Professor Donald Douglas explains in words and deed what the expression “When all you have is a hammer…” means.
The state of California should probably charge you for this lesson. God knows they can use the money since it seems pretty obvious that they are just throwing it around…




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“Keeping an eye on the communist-left so you don’t have to!”
The guy’s tag line is a miniature work of art in itself. I do get so bored reading people critiquing the Communist Right. Or maybe since Jonah Goldberg told them that left and right are interchangeable, they feel that they have to specify.
He also doesn’t know what “begs the question” means but compared to the rest that’s just decoration.
It reminds me of when Breitbart started foaming at the mouth and screaming at a passing anti-war demonstration that turned out to be protesting the use of child soldiers in Uganda.
Hammer, hell, when all you have is a rabid, clinically-insane right winger, everything looks like something to bite.
Don’t you just make hammer-ade?
Looks like another government subsidized, educated, and employed Randian turns out be be as sharp as a bowling ball.
And if sasquatch are real, I think they may be mooslim cuz they all wear those head to toe fur burkas. Maybe he’ll cover that in another post.
That would be a furka. LIke the one that mooslim Chew-bak-ka wore.
And of course the obligatory line that this guy really put his bigfoot in his mouth.
Someone had to do it.
Also re Isreal/Israel, I never actually realized before that Tea Baggers spell just as badly when they’re reading signs as when they’re writing them. The world must be an interesting place to them. In a Roseanna Roseannadanna sort of way.
I love his equally stupid response to being caught at his stupidity.
Meanwhile, in the Annals of Schadenfreude, enjoy the sight of wingnuts turning on their creator as the Conbloggies get virtually medieval on Karl Rove’s ass for the crime of dissing the Mean Girl.
In addition to his teaching and research in political science, Dr. Douglas enjoys hiking, walks on the beach, and reading works of historical fiction and international intrigue.
Is this a professional resume or a “men seeking women” classified?
Beat me to it, Dr.
What a dope this guy is. Has to dig in deeper when it is pointed out that he is wrong. A real poster boy for the Teatards.
Sasquatch Is Real!! I think this should be a rallying cry for all Libs, sorta like “Ba Ba Booie” is for the Howard Stern types.
Comments disabled @ Donnie the Chickens* buckark* How is it the right 101 signage corp is so dyslexic? I love edit.
So – this why I’m not teaching at the CC? I can spell? AND read stuff, too?
~~~sigh~~~
Nessie isreal.
Also. Too.
Only a Moran would disagree.
If I ever start a blog, I will call it “Sasquatch Israel,” just to tweak Mr. Douglas. “Professor,” huh? This man could not find his ass in a telephone booth with both hands tied behind his back. Then he doubles down…yikes. The Dark Side is strong in this one…
Dude so fucked the cow, man. Poor thing. The cow, that is.
He teaches. A Course. On Political Science. So, has an online quiz for his students.
Question 7:
7:Which of the following would NOT be considered a contemporary challenge to American democracy?
Choices:
a) complexity of issues.
b) political participation rates.
c) the threat of communism.
d) the use of money in politics.
Correct Answer (on his own damn site…) c) threat of communism
The well never ceases to give.
I got 90% on that quiz. I kan haz college credit now?
There’s a great Thai restaurant in Tel Aviv. It’s called Phuket Is Real Good.
The students in his classes should demand a refund.
Dumb Don seems to be even dumber than Mustard Charlie Jacobson at Cornell or Smilin’ Glenn “(Marginally) Smarter than A Box of Hammers” Reynolds at UT. Does anyone know if Monica Goodling is teaching and also, how Paco “Otherwise Unemployable” Gonzales’ classes are going down in Texas?
I believe you meant to reference Emily Litella.
“Emily, Emily… The sign doesn’t say `Israel.’ The sign says `Is Real.’”
“Oh….
Never mind!”
“F*** you buttfreaks”
I hope Don isn’t the coach of the school’s Debate Team
Hey! You know who else thought Sasquatch was real??
Hitler that’s who!
The hammer, of course, is his penis.
Why don’t these Randians refuse to teach at public institutions when the real talent is always in the private sector? Oh, wait…
Cow fuckers. Goat blowers.
Run for your lives little duckies! Run for your lives!
I guess he probably also likes pina coladas and getting caught in the rain
professor Douglas is more Dr. Horrible though
D’oh. Yes I’ll take Gilda Radner characters for 100, Alex. Though somehow Roseanne ranting about something like how people pick their noses fits him too, but I meant Emily.
I’m going to pretend that you made up this “professor.” Just like I used to think you made up America’s Worst Mother (TM) until that day I finally clicked a link.
Schrodinger’s Wingnut.
Being a thought experiment used to explain a common scenario in which some Wingnut seems either far too weird to be real or just weird enough, existing in an entangled combination of both states until the moment that you click the link to find out.
Related to Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle, AKA my immediate superior.
bonkers wins the intertubes.
This guy must absolutely be a Kaufmanish pretend professor. No one could possibly respond to a taunt about I heart Juses with, “and those idiots *don’t* heart Juses?” C’mon, I’m 60 years old. You can’t fool me.
Emily Litella had a good excuse – she was deaf.
And y’know, I think there’s some kinda actual RL connection between the bad spellings, the misreadings, etc. and the tendency to adhere to somebody like the Prof here, or Gawdessknows, Glenn Beck. My late revered Ma used to be a learning disabilities specialist in the public schools, and her Masters thesis was in reading problems. Lots and lots of people have various forms of dyslexia and related problems, often mild enough so they don’t completely sideline the kid educationally, but severe enough to throw a general monkey-wrench into their ability to comprehend written or even spoken language in a dependable way. And many states and school systems don’t, or didn’t used to, have even passable programs for catching these kids and helping them with alternative teaching methods. When you consider the geographic and age demographic of the Tea Partiers we see at the rallies, well…
And with guys like the professor supposedly functioning as educators, it looks like the dyslexic are leading the dyslexic.
If you think about it hard and long enough (!), the sign carrier may have a message that we’re missing.
1. He is Sasquatch. His sign is misspelled. On the front it’s meant to read, “Sasquatch Israel.” On the back it reads, “Or bust.” He’s trying to hitch a ride.
2. He is not Sasquatch. His sign is misspelled. “Sasquatch Israel” is a directive, imploring Sasquatch to visit the Holy Land.
3. He is not Sasquatch. His sign is deliberately misspelled because he knows that Donald Douglas is in the crowd. The agent provocateur has achieved his mission.
4. He is an agent of Sasquatch. Sasquatch wishes to say something. He is Jewish. Or wishes to convert. Sasquatch not know; Sasquatch just pawn in game of life.
Until we speak to the young man with the sign, anything else is speculation.