Bumpass, Virginia Superthread

[Varitek]

Yeah, there are. The crux of the argument is this: liberals started the whole communist paranoia in the 1930s and when they realized it made them look bad, they blamed the entire thing on McCarthy. McCarthy was actually a guy who was looking out for America and democracy and freedom, and liberals are the scum of the earth.

I wish I was kidding.

then there are the people who hate communists/socialists and think he was a hero

 

[phillyfan26]

I found the article. I'll type up a quote:

"Once again, we return to the seminal question: Was McCarthy a villain or an American hero? The depends on your state of mind, your heart, your actions, your worldview of history. Simply put, if you sympathize with or aid those who would undermine the laws and ideas America was founded upon or her people both here and abroad, you were a sworn enemy of Sen. Joseph McCarthy. However, if you love America and the Constitution and seek the best for this country and her people, you are a blood brother of McCarthy."

 

[Axver]

Yeah, there are. The crux of the argument is this: liberals started the whole communist paranoia in the 1930s and when they realized it made them look bad, they blamed the entire thing on McCarthy. McCarthy was actually a guy who was looking out for America and democracy and freedom, and liberals are the scum of the earth.

I wish I was kidding.

Some people are unfamiliar with this concept of "facts", aren't they?

I mean, holy shit.

 

[phillyfan26]

That was by Ellis Washington.

 

[Varitek]

seriously this woman's voice is ridiculous

unfortunately i only have 4 songs by her and it would cost 70$ to get all her cds, not including the compilation. and amazon doesn't have them all as mp3s so i'd have to do itunes.

 

[Axver]

I found the article. I'll type up a quote:

"Once again, we return to the seminal question: Was McCarthy a villain or an American hero? The depends on your state of mind, your heart, your actions, your worldview of history. Simply put, if you sympathize with or aid those who would undermine the laws and ideas America was founded upon or her people both here and abroad, you were a sworn enemy of Sen. Joseph McCarthy. However, if you love America and the Constitution and seek the best for this country and her people, you are a blood brother of McCarthy."

This is one of the creepiest things I have ever read. Hyper-nationalism for the monumentally epic fail.

 

[phillyfan26]

Ann Coulter: "I know he [McCarthy] got a bad rap because there are no monuments to Joe McCarthy. Liberals had to destroy McCarthy because he exposed the entire liberal establishment as having sheltered Soviet spies ... There's always a conflict of interest when people who don't really like America are called upon to defend it."

 

[Axver]

seriously this woman's voice is ridiculous

unfortunately i only have 4 songs by her and it would cost 70$ to get all her cds, not including the compilation. and amazon doesn't have them all as mp3s so i'd have to do itunes.

Sordo? Torrents?

 

[phillyfan26]

seriously this woman's voice is ridiculous

unfortunately i only have 4 songs by her and it would cost 70$ to get all her cds, not including the compilation. and amazon doesn't have them all as mp3s so i'd have to do itunes.

Vazza, wait, you want to buy music? I thought all you did was ask for downloads. Who knew.

 

[Varitek]

nm amazon has them all

something to buy when i have money...add it to the list

 

[phillyfan26]

Ann Coulter: "I know he [McCarthy] got a bad rap because there are no monuments to Joe McCarthy. Liberals had to destroy McCarthy because he exposed the entire liberal establishment as having sheltered Soviet spies ... There's always a conflict of interest when people who don't really like America are called upon to defend it."

Of course I don't really like America: there's 50 percent of the country that agree with you enough to vote Republican. How can I like a country that stupid?

 

[Varitek]

Vazza, wait, you want to buy music? I thought all you did was ask for downloads. Who knew.

ZOMG

actually i forgot to check sordo or look for torrents

 

[Axver]

This sort of shit about McCarthy amazes me. Pick up any textbook here about American history or that features McCarthy in any form, and the depiction of him is never flattering. It's not even up for debate. But then the US fanatical far right never ceases to amaze me.

And, of course, Australia has its own historical revisionist "fuck the facts" lunatics. Some of what's written about the Aborigines is little more than triumphalist European racism dressed up with a thin veneer of academia.

 

[Varitek]

Sordo? Torrents?

not sordo, searching some torrents now but not optimistic

 

[Varitek]

pirates ftw

 

[Varitek]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/us/politics/11chicago.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
good article on obama, if either of you are still around

 

[Axver]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/us/politics/11chicago.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
good article on obama, if either of you are still around

Bah, I have to be a member to read it.

 

[LemonMelon]

American history? Ann Coulter? Really, guys? I come here for the expressed purpose of avoiding FYM.

 

[Varitek]

Bah, I have to be a member to read it.

hmm strange. try accessing it from nytimes.com, it's on the front page.

or you could get a membership to the best newspaper (such as it is) in america (such as it is)

 

[LemonMelon]

Bah, I have to be a member to read it.

That's strange. I can see it.

 

[Varitek]

elmel, i like the new av, but you change it too much

and wehre do you come up with them all/that one specifically

 

[LemonMelon]

elmel, i like the new av, but you change it too much

and wehre do you come up with them all/that one specifically

Most of my avs just come from whatever I'm listening to at the time. This particular one comes from one of my favorite music videos ever:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ukcPaOu804

(screencapped it at 0:31)

 

[Varitek]

its 11:11am and the thread is fucking dead

 

[Varitek]

its 11:11am and the thread is fucking dead

ok i was wrong on both counds

 

[Axver]

That's strange. I can see it.

I get the first line, then it tells me to register. I can't be arsed. I'm doing dull as hell readings for uni right now anyway. I should have done this ... two weeks ago.

 

[LemonMelon]

ok i was wrong on both counds

I thought Axver had gone off to dream about trams and tim-tams already.

 

[Axver]

American history? Ann Coulter? Really, guys? I come here for the expressed purpose of avoiding FYM.

This thread, unlike FYM, has some sanity left.

FYM seems to be slipping further by the day. There isn't even much to bring sad, pathetic lulz any more, just tired tumbleweeds.

 

[LemonMelon]

This thread, unlike FYM, has some sanity left.

FYM seems to be slipping further by the day. There isn't even much to bring sad, pathetic lulz any more, just tired tumbleweeds.

Yeah, there's no drama there anymore either...especially now that Diamond has been suspended from that section.

 

[Varitek]

oh guys i've officially gone insane. sanity to be restored, maybe, when i finish my work and/or get out of this fucking country.

 

[Varitek]

elmel i'd never heard pulp before, i like them

i'll have to check out some of their stuff