Comments on: Stealing your best lines

By: perianwyr

perianwyr — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 16:54:23 +0000

No, to the orthodox, the validity of a statement is entirely derived from the motivation of the speaker.

By: Geoff R

Geoff R — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 05:08:58 +0000

So a right-winger picks up the rhetoric of the left, isn’t this they have done since the late 19th century through to the Republican campaign against ‘elites’. Franz Neumann long ago identified fascism’s rhetorical pseudo-leftism.

By: Thlayli

Thlayli — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 17:56:23 +0000

To steal a quote from Thomas Friedman:

Some things are true even if Osama bin Laden believes them.

By: Phoenician in a time of Romans

Phoenician in a time of Romans — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 21:12:49 +0000

We note that Bin Laden has lately adopted (co-opted?) arguments we are used to hearing from lefty anti-war types.

He also breathes, eats, shits and obeys the laws of gravity.

It’s called “living in the real world”. If Osama bin Laden said the sun rises in the east, would all the wingnuts rush to scream that it actually rises in the west? So why be surprised if he mixes up some truthful claims with his demands?

By: Jaybird

Jaybird — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:30:11 +0000

He can have my immoral acts of fornication, homosexuality, intoxicants, gambling’s, and trading with interest when he pries them from my cold, dead fingers.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:45:03 +0000

So he is homosexuality, is against abortion, thinks that religion should play a larger role in politics, and his big problem with Clinton is him getting a blow-job.

Isn’t that the basis of the conservative agenda?

By: Samuel Alito

Samuel Alito — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:13:34 +0000

I know I’m not supposed to use international law once I’m on the court, but I really want to carve out an exception to consult this document.

The Right Honorable Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
(the A stands for Awesome)

By: Myopic Zeal :: Who Said This? :: January :: 2006

Myopic Zeal :: Who Said This? :: January :: 2006 — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:45:23 +0000

[...] Taking a page from Crooked Timber and Pandagon: Who said this? Pat Robertson? Michael Moore? Osama bin Laden? “You separate religion from your policies, contradicting the pure nature which affirms Absolute Authority to the Lord and your Creator. You flee from the embarrassing question posed to you: How is it possible for [God] to create His creation, grant them power over all the creatures and land, grant them all the amenities of life, and then deny them that which they are most in need of: knowledge of the laws which govern their lives? [...]

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:07:53 +0000

What purpose does this post serve? Is it meant to be a parody of Little Green Footballs?

By: Chris Clarke

Chris Clarke — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 15:45:49 +0000

Wingnuts on both sides are the same.

But it’s the ones that claim to be in the middle ya gotta watch out for.

By: Who Said It? at Pandagon

Who Said It? at Pandagon — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 15:01:18 +0000

[...] (blatantly stolen from Crooked Timber) [...]

By: snuh

snuh — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:50:30 +0000

abb1, please don’t steal michael moore’s best lines. i mean, sure, it’s a fact that this dude was murdered in american custody, but what’s more important is that this is precisely the sort of thing michael moore would say. therefore, let us never speak of it again.

By: abb1

abb1 — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:32:50 +0000

Oh, dear:

FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) – A military jury recommended a simple reprimand Monday for an Army officer who killed an Iraqi general by stuffing him headfirst into a sleeping bag and sitting on his chest during an interrogation.
…
Welshofer was convicted of putting a sleeping bag over the head of Iraqi Maj. Gen. Abed Hamed Mowhoush, sitting on his chest and using his hand to cover the general’s mouth while asking him questions at a detention camp in 2003 in al Qaim, Iraq

By: Zephania

Zephania — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 08:22:16 +0000

Hi Louis “Leaving aside the quesion of whether it is him or somebody speaking on his behalf” this is part of the most fascinating aspect of the phenomenon.

With regard to the most recent recording of his voice … here is something from the Washington Post: “When Seeing and Hearing Isn’t Believing

Bill Arkin

By William M. Arkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Monday, Feb. 1, 1999

“Gentlemen! We have called you together to inform you that we are going to overthrow the United States government.” So begins a statement being delivered by Gen. Carl W. Steiner, former Commander-in-chief, U.S. Special Operations Command.

At least the voice sounds amazingly like him.

But it is not Steiner. It is the result of voice “morphing” technology developed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.

By taking just a 10-minute digital recording of Steiner’s voice, scientist George Papcun is able, in near real time, to clone speech patterns and develop an accurate facsimile. Steiner was so impressed, he asked for a copy of the tape.” More in the link.

Re: the phenomenon – Where’s the cui bono analysis? Where are the demands for more proof from the 4th estate? Why do we argue the toss … yes it is; no it isn’t on this specious evidence? It’s fascinating to life through a Big Lie period, don’t ya think?

By: abb1

abb1 — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 06:53:48 +0000

Wingnuts on both sides are the same.