Not Even Acting Half My Age. Way, Way Less Than Half.
Kevin Wolf wrote a post recently about our dear buds Rush and Ann. Seemed he was in the mood to rant and rave, (which is always fun!) but felt later that the post really didn't count, because it was like ..."shooting fish in a barrel since nothing Rush or Ann says can withstand the slightest scrutiny."
Kevin and I had had the same sort of week. Busy at work with little time to post. He made a comment on one of my posts that he felt his Rush & Ann post was a little too "schoolyard."
Oh, Kevin. Do I have some schoolyard for you (you've probably seen it) and everyone else who's here. It is like shooting fish in a barrel, but I cannot help myself. It's just too much.
The Viscount LeCarte (I just call him *Al* now, because he said I can and also it's easier and faster to type!) wrote a post yesterday wondering why people of faith get so bent out of shape if they run into people who don't believe the same thing they do.
But then he ended his post with this: Don't forget to check out this week's Top 10.
I had the idea last week to quickly write "People I Hate" posts when I'm busy and can't sit down to do a *proper* post. But, boy. The Top 10's got me beat by a mile.
What a discovery! Democraticunderground's Top 10 Conservative Idiots, I guess is a series of great conservative BS week after week. Here's a little sampling from No. 211 -- since I'm totally going schoolyard, I'll start with Conservative Idiot #4: (Take a wild *guess who!*)
Two weeks ago I suggested that Rush Limbaugh should start taking drugs again because he was "much more listenable when he was high as a kite on 30 Oxycontins a day." (See Idiots 209.) Well there's some good news! It appears that Rush has taken my advice and is back on the hillbilly heroin.
On Wednesday last week Rush was shocked and outraged to discover that people were accusing him of - gasp - lying. Here he is going straight into victimization mode:
LIMBAUGH: ...apparently there is something that is out there misreporting what I have said. And of course, these people are reading that rather than listening to this program and choosing to believe it.
Apparently, what's out there is that I said that Cindy Sheehan is no different than Bill Burkett, that Bill Burkett lied and Cindy Sheehan lied. They're actually out there, people saying that I am accusing Cindy Sheehan of making up the fact that she had a son and making up the fact that her son died in Iraq. And of course, I've never said this.
Hmm. Perhaps Rush needs his memory refreshing. Here's what he said 48 hours earlier, on Monday of last week:
LIMBAUGH: I mean, Cindy Sheehan is just Bill Burkett. Her story is nothing more than forged documents. There's nothing about it that's real, including the mainstream media's glomming onto it. It's not real. It's nothing more than an attempt. It's the latest effort made by the coordinated left.
Wheee! Come on now - the guy has got to be high as a kite.
And now I'm going to skip to my absolute favorite Conservative Idiot. He's one of many that ranked #10. Democraticunderground believes that a lot of the people that are protesting against Cindy Sheehan may not be the sort of people who the conservatives want representing their message -- especially when someone's got a camera.
Here it is ladies and gentlemen. One of my favorite photos of all time:
Kevin's right. It's just too easy. And maybe a little mean.
But, dang! Going schoolyard can be so much fun!
I think this one http://www.democraticunderground.com/top10/05/198.html is one of the best ones ever!
Posted by: Viscount LaCarte | August 23, 2005 at 12:14 PM
What an idiat!
Posted by: NeddieJingo | August 23, 2005 at 12:45 PM
Al -- !
This is now one of my favorite sites....it's good to laugh. Good for the soul. Thank you for turning me on to it!
Posted by: blue girl | August 23, 2005 at 12:53 PM
Always a pleasure BG! He is taking next week off so don't worry when it isn't updated.
Posted by: Viscount LaCarte | August 23, 2005 at 01:11 PM
I also enjoyed that link. And that photo was definitely tops.
Wasn't there discussion in this very blog not too long ago about the possibility that the fringe elements attracted to Cindy's camp might provide ammunition for the right? (Though Rush simply starting in calling them all kooks anyway, dead sons and all.) Seems both sides have that liability.
Thing is, on the left they're the fringe; on the right they're the base.
Posted by: Kevin Wolf | August 23, 2005 at 01:59 PM
OMG! - How I love that picture! Great find!
Posted by: denisdekat | August 23, 2005 at 10:05 PM
Schoolyards are inherently fun, what with the slides, the swings, the monkey bars. It's as if they were made for fun in a completely wholesome way. It only makes sense that going schoolyard is likewise fun. Also, Get a Brain! Morans is one of the best pictures ever. Well worth a thousand words.
Hope your businessiness subsides, unless of course it would be really bad if it did, in which case I don't.
Posted by: Jedmunds | August 23, 2005 at 11:13 PM