Friday, April 22, 2005

Dickheads, nutbags, 'bots, and the new menu at Wendy's

I’m happy to report my recent interview with Greg Elich has spurred a lively intellectual debate...one filled with technical terms like “dickhead.”

This is a fine example, courtesy of one Thomas McCarthy:

“I just read your article over at counterpunch on the elections in Zimbabwe.  I have to commend you, it was an excellent piece of propaganda.  You’re really doing your part to fuck things up for the sane left in American politics.  I also encountered the ridiculous interview in which you stated people shouldn’t have voted for Kerry.  Let me introduce you to reality pal. You’re not brilliant, you’re not creative, you’re not a free thinking agent of the left and you did not see anything in the 2004 elections that the rest of us didn’t.  Everyone knew that Kerry was a warmonger and an idiot, but it was clear that he wasn’t a complete religious lunatic like Bush, hence he was the better candidate, even if you didn’t like the guy. By telling people not to vote for Kerry, you were essentially working directly for the Republican war machine, which may very well lead us into a full scale war with Iran, North Korea or even China in the next few years, so congratulations on that outright stupidity.  Whatever innocents die in the next couple of years because you were too arrogant to cast a vote for a party you hate, that blood is on your hands, Nader’s hands and the hands of those like you.  You were, in no way, one of the “few voices” on the left that saw Kerry for what he was.  You’re not even a voice to begin with, you’re practically nothing more than a blogger.  So, do yourself a favor, and get over yourself you arrogant dickhead, because you impress absolutely no one. Feel free to defenestrate yourself at the earliest opportunity,”

And you can feel free to respond to Prof. McCarthy in the comments (I’ll alert him if anyone does).

Speaking of technical terms, Howard Zinn’s name came up in conversation this morning at a gym where I was training a client. One of the affluent members called him a “nutbag.”

More on that story in a future article...but first there’s this:

The New York Times reports today about a Wendy’s patron who “claimed on March 22 that she dipped into her cup of beef chili and found part of a human finger.”

The beef in that chili? Fine. But human flesh? Heavens...Wendy’s has gone too far.

One last note: My friend Chris has a very funny piece up at Buzzflash...check it out:
“No Escape from the Bots” (http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/05/04/con05147.html)

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