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Oh Bah Mah Oh Bah Mah

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 114 Comments › )
Filed under Al Qaeda, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Economy, History, Humor, Islamic Terrorism, Islamists, Liberal Fascism, Open thread, Politics, Progressives, Satire at May 6th, 2011 - 11:00 pm


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I’ve changed my mind. President Barrack Hussein Obama is the best thing that ever happened to this great nation. He’s unified us, swept partisanship under the rug, and ethnic strife is unheard of in 2011. Class warfare is now a thing of the past. Even the labor unions, once contentious and unreasonable, have become more cooperative in order to better the economy.

And the economy IS booming, primarily due to our President’s domestic spending policies and the underrated Stimulus Bill. To top it off, very soon we will have free medical care that won’t cost anyone a dime.

As CIC, he devised a flawless plan to take out Usama Bin Laden and end the threat of terrorism from Islamic extremists, thus creating a legacy that will remain unmatched for all of history.

“President Obama got this exactly right during the campaign, and ever since he was elected. He’s been pounding the leadership of Al Qaeda and the Taliban in both Waziristans without relenting for two years now to great effect. Now under his command and his direction, Osama Bin Laden has been taken out. Kudos to him for his consistent focus on the actual terrorists, and his successful prosecution of the war against them. If anyone cares to argue this, I will merely point out the huge number of successful drone strikes within Pakistan, there’s no need to point out the fact that we got Bin Laden.”

I agree completely with that assessment. I only wish I’d said it first.

Due to the actions of President Obama, all the tinpot dictators have taken notice,  stepped down and apologized for past transgressions and violations of human rights, and the United States of America is once again revered throughout the world as a benevolent and protective policeman.

Even Syria, once a breeding ground for piracy in international waters, is now a successful hub for global trade, and Israel has been accepted by the newly formed Republic of Palistine as a trading partner.

The world is at peace for the first time in millenia.
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And then I woke up, just in time for The Overnight Open Thread.

Earth Day 2011

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 121 Comments › )
Filed under Art, Environmentalism, Humor, Open thread, Satire at April 22nd, 2011 - 11:00 pm


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A closed hand, symbolizing the womb, the mother, Gaia, the Earth.

The thumb, representing life, emerging to take its first breath.

Blue is the clear sky and the deep oceans. White is pristine purity.

The flag in the background, I’m not quite sure. Probably neonazis.

On this glorious Earth Day, let’s give thanks to the Industrial Revolution. It allowed us to utilize the bountiful resources of the planet to combat the destruction of the environment by emissions of green house gases.

Contrary to popular opinion, methane, not CO2, is the culprit. Let’s bury our rotting compost heaps, bulldoze the rain forests, pave over everything that decomposes and eliminate the effects of SGW (Saprogenic Global Warming) while simultaneously reducing the undisputed major contributor to global warming: botanically produced water vapor.

On another note, this is a Good Friday for The Overnight Open Thread.

 

Rockin’ Raoul

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 113 Comments › )
Filed under Academia, Blogmocracy, Humor, Open thread at April 14th, 2011 - 11:00 pm


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flounce (v.)

1540s, “to dash, plunge, flop,” perhaps from Scandinavian (cf. dialectal Swed. flunsa “to plunge,” Norw. flunsa “to hurry,” but first record of these is 200 years later than the English word), said to be of imitative origin. Spelling likely influenced by bounce. Notions of “anger, impatience” began to adhere to the word 18c. Related: Flounced; flouncing. As a noun, from 1580s as a motion.

So there you go– etymology at its best. It’s just another benefit to all readers of The Blogmocracy on The Overnight Open Thread. 

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Cannonballism

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 199 Comments › )
Filed under Art, Communism, Free Speech, Humor, Open thread, Political Correctness, Politics at September 12th, 2010 - 11:00 pm


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One of the greatest comic strips of all time was Walt Kelly’s Pogo. Well drafted and lettered, and exceptionally well written, Pogo could be read on different levels. As a kid I read it for the absurdity and dialect of the denizens of the Okefenokee Swamp. As an adult I understood the political undertones and satire of the strip.

Walt Kelly is one of those folks that I wish I’d met. He was a true conservative, a devout anti-communist who also mocked the idiotic extremism of the John Birch Society (he referred to them as the Jack Acid Society) as well as Senator Joe McCarthy (Simple J. Malarky) and all with humor and acerbic wit.

Some of his strips hit too close to home for some newspapers, so he penned “bunny strips”  to give left-leaning papers a more palatable option. The “bunny strips” often made the same points, but in a much more subtle manner. From the Wikipud:

Kelly would tell fans that if all they saw in Pogo were fluffy little bunnies, then their newspaper didn’t believe they were capable of thinking for themselves—or didn’t want them to.

Why am I going on about Pogo and Walt Kelly tonight?  Because Friday the 13th comes on a Monday this month, bringing a whole week of bad luck. Fortunately for us, the curse is greatly diluted by each and every Overnight Open Thread.