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Why Does Colbert Have Fans on the Right & the Left?
By Lee Drutman, Miller-McCune.com http://www.alternet.org/story/137918/ ------------------------------------- So ... Stephen Colbert doesn't really mean all those wacky liberal-bashing things he says, does he? Comedy Central's The Colbert Report is obviously a parody of a wing-nut right-wing talk show.Satire vs. Hate - Where is the line?
Sarah Palin effigy hung in West Hollywood Barack Obama effigy hung in Kentucky Obviously, America's racial history comes into play here - there is no denying that or trying to delicately tip-toe around it. But, is it fair that one is deemed free speech and political satire while the other is heavily criticized as an appalling display of ignorance and hate? Or, is the outrage in the case of the Kentucky effigy completely justified based on past racial history and lynching of black men?27. The Quotations of Links of London
The humorous re-writing thus functions as what Hutcheon names "Parodic Satire" ("Tronie" 168), as Winterson challenges a whole way of life, intermingling a profusion of comic effects and intertextual referencesranging from Punch and Judy Shows and Dallas to irreverent allusions to the Romantic poets and botched quotations of their titles of poems. Some aspects of contemporary Western society which are criticized include materialism, capitalism, political and religious Links of London Bracelet, the power of the media, the S Charmwith physical appearance, narcissism, romantic love, illusions and irresponsible attitudes, disrespect for manual labor and emotions, and the importance given to the intellect. More generally and fundamentally, Winterson denounces all forms of tyranny - of totalitarianism, of fanaticism, of fundamentalism - all monologic discourse (R Charm), and all belief in a unique legitimating Truth.Rush Was Punked: “Obama Thesis” Hoax
It must have seemed so perfect. An obscure blogger unearths some pages of President Obama's college thesis. The report supposedly comes from big-time journalist Joe Klein of Time magazine.Is SNL right that Obama's accomplished 'nothing'?
This is an opinion piece that I just happened to find interesting. I know there has been a lot of Obama bashing since Chicago lost the Olympics, but I didn't see the SNL piece until stuff started showing up on the internet. I'm just interested to hear everyone's opinions on the topic.A Little Bit of Satire....
"What if this weren't a hypothetical question?" - Unknown "Men who never get carried away should be." - Malcolm Forbes "I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars."The Town Halls of August, They're here, they're conservative, get used to it.
The Town Halls of August They're here, they're conservative, get used to it. by Mary Katharine Ham It had been a rough month by the time 67-year-old Bert Stead of Redding, Calif., stepped to the microphone at an August 18 town hall meeting with Republican representative Wally Herger. It was about to get rougher.Women Lose if Men Can Marry Men
This makes my head hurt National support for state-sanctioned gay marriage has slipped recently. Thank goodness. A while back I pointed out to you a midrashic tradition on Leviticus 18:3 that notes a feature of life in morally corrupt ancient Canaan: they practiced gay marriage, which is one reason God chose to displace them from the holy land, to be replaced by the children of Israel.What's so funny about Joe Biden?
Juxtaposed against Joe Biden, Barack Obama appears so scripted. Biden jokes about it himself. While giving the commencement address at the Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs, Colo., on Wednesday, Biden noticed that one of his teleprompters had fallen.They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? - The 1,000 Greatest Films The Top 100 = 76 - 100
76 77 78 Pierrot le fou JEAN-LUC GODARD (81) 1965 | 110m | Col | France-Italy | Road Movie, Romantic Drama "This film, with its ravishing colors and beautiful 'Scope camera work by Raoul Coutard, still looks every bit as iconoclastic and fresh as it did when it belatedly opened in the U.S." - Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader Selected by Julian Graffy, Samuel Fuller, Tom Gunning, Dennis Lim, Ty Burr. Amazon Time Out Roger Ebert Ikiru AKIRA KUROSAWA (73) 1952 | 143m | BW | Japan | Drama, Psychological Drama "An intensely moving film...elegiac and sometimes quirkishly funny in the manner of Kurosawa's elective model, John Ford.
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