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TPM Limerick Contest
Come one, come all, and fear not!
I wanted to make this non-political, but this first one just came to me and I had to put it out here:
There once was a man named Dick Cheney...
A guy who loved to inflict pain, he
Shot his friend in the face--
Oh, What a disgrace!
His next gig should be convict trainee.
These are the rules:
1. No rules!
2. Have fun!
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There once was a lady from Virginny
Who's daughter thought she was a ninny
But she got her to blog
Like a TPB god
And now this limeric is fini!
June 7, 2009 11:47 AM | Reply | Permalink
err... TPM
June 7, 2009 11:49 AM | Reply | Permalink
Figured that, hmmm sounds familiar, like it's someone I ought to know
=D
June 7, 2009 11:54 AM | Reply | Permalink
As someone from Virginny, I love it!
June 7, 2009 11:57 AM | Reply | Permalink
A limerick contest on Sunday
Is better than waking on Monday
So I say C'Ville Dem,
(A true Cafe gem)
Thanks for making today such a fun day
=D
June 7, 2009 11:47 AM | Reply | Permalink
Wow, you even used my name! Great job, Bwak!
June 7, 2009 11:58 AM | Reply | Permalink
dick cheney's spawn, Liz, Baby Dick
From dad learned many a trick.
She's now on TV --
And we're never free!
This family's crime spree is so slick.
Ok. Had fun! Now off to volunteer.
Along with your limerick, enjoy the humor I flagged:
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/therap/2009/06/totally-for-fun.php
June 7, 2009 11:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
Let's keep the laughs coming, Thera! -- Love the "APP" reference.
June 7, 2009 12:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
There once was a gal named Maggie
She thought she wanted to be
A conservative voter
But listened to her daughter
And now she is a gal who is happy.
June 7, 2009 12:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh how I love these poetry blogs
Though some think it sends TPM to the dogs
But who cares what they say
I'll read limericks all day
So often words clear away fog
June 7, 2009 12:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
There was a young man named Obama
Who loved his Dad more than his Mama.
But soon both Mom and Dad
Had abandoned the lad
And Obama was raised by his Gramma.
June 7, 2009 9:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Rewriting is the essence of all literature, even limericks, and as soon as I posted that thing the extra syllable began screaming at me, and it will never stop until I fix it, so...
There was a young man named Obama
Who loved his Dad more than his Mama.
But soon Mom and Dad
Both abandoned the lad
And Obama was raised by his Gramma.
June 7, 2009 11:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nicely done Rootie.
June 7, 2009 11:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
So nice to know I'm not the only anal one here!
June 7, 2009 11:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
There are some people
But not really that many
Who can scales the topmost heights
Of true evil like cheney
He sent young people
To a ridiculous war
To provide money
To the people he once worked for
Investigations by commissions
Provided nothing but a lot of paper
And dicky just proceeds
Like he was never part of a caper
But merely doing what was best
For a nation so blessed
With his supervision and
His mere presence
June 7, 2009 12:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
There was a good blogger named Dickon
Who was friends with an obnoxious chicken
The peegs, dogs, and cats
All knew she was bats
But he said with my friends I am stickin'
June 7, 2009 12:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's the problem w/ having a flag as an avatar...you just don't get mentioned with the rest of the barnyard!
June 7, 2009 12:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Stillidealistic the good
Writes blogs that we all wish we could
Her heart is pure gold
And this truth should be told
We all love her, is that understood?
June 7, 2009 1:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh, Bwak...you are such a sweet little cheecken! I do understand! Thank you!
June 7, 2009 1:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Don't worry about the barnyard folks -- look at all the things I got to rhyme with "Cheney!" Hang in there, Stilli!
June 7, 2009 4:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
I am always stickin with my friends. Its all I got.
June 7, 2009 4:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well we all have a friend named Dick Day
Who always has something to say
He's funny and clever
So we hope that he never
Lets anything keep him away
June 7, 2009 4:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Grouch is kindly and he's kewl
He don't gladly suffer fools
A quick study
and good buddy
Champion of the Cafe school
June 7, 2009 5:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Good one, Bwak!
(clink!)
June 7, 2009 5:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
hahahahahahahahahaah!!!!!hahhahahah Oh my goodness.
June 7, 2009 4:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
=D
June 7, 2009 4:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
Love it, Bwak! Good job!
June 7, 2009 4:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks! I will try to stop
It's like a disease....!
June 7, 2009 4:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
We all know a cheecken named Bwak
She's dangerous on the attack
But I know she's a friend
And good to the end
So you better know I've got her back
June 7, 2009 4:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
awwww, back at you friend!
June 7, 2009 5:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
There once was a girl known as Stilli
Whose friends mostly thought she was silly
She longed to fit in
With the fowl and her kin
And she finally did! Yes really!
June 7, 2009 1:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh, Jan...you may wish you hadn't done this! Mine are bad, but prolific! I'll try to contain myself! LOL!
June 7, 2009 1:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Brava! You found cool stuff to rhyme with "Stilli!" I knew you could do it!
June 7, 2009 4:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
There once was a party aglow
In time, we all knew it was show
The party in question
enthralled with suppression
was really the party of 'No'!
What kind of a party is this?
Asked the revelers 'No' had put at risk.
Two wars, and their savings aflame,
The people they cried
For more than just lies
This party was beyond being lame.
But the party was devoid of thinkers
Gray matter lost to the habits of drinkers
They tried to explain
How the Dems were to blame,
Ideas, all agreed to be stinkers.
Now, the party that picks up the pieces
Hopes the damage 'No' wrought soon ceases,
But the Party of 'No'
Had many 'no' seeds to sew
We just hope that the suffering soon eases.
June 7, 2009 2:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wow, four separate limericks, all interconnected! Very clever, Piggy!
June 7, 2009 4:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is really good stuff.
I could not quite get the handle though
This should be no surprise.
BUT MIGUEL SHOULD GET THE PRIZE
HAHAHAH
June 7, 2009 5:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
nice!
June 7, 2009 6:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
There once was a day that was rainy
It was drizzly and drove me insaney.
I couldn't hoe 'taters
Not to mention the 'maters
So I sit writing poems in my brainy.
June 7, 2009 3:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ha! Great!
June 7, 2009 4:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
The blogger we all know as Flower
writes blogs of incredible power
Her words have a lilt
that make pundits wilt
She shines while they tremble and cower.
June 7, 2009 4:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
Awesome thread!
June 7, 2009 3:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
There once was a girl named LisB
who got into a fight with CT
he jerked her around
she acted the clown
but CT won't stop, more's the pity
The End?
June 7, 2009 3:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
My dearest friend 'Lisabeth B
Is so wise and smart as all can see
Don't let some old stinker
like that mean ol' clearthinker
give you any more pause than a flea
June 7, 2009 3:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
LOL!! I wuvz ya, Bwak!
June 7, 2009 3:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh, I'm sure. Wasn't it you, LisB, that always is concerned about "attacks". Here is a contest where your dark side took over. There was no reason for it, but there are you and Bwak first in line to personalize things... and not for even a political debate/argument.
It's not that I really care, just pointing out how mean-spirited this was -- from someone who talks the talk but apparently doesn't walk the walk.
June 7, 2009 4:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Good morning to you too!
June 7, 2009 4:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
OK, CT, step up to the plate! Let's see what you're made of!
I'll get you started:
Clearthinker is really quite shy,
So he comes off as the kind of guy
Who thinks that he's better,
But his blanket is wetter--
'Cause he only blogs when he's high.
June 7, 2009 4:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm made of stuff that doesn't feel a need to sit around making limericks. Especially since the goad is to write something nasty in return.
I'm only pointing out how we often hear on these boards "live and let live" etc and yet when a seemingly innocuous blog like yours comes up, it degenerates on it's very own.
That is telling.
I suggest when you look at the right wing and wonder where their mean spirited-ness comes from, you needn't feel so above it yourselves.
June 7, 2009 4:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
CT got a poke in the eye
He whined and he asked "Why oh why?"
He was just such a pest
Never gave it a rest
Why don't you just run home and cry?
June 7, 2009 5:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
You really have an unnatural fascination with me, don't you? Lonely man!
June 7, 2009 5:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
You're a large, slow-moving target, fool.
Now wipe the Cheetos dust off your face and fingers and go someplace else. Oh, and try showering first.
June 7, 2009 5:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nah, I think I'll stay because you are immature enough to continue to give me responses, old grouch!
Toodles...
June 7, 2009 5:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
Cherish your illusions, you sorry little churl. They will be all you have at the end of your pathetic life.
June 7, 2009 5:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Then why do you keep responding to me?
Apparently a "slow moving target" can play you like a fiddle...
LOL!
June 7, 2009 5:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
See below, CT! http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/cville_dem/2009/06/tpm-limerick-contest.php#comment-3491826
June 7, 2009 6:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
"I'm made of stuff that doesn't feel a need to sit around making limericks."
Well, that certainly helps focus our research. 'Cause in my experience, there's only one species which doesn't feel the need to sit around making limericks.
The Giant Flaming Turd People of planet 3Burger2Burger1BurgerHUTT!
I saw a Giant Flaming Turd Person get tasered once. And the only thing I can really compare it to... is having your blog completely shit-splattered by the droppings of CeleryStuffer.
So all in all, it's a good thing he dropped by, eh?
June 7, 2009 5:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
That clever Canuck, Quinn Esquire
Put the torch to CT's funeral pyre
The ice weasels had come
And they shredded the bum
So we laughed as the flames rose ever higher
June 7, 2009 5:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
There once was a PITA - CT
Quite a pain in the tuchus was he
His blather grew lengthy
But lacking in strength he
Was quite beaten down by LisB
June 7, 2009 4:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
Awwww...why thank you. Thankyaveramuch.
June 7, 2009 4:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Your meter is way off.
June 7, 2009 4:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
A cool bloggy friend I call Lis
Makes things more fun wherever she is
She rules in the chat
With her good friend Bwakfat
And that's just the way that it is
June 7, 2009 5:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
A really smart guy known as Old G
helps everyone see things more clearly
with his keen observations
and fun altercations
He's awesome and we love him dearly
June 7, 2009 5:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
I once tried writing a limerick
that turned out to be a disaster.
I could not get the words to fit
or hit the jokes that I was after
So I resigned myself to the fact
that while longwinded I am not the wittiest tack
I’ll leave the wit to DD and Quinn the Canuck
and credit the rhyme in my verse to Bwakfat
June 7, 2009 3:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Our dear Synchronicity
Held forth a kewl philosophy
Although it lacked rhyme
Her fans grew in time
to admire her integrity
June 7, 2009 4:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
(thunk)
June 7, 2009 4:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Awww.. shucks. Thanks Bwak. You are a very kewl chicken.
June 7, 2009 4:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
There once was a piece of celery,
Subjected to late night devilry,
Shoved up a bunghole,
No hope for parole,
It really became quite smellery.
June 7, 2009 3:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
Smellery?
Ack!
Win!
June 7, 2009 4:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
You had me at celery!
You had me at celery!
LMAO!
June 7, 2009 4:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Bravo!
June 7, 2009 10:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
The blogger we all know as Quinn
had an utterly fabulous grin
his razor sharp wit
could make asshats throw fits
he's so good it might just be a sin
June 7, 2009 4:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
At once I begin to write lim’ricks
Before I can get to dick’s hem’ricks
CVille and her blog
Politicked-off or on
include my compulsion
for whimm’ry.
June 7, 2009 4:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
So clever are you Stratofrog
You sing so sweetly when you blog
I wish I could
Be half as good
You lift our spirits from the fog
June 7, 2009 4:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
There once was a cheekun named Bwak
Who Whatted the heck out of hawks
Her comments and humments
Bring joy to our moments
‘Cause Bwak is The Cheekun who RAWKS!
June 7, 2009 5:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
(shuffles feet) Thank you!
This is too FUN!
=D
June 7, 2009 5:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
There once was a lass with no shoes,
Who decided 'twas nothing to lose -
So she wandered at will
Through her barefooted quill
And left it for others to choose.
June 7, 2009 5:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
The words will uplift us most surely
and make even my straight hair all curly
but my stomach is hungry
my computer is bungly
and no food makes my lim’ricks
get surly.
June 7, 2009 5:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
There once was a site TPM
whose bloggers were smart, all of them
though we might disagree
who is rightier than thee
in the end they are friends, like the hen :)
June 7, 2009 5:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks!
mageduley the blogger is smart
her comments do set her apart
knowledgeable and fair
she will not get ensnared
by blather, baloney, or darts.
June 7, 2009 6:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks chickie :) Well maybe a few darts get to me(heh heh).
June 7, 2009 7:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Dear Missy stopped by to enlighten
The TPM crowd with her writin'
As she wiggles her toes
I hope that she knows
That our day here she always does brighten
June 7, 2009 5:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
For What Noble Cause? he inquired,
While all of the rest he inspired -
To just try and be
A friend such as he
Trustworthy, loved and admired.
June 7, 2009 5:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Come come, people. Limericks are supposed to be obscene, rude, breach the taboo, etc. Yes, you're allowed to write nice ones periodically, but too many and you'll be looked at as some kinda pervert.
Dirty it up a little. ;-)
June 7, 2009 5:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well, I did cite your "ice weasels" and have you torching CT's funeral pyre to great laughter from all of us.
Does that count?
June 7, 2009 5:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Surly little cuss, aren't you? I hope you like helping C'ville's thread degenerate.
You think I'm kidding about the fascination with me? Quinn didn't even mention me and you brought me up... AGAIN.
June 7, 2009 6:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
I was talking about you, not to you, shitebag.
I know it's difficult, but try to learn the difference.
June 7, 2009 6:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
"About me", "to me"... tell me how, either way, I'm not on your mind 24/7? As I said, you are fascinated with me for some reason.
June 7, 2009 6:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Some are hot, hot like uranium, (OG)
While others have the brains of geraniums.
June 7, 2009 7:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
You need 3 more lines.
June 7, 2009 8:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
OK, Quinn, I'll bite:
Have you noticed that the words of Newt
All sound, look and smell just like poot?
With his many wives,
His fakery thrives...
He pretends not to worship his root.
I know, I know -- it's not that dirty, but I'm trying!
June 7, 2009 6:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
ummmm.....
There once was a girl from Nantucket
oh...maybe that's going a little too far!
Please don't stop! This is howlingly funny!
June 7, 2009 7:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
The remarkable eskimo Quinn
Had a freakish and oddly shaped chin
When he met his bride
Her eyes opened wide
As he used it to tickle and grin
June 7, 2009 6:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Much better. You and Cville - two individuals well on your way to filth and fortune! ;-)
June 7, 2009 6:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
OK, OK, I'm going to write CT's for him/her
Clearthinker is my blogging name.
It describes what goes on in my brain.
I write only what's right---
and this site just feels fright!
And denies me my deserv-ed fame!
Come on, CT -- olive branch and all. Join in the fun!
June 7, 2009 6:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's an olive branch?
June 7, 2009 6:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
One of the things I'm most amused by is that this thread has degenerated into a simple love/hate thread. All on it's own.
It doesn't speak well of the usual suspects.
Only CVille (in the original blog) and TheraP managed to post something not self referential or about posters here.
What was it that Eleanor Roosevelt said?
June 7, 2009 6:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
Corn farmers want a big pass
On energy issues like gas
But to power our fleet
While still eating meat
We’ll need to pull corn from our ass.
June 7, 2009 6:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Brilliant, and consistent with issues that matter to you! I knew you could play! And I'm glad you did. Very good limerick, CT!
June 7, 2009 6:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
I agree with CVille. Good one CT. Glad you jumped into the pool with us.
June 7, 2009 7:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks!
June 7, 2009 8:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Lim'ricks can be so much fun
'Specially if one likes to pun.
Clean ones are too easy,
So bring on the sleazy!
Then "SUBMIT" and then you can run!
June 7, 2009 6:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
By the way, I have noticed that not one person has told Old Grouch to back off. Not one.
Now I understand most of you have issues with my views -- or even how they are expressed -- but Grouch has been pretty relentless about pounding me for the sheer pleasure of it. And without any provocation from me.
I know this group (and I'm talking to the TPM clique here because that's really the group reading this thread) like to think of itself as high minded and principled. But the fact is that this thread proves differently and in actuality, the posters here are clannish, protect their own, and have double standards of behavior.
Much like the people they often complain about.
I've seen over and over again here about what allowing torture says about America.
Well, what does this thread -- where a single poster talks with pride about bullying -- say about *you*?
Just some food for thought.
June 7, 2009 6:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
OK, I think it's time to lay off, and let CT alone. I know he/she can be cantankerous, and today is no exception. But this is for fun, so I vote for giving the dude a break.
June 7, 2009 6:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh, no... you don't get off that easy.
You have people that immediately came on this thread and started trashing me.
Again, I really don't care as you are a bunch of anonymous posters.
But it's totally inconsistent with the behavior elsewhere. I'm sure one person here will say "fight your own battles" -- but that never seems to be the case when they want to defend someone else.
Of course, it really does reflect on the whole group when you let things like this go.
And I'm sure people will talk of hijacking the thread, but, sorry boys and girls, Old Grouch made several posts (and after LisB and Bwak) that went after me. So pointing this out is hardly "hijacking".
Indeed, I wasn't even going to post anything on this thread but not for LisB and Bwak's passive aggressive behavior.
Either you are for good community standards or you are not.
But just like all the people you want to convict from the Bush Administration, Old Grouch gets a pass. Sorry, CVille, you can't just say it's my issue unless you are into blaming the victim...
... and I can think of a few places where you really hate it when someone blames the victim.
That's the very nature of hypocritical and community double standards.
Groups protect themselves. That's why your comment pretends the issue is about me, rather than the group and it's lack of reaction to Old Grouch's posts. I'm being cantankerous? Why not look above and see what is written about me.
I merely observe the behavior here.
But what comes back is a priceless study of social behavior from some (not all, but some) very broken individuals.
June 7, 2009 6:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
OK, you really remind me of a 13 year-old who doesn't understand why he is unpopular just because he goes around giving noogies to everyone and running his fingernail down the blackboard. I feel a little bit sorry for you, but I'm just going to ignore you from now on; you are too annoying.
ON WITH THE LIMERICKS!
My uncle, a Scotsman named Les
Said my family created a mess
When, as pirates they stole,
Lots of booty: BEHOLD!
But one chap named Tad, wore a dress!
June 7, 2009 6:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
No, CVille, go above and read the limerick from Old Grouch that talks about laughing as I'm burned on a funeral pyre.
If I wrote that about someone here, people would be hitting the "Report Abuse" button.
Of course, your reaction to your internal cognitive dissonance is to ignore me.
But I believe you should re-read this thread and see the type of behavior on display.
Here's the point:
I'm sure it's a lot of fun to write about how America tortures and it's terrible and what not, especially when the group agrees with you. But when it comes to pulling the wings off of flies yourself, you don't see the connection. Somehow the rules only apply to the abstract, and especially about others, than to you.
(And when I say "you" here, I don't mean you in the singular but the plural.)
One possible reason you find me annoying is that part of your knows I'm right.
I admit that you are a cut above and opened up the blog in a spirit of fun. See where your fellow clique members went, however. Don't blame me for that.
June 7, 2009 7:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
After last night (and today), at Stilli's thread, and what you wrote on Miguelito's post, I can hardly see where you come off talking about attacks without looking simply stupid.
Good night, CT.
June 7, 2009 7:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh, c'mon, LisB...Good night? Hell, you were the one that kicked off the festivities here today.
I'm sure it made you feel powerful to write something snide about me.
I guess you needed that for your self-esteem.
I know you still don't get this but discussing ideas is different than discussing people.
June 7, 2009 7:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
Let me spell it out, CT. People cheer OG on BECAUSE... you're a prick. That's the reason, the single feature that makes all the difference in the world. It really is - Just. That. Simple.
People keep telling you you're behaving in ways which are nasty and anti-social. And you keep telling them they're wrong, and they're just a clique. You then continue to engage in ways which are condescending, personally abusive, chickenshit, passive-aggressive and hypocritical. But you don't CARE about your social transgressions, do you? You're the grand man, too important for these puny "rules." You live above them.
But after all that posing, you wanna whine like a little calf when OG insults you? Are you kidding? Now you become the poo poo lil VICTIM with the boo boo? Grow up. Go outdoors. Get a life. Read some new books. Whatever. Go French F*ck yourself with a stick.
But above all, stop being such a pathetic little suck. You make me barf.
June 7, 2009 7:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Quinn, if you'd spent a little time, I think you could've made that into a limerick! Bad Quinn!
June 7, 2009 7:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
I mean, you HAD:
boo boo and poo poo!
You had "hypocrite" and "chickenshit!"
"French fuck;" "little suck,"
It practically writes itself! But nooooooooo, you had to be in a big hurry!
June 7, 2009 7:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yep. That almost covers it, except you left out the cheese.
June 7, 2009 7:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
I see, I see.
So it's okay to laugh about funeral pyres, etc.?
It's okay for LisB, sweet LisB, to being writing a limerick about me -- even before I read this thread?
This group enjoys the whiff of their own purity.
Old Grouch is just a cranky guy who, interestingly, started attacks on my ability to get it up. That's interesting in it's own right. It's no big deal. That's not the point.
Once more: I don't much care for what anyone writes here about me in terms of keeping me up at nights, or even up during the daytime.
What I am talking about is the general hypocrisy of people here talking about caring, etc. and then going out and finding their own dog to kick.
It's hard to imagine how you feel I condescend to you when you talk about vegetables in orifices -- and think you are the Lenny Bruce of TPM.
But you know what? Rape victims have it coming to them too, right?
And you know what? If you can't afford health insurance, then that's a clear sign that God's plan for you is to be sick...perhaps die.
And you know what? Everyone deserves what they gets.
That's pretty much the gist of your argument. If you are poor, you weren't smart enough to elevate yourself. If you are sick, you don't know how to maintain your health. If you are tortured, you shouldn't have been fighting in the war.
I get it, thanks. I can't wait to pull it out as needed.
Oh, by the way, there are those here that get that bullying and abuse for sheer provocation isn't good, no matter who the target is. I've heard from a few people, too, you know. ;-)
Now remember to drink lots of water so you don't dehydrate during your barf.
June 7, 2009 8:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
OK, even though I said I would ignore you, I am going to take you back in time, and cut & paste the limerick that got you going:
Nothing mean-spirited here in my opinion; Liz was just recalling an extended argument from yesterday where you told her she was pretty much dim-witted and unworthy of debating you. There isn't even an indication of someone being right and the other being wrong...
Again, unless your ego is on a hair-trigger, not mean-spirited or cruel in any way; that is how she felt about your comments, and if you go back and read what you said to her, certainly "jerking around" is not hyperbole.
Downright self-effacing! This is a way that many adults deal with people who are yanking their chains if they don't want to get into a brawl. It happens all the time here, and is not aggressive, in fact it is the opposite.
An empathetic comment.
So this limerick that Liz put into our "fun" blog drove you to another effort at highjacking a thread over your wounded feelings. This little limerick, which is completely innocent and not in any way aggressive or hateful started your tirade.
I don't want to hear about the pyre, or anything else. That was in response to your self-absorbed attempt to ruin an otherwise cheekily fun thread. You had a 2x4 on your shoulder when you showed up. You were looking for a fight, and then claimed victim status when some people knocked it off your very sensitive shoulder.
You need to look within to figure out where the demons are coming from, because it really isn't productive to be the one who rains on every parade, and it doesn't help you get your points across either. And when I went to bat for you and said, let's forget all this stuff and give you a break, you chastised me -- you really are your own worst enemy, believe it or not.
June 7, 2009 8:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wriggle and rationalize all you like...
The point is that it was the only negative one on this board. Just imagine if I had wrote that about someone else. There would have been hell to pay. Now, was this very nasty? No. But I also merely noted that it started your thread down a dark path.
Without any of my help.
But if you prefer, how about going after the Old Grouch's one (which I've mentioned several times):
I'm pleased to see this bothers you enough to write about it. Deep down you see the double standards being foisted.
When you wonder about why people don't see the logic in your political views, remember how hard you are clinging to notions of the community here.
June 7, 2009 8:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wow! Projecting much? I never called or implied LisB was dim-witted. I did say she wasn't giving me much to discuss except lame one liners.
Please don't put your ideas into my mouth.
No wonder you have an issue with me!
June 7, 2009 9:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Lots of people read these threads that aren't part of any in group. There's a bit of mobbing here that's unappealing but after your performance on Stilli's last thread you should have expected more push back. As much as I'm against the mobbing I can see how you're drawing it to you.
I thought the silliness of your arguments had gone as low as possible as you tried to defend the idea that all christians were alike. But you hit a new low when you commented that the 50+ crowd was just to slow to understand computers and technology and was dropping to their knees to pray out of fear of death. Pretty insulting. That's gonna stick in people's craw for a bit and produce consequences. As a 50+ person it sticks in my craw.
Even though we've disagreed some when I was a more active poster I've always respected you. Your arguments were mostly well researched and you had something of a unique voice here. I didn't mind too much that your manner had an edge to it.
But the quality of your arguments has diminished and the edge has gotten insulting. I suggest you rethink the path you're on and readjust. And it'd be nice if others would back off a bit and give him a chance to do that if he's willing.
June 7, 2009 7:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yup, thanks Oceankat. This says it better than I can.
June 7, 2009 8:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's because you are obsessed with belittling rather than discussing, quinn.
June 7, 2009 8:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oceankat, I'd love to talk more about Stilli's blog but don't want to bring it here.
Frankly, I don't mind the "push back" but only that it came unprovoked. Indeed, LisB wasn't even clever enough to reference Stilli's blog if that was the point. It's mostly the hypocritical nature of some of the regulars here.
Religion is a tough subject, but it's possible to discuss it. Unfortunately, you can see that people these days mostly react to me, not my posts. And, like you, I will push back if someone gets on my case.
PS Note Migeulito's post where after I talk about some Pew Research numbers, he decides that he needs to 'understand them better'. That's after quoting any number of polls himself.
If TPM is to function, ideas must be first and foremost ... as always.
June 7, 2009 8:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Jesus you can whine.
Enough already, we get it you want to be liked. Now shut up.
June 7, 2009 8:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
Its just a fun silly limerick thread and as CVille pointed out in excruciating detail lisb's limerick wasn't abusive. She even gave a little jab to herself with the playing the clown line. You went ballistic and ended up pushing Quinn over the line. People need to stop overreacting to each other though I'm often guilty of that myself.
I don't know CT, its looking to me like the informative intellectual component of your offerings are decreasing and the attacks are increasing. People attack back and we get the downward spiral.
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/seatoshiningsea/2009/06/conventional-baby-boomer-wisdo.php
Look at this thread, I remember your comment well enough to find it with google, because it felt like an attack. I wanted to reply but I just don't feel like I have the time for a substantial discussion at this time. We can't go back and discuss it now but see if you can ask yourself a couple of questions with an open mind.
Does that comment meet the rigorous intellectual standards you would set for yourself?
Does it contain sufficient arguments to support your contentions?
And if not can you see how those you're referring to would see it as an unsubstantiated attack?
June 7, 2009 9:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
You know what? That remark was made to Marquis who was "insulted" that it's finally occurring to him that the boomer generation is moving off the stage.
I would say that remark to any boomer who said something similar.
I'm sorry you felt it applied to you -- HOWEVER after having boomer generalize my generation for years, that is how shrapnel feels.
Again, it was a broad remark, but there are a number of people is does apply to.
June 7, 2009 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
You know what? That remark was made to Marquis who was "insulted" that it's finally occurring to him that the boomer generation is moving off the stage.
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Yeah, ok. Marquis was offended by what he noticed as a "growing tendency to attack members of my generation," not anything having to do with it finally occurring to him the boomer generation is moving off the stage. But since this seems to be an important issue for you I'll be happy to address it.
We aren't going anywhere. Look at your boomer president. No one moved off for him. He had to fight for it to the bitter end. He had to earn it. Obama having won Hillary didn't move off stage. She didn't even move back to her two bit role on stage as jr senator from NY. She moved to a more important position on stage. I've no doubt that you think it should have gone to someone from a younger generation and I hope it sticks in your craw that a boomer got it instead. Get used to that. We aren't going away.
Now given your entirely unwarranted belief in your intellectual superiority to most who post here I considered the possibility that pride might wake you up to the nature of your recent postings. That the lack of intellectual rigor in your comment on marquis' blog might embarrass you enough to open your eyes a bit. I thought it might be a good "teachable moment" for you. Alas to no avail.
So I leave this dialog with a good luck to you and a hope that you are happy with the situation you are creating for yourself.
June 8, 2009 1:33 AM | Reply | Permalink
June 7, 2009 9:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Uh, no, Miguel.
It was LisB that brought it up. I was responding to that.
But here again, we see that you are very quick to pull the trigger based on my avatar and not on my post.
And as you saw on your thread, I made my point and let you have the last word since there wasn't much that you had to say. Except you needed one more shot at me. Alas!
Hey, physician: heal thyself.
June 7, 2009 9:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Check. ;)
June 7, 2009 10:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ha!
June 7, 2009 10:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Double Ha!
June 8, 2009 12:33 AM | Reply | Permalink
;-)
June 8, 2009 12:38 AM | Reply | Permalink
Proverbs say all your arguments won,
will reduce your admirers to one,
and that one becomes clearer,
when you look in the mirror,
and realize that you aren't much fun.
June 7, 2009 6:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
That rawks, donal!
June 7, 2009 7:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
A handsome young pol named Barack
Said, "Now we're in charge. Let's take stock.
Bush left a recession
And he taught me a lesson:
There's no reason why I have to follow any rules at all, so I won't."
June 7, 2009 7:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
I have an amendment to share
To "rules" I posted - beware!
"No rules, just have fun"
Need to change it for one...
No finger-wagging, complaining, whining, paranoia, blaming, diagnosing group pathologies, or other negative stuff...
Don't you DARE!
June 7, 2009 7:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Why not address it to Old Grouch specifically?
And you wonder why other groups circle the wagons?
Please do read my post above to you.
June 7, 2009 7:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
We really must water the plants in here more often, Cville.
June 7, 2009 8:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
My political rhymes are appalling;
My skills are just up to crawling.
But Bill-o and Rush
Make such a big fuss
I might try to make this my calling.
June 7, 2009 7:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
You and Tankard2 have outdone yourselves!
June 7, 2009 7:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
I drive a wee truck made of tin
I had woofers and tweeters put in
The bass booms with the beat
And it vibrates the seat
And I drive down the road with a grin.
A lil bit bawdy like that?
:o)
June 7, 2009 7:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nice flowerchild.
It got me thinking about the truck I drove when I was young.
The highway was strewn with the parts that it flung.
But the ride lead to adventure
in the search for a wench here
And the rest is best left up to Jung.
June 7, 2009 7:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Excellent!
June 7, 2009 8:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
O'Reilly's a big Smarty Pants,
Who denies with a song and a dance,
But on he's been picked,
And off he's been ticked,
By those who recorded his rants.
June 7, 2009 7:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Coulter's a bitch with a sneer,
And conservatives ogle and leer;
But she's mean and she's vile
And I wonder the while
If there's a kind bone in her rear.
June 7, 2009 7:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hannity's a kisser of ass
Even if it's not under a lass;
And he gets a bit stiff
At the littlest whiff
Of the smell of Republican gas.
June 7, 2009 7:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Quinn? Quinn? Paging Doctor Quinn?
Are you happy now? We finally have some dirty stuff going on...
Good job, tomgnh!
June 7, 2009 7:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
Glenn Beck really wants adulation;
But I wish he'd just take a vacation
From his cynical tears
And his paranoid fears
And quoting the Book Revelation.
June 7, 2009 7:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
You are on a roll!
June 7, 2009 7:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
Fox and Friends helps makes me wise
And I don't believe liberal lies.
But I really objected
When directors rejected
Those skirts that displayed those fine thighs.
June 7, 2009 7:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
My muse is a bit fatiguee
And I'm wearying of the word play
So I need to retox
WIth an hour of FOX
To keep thoughts of kindness at bay.
June 7, 2009 7:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
You're good at this! Thanks for the laughs!
June 7, 2009 8:01 PM | Reply | Permalink