| re: NJC (U.S. Politics): Bill Maher speaks up for the East Coast | |
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Vin 02:51 pm UTC 09/18/08 |
| In reply to: | re: NJC (U.S. Politics): Bill Maher speaks up for the East Coast - John_Galt 08:34 am UTC 09/18/08 |
| Eh. You make some valid points. I'd like to see you and Maher square off on this subject; that would be an entertaining slugfest. I believe Bill is probably a snob, but I still think he's funny. > I can't resist... > > > "All right. Finally, New Rule: Just because you live in > > the middle of nowhere doesn't make you more authentic > > than me. It just means you have a much longer drive to > > the airport. > > This "authenticity" bit comes from a guy who accessorizes > by offering to pay fuglies like Coco Johnson to hang out > with him. And he's still doing a schtick based on the > premise he's a libertarian when everyone knows he became a > celebrity socialist years ago. > > > But, what Mitt was getting at is that the East Coast is > > where all the liberals, with their bad ideas, come from. > > You know, bad ideas like the Declaration of Independence > > and the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. As opposed > to the brilliant ideas that have come out of the west > > like frontier justice and wearing cowboy boots with a > > suit. > > This doesn't make sense. Are you really suggesting that > Mitt meant that the bad ideas were coming from > constituationalists and founders from over 200 years ago > instead of today's modern New England liberals, a la Ted > Kennedy and Charlie Rangel? Or do you want us to believe > that it is profound or meaningful in any way that you can > connect Ted Kennedy and James Madison geographically and > imply speciously that that means something philosphically? > It doesn't, and everyone knows it. > > Oh, and cowboy boots have more style than fugly escorts, > Bill. > > > The ideas this nation was founded on came from the most > > cosmopolitan people of their day, the founding fathers, > > who believed in science, who looked to Europe for wisdom, > > and who had no use for ignorant hicks like Bush and > > Palin. > > Bill, you need a history lesson on early America. Early > America was largely an agrarian society of large plots and > small towns. The Boston of yesteryear wasn't the Boston > that welcomes you to do lame political preaching and > revisionist history... er, I mean what you call standup. > Many early Americans hunted, belonged to militias, and > believed in God in ways that kinda resemble what you find > offensive about Sarah Palin. > > While some were deists and others could read Montesquieu, > few Early Americans would have seen the fact that Bush and > Palin are mainstream Christians who like the countryside > and can be unilateral in their temperment as qualification > for the "ignorant hicks" label. > > > Truth is - the truth is, as America moved west and got > > farther away from its birthing in Boston and > > Philadelphia, > > it became less American, not more. We keep hearing about > > small-town values, you know, like shooting wolves from an > > airplane or forcing your daughter into a doomed, loveless > > marriage. > > Cities are about diversity of thought. Small towns are > > about...well, crystal meth. And, last year, police found > > 42 meth labs in Sarah Palin's home county. Drug addiction > > is a terrible thing, but apparently it beats living in > > Wasilla sober. > > I'm not sure about shooting wolfs from above, but people > here in the big city shoot other people on the freeway far > too often. Oh, and in case the crack whore of the week on > your arm hasn't told you, there's a bit of a recreational > drug problem in the City, too. > > Bill, you're an unfunny snob. You think you're > intelligent and superior because you point out that people > in small towns have problems. That's not profound, > insightful, or funny --- especially since Palin and > company have never claimed otherwise. But here's > something to think about: > > The last time I bumped into you, you were wearing makeup > for a late night trip to Blockbuster Video in Westwood > with some escort with a comically fake rack and a crooked > smile. You looked so unhappy it was actually depressing > to see you. Just be glad Sarah Palin wants liberty and > respect instead of a diss-off because I assure you that > even people in young marriages who hunt and live in small > towns have a very, very good shot at a better life than > you seem to be living. > > -=John Galt=- > > | |
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