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by BooMan
Wed Apr 19th, 2006 at 05:13:45 PM EST

Sometimes the wingnuts are funny.

Open Thread | 7 comments (7 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Why does all right wing humor involve murder or mayhem done to liberals? Just curious . . .

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. Franklin D. Roosevelt

by Steven D on Wed Apr 19th, 2006 at 05:17:08 PM EST

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batteries hooked up to Helen Thomas's jowls must fit into the 'mayhem' category...

by BooMan on Wed Apr 19th, 2006 at 05:23:30 PM EST
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not all of it (none / 1)

Why does all right wing humor involve murder or mayhem done to liberals? Just curious . . .

You exaggerate. Not all of right-wing humor falls into that category. There's also murder or mayhem done to muslims, murder or mayhem done to people of color, murder or mayhem done to women, murder or mayhem done to queers ...

Heck, there's even some right-wing humor that doesn't involve murder or mayhem. They can't usually get away with that in the comic strips in MediaCorp newspapers, so what they do instead is mock strawmen "liberal" attitudes.

(Granted, some lefty humor does that with strawmen versions of righty attitudes, but mostly it's not necessary. Some of Jon Stewart's funniest bits are when he just plays clips of righties being themselves. Of course, it's a dark and twisted sort of humor, given that these people are in charge ...)

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.

by Bearpaw on Wed Apr 19th, 2006 at 05:33:09 PM EST
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Re: Open Thread (none / 0)

The irony . . . cop win Dunkin Donuts contest!

http://thepotandthekettle.blogspot.com/2006/04/cop-dunkin-donuts-51000.html

by hobokid on Wed Apr 19th, 2006 at 07:17:46 PM EST

Medicare D(isaster) Extension Possible (none / 0)

Despite all of the stuff that MSM is saying to the contrary, it definitely is. The details are here.

"First, they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win." Mahatma Gandhi

by Street Kid on Wed Apr 19th, 2006 at 08:04:52 PM EST

Re: Open Thread (none / 1)

This is f'ing hilarious.

by BooMan on Wed Apr 19th, 2006 at 08:30:42 PM EST

RenaRF has a good diary (none / 1)

on DailyKos and My Left Wing regarding "Planned Weapons Tests" in the Nevada desert scheduled on June 2, 2006. Testing for future bombing in Iran.

I recommend reading it.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/4/19/131721/996

http://www.myleftwing.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=7670

by Pam from Calif on Thu Apr 20th, 2006 at 03:14:57 AM EST

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