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mahjane

Political Monday

Aug 02, 2004 14:25

Randomly quoted quotes that have annoyed, tickled or made my card-carrying bleeding-liberal heart swell with pride lately:

"I don't want to claim that God is on our side. As Abraham Lincoln told us, I want to pray humbly that we are on God's side." -- John Kerry

"Look, I support Bush. I even went to see that movie he starred in - Fahrenheit 9/11" ( Read more... )

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Reasonable and moral people may disagree about the views espoused by all these quotes. thecuckoo August 2 2004, 07:59:04 UTC

But I do hope that most of us could come together and agree that Ann Coulter is on crack.

Do you have a link to the Blogger entry? I can't decide if I'm amused or not without the context.

Sorry; I'm not sure. mahjane August 2 2004, 08:30:36 UTC

They're sampled from the massive amount of articles and forums I read when suffering from insomnia, and I cleaned out my overfilled cache this afternoon. That one's obviously a riff on the infamous scene in Fahrenheit 9/11:

George W. Bush: [to camera] I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers. Thank you.
[George W. Bush brandishing a golf club]
George W. Bush: Now, watch this drive!

The context was undoubtedly the usual overdue critique/unwarranted Bush-bashing, depending on commentator's POV. ;)

These quotes were mostly intended as a coda for Norwegian friends with whom I've had political discussions lately. [My Feminazi friends and I are *so* much prettier than Ann Coulter. And whatever it is we're are smoking is much better for our blonde hair *and* our coherence. Obviously.]

The atmosphere here is, as you might guess, anti-Bush but NOT anti-American. It's reassuring that one does not always entail the other.

I got that... thecuckoo August 2 2004, 08:39:27 UTC

but I was wondering if it was also a reference to Orwell Rolls in His Grave, which is supposed to be released soon.

I may go see that, because my general anti-polemic stance seems to stop right before I get to Clear Channel's corporate headquarters. [grin]

And I agree about the reassurance.

Duh me... mahjane August 2 2004, 08:52:26 UTC

F9/11 hasn't been released here yet, so I tend to forget I'm not the only one in my world who has seen it. [hits own forehead]

I think the only reference was to doublespeak and Orwell's take on warmongering. If I were in grad school, my cross-referencing on this would probably earn me a failing grade. Sigh.

It's funny how polemics are only enjoyable when you agree with the polemicist in question. It's probably hypocritical, but I have a feeling we all feel that way. Kind of like adoring either Buffy or Charmed, but never both. You know? ;)

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Like Goebbels said... ajhanger August 2 2004, 11:11:06 UTC

..."When I hear the word 'Coulter' I reach for my revolver".

Or Frank Lloyd Wright: "I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters."

Those who can mahjane August 2 2004, 13:12:42 UTC

do.
Those who can't, teach.
Those who can't teach, teach gym.
Those who can't teach gym hurl shrill insults in bad prose at people.

I'm guessing by your icon alone thespice August 2 2004, 14:10:58 UTC

that you know that "in the cut" is a dirty, dirty phrase.

I'm just guessing.

Actually, no. mahjane August 3 2004, 03:30:47 UTC

I guess that's what I get for desperately trying to think of original tags while avoiding Meg Ryan movies like the [perky and annoying] plague.

Besides, nothing can be *that* dirty unless it's derived from French. Right? Vrai?

In the Cut was not the best movie. thespice August 3 2004, 13:18:05 UTC

Though no fault of Ryan's, who gave one of her better performances, in my opinion. A book that should never have been adapted, as most first person narratives shouldn't be. Not a favorite book, but worth reading, I think. High art erotica, I guess. Heh.

"In the cut" is a slang expression explained in the book as a term for being inside a woman's vagina, or rather I think it refers to the part that is visible during penetration. "I like to watch it in the cut", I think would work.

Ah. mahjane August 4 2004, 07:17:45 UTC

I haven't read the book (Susannah Moore, right?) I thought the title might be a nudge to Meg Ryan's much-touted intellectual haircut in the movie. I did like MR in that Gulf War movie, though. At least almost.

Thanks for the slang update! It's a little more clinical than I like my dirty phrases. But that's metal-sounding references for ya.

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