I Can't Get Started With you.
That is, for those of you who are not now and never have been hep jazz cats, the title of a old big-band jazz standard. It came to mind just before, as once again I am not sure if I am too tired of cranking about Crazy Republicans, and what-not, to even bother, or whether I got anything else.
And when I say got anything else, I mean more interesting, actually.
Guess not. So let me go into something of a quickie-ish mode here.
My own made up headline:
Rush Limbaugh delivers impassioned speech to enthusiastic crowd at C-PAC, criticizing "The Left" for being too "emotional."
Loony Tunes -- AKA Hannity Message Board Watch:
It is the official policy of the Hannity Message board to ban any simian references in the direction of President Obama, on account of the racism thing. However, attacking him for allegedly being a Marxist, socialist, or any number of garden variety insults, including barn yard or other non simian lower species is allowed. Even calling him a racist, is not an actionable infraction. Disparaging remarks against the First Lady that do not rise to the level of blatant, for a Republican, racism, are still allowed. That particular kind of Right Wing Conspiracy nuttiness involving the "Birth Certificate," is not encouraged, but is permitted, on the one thread for such nuttiness. Advocating, either directly or indirectly, violent revolution or secession is still permitted.
And that last part merits an expansion. I know I have talked about this insanity recently, but I was thinking yesterday, that in a warped, backward way it is a good thing these loons are so vocal about their fundamental lack of good sense, sanity, and love of the nation. I am remembering what Brandeis said about Sunlight being effective Disinfectant. Not that I believe that is all it takes, but I do believe the flip side of that is what we really should be afraid of. And that is that it is the nutters working in secret who are likely more dangerous, since we have a harder time to track them. But those who are open and notorious about it? Ya. We see them. Now the hard part is predicting which are truly dangerous crazy and which are just loud mouthed cowards. Most likely fall in the last category, mercy that.
Hey, I have done my share of actual marching in the streets and I know that it can feel good to be out there and really public about what one believes. But I think that what those tea party people are doing is more like some group onanistic pleasure party. These people think they are making a statement, but I don't think they fully appreciate what is the message they are getting across; and that is they are whiny partisan losers. If I can paraphrase the quote from the fictional character, President Laura Roslin, of Battlestar Galactica:
"The election is over. You lost. Time to move on."
And in saying that, I am not at all suggesting that these people in some way are not entitled to their 1st Amendment Rights. I am saying, be smart about it, that is assuming you don't want to merely be the "Weirdos" story on your local TV News.
Oh and that leads to the unshocking revelation:
Rick Santelli is a Fugazy!
Well his outrage-outburst which spurred the tea party movement was a put up job. It was a con. It was a trick. He was in cahoots with other right wingers to launch this movement on his program, as a deliberate plan of the people who lost the election:
Santelli is a Fugazy!
And lastly, for now, I will report the new bit of trivia I learned today. The up and coming neologism for phony grass roots movements is 'astroturfing.' I like it. And based on that, I will end as I began, almost; with a made up headline:
Tea Bag Astroturfers Block Foot Path Near City Hall.
"Birthers" and "Troothers" Reportedly Jealous of the
"Weirdo"Clip Air Time Given to the Tea Baggers.
Charge Media With Conspiracy.
Ya. I was long there. This is why I don't write headlines for a living. I am too descriptive for that.
And when I say got anything else, I mean more interesting, actually.
Guess not. So let me go into something of a quickie-ish mode here.
My own made up headline:
Rush Limbaugh delivers impassioned speech to enthusiastic crowd at C-PAC, criticizing "The Left" for being too "emotional."
Loony Tunes -- AKA Hannity Message Board Watch:
It is the official policy of the Hannity Message board to ban any simian references in the direction of President Obama, on account of the racism thing. However, attacking him for allegedly being a Marxist, socialist, or any number of garden variety insults, including barn yard or other non simian lower species is allowed. Even calling him a racist, is not an actionable infraction. Disparaging remarks against the First Lady that do not rise to the level of blatant, for a Republican, racism, are still allowed. That particular kind of Right Wing Conspiracy nuttiness involving the "Birth Certificate," is not encouraged, but is permitted, on the one thread for such nuttiness. Advocating, either directly or indirectly, violent revolution or secession is still permitted.
And that last part merits an expansion. I know I have talked about this insanity recently, but I was thinking yesterday, that in a warped, backward way it is a good thing these loons are so vocal about their fundamental lack of good sense, sanity, and love of the nation. I am remembering what Brandeis said about Sunlight being effective Disinfectant. Not that I believe that is all it takes, but I do believe the flip side of that is what we really should be afraid of. And that is that it is the nutters working in secret who are likely more dangerous, since we have a harder time to track them. But those who are open and notorious about it? Ya. We see them. Now the hard part is predicting which are truly dangerous crazy and which are just loud mouthed cowards. Most likely fall in the last category, mercy that.
Hey, I have done my share of actual marching in the streets and I know that it can feel good to be out there and really public about what one believes. But I think that what those tea party people are doing is more like some group onanistic pleasure party. These people think they are making a statement, but I don't think they fully appreciate what is the message they are getting across; and that is they are whiny partisan losers. If I can paraphrase the quote from the fictional character, President Laura Roslin, of Battlestar Galactica:
"The election is over. You lost. Time to move on."
And in saying that, I am not at all suggesting that these people in some way are not entitled to their 1st Amendment Rights. I am saying, be smart about it, that is assuming you don't want to merely be the "Weirdos" story on your local TV News.
Oh and that leads to the unshocking revelation:
Rick Santelli is a Fugazy!
Well his outrage-outburst which spurred the tea party movement was a put up job. It was a con. It was a trick. He was in cahoots with other right wingers to launch this movement on his program, as a deliberate plan of the people who lost the election:
Santelli is a Fugazy!
And lastly, for now, I will report the new bit of trivia I learned today. The up and coming neologism for phony grass roots movements is 'astroturfing.' I like it. And based on that, I will end as I began, almost; with a made up headline:
Tea Bag Astroturfers Block Foot Path Near City Hall.
"Birthers" and "Troothers" Reportedly Jealous of the
"Weirdo"Clip Air Time Given to the Tea Baggers.
Charge Media With Conspiracy.
Ya. I was long there. This is why I don't write headlines for a living. I am too descriptive for that.
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