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"Who can really judge what's funny? If humor is a subjective medium, then can there be something that is really and truly hilarious? Me. This book."—Daniel Handler, author, Adverbs, and personal representative of Lemony Snicket
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"The good news: I thought Our Kampf was consistently hilarious. The bad news: I’m the guy who wrote Monkeybone."—Sam Hamm, screenwriter, Batman, Batman Returns, and Homecoming
May 17, 2006
Prepare Now For "Conservative Nanny State" Web Gab
Max Sawicky reports that next Wednesday the 24th his site MaxSpeak! will be hosting an online discussion with Dean Baker about Baker's new book The Conservative Nanny State. So now's the time to download the free pdf and start preparing ill-informed, accusatory questions. (Sample: "Mr. Baker, why do you dhimmi Leninists want the Islamo-fascists to gay marry the Dixie Chicks?")
Posted at May 17, 2006 05:52 AM | TrackBackUh, if we're supposed to be ill-informed, isn't reading the book, like cheating?
If so, I'm game.
Posted by: spiiderweb at May 17, 2006 06:37 AMMy belief is that to be truly, deeply ill-informed you have to read it. Otherwise you might accidentally ask a question that's germane. Think of the million monkeys: if they all carefully read Hamlet, they would be able to avoid accidentally typing it.
Posted by: Jonathan Schwarz at May 17, 2006 07:16 AMyeah, but you have to realize that they don't even have to read the entire book. just read the first page, base your opinion on that and let your (or Rush's oxycontin-fuelled) imagination do the rest.
Posted by: almostinfamous at May 17, 2006 07:42 AMI think I will restrict my line of questioning to the Julie Andrews Nanny State issues: What are a few of your favorite things? Will your mornings continue to greet you with Edelweiss? When exhorting her followers to Climb Every Mountain, does Julie Andrews make an exception for not climbing the Zagros Mountains of northeast Iraq in the Kurdish north?
Posted by: Fini Finito at May 17, 2006 08:57 AMWimps read the first page. Real men base their opinions on the title. Real men also pay call girls to play Conservative Nanny and the Naughty, Naughty Boy.
What were we talking about again?
Posted by: WIIIAI at May 17, 2006 09:08 AMI don't think it's a Conservative Nanny State, it's really more of a Conservative Angry Dad State. You never really know what Angry Dad will do when he comes home; he might beat you, he might decide to take away your Social Security, or he might just decide that he really hates immigrants that particular night.
On a related note, I wonder if anyone has ever done a survey to correlate physical abuse (either giving or taking) with political affiliation. Jon, go forth and research!
Posted by: Ted at May 17, 2006 06:04 PM
