I had a good laugh at your Alabama town. I did an interview with our right-wing local paper long before Sheldon Adelson owned it. Our governor, Jim Gibbons, claimed Democrats bought off The Wall Street Journal to write nasty things about him--really. The reporter asked me if any previous governor had come up with anything like that, and I answered in my historian garb. Then she asked my opinion and I replied:
“What Gibbons is doing is sounding like a guy broadcasting from his bedroom on public access on the far end of the AM (radio) dial in Buttflap, Alabama."
The reporter got hysterical. She had to call back later at an editor's request with a question: WAS there such a town. I said that actually, I stole this from a friend who liked to refer to Buttfuck, North Dakota, so we were ok.
The editor, who still blogs about the importance of the First Amendment after finally being pushed out, banned me from being quoted.
The reporter was Molly Ball. I claim that quote made her career. :)
I had a friend from Texas who had a more polite way of saying the same thing. it has the advantage of being ultra-acceptable even in a roomful of very uptight Texans: "Beanbag, Texas," or whichever state you're dealing with.
This is just hilarious! Along with Jungle Gym Jordan getting his ass kneecapped, and the reporter calling back to see if Buttflap, Alabama was real (of course it's real! How could it not be real?!!!). And all the rest of it!!!
I am laughing so hard I can barely write this sentence! Way to go TC!! What a crowd of nitwits and worse! And it has only been 2 months. Lordy! What a f****** load of stupidity!
One needs to be old to really remember HUAC and the Red Scare days. In 1959 Harry Truman said that HUAC was "the most un-American thing in the country today."
I can remember actually watching the Army/McCarthy hearings on tv.
but as for people actually caught in HUAC's wake...I have a number of friends whose early childhoods were full of FBI agents outside their apartments. and we're talking about some very well-known people. my Leftie-teacher girlfriend's dad was an important labor organizer, but, being that powerful in this burg, he was largely immune to having his life wrecked.
my father-in-law on the other hand...we were practically married before Rochelle told me about his party membership.
True. I remember watching "I Led Three Lives" on TV during the fifties. My stepfather worked as an engineer for a number of big defense contractors as I was growing up. We always felt that we would be at ground zero if a nuclear strike had happened.
Shades of a private investigator in the sepia-toned atmosphere of his office, telling it like it is and pausing only to scowl as he drinks bitter amber liquor from a coffee cup while a cigarette burns forgotten atop the stubbs in the ashtray.
Another winner, TC. The house of cards seems to be folding fast at the moment. Glad the Dems got suited up with their anti-clown outfits and documents for a big blast.
I like it when you do the Conserv-tive Charlie McCarthy show. Puppet on knee, swivel head swivling, audience rapt for the next straight line as Jack Benny drawls, “Now Mary….”
Hey, just give the GQP two more weeks to come up with something for the hearings…that worked so well for El Jefe de MaraLardo during his tenure. Hopefully the baying hounds will be sniffing out another scandal and will have forgotten what the hell happened two news cycles before.
“Actually, you do look like the Big Bad Wolf, panting and gasping after huffing and puffing and failing to blow the house down.“
Thank you.
After a week with my mother in law telling me I needed to join a church (in fairness, I snorted wine from my nose) I’m actually laughing out loud. This one’s a gem.
I had a good laugh at your Alabama town. I did an interview with our right-wing local paper long before Sheldon Adelson owned it. Our governor, Jim Gibbons, claimed Democrats bought off The Wall Street Journal to write nasty things about him--really. The reporter asked me if any previous governor had come up with anything like that, and I answered in my historian garb. Then she asked my opinion and I replied:
“What Gibbons is doing is sounding like a guy broadcasting from his bedroom on public access on the far end of the AM (radio) dial in Buttflap, Alabama."
The reporter got hysterical. She had to call back later at an editor's request with a question: WAS there such a town. I said that actually, I stole this from a friend who liked to refer to Buttfuck, North Dakota, so we were ok.
The editor, who still blogs about the importance of the First Amendment after finally being pushed out, banned me from being quoted.
The reporter was Molly Ball. I claim that quote made her career. :)
"East Buttfuck" will get them. Every time.
Ms. Ivins used to refer to that rather squalid but thankfully mythical little town as
East Bumfuck. The NYT, those constipated prudes, wouldn't let it go to print like that and insisted it be changed.
Miss Ms. Ivins!!
Oh, so do I! Times a thousand!!!
Times a thousand thousand!!!! She is whom my Papillon, Molly, is named after.
I had a friend from Texas who had a more polite way of saying the same thing. it has the advantage of being ultra-acceptable even in a roomful of very uptight Texans: "Beanbag, Texas," or whichever state you're dealing with.
Stealing.
This is just hilarious! Along with Jungle Gym Jordan getting his ass kneecapped, and the reporter calling back to see if Buttflap, Alabama was real (of course it's real! How could it not be real?!!!). And all the rest of it!!!
I am laughing so hard I can barely write this sentence! Way to go TC!! What a crowd of nitwits and worse! And it has only been 2 months. Lordy! What a f****** load of stupidity!
Good one. It would be an interesting 1-hour HBO special with appropriate warnings attached so the teenagers would make sure to watch it.
'Jungle Gym Jordan got his ass kneecapped ' I'm speechless TC.
“ I will never leave that woman” How creepy was that ! Bad return on investment, Kev.
And Smartmatic’s lawsuit against Fox is advancing. Asking for much more in damages than Dominion. (Republican) House of Cards
Fox, like a wounded animal amongst a pride of lions; everyone must eat til the bones are clean
Dry as a “bone.”
yeah, well speaking of blowjob jokes...that selfie of those two..I mean, like, wow.
I'm sorry I brought it up. now it'll take a few hours to "un-see" it.
Probably more than two hours
I was being optimistic, Karen.
very, very optimistic.
Hope springs eternal David.
once again, you made me Laugh Out Loud.
YAYAY!!!
One needs to be old to really remember HUAC and the Red Scare days. In 1959 Harry Truman said that HUAC was "the most un-American thing in the country today."
Some of us learned about HUAC at a young age.
I can remember actually watching the Army/McCarthy hearings on tv.
but as for people actually caught in HUAC's wake...I have a number of friends whose early childhoods were full of FBI agents outside their apartments. and we're talking about some very well-known people. my Leftie-teacher girlfriend's dad was an important labor organizer, but, being that powerful in this burg, he was largely immune to having his life wrecked.
my father-in-law on the other hand...we were practically married before Rochelle told me about his party membership.
True. I remember watching "I Led Three Lives" on TV during the fifties. My stepfather worked as an engineer for a number of big defense contractors as I was growing up. We always felt that we would be at ground zero if a nuclear strike had happened.
I bet you did..,
Another PRICELESS collection from you Tom. I keep all of these
and when a little discouraged, go back and read them. Perfect
description of the current mob.
well, I Laughed Out Loud a good half-dozen times.
you DO seem to be a little hard on (yeah, yeah, it's one of those spontaneous puns) MTG for her only nice trait.
That one made me laugh, too--thanks, Mr. Levine!
I'm down for a blowjob joke pretty much all of the time...and you're most welcome.
"...a little hard on..."
Haha!
Shades of a private investigator in the sepia-toned atmosphere of his office, telling it like it is and pausing only to scowl as he drinks bitter amber liquor from a coffee cup while a cigarette burns forgotten atop the stubbs in the ashtray.
Very good.
If anyone could make me laugh about this travesty, you did it with this "report" from circus HQ!
Another winner, TC. The house of cards seems to be folding fast at the moment. Glad the Dems got suited up with their anti-clown outfits and documents for a big blast.
I like it when you do the Conserv-tive Charlie McCarthy show. Puppet on knee, swivel head swivling, audience rapt for the next straight line as Jack Benny drawls, “Now Mary….”
You definitely know how to expose a bunch of slippery slimy scumbags and turn it in to a comedy. I laughed so hard I thought I fractured a rib.
Hey, just give the GQP two more weeks to come up with something for the hearings…that worked so well for El Jefe de MaraLardo during his tenure. Hopefully the baying hounds will be sniffing out another scandal and will have forgotten what the hell happened two news cycles before.
“Actually, you do look like the Big Bad Wolf, panting and gasping after huffing and puffing and failing to blow the house down.“
Thank you.
After a week with my mother in law telling me I needed to join a church (in fairness, I snorted wine from my nose) I’m actually laughing out loud. This one’s a gem.
Forgive me for asking but exactly what will joining a church accomplish at this point? And did you snort wine before or after she told you this?
I’m guessing it would check off her “proselytizing” goal for the week. And it was after. Glad it was cheap wine.
Sure sounds like the only reaction you could have had! Cheap wine or not.
; )
A rant for the ages! Masterful!
The more mockery the better, I say. They understand it and can’t do a damn thing about it.
Seeing McCarthy and Jordan and Comer ‘exposed’ reminds me of the old Coppertone ad,
with Swalwell and Raskin and crew as the rascally dog doing the tugging.
Jamie Raskin, on Politics Girl, before the election, said that Dems should employ more mockery and humor. There was plenty of material.
Right wing ‘humor’ always falls flat. DeSantis is walking around right now with a ‘Kick Me’ sign taped to his back.
He certainly is. And he has the sense of humor of a rock.
And even less "charisma"!!!