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2004-01-21 Home Front

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Posted by mojo 2004-01-21 10:58:29 AM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This all could have been avoided if Dean's speechwriter had subtituted a different catch-phrase; NASCAR fan, for instance, into his original statement about Southern dudes. His slip makes the moron who inflicted us with theSoccer Mom look like Aristotle in comparison.
To draw an odd parallel - as is the Hose's modus opperendi - Arsenio Hall once speculated that even Mozart must have had his off days. You know, sat down at the piano and banged out - Everybody was Kong Fu fighting (de dete de da dat da dah ....)

Posted by Super Hose 2004-1-21 11:23:46 AM|| 2004-1-21 11:23:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Mojo-
Whoa (or should I say: Oh wow, man!)your title brings back old memories. How many out there remember Firesign Theatre?

Posted by Spot 2004-1-21 11:38:47 AM|| 2004-1-21 11:38:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 LOL re 'catch phrases'. SH, you never disappoint.

Posted by Gasse Katze 2004-1-21 11:53:45 AM|| 2004-1-21 11:53:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Dean criticized the hecklers, saying they "refuse to respect our right of free speech.."

Tell that to your comrades-in-arms who have no qualms about shouting down conservative speakers at events. Tell that to your comrades-in-arms who won't lift a finger to discourage harassment by their associates of those that don't share your views.

Go on, tell them. Or is it really "free speech for me, but not for thee", as it seems to end up being wherever people of your political stripe are concerned?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-21 11:59:25 AM|| 2004-1-21 11:59:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 All Hail Marx and Lennon!

Posted by Raj 2004-1-21 12:11:42 PM|| [http://angrycyclist.blogspot.com] 2004-1-21 12:11:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Spot: Up Against the Wall of Science!

Posted by mojo 2004-1-21 12:14:58 PM|| 2004-1-21 12:14:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Dean criticized the hecklers, saying they "refuse to respect our right of free speech" and told the crowd.

OK. Let me see if I have this right:

Hecklers kept away from President Bush == violation of hecklers' free speech.

Hecklers present at Dean rally == violation of Dean's free speech.

Can anyone explain this to me? I'm confused.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-1-21 12:58:33 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2004-1-21 12:58:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 RC, remember the scene from Stripes where the late John Candy explains bunk making duties to his platoon mate. You will find that Candy's remarks are very applicable in this situation.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-1-21 1:06:19 PM|| 2004-1-21 1:06:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Spot -

How many out there remember Firesign Theatre?

...How can you be in two places at once when you're not anywhere at all? And Nick Danger for President!!

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2004-1-21 1:26:38 PM|| 2004-1-21 1:26:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 George Tirebiter!

Hemlock Stones, the Great Defective, in The Tail of the Giant Rat of Sumatra!

Posted by Mike 2004-1-21 1:31:32 PM|| 2004-1-21 1:31:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 "Stand him on his head. See, now it's morn-ing!"

Posted by Sparks 2004-1-21 2:22:41 PM|| 2004-1-21 2:22:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 This one's for Murat:
Follow along in your books as we learn three new words in Turkish...

Posted by Spot 2004-1-21 2:31:17 PM|| 2004-1-21 2:31:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Everybody was Kong Fu fighting
Curse you, SH! Now I have this ear-worm driving me crazy. My daughter bought one of those "Kung-fu Hamsters" that plays that song. I eventually had to be absolutely cruel - I turned it on, and let the cats in to play. It now plays "EVERWAKUFITI", over, and over, and over, and over, and ...

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-1-21 4:44:53 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2004-1-21 4:44:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 OP, stop. I think I have a high stomach sprain from the belly laugh.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-1-21 9:27:34 PM|| 2004-1-21 9:27:34 PM|| Front Page Top

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