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"Mike and Jon, Jon and Mike—I've known them both for years, and, clearly, one of them is very funny. As for the other: truly one of the great hangers-on of our time."—Steve Bodow, head writer, The Daily Show
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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
April 26, 2007
When Metaphors Go Awry
[Al Qaeda's] aim in Iraq isn't to get a seat at the political table; it wants to blow up the table -- along with everyone seated at it.
That sentence, in earlier drafts:
• Al Qaeda's aim in Iraq isn't to get a piece of the political pie; it wants to blow up the pie -- along with everyone eating it.
• Al Qaeda's aim in Iraq isn't to be a contestant on a level playing field; it wants to blow up the field -- along with all the other players and referees and goalposts.
• Al Qaeda's aim in Iraq isn't to be one of the colors in the Iraqi political rainbow; it wants to blow up the rainbow -- along with everyone looking at it.
Posted at April 26, 2007 10:40 AM | TrackBack"Al Qaeda's aim in Iraq isn't to go Dutch with other parties; it wants to blow up the Dutch ... or it would be if they hadn't left two years ago."
Posted by: glen r at April 26, 2007 01:02 PMthat's funny that joe is aware of that -- maybe he's catching up with his reading -- because it's looking like that's going to be the undoing of our occupation, because al-qaeda's murder campaign is helping drive iraqi sunna and shi'a back together, in uniting against both foreign forces.
Posted by: hibiscus at April 26, 2007 07:14 PM*no, not al-qaeda -- "al-qaeda in iraq" -- gotta be careful, make sure not to help people revert to the "the terrorists" crap
Posted by: hibiscus at April 26, 2007 07:20 PM
