rising” thread below.
Wow, that sounded filthy.
I guess the fact that their bookstores carry Coulter, Goldberg and O’Reilly – and even give them valuable floor display space when their new books come out – merely serves to reinforce her point.
OK, let me see if I can use my Jonah skilz to break this one down.
Coulter loves Joseph McCarthy, who Jonah says is a Man of the Left. Therefore, she is a liberal fascist.
Jonah criticizes Joseph McCarthy, who Coulter thinks personally gave birth to America. Therefore, Jonah is an America-hating commie.
Bill O’Reilly has a bizarre sexual fascination with falafel, which is a double whammy–it clearly links him to filthy brown people, and it’s a vegetarian food which makes it an abomination of liberal fascism worse than Woodstock and Auschwitz combined.
Principal Blackman is going straight to the ninth circle, in fact.
the softer side of Rush
Must have run out of Viagra after that DR trip.
I’m thankful.
When I first saw the header & the picture, I though K-Lo was going to be eating dogs….
Careful what get’s in front of that plate when she’s eating.
I don’t know about Principal Blackman, but according to this, I’m headed for the 7th Circle of Hell. Huh. And I’m not even a violent person!
Speaking of book reviews, Salon.com asked Doughbag Loadpants about his new tome of wisdom:
Q: What’s the book about?
A: It’s a revisionist history.
Congratulations on the rare moment of candor. Thereafter, he quickly devolves into his usual “I’ve been drinking paint thinner” ramblings.
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/11/goldberg/
Umm….err…uh…
Is she contradicting her co-warrior? I thought they were on the same team.
Thanks for mentioning My Dog Tulip, btw. Haven’t read it in years – I do believe I’ll pull it off the shelf this evening to read while eating my Freedom Cakes.
Well then,there shall be no cake for you Renato,only spinach with vinegar. Is that fascist enough for you? HA.
Isn’t the “softer side of Rush” all of him?
anangryoldbroad said,
January 11, 2008 at 20:57
Well then,there shall be no cake for you Renato,only spinach with vinegar. Is that fascist enough for you? HA.
Brussels Sprouts!
No no no no no no NO.
The best dog book ever is How to Raise a Jewish Dog, out since September. To which I have a certain, um, connection.
Jake H. said… Sadly is like good tequila. Reading a straight-up Jonah interview is like eating a 200-pound cactus with a live worm.
That is an absolutely beautiful turn of phrase.
Rush told Mark: “He pooh-poohed me and said, ‘We all have our roles.’ I think you have creeping guilt, Mark. Fight that. We are all who we are. It takes all of us to make a country.”
It Takes a Village Idiot
“It takes all of us to make a country.”
Except for The Liberals, who are traitors and should be shot, exterminated, extirpated, killed, etc., etc.
B+N employees are part of The Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy™? Who knew? I guess the fact that their bookstores carry Coulter, Goldberg and O’Reilly – and even give them valuable floor display space when their new books come out – merely serves to reinforce her point.
In fact, it is central to her point. As her doughy colleague recently noted, the only reason chain bookstores carry such books out in the open is so that angry liberal fascists can hide them
I think you have creeping guilt, Mark. Fight that. We are all who we are. It takes all of us to make a country.”
This sounds suspiciously like evil lefty self-esteem building to me. Where did Rush get that touchy-feely crap, from an episode of “Free to be You and Me?”
As a veggie growing liberal organic fascist,I have to defend the often maligned brussel sprout. Those tough,stale and gnarly things in the average grocery store are horrible. But,get them fresh,steam til tender and serve with a bit of melted cheese and you might not hate them as much.
I do prefer green beans and bell peppers,but that’s just me.
The Great Brussel Sprout War–Part II?
I shall once again be joining up to fight on the “brussel sprouts are teh evil!!11!!!” side. Yes, even wrapped in bacon and sauted in whatever sauce…
Re brussels sprouts: Some people have a genetic defect that makes cabbage taste bad to them. Brussels sprouts apparently contain a higher concentration of the chemical these individuals find unpleasant-tasting. These poor souls will never understand why anyone eats brussels sprouts, and they deserve not our arguments but our pity.
Principal Blackman wins today’s internets, as far as I’m concerned.
Dear god I thought teh Brussel Sprout conflict had been amicably resolved!!
All this talk of dogs and man-on-man love. Is Rick Santorum working with the Sadly No’s now?
“Some people have a genetic defect that makes cabbage taste bad to them. Brussels sprouts apparently contain a higher concentration of the chemical these individuals find unpleasant-tasting.”
Uhmmmm, hate to burst your bubble and all, but I actually like teh cabbage (being Polish, it would be sacrilege to not like all forms of the Brassica oleracea capitata).
So, let’s recap, shall we? Like teh cabbage, hate teh brussel sprouts.
Outside of the Duke lacrosse team, I can’t think of an entity more wrongfully maligned than brussels sprouts. I love everything about them–flavor, texture, etc. I suspect a lot of the hostility dates back to a couple generations ago when every housefrau boiled the ever loving shit out of every vegetable she came into contact with, resulting in gray mush. I wasn’t around then, but I hear things.
I like them cooked until just tender but still firm, then braised in heavy cream Julia Child-style (by the end, you wouldn’t know there had been any cream, as most of the liquid cooks away–it just makes them richer and imparts delicious saturated fat). Great part of any holiday spread.
…adding, I should have said “steamed/boiled until just tender” above rather than the ultra-specific “cooked.” And they should be split in half first.
We’ve done this brussels sprouts thing before.
Put me in the Pro-Sprout camp; I go for them rolled in olive oil and roasted in a hot oven, sprinkled with carmelized onions and crumbled bacon.
Also quite fond of braised red cabbage. Made some once to go with a roast goose – awesome.
Principal Blackman wins today’s internets, as far as I’m concerned.
Hooray for me! I plan to use my victory as an excuse to rule with an iron fist. Or smother everybody with hugs. Or whatever it is a good liberal fascist does, I’m still a little unclear on the concept. Anyway, the point is, you all better eat your veggies like the good little Hitlers you are.
Re brussels sprouts: Some people have a genetic defect that makes cabbage taste bad to them. Brussels sprouts apparently contain a higher concentration of the chemical these individuals find unpleasant-tasting.
Hmmm – well, I like cabbage and hate Brussel sprouts, so I guess I can’t blame my situation on genetics. No pity for me.
Speaking of pity, I confess to feeling some for KLo. She’s so pathetic. Imagine what it must be like to be her. I’m not just talking about her physical appearance. Think on it: None too bright, full of spiteful resentment, hanging out with Republicans because they’re the only people who will have her. I could make myself weep. Well, nah, but I do feel a smidgen of pity for her.
Brussel Sprouts = worse than teh secret liberal fascism.
I think I just double-Godwined myself.
I recently saw Sprite on display, up front and prominent, at a New York Barnes and Noble as a “staff recommendation” — usually an honor reserved for, say, The Communist Manifesto.
ZOMG Stay away from the bookstorez!!! Think of the chillen!!
I have been to many bookstores in my day, and I have never seen The Communist Manifesto as a staff recommendation. Not even at my college’s (UCLA) bookstore. I think she’s making that up.
You people don’t get it, do you? Barnes & Noble employees are all tattooed and pierced young hip people, so they should obviously be more interested in showcasing the works of those great fascists Marx and Engels than a book about fwuffy wuffy widdle cute puppies. And yet they are not, which is why K-lo is so mystified. It’s like O’Reilly finding out that black people are actually human and eat regular people food with utensils and everything — another myth shattered. Well, not actually shattered, but dealt a serious, thought-provoking blow, or at least a little tap.
Clean and halve about 3 cups of brussels sprouts.
Blanch for about 3 minutes in a generous amount of rapidly boiling, generously salted water.
Drain, quench, and set aside.
In a little olive oil toast a handful of pinoli nuts.
Add to set aside sprouts
With a little more olive oil, soften 2-3 cloves of minced garlic.
Return sprouts and nuts.
Toss until warm
Remove from heat.
Add 8oz. of good, well drained, crumbled feta
Gently toss to mix
Serve immediately
Yum yum!!
“Gently toss”
Believe me, when teh evil sprouts are involved, the tossing is a little more than gentle!
Brussel sprouts are so evil they raped Elmo, for not raping me, or something.
The point is they’re Nazi commie liberal fascists.
Principal Blackman- I hope you’re happy. I now am throwing out my blessed Virgin french toast, my nativity scene walnut burl, and my melted blob jeebus after seeing that dogs ass.
If I ever stop laughing, I will build a cathedral around that picture.
Word. I’ve been to a bunch of bookstores in my day, including those run and frequented by haters of America (i.e. liberals, the less-than-wealthy, and dark-skinned people), and I’ve never seen teh Communist Manifesto displayed as recommended reading either. Recently, however, I saw that “American Psycho” was recommended, and having not yet read it, I puchased it on the spot.
No word yet on the sum total of anti-USA/heartland/God/freedom themes that are contained therein.
Q: What’s the book about?
A: It’s a revisionist history.
How does one earn a living as a writer when one does not actually know what words mean?
And this appeasement regarding brussel sprouts will only lead to tanks rolling across Europe, you fascists.
Candy said,
January 11, 2008 at 22:07
Hmmm – well, I like cabbage and hate Brussel sprouts,
I knew there was something about you that I liked–I just couldn’t put my finger on it until now…
Remember when we were talking about music and concerts in Dead Moans? Check out www dot iowaunder dot com/wiki/the_law That was my crowd as a young lad in the River City.
Clean and halve about 3 cups of Extra Crunchy Cheetos.
Blanch for about 3 minutes in a generous amount of rapidly boiling, generously salted Mountain Dew Game Fuel.
Drain, quench, and set aside.
Squirt in a little Velveeta and toast a handful of Goobers.
Add to set aside Cheetos
With a little more Velveeta, soften 2-3 handfuls of minced gummy bears.
Return Cheetos and Goobers.
Toss until greasy
Remove from heat.
Add 8oz. of good, well drained, crumbled cocktail weiners
Roughly mash
Serve immediately if you haven’t already eaten it in the kitchen.
Goldberg has more content. This time, his response to Neiwert.
A: It’s a revisionist history.
How does one earn a living as a writer when one does not actually know what words mean?
I don’t know, but the ‘load actually stumbled onto an honest answer. Amazing.
What the hell? I rewrote pluky’s recipe with Cheetos and Goobers but the Intertubes apparently lost it. Lost forever in cyberspace, like a 1-star review of Liberal Fascism: The Bad-Sounding Thingy from Some Old Person or Thing to Some New Person or Thing.
Oh! “Zygoticide” — what an awesome word. I think I’m in love.
Shorter review of KLo’s review: KLo exploits opportunity to market her ongoing romantic fantasies about neoconservative men she doesn’t have a hope in hell of dating.
What else is new?
Man, good thing I’ve got this delish Gyro and some wonderful Hummus here in front of me when I read that abomination of a “recipe” for cooking, of all freaking things, the inedible Brussels Sprouts.
Gently toss, indeed. Right out the kitchen window, which you’ll now have to leave open for an hour due to the smell…..
mikey
Jebus, J–. That might be worse than the book itself.
MileHi, I’ll have to give that a good going over when I have some time. I’m off to spend my Friday night doing laundry and studying, and hopefully getting Tasty Tacos for dinner – which will NOT involve Brussel sprouts in any way, shape, or form! 🙂
Brussel Sprout Petit Fours
Steam one pound fresh brussel sprouts until soft. Set aside to cool.
Slice an Enteman’s pound cake horizontally, to yield a total of six 1-inch thick slices. Set aside.
Melt 1 pound Baker’s unsweetened chocolate in the top of a double boiler, then slowly add 1 pint heavy cream and 1 cup granulated sugar. Stir until smooth, then set aside.
Puree the brussel sprouts in a blender or food processor, adding 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil in a slow stream. Don’t overmix.
To Assemble
Spread a thin layer of the chocolate mixture on the bottom slice of pound cake, then spread a thin layer of the pureed brussel sprout and olive oil mixture. Top with the next layer of cake, then repeat until all of the slices have been used. Spread the remaining chocolate over the assembled cake, covering the top and sides completely.
Bring to the table whole, then slice and serve with creme Anglaise, creme fraiche, or loosely whipped cream.
submitted by Kathryn Jean Lopez
From the Salon interview of Jonah,
Did he not read his own book, then?
In Rescuing Sprite, Mark offers a gift that crosses party lines — a tribute to man’s best friend and an appreciation for the gift of unconditional love and protection of innocents.
Is EVERYTHING about abortion for this fuck?
Did he not read his own book, then?
I hear the title is provocative and there’s a Hitler cartoon on the front.
My brain hurts.
The Salon interview was enough for one day for me, J—. I clicked over and tried to read Bobload Doughpants’s review of Neiwert’s review of Doughbob’s feculence, but when, after the first two paragraphs, I had to squeeze my eyes shut and put my head down, a familiar thought occurred to me: What am I doing with my life? Why am I reading this? I hate it when that happens, and I do believe it must be 5 o’clock somewhere.
Or you might buy How to Raise a Jewish Dog, which is authored by commenter Mr. Wonderful
Wait, I thought Saul was Sadly, No!’s resident rabbi. He’s the one always saying shalom and talking his synagogue in Falls Church. I’m so confused!
I don’t know about Principal Blackman, but according to this, I’m headed for the 7th Circle of Hell. Huh. And I’m not even a violent person!
I found out yesterday that the 8th circle of hell is Family Court.
I found out yesterday that the 8th circle of hell is Family Court.
Ninth, Family Circus.
K-Lo’s other gig
From Jonah’s response to Dave Neiwert,
Dood. Ledeen and Ayn Rand. So there, weight of decades of scholarship by thousands of people each individually smarter than Jonah.
Wait a sec — Mikey doesn’t like brussel sprouts?
Color me delusioned. I just assumed a foodie like him would have a deep appreciation for those wonderful little buds.
No, not those buds, dammit, I mean brussel sprouts.
I’m so sad now…
This is Very Serious, Adult, and Important Thinking, indeed.
Y’know, revisionist history or historical revisionism doesn’t have to mean guys with stupid haircuts claiming the Holocaust was a hoax or what have you. It’s simply re-interpreting or recontextualizing known historical facts, or in some cases re-examining the historical narrative using recently discovered facts.
Of course, there are honest and dishonest ways to do this, and I think Jonah’s take on all of this is like if all those wise blind men had pretty much figured out the actual shape and nature of the elephant and he shows up saying “no, guys, really an elephant is mushy and has bits of straw in it”.
Arg. Forgive the bold text above. Must have formatted wrong.
Need more bourbon.
This is Very Serious, Adult, and Important Thinking, indeed.
It’s true, as far as it goes, but if the implication is that American conservatives aren’t racists, it falls apart.
Wow, if Hayek, Friedman, and Rand — among countless others — have already written the same thing Jonah’s saying, it can’t be *that* groundbreaking, can it?
There can be no earnest debate with a right-wing ideologue like Goldberg (statement of the obvious, I know, but hear me out). An example: He thinks he scores big points in his response to Neiwert by making the distinction between “liberalism” as used in Europe (and pretty much everywhere else outside the U.S., by the way) and “liberalism” as used in the U.S. He would have us believe the former is classical and good and non-fascist and the latter is not-classical and bad and fascist in a grandniece kind of way. What he doesn’t recognize, or refuses to recognize, is that what is called liberalism here in the U.S. is a branch of what is called liberalism in Europe. Stated otherwise, the Democratic Party and what used to be the Republican Party, back before the radical right took it over, represent the left and right wings of the liberal (European sense) political tradition. One sees a greater role for government, the other sees a more constrained one. Both agree upon and are committed to certain basic ideas about democracy and capitalism. But Goldberg is incapable of acknowledging this, because for him U.S. liberalism is further left than it actually is and is at root antithetical to both democracy and capitalism.
I also tried to read Goldberg’s response to Neiwert’s review of Goldberg. Couldn’t do it. Reminded me of too many circular flame wars where one guy keeps changing is words to re-validate his argument.
Call it a vicious circle jerk…
…where he’s circling himself…
Neiwert has responded, for the moment, to Goldberg.
These dots do not connect.
Nor does a straight line run through them.
If that enrages the trade guild controlling most of academia, them’s the breaks.
Trade guild? Sounds like Load de Pants watched Star Wars Phantom Menace recently.
And a related point – trade guild controlling academia? Wha. Tha. Fuh?
OK,I need to beg forgiveness for bringing up the brussel sprouts. I apologize. I had no idea there was a controversy involved. Yipes.
Now, for my own dining and dancing pleasure(well,and my hubby and son’s)I’m off to throw a few steaks on the grill,some lovely potatoes au gratin,some lightly steamed asparagus w/grilled red peppers,and sour cream cake with berries for dessert.
OK,I need to beg forgiveness for bringing up the brussel sprouts. I apologize.
You probably should call them “Freedom Sprouts”…
Shit, folks.
Every thread here either turns into a troll infestation or a brussel-sprout-athon, nowadays.
I remember the old days, when we could get a few Nazis.
Now get offa my lawn.
Cheetos are a helluva drug:
“Yes, it’s true. Many historians call [an apple] a[n apple]. One of the arguments of my book is to demonstrate that these historians are wrong to do so. If that enrages the trade guild controlling most of academia, them’s the breaks. But simply saying that people say my view is wrong doesn’t make it wrong. I marshal hundreds of pages of [“]evidence[“] to back up my points. Neiwert thumbs through the indexes of a few books to make his. Moreover, I am hardly alone in this point of view. Friedrich Hayek, Paul Johnson, Richard Pipes, Milton Friedman, Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, John Lukacs, Joshua Muravchik, A. James Gregor, Michael Ledeen, Ayn Rand, and — as I show in my book — countless contemporary observers of [fruit] agree with my view in whole or in part.”
Finally forcing myself to actually go the cesspool that is NRO, before I can even begin to read the ‘rebuttal’, I find that the Pantload is Editor-at-Large!
Hee hee.
And a related point – trade guild controlling academia? Wha. Tha. Fuh?
Absolutely–and the guild is tenured professors, all of whom (to wingnuts) are America-hating, conservative-excluding pointy-headed intellectuals who sit in their ivory towers and dream up new and exciting ways to “indoctrinate” their students into radical leftism by, you know, teaching them and stuff. That little quip was a very basic form of playing to the base by pretending that the damn dirty liberals have hijacked all of academia, rendering academia untrustworthy as a whole, and therefore brave, stalwart defenders of truth like Doughbob Loadpants must construct their own alternate academia. One that doesn’t use facts as we know them–indeed, parting company with those damn intellectuals is a point of pride. Sure, history proves Goldberg’s little undertaking to be, at best, painfully stupid. But the fact that people are shooting him down like Neiwert did is, you see, central to his point that they’re only angry that their bubble is being ruptured by alterna-“facts.”
But simply saying that people say my view is wrong doesn’t make it wrong. I marshal hundreds of pages of [”]evidence[”] to back up my points. Neiwert thumbs through the indexes of a few books to make his.
It’s all about length for Jonah.
Best book about a dog. Stickeen by John Muir.
Now back to Jonahpalooza.
Oh, and brussel sprouts are just alright with me..
Not to swerve totally off topic…ok, to swerve totally off topic, my apologies but…I just scored an awesome and rare Chumbawamba Jesus H Christ LP.
Doods, I rulez!
You know, if it was only for the smell, brussels sprouts, while not being ok, would be tolerable to me.
But I’ll never forgive them for raping a different brad.
And, despite the vilification of the Pinko-Fascists, “Indeed, I state quite openly that I shop at Whole Foods all the time.”
So there. Take that.
Does that mean when he shops for Food, he buys out the Whole store? Do they stock all-natural Cheetos?
Jonah:
Huh… maybe you should try a real job, then. Y’know, going to a place and doing some real, actual work and then coming home at the end of the day. I don’t know, maybe a carpenter or plumber… maybe a nurse… hell, maybe a cashier or letter carrier. Do you think you can work on your feet for eight hours a day, Jonah? Because that’s what a lot of real people with real jobs do. They work and they get tired and they get… well, bleary’s not the word… oh, yes! WEARY! That’s what I was thinking of…
Maybe you’d like to try that someday, Jonah… yes?
Re: Rescuing Sprite
Oddly enough, one of the preparations for dogmeat in the Phillipines is to marinate the meat in Sprite prior to making a stew with potatoes and other vegetables (I suppose you could use some brussels sprouts or cabbage as well – think Portuguese Bean Soup). The Sprite takes out the gamey flavor inherent in dog.
So, given the variety of threads in this thread – do I get a cookie for tying a few of them together?
“Lord Kreelak, if you want to take that deduction then you’ll have to bring your receipts.”
“Then bring them I shall.”
So Jonah is saying that he’s doing the exact same thing that Ramesh “Dinesh D’Souza was unavailable” Ponnuru did with Party of Death, i.e. throwing together a big mess of cherry-picking, strawmen, and guilt by association, slapping on a provocative title, and then going around telling people “oh, of course I don’t mean all of you are evil bastards; why would you think that?”.
I think Ann “Man Hands” Coulter pulled that as well, but I’m not inclined to check.
Sprite — whom the Levins had to have put to sleep only about a year ago, because of his age and severely declining health — left a legacy all right, thanks to the love of a grateful man with access to a publisher.
“Protection of innocents” my ass. If the Levins were liberals, the story would be that they killed their poor little doggie when he became inconvenient and then profited from it.
It seems Goldberg like the guild line when talking about academia. He used it in his interview with Vox Day too.
I think there’s a certain guild mentality that comes into play where a lot of academics try to shoot the messenger and say the substance of what I have to say doesn’t matter because I don’t carry the right guild card in my wallet.
Or, you know, it could be that they just think you’re full of shit, i.e., a doughy pantload, as it were.
I’m in New York Barnes & Nobles all teh time, and she’s completely full of shit about the employee recommendations.
And everything else.
She probably breaks out in hives (eeew!) when she comes approaches that many non-Regnery books.
What Ripley said.
oh–and… grrrrr.
From Jonah’s “Am not!” defense against that mean old reality-flinger Neiwert:
as for the charge I’m the product of nepotism: Yawn
I had a student a few years back who, when his classmates would point out the lameness of his arguments, used to yawn really loudly right in their faces. I don’t think he was doing it on purpose — fairly serious mental illness, as I recall — but that didn’t make it any less annoying. Anyway, I guess it’s not the same with Jonah, unless the DSM-IV includes “assholery.”
“I think you have creeping guilt, Mark. Fight that. We are all who we are. It takes all of us to make a country.”
I think it was CREEPY guilt. Or CHEEP guilt. Or…..I know I know! A CHEETO guilt!
Did anyone read the Rude One’s comments yesterday about A Coulter’s Dad dying? She wrote a fond column about him….he was a McCarthyite, a union buster…and so on.
“In fact, it is central to her point. As her doughy colleague recently noted, the only reason chain bookstores carry such books out in the open is so that angry liberal fascists can hide them”
You’d think Goldpants would be embarassed to point out how the bookstore only had 2 copies of his book, and his loyal fan was determined to get it at discount.
I think the devilish deed was done by a giggling liberal, not an angry one. An angry lib would throw the books in the restroom trash, under all the towels & such.
Jonah to the judges in a spelling contest:
“There, you see, not only are YOU wrong, Webster’s wrong too…”
mikey
But simply saying that people say my view is wrong doesn’t make it wrong. I marshal hundreds of pages of [”]evidence[”] to back up my points. Neiwert thumbs through the indexes of a few books to make his.
Isn’t Goldberg the guy who couldn’t even be arsed to do his own reading? Or maybe that was really Neiwert impersonating Goldberg blegging for Spencer info …
Goldberg is the one who, when asked a question in an interview about Mussolini’s writings, demurred that he hadn’t read it in a while.
Well, I just spent a few moments in a Los Angeles Barnes & Noble, and I have to tell you that the staff tattoos and piercings are not up to approved quotas. Sorry to disappoint K-Lo.
This sounds suspiciously like evil lefty self-esteem building to me. Where did Rush get that touchy-feely crap, from an episode of “Free to be You and Me?”
I believe Rush, like so many members of the right-wing, got it from Mr. T’s ground-breaking self-esteem video, “Be Somebody, Or Be Somebody’s Fool”. Unfortunately, most of them decided to take the latter path.
Though perhaps that’s actually fortunate for us. Certainly keeps S, N! busy.
Did anyone read the Rude One’s comments yesterday about A Coulter’s Dad dying? She wrote a fond column about him….he was a McCarthyite, a union buster…and so on.
Huh, and here I thought she simply chewed her way out of her host’s abdominal cavity and left the husk behind.
OK, this is my new favorite Doughbob line, from the Salon interview:
I think the problem is you get into one of these sort of overly doctrinal, “let’s go to the text” approaches
Shorter Jonah: Mom! The evidence is being mean to me again!
It’s all about length for Jonah.
Quelle surprise. Everyone (else) knows it’s really about breadth.
anangryoldbroad said,
January 11, 2008 at 23:49
OK,I need to beg forgiveness for bringing up the brussel sprouts. I apologize. I had no idea there was a controversy involved. Yipes.
I brought them up, I’m not sorry, and I’ll do it again. They’re magically delicious!
… unless the DSM-IV includes “assholery.”
Smiling Mortician: Well, if it doesn’t, it should. There’s an epidemic of it in the land!
J–
The Rabbis of the Boca Raton Theological Seminary are our tribute to the Monks of New Skete (How to Be Your Dog’s Best Friend). In other words, they (i.e., we) are real fake rabbis.
As for Saul, he’s (from all appearances) a fake fake rabbi. And that’s the worst kind.
(Thanks to S,N! for the v. kind plug up front.)
I think the problem is you get into one of these sort of overly doctrinal, “let’s go to the text” approaches where words get confused for things.
Poor Jonah. If only he could overcome his confusion and see order of words and things, then he too would experience the pleasure of going to the text.
Ah, thank you, MrWonderful. Real fakeness, a welcome change.
So, given the variety of threads in this thread – do I get a cookie for tying a few of them together?
You can have a Beggin’ Strip. I think that you would prefer to be made into soup though.
You can have a Beggin’ Strip. I think that you would prefer to be made into soup though.
Umm, Sidhe? Beggin’ Strip Soup? Whatcha got?
mikey
Yes, Virginia there is an academic trade guild undr the iron fist of Michael Berube, author of What’s So Fascist About the Fascist Arts?.
I’m sure I once saw him at the farmers market in State College buying sprouts de Bruxelles!
You mean like when she claimed liberals were all treasonous, then refused to name a single liberal traitor when pressed?
Doughy talking about the “academic trade guild” reminds me of an asshole graduate student that once caused some trouble for a friend of mine. The guy had a chip on his shoulder; claimed he was discriminated against because he had returned to college in his late 30’s. But the truth was, he got into the program OK – he just couldn’t perform. He couldn’t write, couldnt’ do the work, and in seminars with other students he was just an asshole. He was in the Master’s program, but petitioned to go straight to the PhD; when it was declined he sued, citing age discrimination.
During the academic tribunal hearings, he actually refered openly to the Doctorate as “the Union Card.”
You mean like when she claimed liberals were all treasonous, then refused to name a single liberal traitor when pressed?
It’s pretty common practice amongst the attention trolls, yeah? Our own infestation wants to throw it out at every “liberal” he spies, but can’t come up with a single bit of evidence for any of it because… well, none of us are traitors under the law.
Except, for, y’know, the ones who actually do reveal national secrets and military actions and government agents… but those guys keep ending up being right-wing tools. Weird.
I’ve known guys like that.
Sorry, what are we talking about?
No, that’s just an example of poor moral fiber, most likely caused by gay marriage.
Just my opinion, but this whole “LOLcon” thing has passed its prime. As a matter of fact, it did so rather quickly.