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Five dollars says the New Yorker endorses Obama.
Any takers?
Any takers?
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Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
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The same way Phil Gramm endorses McCain
or Jesse Jackson endorses Obama?
Dear Lord, protect us from our friends.
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Hey, man. This is now Bizzaro World. Hello, I must be leaving.Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
"Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ BraindeadComment
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It's sarcastic because Obama isn't Muslim, his wife isn't a terrorist, they aren't anti-American, and they don't worship Osama Bin Laden. At least I hope not.Originally posted by Asher
What is sarcastic about it, exactly...
Just because something is satire, or sarcastic doesn't mean it contains humor.Comment
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I agree with Snoopy and Space on this.A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.Comment
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Hah. I win!"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "Comment
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Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
"Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ BraindeadComment
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To be fair the picture went well with the main article.Originally posted by Asher
Satire is supposed to be funny. Only idiots would find the cover funny. It's a stupid cover.
I don't consider it a slur or satire, just stupid.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Did Obama put a Jihad on The New Yorker? If not, it's satire.“As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
"Capitalism ho!"Comment
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I'd expect the New Yorker to be a lot more subtle. They should be fined five glasses of white wine and a case of brie for this wooden attempt at cleverness.Comment
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Heavy-handed satire is crap.
If they wanted to use such a blunt approach to it, they might as well have turned him into a full-on thick-lipped minstrel caricature, and pictured him on his porch in dungarees eating watermelon, while rolling his eyes fearfully.The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil FinlandComment
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Indeed.Originally posted by Zkribbler
Everything on the cover is an echo of some slur already passed around by psycho-rightwingers. Merely repeating something is not satire. It's merely repeating the lies."post reported"Winston, on the barricades for freedom of speech
"I don't like laws all over the world. Doesn't mean I am going to do anything but post about it."Jon Miller
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Let's hope noone is burning down American embassies for this
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QFTSatire is supposed to be funny. Only idiots would find the cover funny. It's a stupid cover."The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.Comment
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Satire, poorly done.
-Arriangrog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!
The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.Comment
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