that's just brilliant. that's the scariest labrador retriever puppy i have ever seen in my life.
roxtar |
10.23.04 - 9:06 pm | #
The cats look a little...cozy!
Monica A |
10.23.04 - 9:12 pm | #
I warned you all yesterday about cats, but noooo, you thought they were just cute and cuddly teddy bears.
Told you so, nyaahh, nyaahh.
just me |
10.23.04 - 9:14 pm | #
What did I just tell you? Run, damn you! Run, and bring duct tape!
ploeg |
10.23.04 - 9:15 pm | #
Surrealism
Hey, how come the Ohio republicans think that their vote challengers at every poll holding up the lines will be received positively in any way by swing voters. It seems like the most negative thing they could possibly do from the point of view from someone who is undecided.
My father is one of those people who swung all the way from being a lifelong democrat who was supporting Nader in '96 when he retired and started listening to Limbaugh, to suddenly supporting Dole and has been really conservative ever since. He's '78 and I found his name in that online database of political contributors where he had given $400 to Bush (my allowance was $5). He gets a huge stack of requests from the NRA and so forth every day due to being in this database. Anyway, he hears from Limbaugh that illegal aliens are all signing up 500 times to vote, so lots of dittoheads are hearing this sort of thing. But that's so unreasonable. The state checks the identity on voter registrations, even if there isn't a social security number. Our cousin's husband is an illegal immigrant from Mexico, and he is so paranoid that he won't even pick things up at the post office. Illegals are not voting.
chp |
10.23.04 - 9:16 pm | #
It's going to be a long 9 days. I know Halloween is supposed to be scary for most people, but how much more fear can they shove down our throats?
Hecate |
10.23.04 - 9:17 pm | #
"Rated R- We think you are completely retarded."
Now that's fucking funny.
Central Scrutinizer |
10.23.04 - 9:20 pm | #
OK, my parody isn't as funny as the Poor Man's, but check it out anyways!
Sovay |
Homepage |
10.23.04 - 9:20 pm | #
Man, I forgot about the Poor Man's storyboards. Hilarious!
I liked the gay cats.
Old Hat |
10.23.04 - 9:20 pm | #
Hecate,
As much as the American people are willing to stomach.
Monica A |
10.23.04 - 9:20 pm | #
Them danged wolves have convinced me to lose my mind and vote for Bu$h.
bigvic |
10.23.04 - 9:21 pm | #
Oh, the tension and he's a GD bitch...I can't stop eating...had a wolf sandwich this afternoon then chugged a pitcher of melted butter.
Laura Bush |
Homepage |
10.23.04 - 9:24 pm | #
Arthur! Go get that puppy out of the dishwasher! Guard my foyer!
Puppies. They're just so silly.
GWPDA |
Homepage |
10.23.04 - 9:25 pm | #
Kitties!
And once again, I shall declare: I love Jon Stewart!
And he just likened Bill O'Reilly to a big soft marshmallow.
watertiger |
10.23.04 - 9:25 pm | #
thanks, Poor man, I needed that
jeebs |
10.23.04 - 9:26 pm | #
Jeepers! How many depends under garments must I strap on in one night? That is priceless. In a nutshell, the whole lunacy of the B/C campaign!
bigvic |
10.23.04 - 9:26 pm | #
WOW!
That was more tense than the scary movie
"In the Clearing"
where the kidnapper takes the hero and later the hero's wife comes looking for her husband in the forest.
At least in the movie there were no
vicious beasts as portrayed in this
story board, that we know of. They
could have been hiding behind each
sinister tree and bush. ooooooooooow
Agathena |
10.23.04 - 9:27 pm | #
And he just likened Bill O'Reilly to a big soft marshmallow.
A big soft marshmallow with a vibrator inside it.
just me |
10.23.04 - 9:28 pm | #
Jon Stewart is showing himself to be pretty smart as well as funny.
smalfish |
Homepage |
10.23.04 - 9:28 pm | #
Rove should keep the "terrorists are going to strike the polls" stories coming. Republicans are the ones that are terrified of the terrorists. Keep scaring the shit out of the wing nuts and they will stay home. I'm sure that's why the GOP is sending out so many absentee ballot requests. They want the voters scared to death to go out on Nov 2. It could backfire.
Bluto W Bush |
10.23.04 - 9:29 pm | #
Hey, friends, maybe it's an East coast thing, but on Comedy Central, I'm getting South Park.
Speaking of Central, glad your best friend is OK. I love my pets so. I hate to hear of folks losing or fearful of the health of their *loved ones*
bigvic |
10.23.04 - 9:33 pm | #
This is your final chance to listen, snivelling liberals!
Look closely and see the antennae behind the wolves' ears! These are NOT earth wolves!
Meet the Martian Wolves of Death, my little bitches!
My thoughts keep going back to Monty Python Live at the Hollywood bowl, and the Little Red Riding Hood short film with this little guy as the big bad wolf.
How did you feel when you first saw those Swift-boat ads?
Disappointed -- a sense of bitter disappointment. That people will stoop to those depths of lying -- for their personal reasons.
Did you get angry at Bush personally?
Look, I know politics is tough, and I don't spend a lot of time worrying about what they do to me. But I do worry, and I am angry, about what they do to the American people. That's what this race is about. It's not about me. I can take it -- I don't care. I've been in worse things. I was on those boats -- I got shot at. I can handle it.
What I worry about is that they lie to America. What I worry about is that they tell the middle class, 'We're giving you a tax cut,' and the top one percent of America gets more than eighty percent of the rest of the people. I worry that they are unwilling to do anything about the 5 million Americans who have lost their health care.
I worry that there are twenty-eight states in America where you can't go fishing and eat the fish, because of the quality of the water. I worry that they've gotten us into a war where young kids are dying, and they haven't done what's responsible to protect them. That's what I worry about. The rest of it is small pickings.
You don't get angry when Bush outright lies about you?
No, I don't get angry at it. I think it's sort of pathetic.
Were you surprised by how the Swift-boat thing blew up?
I was surprised that the media, even when they knew it was lies, continued to cover it and treat it as entertainment.
Looking back, do you think you handled it correctly?
I think so. Look, when people hold up something that's a complete and total lie, it takes a few days to show people and convince them. We did. They've been completely discredited.
Richard Cranium |
Homepage |
10.23.04 - 9:37 pm | #
Wonder why Bush hasn't used crop circles?
They come in the night for the sheaves leaving behind their diabolically huge and complex geometries. Your backyard could be next!
kathy |
Homepage |
10.23.04 - 9:39 pm | #
The Poor Man is a genius, and posts some of the cutest critters ever - shoulda known he'd be all over the "puppies" ad. Thanks, Atrios!
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Fielding Mellish |
10.23.04 - 9:40 pm | #
Thanks bigvic,
I was pretty scared last night. My bud Trout has been perfectly healthy for 4 years now, and this little episode really shocked me.
My Vet says he'll be fine.
Central Scrutinizer |
10.23.04 - 9:41 pm | #
Yessssss!
Wolves of Death from Outer Space, you godless liberals!
See them and know the terror!
Grr! Grr!
Oh, your fear is sweeter than nectar to me! Yes, I taste your fear and smile!
I will yet have my revenge! My Martian Wolves of Death will rip you apart like, like, like, um, well, like something that can rip people apart in really gruesome ways!
I've watched the wolves ad several times now and all I can think is that those are some lazy, well-fed wolves! I'm not worried about wolves like that. Now those wolves that were howling outside in Dr. Zhivago, those were scary wolves. Plus, I think they were commie wolves, too.
Hecate |
10.23.04 - 9:43 pm | #
Stewart is on C-SPAN, and he is living up to and exceeding all expectations. Channel 70 for those in the NYC market.
watertiger |
10.23.04 - 9:45 pm | #
Arthur would never.... He would retrieve that puppy from a life of idle self-indulgence and teach him how to defend the homeland. Ain't no wolves coming to -our- door.
Well, once, in the Valley, we went outside to show the Salvation Army guy where the old stove was that he was going to take away and when we looked up there was a puma bounding over the wall and crossing the back yard, but no wolves.
GWPDA |
Homepage |
10.23.04 - 10:08 pm | #
I just knew that kittens would strike terror (so fierce even withouth the ball of yarn). Now, bring on the killer wiener dogs!!!!!!
jimmiraybob |
Homepage |
10.23.04 - 10:17 pm | #
I loved it! We haven't had attack rabbits since the Carter administration.
Cornbread |
10.23.04 - 10:37 pm | #
Sovay, yours was quite funny, too. Of course I was still laughing from Poorman's . . .
Emma Anne |
10.23.04 - 10:40 pm | #
Any chance that the wing nuts, who are the only ones stupid enough to believe that horseshit, will be afraid to vote? One can only hope.
bootdw |
10.23.04 - 10:41 pm | #
Oh my god that is brilliant.
Tena |
Homepage |
10.23.04 - 10:53 pm | #
oh man, that is hillarious!
pansypoo |
Homepage |
10.23.04 - 10:56 pm | #
I left an encomium over on Poor Man. It deserves many more encomia than that meager offering.
Hugely funny. I laughed so hard and so loud my husband turned up the volume on game 1, World Series.
PaxR55 |
10.23.04 - 11:09 pm | #
WASHINGTON (AP) - A small group of war protesters paid tribute to the troops who died in Iraq by setting up more than 1,100 flag-draped cardboard coffins in front of the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday.
The coffins stretched halfway down each side of the reflecting pool. At 1 p.m., members of the Iraq War Memorial Coalition read the names of the people who were killed and then played taps.
Pat Elder, who helped organize the event, said the 75-member coalition was formed two weeks ago by people who belonged to the Quaker faith, Veterans for Peace and Military Families Speak Out.
"We just wanted to get across the idea that there's a human cost to this war," said Elder, 49, who owns a real estate title company in Bethesda, Md. "We're not the radical ones. We are moderates, We're not all antiwar, we're just against this war."
Elder said the event was made possible by an anonymous donor from Texas who contributed $20,000, used to pay for cardboard coffins and flags.
It took 75 volunteers six hours to put together the coffins, Elder said.
As of Friday, at least 1,104 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 844 died as a result of hostile action, according to the Defense Department as of Friday. The figures include three military civilians.
not you |
10.23.04 - 11:14 pm | #
Why, when I see the ad pix, can I hear Margaret Hamilton croon, "Puppies! Puppies will make you fear ... fear ... fear ..."?
Loved the Poor Man's storyboards! Hysterical!
sister of ye |
10.23.04 - 11:59 pm | #
Why do they hate our troops?
kei & yuri |
10.24.04 - 12:06 am | #
Awesome. Just awesome.
Charlotte Smith (nee Beavers) |
10.24.04 - 12:54 am | #
You know there's something weird about that wolves ad. I can't say exactly what but maybe some psychologist that specializes in subliminal programming can spot it.
Anonymous |
10.24.04 - 2:48 am | #
Martian Wolves of Death related program activities, oooooh scary. No wonder I'm up at 2:30 in the morning. Who can sleep with such horrifying images on the mind.
stencil |
10.24.04 - 3:29 am | #
There were two near-subliminal images of wolves' faces peering out from behind leaves/branches. They were a bit too slow to be truly subliminal, but still went by too fast really to focus on at normal speed. However, when I found them with a frame-by-frame search, they were no more scary than the other puppies. I'm still waiting for it to show up on my TV (chancy because I watch it so little); maybe that's scarier than it is on my PC's little Real screen.
Anyone who has been around dogs much could easily see that those wolves were relaxed and unalarmed. When they got up to move, they acted like well-fed pets coming to the dinner bell. There was no urgency or threat whatever in their body language.. at least until they saw the booby! My instant reaction? "Hey, I want a close-up.. awww, they left!"
Rev |
10.24.04 - 3:34 am | #
I hope fafblog has seen the ad.
Anonymous |
10.24.04 - 4:30 am | #
Ya, R for Retarded is really funny. Especially for those of us who have children who are mentally handicapped. It's so great to see the liberals, defenders of the down-trodden, using the most vulnerable group in our society as the punchline of your jokes. Seeing 'retard' and 'retarded' used as an insult just gets funnier every time I see it. I'm sure my daughter would find it equally funny if I explained to her that the condition she was born with and will live with her entire life is bringing so much pleasure and mirth to others. Maybe the next hilarious parody can be rated G for gay or even NR for nigger retards. You should all find that as funny as would your right-wing counterparts.
Facts Are Stupid Things |
10.24.04 - 8:49 am | #
What is it about American political culture that makes it impossible for John Kerry, when asked whether the attacks on his Vietnam military service made him angry, to say "yes, they did?"
I mean, it's just human to feel angry when somebody viciously lies about you. It's really sad that admitting this is tantamount to weakness in our culture, and that instead people have to lie.
This is the most overtly macho-fixated presidential election I can remember.
(I imagine that a Schwarzenegger candidacy would exceed this one on the testosterone scale, but unless the Constitution is amended we'll be spared that.)
Eric |
Homepage |
10.24.04 - 9:24 am | #
Re: the above comment. I was responding to the excerpt from the Rolling Stone interview posted earlier in this thread.
Eric |
Homepage |
10.24.04 - 9:25 am | #
Jon Stewart!...just likened Bill O'Reilly to a big soft marshmallow.
If you think marshmallows are full of shit, I suppose the comparison is apt.
Konopelli |
10.24.04 - 9:55 am | #
Is Jon Stewart's C-Span appearance gonna be replayed?
Konopelli |
10.24.04 - 10:00 am | #