By the time you read this it will be April 1, 2009.
And on this day, as was foretold in The Email of Sacking & Kthnxbai!, back-stabbing douche Roger L. Simon will have shoved his affiliate bloggers out of the nest because he’s tired of subsidizing their Citizen Journalist asses. By now it should be apparent that B-SD Roger has bigger fish to fry….like introducing this intranets whosee-whatsis called "Twitter" to the conservative masses which is, this time, totally gonna make money. Enough to buy a fedora made out of the nutsacks of a thousand chinchillas. So, like, a fuckload of money. I mean, lots.
But what does this mean for those plucky patriots of the keyboards now that their income stream has gone the way of a thousand chinchilla scrotums? Besides explaining to their significant others (wives, girlfriends, parents, parole officers) that they weren’t really sacked…they’re…. Going Galt. Yeah that’s it! Galt! There will be deprivations.
For Gun Counter Gomer, Ol’ Sparky the BBQ is going to have to hang on for one more summer of grilling okra and squirrel ribs. And that four-in-one BBQ spatula with the laser-sight and pistol-grip he’s had his eye on? Maybe for Christmas, Bubba.
For Ace O’ Spades, let’s just say that he won’t be changing the Play-Doh in his fleshlight every 3000 miles like the instruction book advises. Trust me, you don’t want to know any more than this.
And Godlstein will have to trade in:
As a bit of a gloss, let me relate some of my own academic experiences. During one of my summers as a fellow at the School of Lit Theory and Criticism, we were treated to a host of guest lecturers who consistently hit on these same themes — a kind of fetishizing / infantalizing of Otherness combined with a pointed rebuke of our own cultural trajectory — without once consciously recognizing their own rather dripping condescension toward those exotic cultures they were ostensibly speaking for (by telling us that we have no right to speak for them or, in certain cases, even intelligently of them), and without once acknowledging that their critiques, inasmuch as they were offering them, were as much a part of our culture as the caricature of our culture they were condemning.
…for:
All of the footlongs are $5. No. Bacon is extra….
But they’ll still have their memories of those halcyon days when the money flowed like Zima and women were easier to get into than community college. They were pundits once and young, and nobody can take that away from them. Their cars and their Rent-2-Own furniture, yes, but not their memories.
And one more thing: there have been no terrorist attacks in America since Pajamas Media was created. Coincidence? Not fucking likely.




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Who filleted Rush?
Ouch. You almost make me feel sorry for them, cut down, as they are, in their wingnuttiest prime. Weep for the posts that may, now, never be posted; may, now, never be ridiculed, held up for scorn, or riffed upon for comedy gold. Weep, my friends, for we have lost something here today…
Doughy Pantload, after a summer of grilled okra?
This entry needs to go down as one of the greats of TBlogging.
Maybe we can throw the victims of PJM a few used teabags to suck on.
A whale that big could only be Rush. Looks like he encountered a “Humps Ahead” sign while under the influence of a bottle of Hillbilly Heroin – side effects may include literalism and road rage.
Bookmark that, literals.
this time, totally gonna make money….
You have to admit that ol’ Roger is a genuine American type … much like Clyde Barrow, but without the literary ability.
That pic is fucking appalling.
“Tis well an old age is out, and time to begin a new.
But, but, but… We still have the Red State Trike Farce to kick around, don’t we?
Now you will not swell the rout
Of lads that wore their media out,
Bloggers whom renown outran
And the signifier of Otherness within a structuralist hermeneutic
died before the man.
From “To a Blogger Fired in Middle Age,” one of Housman’s lesser known gems.
Spencer Tunick shot Fats Limbaugh? Who knew?
Where the hell did you get that picture?
“…one more summer of grilling okra and squirrel ribs.”
Funniest line of the day (so far).
I am Roger L. Simon, The Man Who Created Moses Wine.
Look upon my works, ye mighty and…hey where are you going?
C’mon, look upon my works! It’s only $5!
Oh, won’t you please look upon my works?…..
Roger L. Simon: “Oh, won’t you please look upon my works?…..”
Don’t care what you call them. That’ll be $50 to look upon them, $100 to touch.
Jeff will be working without a net today. From the curb.
http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=14641#comments
it doesn’t get any better than this.
Thanks, TBogg
Spewing coffee on my screen! Thanks, T.
Hmmmm. Jeff with a one line post? Can only be one of the following reasons.
A. Without PJM confederate script behind him, his two remaining adverstisers, Piggly Wiggly and KY Jelly have demanded he look up the definition of “pithy” and use it in a (short) sentence before booking additional ad space.
B. He is lost now that PJM has repossessed the refrigerator “word” magnets he had used to write his posts by scattering them upon the floor and copying the arrangement verbatim into his Commodore 64.
…all Roger retains are their feces soaked brains
and their drives, their guns, and their debtors…
priceless.
Trust me, you don’t want to know any more than this.
Actually, I want to know less, much less.
This post is a thing of beauty; the photo, not so much.
and photoshopped the entrance wounds.
I have to agree with moominpapa — if it weren’t for the pic I’d declare my undying love and asked you to marry me. So far, I’ve only extended that privilege to Michael Berube! But, it’s almost as if you think it’s ok to mock fat people for being fat. Or dead. Um.
MKK
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I have seen the future- and it works.
Actually I was just looking for someone who went splat after being pushed out of the nest.
Mission accomplished.
The picture is truly disturbing. But then so is Godlstein’s “prose”.
But, it’s almost as if you think it’s ok to mock fat people for being fat. Or dead.
Is this for real? Or is it making fun of the “It isn’t an FDL thread without someone clutching pearls” cliche?
I couldn’t concentrate on the text, the photograph was so … disturbing. Who or what is it supposed to be? Rush punctured by Ann Coulter’s fingernail?
calories in calories out, Period.
Ed Schultz taking the 6pm MSNBC slot. Plans to push labor issues.
ED SCHULTZ gets the 10:00 on MSNBC!
Rachel gets Powell to open his mouth. Wonder if he’ll say anything. Ooops, still on the W dime: be afraid, be very afraid of AQ. Sounds just like Obama.
Powell defends Powell Doctrine. What a tool.
Powell sounds about like he did before the U.N. Blah blah blah.
Rachel asks about postwar in Afghanistan. Powell punts. “We were not unmindful to the needs of a stable govt.” What garbage.
Charactarization that U.S. money in Afghanistan was wasted is not accurate.
Oh Colin, close up your a-hole and join the reality-based community. Otherwise, get yourself a legacy-creation crew.
I just love typing to myself. The conversation is so uplifting.
Karl tripped and fell while traipsing about au naturel?
From Shakira’s ass…to Rush’s carcass.
It’s not nice to put that picture up at dinner time. Have to go take another look at my thighs.
Tbogg- between you and Wolcott today, I am fulfilled. Silly, silly wingnuts.
Rachel asks Powell about “Principles Group” sign-off on torture. Powell sez conversations occurred. But doesn’t know about all the meetings. But State Dept always said Geneva rules. Righto. I believe him. /s
Powell will wait for investigations. Whadda jerk.
Powell sounds like he has no idea what was going on under his watch. Heh.
Powell is as good at the dodge and weave as any of them
Powell sez: I am not a crook.
He seems pretty weak and smarmy tonight.
God, Rachel is good. No one else asks questions like she does—well, maybe Jon Stewart.
Powell: I know nothing.
the only time he didn’t sound weak and smarmy was back during Gulf War 1 when he was sounding macho. IIRC.
Asking the right Qs is not rocket science. The courage to ask them is.
It’s easy to sound macho when you have hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops to attack a petty tyrant. No credit for that.
The Q Rachel didn’t ask is: Why is your aide Wilkerson speaking out, but you aren’t?
maybe because Wilkerson wasn’t one of the principles and probably wasn’t in the room during those discussions therefore he isn’t culpable. Just speculating.
I think that photo is absolutely fascinating. It is for real, correct?
BTW, having a FDL BBQ on Memorial Sunday in New Paltz, NY. See if you can get the day off and join us. We had a great time last summer’s BBQ.
Powell was responsible for planning the Panama invasion, our reasonable response to Noriega taunting Bush Sr.. It went off without a hitch as we achieved all our objectives of bulldozing a thousand civilians into a mass grave and confiscating a freezer full of tamale flour.
I’m preaching on Memorial Sunday. wish I could, but not.
yet his approval ratings are probably the best in the rethug party. But then again, they love blood and guts when “our side” “wins.”
They have a five minute attention span. The few who actually recall the invasion probably view it as evidence that U.S. might equals right.
He got his political, bureaucratic legs by writing the My Lai coverup.
Quelle domage. Hoping to have another opportunity to meet up.
Pete DeFazio on Rachel now. He’s a pretty good guy.
It is SO refreshing to have a really good news show on the teevee. Olberman is getting old and I never liked the fluff he wasted so much time on.
Yea Rachel.
Are you planning to come to Netroots Nation? It’s in Pittsburgh in Aug.
Better to have Olbermann fluff than Tweety fluff, or heaven forbid, O’Reilly fluff.
But Rachel is great. A reporter who does homework. Imagine that!
I haven’t registered yet, but I’m feeling guilty about not having done so. I enjoyed the NN in Austin last year and know many more people now, so I really should. Can you provide a link to make me do it?
Needless to say, Powell’s alleged virtues are a tad overstated. He’s as bad as anyone else in the GOP. His trespasses are ignored with the aid of a compliant press, revisionist history, and his having a less blustery persona than his peers.
agree. It seems that MSNBC is actually getting it re programming for the liberal audience—at least in the evening. But Tweety is the one chunk of the schedule I really don’t want to watch.
We’ve kind of got our routine down now—TDS and Colbert reruns on at 8pm then Rachel, then the Olberman rerun then fresh TDS and Colbert. Fills the evenings up rather tidily. at least when I’m home and not at meetings.
It went down to $50 bucks. I think there must have been a drop in attendance because of the economy and because of the favorable election.
Here’s the link. The longer you wait the more expensive it gets.
The Olbermann rerun has gone to Ed Schultz.
The $50 rate was a special for students. They haven’t done that before.
According to C&L it hasn’t. They thought about it and decided not to go there.
Someone remind me why Colin Powell is a “respected” Republican. Whatta weasel.
EXCLUSIVE: Ed Schultz To Be MSNBC 6 PM Host
I got an email saying it was $50. Maybe people jumped on it, they got the numbers they wanted, and raised it again. I’d already paid, so figured the extra would go for goodies for the convention.
My registration failed. Maybe because my security code is no longer readable and I don’t remember what it is.
I got an e-mail about the $50 deal which said it was a special reg. fee for students so if I knew of any to pass it along.
The C&L link has more info as does this from Salon.
Schuster will co-host the 3-5 with someone named Tamron Hall and fill in for Keith when he takes is day off to hang out in the tanning booth.
they should be able to send it to you—I think.
I’ll follow up. Got a phone number.
That’s a very disturbing photograph.
It’s getting pretty scary when a person can’t catch a few rays without having the papparazzi all over his or her ass.
the $50 rate was a special rate for students.
If you have questions or concerns on NN stuff, feel free to email nolan -at- netrootsnation.org
Let me know if you’re having issues, I’m happy to help. email me at nolan -at- netrootsnation.org
(I’m on staff at NN)