tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post6338524098320274085..comments2024-01-17T09:33:57.158-08:00Comments on Brain Rage: American Power And Republican Humor FailJBWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13293642610215334516noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-46520872945191738372010-02-21T21:45:37.768-08:002010-02-21T21:45:37.768-08:00Just a broad generalization, one L. I've know...Just a broad generalization, one L. I've known black guys who don't like basketball and white guys who don't like the show Friends. And you're one of the funniest people I know as well. It's one of the reasons we get along with each other.JBWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293642610215334516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-8965192475831201532010-02-21T20:49:16.394-08:002010-02-21T20:49:16.394-08:00Am I too moderate to be lumped in with "conse...Am I too moderate to be lumped in with "conservatives" or "republicans"? I mean, truthfully I don't think of myself as either of those, but I know you lean that way in your thoughts about me.<br /><br />...and frankly, I am one of the funniest people I know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-12547262569992760832009-06-28T00:24:10.671-07:002009-06-28T00:24:10.671-07:00O'Rourke is great, Dave. I've read a few ...O'Rourke is great, Dave. I've read a few of his books and seen him on Real Time several times. He's self-deprecating enough to not take himself too seriously.JBWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293642610215334516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-21841710916150370802009-06-28T00:22:42.767-07:002009-06-28T00:22:42.767-07:00Gracias, ex DLB. I think that it's conservati...Gracias, ex DLB. I think that it's conservatives are so worried about being taken seriously when they spout inanities in everyday life that they can't just relax and let people laugh at them when they're trying to be funny.<br /><br />And don't worry about the typo, it happens to the best of us when we're a few pops in the bag.JBWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293642610215334516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-45828844249469717672009-06-27T21:49:33.231-07:002009-06-27T21:49:33.231-07:00I can think of one exception to the Republicans-su...I can think of one exception to the Republicans-suck-at-humor rule: P.J. O'Rourke. I don't often agree with the guy on much, but he's usually one of Bill Maher's better (funnier) guests.Dave the Longwindedhttp://ohioriverutopia.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-54427696947866025162009-06-27T20:15:01.899-07:002009-06-27T20:15:01.899-07:00Er, put "professor" in quotes.
I need ...Er, put "professor" in quotes. <br /><br />I need to preview after a couple of drinks.Kevin Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10555818021469626619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-7706063657474259342009-06-27T20:12:51.070-07:002009-06-27T20:12:51.070-07:00Nice post, JBW. I'm basically with Dave. I thi...Nice post, JBW. I'm basically with Dave. I think you have to be willing to be self-deprecating to be funny and I can't see conservatives doing that. You have to be willing to fall on your face, and then laugh at yourself if you do. In professional circles, I believe what they have is called Stick-Up-The-Ass Syndrome.<br /><br />Of course, some grounding in reality might help, too. Don's work was too dated, too high brow and too fantastic (in the fantasy sense). <br /><br />And Truth, I'd forgotten about the cracker jack box comment. I don't see why he banned you. All I do is what "professor" in quotes all the time. And write posts called "A Professor, Really?" I think he just couldn't handle the Truth. I've been waiting to use that one.Kevin Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10555818021469626619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-21800346784312898192009-06-27T13:58:18.557-07:002009-06-27T13:58:18.557-07:00Agreed Tim, he does have vocab skills. I guess th...Agreed Tim, he does have vocab skills. I guess that's why it's so funny that he uses the same, stock 10-12 words to describe his perceived enemies.JBWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293642610215334516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-23204907222802844812009-06-27T13:47:26.761-07:002009-06-27T13:47:26.761-07:00I will say this about the Doctor -- a thesaurus is...I will say this about the Doctor -- a thesaurus is a terrible thing to waste.Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-53616285254252227742009-06-27T12:48:17.402-07:002009-06-27T12:48:17.402-07:00Thanks for the comments, guys. I'll address t...Thanks for the comments, guys. I'll address them thusly:<br /><br />Ben JB, I think Mark Levin has already <a href="http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2009/06/04/mark-levinsane.aspx" rel="nofollow">cornered the market</a> on that front.<br /><br />Reppy, just don't use up all the strawberry syrup before I get there.<br /><br />BD, obviously the extent of my comedic powers were slightly exaggerated for this post but I still think Don fails on many levels. At least he'll get a certificate of participation at the end of the year.<br /><br />Thanks, PP. Personally I think that the left can be just as vicious as the right at times. We're not that much better than them, just funnier.<br /><br />Dave, you flatter me (which I love). I think the problem with Don's jokes is that they're basically the same mean stuff he says about us when he's not joking. Reppy, T101 and the rest of us go over the top and call ourselves "evil nihilists" because we think it's funny when Don does it for real. Satire only works when it reflects reality, not when it copies it.<br /><br />T101, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that it was the picture of the buffalo-humping Donald the Moose and the diploma from a crackerjack box comment. Of course that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.JBWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293642610215334516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-28210773796285691472009-06-27T10:44:05.419-07:002009-06-27T10:44:05.419-07:00It was the spirit of Christian love and tolerance ...It was the spirit of Christian love and tolerance of the nonbelievers that led me to join Don in his crusade for free animal love. Why does he hate me JBW?Joe "Truth 101" Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08875151516978133598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-47545898982549950382009-06-27T09:50:22.717-07:002009-06-27T09:50:22.717-07:00You know, because I'm a big nerd, I've act...You know, because I'm a big nerd, I've actually tried to put my advanced degrees in English to use and really think about this so many times in the past. <br /><br />Why is it that <i>The Daily Show</i> and <i>The Colbert Report</i> are usually comedic gold, but the <i>The 1/2 Hour News Hour</i> was flatly painful? <br /><br />And, JBW, you're genius has outstripped my academic training -- principle versus spite. Comics called "liberal" will hammer themselves and their sympathizers for all the same reasons they'll hammer others. Chris Rock may joke about white people and racism, but he'll joke about black people and racism, too. Stewart beats away at Obama's inconsistencies as much as he did Bush's. <br /><br />The republican mindset of the last 15 years has been one totally unable to see or confront its own inconsistencies. Don's post isn't comedic; it's tragic. He doesn't seem to grasp that his "joke" about government enforced control of information <i>actually did happen</i> under Bush via the NSA, the PATRIOT Act, a total dismissal of FISA, etc.Dave the Longwindedhttp://ohioriverutopia.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-58655157504099700662009-06-27T08:30:11.882-07:002009-06-27T08:30:11.882-07:00Oh, the repugs have a sense of humor, allright - m...Oh, the repugs have a sense of humor, allright - mean, vicious, racist, degrading, etc. The women are a bunch of dried up ole prunes and the men are representative of the Neanderthal amongst us. If you think back to the NRC, not one woman wore a pantsuit, indicating that even in this century, they still can't think for themselves. Anyway, as I remarked elsewhere, it takes brains to have a sense of humor.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-42804175481443257952009-06-27T07:35:38.112-07:002009-06-27T07:35:38.112-07:00JBW - I'm not sure the curve is all that steep...JBW - I'm not sure the curve is all that steep. You're elitist, but not *that* elitist. (I say this with a nod of approval) Don's problem is not with your curve (curve of your hips maybe?), but with the fact that a grade, nay, assessment, is rendered.BDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-18309786288275118832009-06-27T06:46:10.394-07:002009-06-27T06:46:10.394-07:00I plunder, because I love. (Besides... This time, ...I plunder, because I love. (Besides... This time, I kinda more pointed, than plundered...)<br /><br />You'd'man, Steele... erb... I mean, Jimmy B.<br /><br />I'll save ya a seat at the nihilist pancake breakfast, yo... ...in big gay atheist Hell, of course. (Where else?)repsac3https://www.blogger.com/profile/15458282944035344707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-520204406294840912009-06-27T06:41:20.223-07:002009-06-27T06:41:20.223-07:00I think I may be coming around to the view on Amer...I think I may be coming around to the view on American Power as both tragic (my original view) <i>and</i> humorous (what keeps me coming back).<br /><br />As for conservative/Republican humor, I agree that it's hard for them, and when I see one trying to be funny, I always flash on that scene in <i>Dodgeball</i> where Ben Stiller's character explains to Christine Taylor's character that he has handcuffs if she's into that sort of thing--ha ha, he's just kidding--but he really has the handcuffs.<br /><br />(White Goodman: There's no reason we need to be shackled by the strictures of the employee-employer relationship. Unless you're into that sort of thing. In which case, I got some shackles in the back. I'm just kidding. But seriously, I've got 'em.) <br /><br />It's like conservative/Republicans always flip between making a joke and making a point--they want to make sure you "get" the joke. <br /><br />(This might go some ways to explaining why some that I've met online see name-calling (e.g. "democRATS") as both argument and joke. It's like a race to see who can make the most devastating political pun over there.)Benjamin Blattberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03163091516093037765noreply@blogger.com