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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
July 30, 2007
Blurg
Rick Perlstein tells a dreadfully sad story involving his grandmother and Fox News, here.
There really are no words for people who make it their life's work to encourage Americans to hate and fear each other. By contrast, some days it seems like it's only anti-American America-haters like us who actually like other Americans.
BLURG: Borrowed from here.
Come on, it's not like that it's that BIG A DEAL for most old people to develop reactionary views of life, with or without external provocation. The mind, aged and senile, is rarely as sharp and capable of critical thinking as the mind in its youth. I already sharply diverge with my parents and grandparents over most matters. But that is how families move on, grow, and develop. It is only the natural way of things.
Posted by: En Ming Hee at July 30, 2007 11:53 AM"...and if you are not a reactionary by the age of 80, then you have no dementia."
Posted by: Kip W at July 31, 2007 09:19 AM"...and if you are not a reactionary by the age of 80, then you have no dementia."
Posted by: Kip W at July 31, 2007 09:23 AMSee, but there are words for people who encourage Americans to hate and fear each other. And we should find them and use them constantly, and unashamedly, when those people come up.
Hatemonger.
Sower-of-Dischord.
Demagogue.
Eliminationist.
