Comments on: Factcheck.org thinks you are a moron http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:46:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ethical Werewolf http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/comment-page-1/#comment-71728 Ethical Werewolf Sun, 15 May 2005 02:16:25 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/#comment-71728 I was going to post on that too, but every time I went near the computer room, Grandma started biting me. I was going to post on that too, but every time I went near the computer room, Grandma started biting me.

]]> By: david tiley http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/comment-page-1/#comment-71679 david tiley Sat, 14 May 2005 17:14:24 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/#comment-71679 They have been doing the pigeon thing for a century. They attract the pigeons to land by spreading carpets of attractive metaphors on top of the building. Once the pigeons have pecked the messages out on carefully watched ouja boards, the officials pack them into special padded nests in brass tubes, and fire them back across the floor of the Atlantic through pneumatic hoses. Headquarters is in the Canary Islands. They have been doing the pigeon thing for a century. They attract the pigeons to land by spreading carpets of attractive metaphors on top of the building.

Once the pigeons have pecked the messages out on carefully watched ouja boards, the officials pack them into special padded nests in brass tubes, and fire them back across the floor of the Atlantic through pneumatic hoses.

Headquarters is in the Canary Islands.

]]> By: jre http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/comment-page-1/#comment-71611 jre Fri, 13 May 2005 19:21:36 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/#comment-71611 Hee, hee! That slays me! No ... I'm actually alive, not even sick, really. I didn't mean to imply that you were even <i>attempting</i> ... Ah, screw it. Hee, hee!
That slays me!

No … I’m actually alive, not even sick, really.
I didn’t mean to imply that you were even attempting …
Ah, screw it.

]]> By: duus http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/comment-page-1/#comment-71605 duus Fri, 13 May 2005 17:33:56 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/#comment-71605 fabulous! fabulous!

]]> By: JW http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/comment-page-1/#comment-71511 JW Thu, 12 May 2005 21:54:13 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/#comment-71511 Also note that the high priests of accuracy at Factcheck.org identify Janice Rogers Brown as a "Texas judge." Now, I'm no fancy professional fact-checker or anything, but last time I looked into this, JRB sat on the *California* Supreme Court. How embarrassing for them. Also note that the high priests of accuracy at Factcheck.org identify Janice Rogers Brown as a “Texas judge.” Now, I’m no fancy professional fact-checker or anything, but last time I looked into this, JRB sat on the California Supreme Court. How embarrassing for them.

]]> By: P ONeill http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/comment-page-1/#comment-71509 P ONeill Thu, 12 May 2005 21:41:11 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/#comment-71509 They've got even more work to do than Kieran describes. For instance, today Senator Norm Coleman's office made this claim "Contrary to his assertions, at no time did Mr Galloway contact the permanent subcommittee on investigations by any means, including but not limited to telephone, fax, e-mail, letter, Morse code or carrier pigeon," Mr Coleman's office said in a statement." Can Coleman really be claiming that the committee office is equipped to receive communication by Morse Code or carrier pigeon? They’ve got even more work to do than Kieran describes. For instance, today Senator Norm Coleman’s office made this claim “Contrary to his assertions, at no time did Mr Galloway contact the permanent subcommittee on investigations by any means, including but not limited to telephone, fax, e-mail, letter, Morse code or carrier pigeon,” Mr Coleman’s office said in a statement.”

Can Coleman really be claiming that the committee office is equipped to receive communication by Morse Code or carrier pigeon?

]]> By: kevin http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/comment-page-1/#comment-71503 kevin Thu, 12 May 2005 21:16:30 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/#comment-71503 This reads like someone exasperated at the command "make it balanced! they both must be doing something wrong!" to a situation where it just doesn't apply indulging in a little rebellion. This reads like someone exasperated at the command “make it balanced! they both must be doing something wrong!” to a situation where it just doesn’t apply indulging in a little rebellion.

]]> By: bi http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/comment-page-1/#comment-71492 bi Thu, 12 May 2005 19:24:57 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/#comment-71492 jet: ...or the virtue of honing up their sabre fighting skills to the point of invincibility. Yagyuu Jubei!!!!!!!!!!!! jet: …or the virtue of honing up their sabre fighting skills to the point of invincibility. Yagyuu Jubei

]]> By: Erik http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/comment-page-1/#comment-71488 Erik Thu, 12 May 2005 18:30:40 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/#comment-71488 You left out one of the best example of accidental deadpan humor I've ever heard: 'Actually, Brown was speaking about the debt being passed on to future generations, not suggesting that Medicare or Social Security causes old people to eat human flesh.' Yes, they really say that. You left out one of the best example of accidental deadpan humor I’ve ever heard: ‘Actually, Brown was speaking about the debt being passed on to future generations, not suggesting that Medicare or Social Security causes old people to eat human flesh.’ Yes, they really say that.

]]> By: jet http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/comment-page-1/#comment-71487 jet Thu, 12 May 2005 18:18:58 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/#comment-71487 Kieran, thanks for the clarification. I was thinking I'd never be able to visit grandma again for fear of winding up as Sunday dinner. Kieran, thanks for the clarification. I was thinking I’d never be able to visit grandma again for fear of winding up as Sunday dinner.

]]> By: jet http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/comment-page-1/#comment-71486 jet Thu, 12 May 2005 18:16:38 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/#comment-71486 bi, No guns; make them use sabers. With modern medicine, very few would die, and the survivers would quickly come to value the virtue that is humility. bi,
No guns; make them use sabers. With modern medicine, very few would die, and the survivers would quickly come to value the virtue that is humility.

]]> By: abb1 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/comment-page-1/#comment-71483 abb1 Thu, 12 May 2005 18:00:12 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/#comment-71483 <i>...there’s no evidence that he is in the habit of kissing his superiors...</i> Well, who the hell knows: <a href="http://rawstory.com/exclusives/byrne/larry_flynt_bolton_511" rel="nofollow">Mr. Flynt has obtained information from numerous sources that Mr. Bolton participated in paid visits to Plato’s Retreat, the popular swingers club that operated in New York City in the late 1970s and early 1980s.</a> …there’s no evidence that he is in the habit of kissing his superiors…

Well, who the hell knows: Mr. Flynt has obtained information from numerous sources that Mr. Bolton participated in paid visits to Plato’s Retreat, the popular swingers club that operated in New York City in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

]]> By: Janice Rogers Brown http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/comment-page-1/#comment-71482 Janice Rogers Brown Thu, 12 May 2005 17:55:28 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/#comment-71482 I'll be damned if I'll let these lies about me stand. (I mean, not literally damned, just a figure of speech you understand) (And not lies literally, but rather truthful tidbits used to reduce my character and suitability to serve as a judge of the law you understand) (and not literally stand but rather let go unchallenged you see). I’ll be damned if I’ll let these lies about me stand. (I mean, not literally damned, just a figure of speech you understand) (And not lies literally, but rather truthful tidbits used to reduce my character and suitability to serve as a judge of the law you understand) (and not literally stand but rather let go unchallenged you see).

]]> By: bi http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/comment-page-1/#comment-71480 bi Thu, 12 May 2005 17:53:38 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/#comment-71480 On an unrelated note, I think the US should legalize duelling once more. I mean, why should anyone take away a man's inalienable right to show off his machismo with a gun barrel? On an unrelated note, I think the US should legalize duelling once more. I mean, why should anyone take away a man’s inalienable right to show off his machismo with a gun barrel?

]]> By: mikez http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/comment-page-1/#comment-71478 mikez Thu, 12 May 2005 17:43:31 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/05/12/factcheckorg-thinks-you-are-a-moron/#comment-71478 They also need to clear up that 'kiss-up, kick-down' comment about Bolton. While it's likely that he has actually kicked those beneath him, there's no evidence that he is in the habit of kissing his superiors. They also need to clear up that ‘kiss-up, kick-down’ comment about Bolton. While it’s likely that he has actually kicked those beneath him, there’s no evidence that he is in the habit of kissing his superiors.

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