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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
August 24, 2008
The Felonious American Dream
McCain defends himself:
I am grateful for the fact that I have a wonderful life. I spent some years without a kitchen table, without a chair, and I know what it's like to be blessed by the opportunities of this great nation. Cindy's father, who barely finished high school, went off and distinguished himself in World War II in a B-17 and came back with practically nothing and realized the American dream, and I am proud and grateful for that, and I think he is a role model to many young Americans who serve in the military and come back and succeed.
I didn't realize the American Dream included being a mobbed-up convicted felon.
But seriously, usually it's the Democrats who are mobbed-up. Most Republicans have the money to engage in organized crime so high level that it's called "foreign policy."
—Jonathan Schwarz
Posted at August 24, 2008 05:54 PM"Most Republicans have the money to engage in organized crime so high level that it's called 'foreign policy.'"
This made me laugh out loud.
Posted by: Sam at August 24, 2008 06:56 PMI think I want to apply for a liquor license.
Posted by: Mike Meyer at August 24, 2008 07:54 PMAs Sam said above, that line was perfect.
Posted by: Dee Loralei at August 24, 2008 08:53 PMUnfortunately, there's no cop on the global beat to stop "foreign policy".
"The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold...The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war betwixt princes."---Michel De Montaigne
Posted by: En Ming Hee at August 24, 2008 10:46 PM"The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold...The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war betwixt princes."---Michel De Montaigne
"We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal . . ."
Posted by: none at August 24, 2008 11:32 PMBut... but McCain was a POW!
http://daltonator.net/durandal/blog/
Posted by: Jelperman at August 25, 2008 03:09 AMNot to go all cosmic on everyone here, but all society is a racket. Ever since the first guy held the keys to the granary there has been an unequal distribution of labor and resources. Religion rationalizes the inequality and government enforces it.
That's why Cindy's license plates say "Ms Bud" and mine say "X472WTF". All men are created equal my ass.
Posted by: Bob In Pacifica at August 25, 2008 09:41 AMAt least McCain didn't claim that he, himself after dropping bombs on people had then been successful at anything, other than dumping his handicapped wife and marrying a young beer baroness.
Posted by: Don Bacon at August 25, 2008 12:12 PMi love my tiny revolution.
Posted by: karen marie at August 25, 2008 12:38 PMWhat Sam and Dee said.
And does this have anything to do with why a hundred college presidents have come out in favor of lowering the drinking age? Or is it just a coincidence that they raised the issue just as McBush's campaign was heating up?
Posted by: OppEd at August 25, 2008 01:38 PMOppEd: Draft is comming soon and this question always comes up at such times. If the college kids get to drink at 18 then why not the highschoolers of 18 and 0ver.
Posted by: Mike Meyer at August 25, 2008 04:13 PMSo, what's new?
"My country 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of felony,
Of thee I sing-
...
I love thy thieving bills
That tap the people's tills..."
Ambrose Bierce, "A Rational Anthem," ca. 1880
Posted by: donescobar at August 25, 2008 05:36 PMJust a wee bit unfair. Does our side scream bootlegger when Kennedy's name comes up?
Just sayin'.
Posted by: Bleeding Gums Murphy at August 25, 2008 07:09 PMI'm on board with Obama/Biden, and as an Arizona native I have no love for John McCain, but people need to understand this: The Phoenix New Times is far from an unbiased source. What they say *may* be true, but it may also be exaggerated to prove their point. I love 'em, but I never cite 'em.
Posted by: Greenbandit at August 25, 2008 07:12 PMAt least the side I'm on screams about the Kennedys acquiring their money through funny business.
Posted by: saurabh at August 25, 2008 07:44 PMPolitics is merely the continuation of organised crime by other means.
Posted by: Dunc at August 26, 2008 07:53 AMEver since the first guy held the keys to the granary there has been an unequal distribution of labor and resources.
Or as Rousseau put it:
The first man who, having fenced in a piece of land, said, "This is mine," and found people naïve enough to believe him, that man was the true founder of civil society.
Posted by: abb1 at August 26, 2008 03:45 PM
