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The Official Village Voice Election-Season Guide to the Right-Wing Blogosphere
A confederacy of dunces by Roy Edroso April 15th, 2008 12:00 AM |
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GLENN REYNOLDS (Instapundit.com) ORIENTATION: Glibertarian (sex, drugs, guns, endless wars) TONE: Gnomic FUN FACT: Self-described “transhumanist”: “Once human technology passes a certain threshold . . . human beings will potentially enjoy the kind of powers and pleasures traditionally assigned to gods or beings in heaven.” CANDIDATE: A transparent mystery (see Modus Operandi) STUPID/EVIL RATIO: 5/95 HISTORY: Law degree from Yale. Currently a professor at the University of Tennessee. Many books and papers, mostly legal perspectives on firearms (“Kids, Guns and the Commerce Clause”) and outer space (“International Space Law: Into the Twenty-First Century”). Began online career as commenter A.G. Android at Slate (“The groupies I’ve seen backstage at rock shows are generally not especially attractive”), where he was praised as “the Pride of the Fray.” Founded Instapundit in 2001, with a stance both libertarian (“GLOWSTICKS AND BOTTLED WATER: DRUG PARAPHERNALIA?”) and pro-Bush. September 11 boosted his circulation (thanks in part to publicity from Fox News) and dramatically reduced the libertarian content. Reynolds cautioned citizens against “being stampeded into giving up their freedom,” but also intensified his identification with Bush (“It’s clear that adults are in charge”) and denounced leftists with increasing frequency and anger (“more than a little in common with Osama bin Laden”). As anti-war sentiment grew, he attacked “Big Media’s bias in favor of the left,” calling for a “guerrilla media” of bloggers to combat it. MODUS OPERANDI: Expresses overt support only rarely, mostly in reviews of cars and consumer goods. Otherwise cites other (mostly right-wing) writers, adding a few words—or one word (usually heh, indeed, or ouch)—to denote approval. This style is, probably purposely, hard to engage. For example, after a lengthy quote in defense of the 1980s Salvadoran death squads, Reynolds adds this: “makes me wonder if making comparisons to Central America will help the Left, or simply bring up a lot of things that a lot of people would rather gloss over today.” Inquiries as to meaning are likely to go unanswered, as Instapundit has no comments feature. WHAT TO EXPECT: Quotes denunciatory of Democratic candidates, followed by snotty asides involving Walter Mondale, Robert Heinlein, and Osama Bin Laden. Also, heh. ROD DREHER (CrunchyCon; blog.beliefnet.com/crunchycon) ORIENTATION: End-times conservative TONE: Cheerful when discussing food or “sluts”; otherwise, grimly millenarian FUN FACT: Claims to suffer from “Sensory Processing Disorder,” which makes it difficult for him to shop at Wal-Mart. May also be said to suffer from a religious form of attention-deficit disorder, having in the past 15 years moved from the Methodist faith to Catholicism and thence to Eastern Orthodoxy. CANDIDATE: McCain in 5, 4, 3, 2 . . . STUPID/EVIL RATIO: 50/50 HISTORY: Reviewed movies at New York Post (“Runaway Bride is a runaway bore!”); at the National Review Online, began promulgating “Crunchy Conservatism,” a mix of Christian conservatism and small-is-beautiful slow-food doctrines (also the topic of his book). Supported the invasion of Iraq, which he has since denounced; also denounced homosexuality, which he still denounces. Now a columnist at the Dallas Morning News. At CrunchyCon blog, Dreher vacillates between anger at Islamofascists and sympathy for Islamic fundamentalism, at least insofar as it resembles Christian fundamentalism. Outraged by a little-seen indie documentary about zoophilia, Dreher asked: “What do you say to Muslims abroad who’d genuinely wonder why, if this kind of decadence is the fruit of American liberty, they should welcome what we have to offer?” Though originally angry at Jerry Falwell’s post-9/11 statements, Dreher later decided that “God will judge America, and judge it harshly. And perhaps is judging America . . .” Despite this, he strongly denounces Obama pastor Jeremiah Wright for his “God damn America” comments—which would seem inconsistent, were we unaware of Dreher’s feelings on race, as seen in his frequent denunciations of black racism and reminiscences of how he was once denied a job in favor of “a woman or a minority.” In lighter moments, Dreher regales his readers with moral judgments (e.g., calling a bride who displayed a tattoo on her wedding day a “slut”) and his praise of artisanal cheeses and meats. MODUS OPERANDI: Despite anti-war stand, he is typically ChristyCon on most issues. Criticizes capitalistic excesses (“How Wal-Mart Harms the Free Market”); however, his preferred method for reversing this problem isn’t social policy but embracing Jesus. Culture war (“This is how the left works: yell ‘bigotry’ to silence critics”) excites him far more than economics. WHAT TO EXPECT: As always, will vote Republican because of the fetuses, and agitate for the McCain administration to support sustainable yogurt farming.
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Check it out, baby!
http://oldjoel.blogspot.com
Reason: Thoughtless misuse of word.
Relevant rule: A touchstone is something used to test whether something else is genuine. It is NOT a milestone, a keystone, a capstone, a catalyst or an inspiration.
Subsequent misuse of this word may incur a two-year or lifetime ban.
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http://dummiefunnies.blogspot.com/
http://dummiefunnies.blogspot.com/
Awwww, he made fun of my age. My widdle feewings are hurt now.
Seriously though, good attempt at a smokescreen. I'm not sure what you meant in the way of 'irony' sir, since me seeing through this bit of drivel and happening to be young doesn't really fall into that category. If that is indeed what you meant, then I guess I paid better attention in that lesson than you.
Or it could be how, you know, the brain cells are the first things to go when you get old. So sad...
(see how the age thing goes both ways?)
http://mjwilsonblog.blogspot.com
Hint: There IS such a thing as UNDESIRABLE attention. Writing this piece is like going to the prom with the world's biggest zit. Yes, you WILL be noticed.
I haven't left the site yet, and I've forgotten this waste of time already.
Oh, and Bev Harris is only $10 away from overturning the 2004 election results.
http://alicublog.blogspot.com/
PJ: I've read your blog. It's not funny. As the gang at Sadly, No said, "the DUmmie FUnnies guy sounds like he’s yelling at the radio."
As a Bleat reader for oh, eight or nine years, I've not always agreed with Mr. Lileks on political matters, but I've always found it quite clear that while he is a bit more conservative than I, we both reside in that part of the country that so many conservatives and liberals alike persist in denying--the center. Center of the country, center of the socio-economic structure, and centrist in political belief--on both social and economic issues. Not everyone is a "wing-nut", you know.
Your decision to include it in your hit list is nearly as inexplicable as my decision to register for this site, just so I could comment here.
And, I have to include my pride that here in the Land Where Absolutely Nothing is Allowed, Liberal Minnesota, we have at least two of the "Conservative" blogs that seem to annoy you - Lilek's Bleat and Powerline (there may be more, but like other readers, I found the first page of your article tedious enough to forgo the pleasure of reading the rest).
There must be something that strengthens the Will here in Minnesota to Fight the Good Fight - perhaps it's because we all live under the Caliphate of Minneapolis?
(Oh My!....
http://dummiefunnies.blogspot.com/2008/04/wow-what-meltdown.html
Yes, it was all so "horrible" what we did that for over two years not a peep from the DUmmies on this. Manufactured outrage ONLY occured when we got into the Weblog Awards finals and the DUmmies just couldn't take the publicity given to a blog that makes them look like laughingstocks by copying and pasting their own words for all to see...and laugh at.
Oh, and what happened to that lawsuit threated by disgraced "journalist" William Rivers Pitt? Perhaps we need to wait for another 24 business hours for that to happen.
So, was your Flyover-State servant Dumb or Evil? Or had he adapted enough of the local cant that he could fake thinking in the correct (that is, your) way?
Links Hits To LGF from VilVo: 116
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Link hits minus LGF Readers: 91
Comments generated at VilVo by this post: 25 so far.
Comments generated at LGF by this post: 1,229 so far
Lot of evil in the world. Thank God.
BTW Roy, I din't realize this article was seven pages. I was winded after the first.
They paying you by the word now, Roy?Like the old pulps used to? Is that what we've come to? What's this world coming to?
You'll be back in front of an Underwood before you know it, LOL!
David, you didn't read the link about the Malkin/Frost incident. Go read it:
http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=8823
She doesn't live in Baltimore. She drove over to this guy's place of work, asked another tenant about him, and spied on his house...because she disagreed with a policy espoused by a family member. That may not technically be "stalking," but it's creepy as hell. What's strangest of all is that she didn't seem to have the slightest bit of interest in talking to the family. Why didn't she just call them and ask them for an interview, to get their perspective?
I'm writing in support of the PJ-Comix guy. Sure, he's not in the Wingnut Major League, but if Roy or someone else ever wants to review the minor league folk [like they do routinely at Sadly, No! {Ref.1}], Mr. PJ-C deserves a decent score for evil, since he helped to deny a guy dying of pancreatic cancer {Ref.2} the financial contributions his friends and admirers tried to send him {Refs. 3-5}. Whattaguy! I'll betcha Glenn Reynolds never did a thing like that! Really, should such initiative go unrecognized? I think not!!
The links below (3-5) are but a few of many. You can Google ["DUmmie funnies" and "Andy Stephenson"], or ["DUmmie funnies" and "pancreatic cancer"], and treat yourself to some other accounts of the handiwork of this master wit. Truly a hard act to follow; maybe it's some of that thar performance art that so eludes the understanding of rubes like me. {Gosh golly, maybe the whole Iraq thing is performance art, and perhaps there is a little bit of Mr. PJ-Comix in all us Amurkins! }
[1.] http://sadlyno.com
[2.] http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4046336
[3.] http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/7762.html
[4.] http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2200668#2203119
[5.] http://susiemadrak.com/2007/11/06/09/52/wingnut-blogs-will-stop-at-nothing/
Thanks also to populist Jeff, who asked, "What's the last time you urbs listened to anything someone from Nebraska had to say? " Well, it's been a while since Chuck Hagel was on Meet The Press, but I think I saw a fellow last week who hailed from one of those states out yonder, and listened attentively as he told us about the night's specials.
Finally, PJ-Comix, it's been too long. Last time I looked you were trying to spam your way into Weblog Award. It was wise of you to start aiming lower.
Oh yeah: I'm flattered to be compared with Bil Keane, and look forward to a similarly lengthy career. With material like this, how can I fail?
Wait... so, I've been educated on the workings of the electoral system and informed of the sort of company that a man who wants to run the country keeps.
And this is on your list of.... BAD things about blogging. Huh. So you'd prefer an ignorant populace that just votes how you want them to, dammit, and stops asking so many bloody inconvenient questions. Even worse, now we're getting answers!
Way to discredit yourself in the first two sentences of an article.
And for the record - I'm barely out of highschool and saw through your tripe. Maybe you should work on your own 'stupid rating'.
P.S.: If I'd ever tried in school to base a persuasive piece off of the concept of a 'stupid/evil rating', I'd have been failed and my teacher would have suggested I drop down a level. And rightly so.
Isn't this EXACTLY what the Village Voice is doing in this miserable hit piece? e.g., if you don't agree with me you must be EVIL or DUMB?
This is what happens when dialog only goes one way. Those of us in the sticks consume tons of media - news, movies, tv, magazines - all cranked out by the elites in Hollywood and Manhattan. We _know_ who you are and what you think of us. On the other hand, what's the last time you urbs listened to anything someone from Nebraska had to say? Probably never, since everyone there is either EVIL or DUMB.
Christ, it's like every lib enclave is surrounded by a one-way mirror - we can look inside and see you, but when you look out, all you see is... yourself.
Now you know why 70% of the American public doesn't trust 'old media' to report objectively on anything. Mr. Edroso could have done a great investigative piece on Righty blogs, but what does he do? Pulls a Dan Rather hit piece, complete with 'evil/stupid' ratings that are too juvenile and stupid to be evil. Like I couldn't find the same thing on any KOS or HuffPo blog. The liberal echo chamber is SO predictable. Borrr-ing. Snore.
BTW the 'curse' of modern technology, Roy? The same curse that resulted in Drudge publishing the Monica Lewinsky story Newsweek sat on and wanted to bury? The same 'curse' that tanked Dan Rather and his forged TANG documents?
The same 'curse' that's resulting in the sinking of the New York Times into the East River, and the loss of hundreds of jobs for biased hacks masquerading as journalists? That's a bad thing? Wouldn't be sweating yours, would ya, Roy?
ORIENTATION: Bemused
TONE: Hilarious
STUPID/EVIL RATIO: 0/100
HISTORY: Begun by PJ-Comix in 2004 to chronicle the flustered remarks by the DUmmies in the Democrat Underground in response to Dan Rather being exposed as using fake documents in his TANG story. This quickly evolved to copy and pasting the unintentionally hilarious remarks of the DUmmies and other leftwingers. The DUmmie FUnnies quickly grew to the most popular blog on the Free Republic (biggest PING List).
MODUS OPERANDI: Posting the crazed leftwing rants in Bolshevik Red followed by the commentary of your humble correspondent in the [brackets] ala Mystery Science Theater 3000 but with a political orientation.
FUN FACT: PJ-Comix used to be the American correspondent for Krokodil Magazine in Russia as well as syndicated his humor column throughout North America. Co-author Charles Henrickson is a Lutheran pastor and biblical scholar who speaks 6 languages: three dead languages and three living. Noted for his song parodies.
CANDIDATE: Waiting for the reincarnation of Ronald Reagan.
WHAT TO EXPECT: Lots of laughs by merely copy and pasting the crazed rantings of the leftwing loonies.
Perhaps the lure of cash will bring out someone willing to discuss an argument based on merit:
I've got $100 bucks here to whoever finds evidence of Malkin "stalking or hounding" the Frost family.
Ah yeah, that newfound respect for jackasses is really paying off for Mamet. "The Unit" pulls about the ratings as a Suzanne Somers marathon on HSN. He'd be better served if he buried himself under unsold copies of The Edge.
daryljfontaine -- have you actually visited Malkin's site to read her postings on the Graeme Lloyd incident? Find me one instance of her "stalking or hounding" the family. When you fail, as you will, you owe an apology for spreading slander.
http://www.villagevoice.com/people/0804,savage,78927,24.html
I found the responses to it.
http://www.villagevoice.com/people/0805,301533,79060,24.html
Here is the text I found elsewhere on the internet.
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I'm a 25-year-old male. I'm a zoophile and always have been. I'm a longtime reader (I'm sure you're thrilled), so I know my interests aren't on your approved list of sexual activities. Not trying to argue that point. However, it's clear what turns my head when I walk down the street, and it's never the person holding the leash. I know from your column and many other sources that once your brain is "wired" a certain way, "rewiring" it is unlikely (snowball's chance in hell), so this isn't going to go away. My question is, what do I do?
Currently, I don't date. I was married once, briefly, never had sex, marriage quickly annulled. I currently have no sexual attraction to any human, male or female, so I don't feel the need to date. Also, sharing this information with anyone I attempted to date would probably end in horror, tears, and my needing to move out of state. However, a lifetime without a relationship (two-legged or four-legged) seems unappealing. Here are the options I see:
1) Get a shrink (who I can talk to about this) and a girlfriend or boyfriend (who I can't talk to about it) and, in terms of the sex, master giving head, since my dick won't want to join the party.
2) Buy a house with a big yard and… well, you know.
I don't care if you print this. I'd just like another opinion. I mean, honestly, who else would answer this anonymously, for free, and I actually have some faith in his judgment?
Really Unsure For Future
In short… my advice… which is really going to annoy Mike "Man and Animal" Huckabee… is… um… to buy that big house, RUFF, one with a nice, big yard… and do what you gotta do. Inside, please, shades drawn.
Bestiality is wrong, wrong, wrong, because an animal cannot give its consent. But… uh… anyone who's ever actually owned a boy dog knows that most would be only too delighted to… um… well, you know.
I'm assuming that you want to be fucked by dogs, of course, as that's almost always the case with dudes into dogs. Man-on-dog is a whole lot wronger than dog-on-man, if I may use a certain former senator's formulation, most importantly for reasons of safety for the animal, so I don't smile on man-on-dog. (Actually, I don't smile on the dog-on-man, either—it's more like "grimace, cover eyes, look away," but, hey, that's the reaction I have to cunnilingus.) Take a torn-up girl dog to the vet, RUFF, and you're going to wind up talking with the police and having to cross a PETA picket line to get back into your house—and it'll serve you right.
For the record, I'm con bestiality (and very much pro cunnilingus). I think fucking dogs is wrong, wrong, wrong. But I had pork and beef and chicken at dinner last night—all 100 percent factory-farmed meat, derived from animals that were cruelly tortured every second of their brief and miserable existence—and my particular strain of Tourette's syndrome commands me to say this: If I were an animal, I'd much rather be screwed than stewed. We murder animals for their flesh, skins, fur, and just for the fuck of it. Those of us that eat meat; wear fur; run around in leather pants, jackets, shoes, restraints, etc.; and kill animals for sport don't have much moral authority when it comes time to lecture those of you who wanna smooch the pooch.
Finally, RUFF, build a nice, tall fence around that yard, okay? And seeing a shrink probably won't make you wanna screw humans, but hey, it couldn't hurt.
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http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1670210,00.html
This is the incident that drove a long-time Bush-supporting righty blogger out of the wingnut column once and for all -- Malkin and her reprobate Flying Monkey Brigade stalking and hounding the family of 12-year old Graeme Frost because he had the temerity to deliver a radio address for the Democratic Party in favor of S-CHIP.
http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=8823
Serious evil, what the right as a whole, and Malkin and her steaming pile of commenters in particular, did to this family.
D
Oh, and one minor thing I noticed: Malkin supports assimilation, and her issue with Alba was that she'd rejected assimilation in favor of identity politics: tinyurl.com/26krn9 Maybe that could go into the update too.
You forgot Mark Alexander!
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stupid/evil: 20/80