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Mon Apr-02-07 02:05 PM
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| 51. When are humans going to learn? ALL COMEDY IS OFFENSIVE! |
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Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side.
Funny not because it was a chicken, but funny because the target is too stupid (or smart) to give the obvious answer.
Man falls on banana peal. Offensive to the clumsy.
It is not about whether any humor is offensive. It is all about how much can YOU take?
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| -The Politico: Some Offended by Rove Rap |
DeepModem Mom |
Apr-02-07 11:46 AM |
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It was just plain creepy - |
waiting for hope |
Apr-02-07 11:48 AM |
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CREEP - Y |
helderheid |
Apr-02-07 11:50 AM |
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AHAHAHAHAHA! |
originalpckelly |
Apr-02-07 12:01 PM |
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I was one of the offended |
CatWoman |
Apr-02-07 11:48 AM |
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Me too, WTF was he trying to do??? Dracula music is more his beat |
opihimoimoi |
Apr-02-07 11:53 AM |
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Well, it wasn't HIS idea. It was that lame "NO POLITICS ALLOWED" two 'entertainers' they hired |
MADem |
Apr-02-07 12:00 PM |
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A Rove set up??? He practiced those moves...clearly obvious...I don think he was "Plucked" from the |
opihimoimoi |
Apr-02-07 02:03 PM |
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Oh, total NONSENSE. If it were a setup, they would have done A BETTER JOB. |
MADem |
Apr-02-07 06:08 PM |
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LOL, ya give him too much credit re"They would have done a better job" |
opihimoimoi |
Apr-02-07 10:27 PM |
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Opi shoots!! He scores!! |
CatWoman |
Apr-02-07 01:21 PM |
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The World of BushCo has been reduced to a small Fort...Bush hiding in the Bunker |
opihimoimoi |
Apr-02-07 02:06 PM |
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It was lame. Anything other than pointing and laughing shows the press's weird |
underpants |
Apr-02-07 11:49 AM |
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Name removed |
Apr-03-07 12:13 AM |
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I'm trying to put myself in other peoples shoes, but... |
Sammy Pepys |
Apr-02-07 11:51 AM |
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this is exactly the kind of feelings Politico and Drudge are trying to incite |
ComerPerro |
Apr-02-07 11:56 AM |
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I'm with you. It was a bit creepy, certainly stupid, and if it did anything, it DIMINISHED the |
MADem |
Apr-02-07 12:02 PM |
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I just have a problem with people who treat blacks so abysmally |
CatWoman |
Apr-02-07 01:25 PM |
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Good point. |
quantessd |
Apr-02-07 02:40 PM |
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"uncool, stick-up-their-ass white people" |
Sammy Pepys |
Apr-02-07 02:41 PM |
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Good, let actors make the movies then. We don't need federal officials "rapping" |
Bluebear |
Apr-02-07 02:43 PM |
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This was not a federally funded event. It was a private club having their annual party. |
MADem |
Apr-02-07 06:45 PM |
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Sorry, I think it's disgracefully improper. "Those WMD's must be here somewhere! HAHAHAHAHA! |
Bluebear |
Apr-02-07 06:55 PM |
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Well,, that happened at the White House Correspondent's Dinner. |
MADem |
Apr-02-07 07:52 PM |
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Yes, I am a "so-called progressive" and horribly intolerant. |
Bluebear |
Apr-02-07 08:12 PM |
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Whatever. Suit yourself. NT |
MADem |
Apr-02-07 08:20 PM |
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"Entire movies have been made around it." |
Bornaginhooligan |
Apr-02-07 06:09 PM |
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And neither were those two IMPROV idiots. NT |
MADem |
Apr-02-07 06:46 PM |
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suuuuuure. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Apr-02-07 06:47 PM |
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Suuuuure? Jesus, you're pretty accusatory. Those two guys are from that IMPROV TV show |
MADem |
Apr-02-07 07:33 PM |
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Hunnnnh????? Since when is Rap "Black Owned" anymore??????? |
MADem |
Apr-02-07 06:29 PM |
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Lord almight i just watched that |
bryant69 |
Apr-02-07 11:52 AM |
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Why do people keep quoting "Politco"????? |
devilgrrl |
Apr-02-07 11:53 AM |
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yeah, its propaganda |
ComerPerro |
Apr-02-07 11:55 AM |
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Because the TEE VEE does it!!!!! And that's because they don't fucking know any better. |
MADem |
Apr-02-07 12:03 PM |
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I was offended because these are serious times, and the main |
wienerdoggie |
Apr-02-07 11:54 AM |
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I share your view. It was as offensive as B*'s search for WMD's. ....n/t |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-02-07 11:59 AM |
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Yes... |
Zookeeper |
Apr-02-07 02:07 PM |
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well said! |
TexasLawyer |
Apr-02-07 12:05 PM |
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You've never seen that annual event before? Did you see the Colbert skewering? |
MADem |
Apr-02-07 12:16 PM |
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With the showdown in Congress looming over the war, and Rove |
wienerdoggie |
Apr-02-07 12:25 PM |
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Well, it's an insider thing. It isn't really FOR 'us'--it's for the press. |
MADem |
Apr-02-07 12:41 PM |
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You know, I don't watch the show and would not say anything |
rebel with a cause |
Apr-02-07 01:06 PM |
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I'm sorry, I think these are separate issues. Personally, I think most movies suck, but I wouldn't |
MADem |
Apr-02-07 06:53 PM |
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I don't have a newspaper subscription nor |
rebel with a cause |
Apr-02-07 07:20 PM |
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Look, I said I think the two matters are SEPARATE issues. You can't squish them together and make |
MADem |
Apr-02-07 08:19 PM |
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Okay, whatever. We are not going to agree on this at all. |
rebel with a cause |
Apr-02-07 11:56 PM |
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I guess not. |
MADem |
Apr-03-07 09:55 AM |
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Somehow I can't see anyone in FDR's Admin advocating pulling heads off "small animals" like Rove did |
KoKo01 |
Apr-02-07 02:09 PM |
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But that comparison is irrelevant. There's no RULE that says that the |
MADem |
Apr-02-07 06:57 PM |
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Precisely! |
zidzi |
Apr-02-07 07:14 PM |
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so, basically politico is RW bullshit and propaganda, then? |
ComerPerro |
Apr-02-07 11:54 AM |
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It was up there with "no WMDs under this table." nt |
valerief |
Apr-02-07 11:54 AM |
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Rove is offensive, period. |
The_Casual_Observer |
Apr-02-07 11:56 AM |
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What is OFFENSIVE to me is the reaction of the press corps... |
jackstraw45 |
Apr-02-07 11:56 AM |
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Overthinking, creepy AND stupid. |
MADem |
Apr-02-07 11:57 AM |
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The Gridiron Dinner is a lot of mis-guided self-congratulatory tripe. nt |
MookieWilson |
Apr-02-07 11:57 AM |
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I have seen a lot of rap performers on TV and darn I never ever ever |
Bitwit1234 |
Apr-02-07 12:02 PM |
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It was absolutely a modern-day minstrel show |
alcibiades_mystery |
Apr-02-07 12:06 PM |
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Great post -- thanks for reposting. nt |
DeepModem Mom |
Apr-02-07 12:21 PM |
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Well, it doesn't come close to burning crosses ... |
TahitiNut |
Apr-02-07 12:37 PM |
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To be fair to Rove, who is NOT a fair person himself, it was NOT his idea. |
MADem |
Apr-02-07 12:45 PM |
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Do you think he just did his "rap" off the cuff? |
dbaker41 |
Apr-02-07 02:04 PM |
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You clearly didn't watch the show. He did NOTHING. He said THREE words |
MADem |
Apr-02-07 06:06 PM |
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what is it with these heavy handed media types in D.C.? |
CTyankee |
Apr-02-07 07:45 PM |
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They were going for inocuous, painless, 'safe' |
MADem |
Apr-02-07 08:44 PM |
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Wow, Alcibiades, for an ancient Greek you really know your rap! |
CTyankee |
Apr-02-07 04:13 PM |
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He only said three words--Em Cee Rove. The other old fools did the rest. NT |
MADem |
Apr-02-07 06:59 PM |
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But, oh, Alcibiades did it best to describe what he did! |
CTyankee |
Apr-02-07 07:14 PM |
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I differ with the characterization. |
MADem |
Apr-02-07 08:39 PM |
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Take away that last word |
Cabcere |
Apr-02-07 12:25 PM |
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Oh, come on. Lighten up. |
NCevilDUer |
Apr-02-07 12:32 PM |
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I don't think it was offensive. |
cat_girl25 |
Apr-02-07 12:32 PM |
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Which was a good thing. It chipped away at his thin veneer of invulnerability. NT |
MADem |
Apr-02-07 12:42 PM |
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rove is a popsicle man. |
rebel with a cause |
Apr-02-07 12:54 PM |
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My feeling- |
la la |
Apr-02-07 12:39 PM |
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Brad Sherwood and Colin Mochrie did the left a great service |
SheWhoMustBeObeyed |
Apr-02-07 12:44 PM |
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Wow, how refreshing! Someone who gets what really happened there!! |
MADem |
Apr-02-07 12:47 PM |
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nah, they were just whoring themselves out for a paycheck |
ComerPerro |
Apr-02-07 10:38 PM |
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Only the congenitally wealthy escape that fate |
SheWhoMustBeObeyed |
Apr-02-07 11:40 PM |
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true, but they could have really made a statement if they wanted to |
ComerPerro |
Apr-02-07 11:46 PM |
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They aren't political satirists like Colbert |
SheWhoMustBeObeyed |
Apr-03-07 12:39 AM |
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if you want to think that, whatever works |
ComerPerro |
Apr-03-07 12:44 AM |
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Color me stupid |
Rosemary2205 |
Apr-02-07 12:58 PM |
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He is a foul tub of lard. |
Ninja Jordan |
Apr-02-07 01:22 PM |
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My first thought on seeing it (other than Rove is a pig) was |
Vinca |
Apr-02-07 01:28 PM |
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what I found offensive was Dave Gregory and other |
antifaschits |
Apr-02-07 01:40 PM |
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They were both plucked out of the audience as well. |
MADem |
Apr-02-07 07:04 PM |
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I'm always offended when a**holes think their being funny. n/t |
Faux pas |
Apr-02-07 01:47 PM |
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The Rethuglican-media complex has this down to a science. |
kerstin |
Apr-02-07 01:57 PM |
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When are humans going to learn? ALL COMEDY IS OFFENSIVE! |
slampoet |
Apr-02-07 02:05 PM |
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Cruelty to chickens, that. And FRUIT ABUSE!!!! Can't have THAT! NT |
MADem |
Apr-02-07 07:05 PM |
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I Was Deeply Offended!!! |
maxrandb |
Apr-02-07 02:16 PM |
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Exactly. n/t |
kerstin |
Apr-02-07 04:06 PM |
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Self-delete |
Azathoth |
Apr-02-07 07:16 PM |
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Ya mean like - With our soldiers in harms way, dying, getting dismembered, |
paparush |
Apr-02-07 02:43 PM |
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It was aesthetically offensive, but is it necessarily racist to ridicule rap? |
Bucky |
Apr-02-07 06:48 PM |
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The only offensive thing about it was that Rove wasn't wearing an orange prison jumpsuit n/t |
Azathoth |
Apr-02-07 07:17 PM |
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Dee dee dee. |
Rex |
Apr-02-07 07:20 PM |
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Stop! |
Bluebear |
Apr-02-07 08:13 PM |
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I was wondering what the Dee dee dee ruling would be here in GD. |
Rex |
Apr-02-07 08:20 PM |
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I was offended b/c it was so bad! |
liberalpragmatist |
Apr-03-07 12:32 AM |
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