I was thinking about how dictionaries tell us what other languages our English words came from, but then it stops there. Where did those people get their words from? I guess if you go back far enough, language comes from someone just pointing at stuff, making random sounds, and then those become words. This of course leads to the obvious question: What the hell was the problem with the guy who came up with German?
Archive of entries posted on 5th January 2010
All Things Considered
So there’s this movement of people really angry about their tax money being wasted. And the federally funded NPR — which pretty much everyone agrees is a waste of tax dollars — decides to make fun of them as stupid and Nazis. At this point can we now classify NPR as too dumb to live?
So how much crappy, left-wing media do we need before we no longer feel the need to federally fund it? And where in the Constitution is this even allowed? I know liberals consider the “general welfare” clause this huge loophole they can drive anything through, but can anyone really argue that Car Talk is needed for our welfare?
Anyway, I think the Tea Party movement has found a new target. It might not be the largest part of the budget, but it’s something pretty much anyone with sense would agree is stupidly spent. I might have supported government spending on entertainment if the federal government were to interfere in the market to save Arrested Development or Firefly, but I don’t see why what’s on NPR is so special. Time to swim with the sharks.
Where’s the Birth Certificate Issue
Somehow I’m on some e-mail lists about the birther movement. While everyone else is on all the spending, the lost jobs, cap & trade, the huge health care bill, they’re completely ignoring that and still beating that dead horse about… I’m not even sure anymore. That Obama wasn’t born in Hawaii? That Obama was born in Hawaii but somehow isn’t eligible for president? Anyway, the e-mail yesterday was to flood Glenn Beck’s radio program with calls to get him to respond to the issue as he’s part of the conspiracy or something. Apparently, it worked in at least getting him to respond.
So can we move on? Or when the country is falling apart, do people really expect us to campaign in 2010 saying, “Elect Republicans because Obama hasn’t shown us the long form!”
lolterizt! Part 98
This week terrorists, next week That One. Submit for either at lolterizt@gmail.com
Meanwhile, pass ’em around, spread the love, and if you make your own, don’t be shy about dropping a link to your pics in the comments. The more, the merrier.
NOTE TO READERS: Hovering your mouse over the picture activates closed captioning for the l33t-speak/txtmsg impaired.
3 from Basil of IMAO & Basil’s Blog:
My favorites from the submissions using last edition’s uncaptioned picture:
From Jeff:
From Scott:
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From Tim:
3 From Travelwise42:
This week’s uncaptioned picture for you to play with:
PRODUCTION NOTES:
#1: When creating lolterizt! pictures, please caption with either black or white text, as colors like red and yellow tend to blur badly when I compress the images.
#2: Standard image size for these posts is 350px wide by whatever high. If you can have your images 350px wide before you caption them, I won’t end up shrinking your captions into illegibility when I re-size the images.
MAKE YOUR OWN: The free lolbuilder from I Can Has Cheezburger.
STYLE NOTE: Short captions are usually better. Your goal is 10 words or less, with humor value tending to increase exponentially as the number of words approaches 1.
HAT TIP: Snapped Shot for handy links to ripe-for-captioning photos.
Send your submissions to lolterizt@gmail.com and – if they aren’t obscene (IMAO is a PG-13 site) and don’t suck too terribly bad – I’ll post them for you. Remember to include your name (and blog URL, if applicable) so I know who to thank.
While I Was Gone
I forgot to thank Mr. Right for filling in last week when I just didn’t feel like posting. Also, I guess I should thank Harvey and Basil, but I think it’s best just to take them for granted.
Random Thoughts
Dictionaries tell us what Latin words our words came from, but they never tell us where the Latinos got them from.
Message of Avatar, Last Samurai, Dances with Wolves: Minorities are better than whites, but whites are better at being minorities.
Why is Nicholas Cage in every other upcoming movie? Where is this huge Cage demand I missed?
If someone called a fair catch while I was charging him, I’d wave my arms in the air and call a fair hit.
NO WHERE IN THE CONSTITUTION DOES IT SAY YOU CAN’T SET CAPTURED TERRORISTS ON FIRE!!!!
No BCS teams were harmed in the making of this Fiesta Bowl.
Driving like hell
Lots of drivers are bad drivers. Sure, I’ve made mistakes. I’ve taken my eyes off the road to look at a passenger or something beside the road that caught my eye, and have nearly run off the road in the process. So, yes, I make mistakes when driving. We all do.
But some people? They seem to have no clue what they’re doing. Like when they stop — completely stop — in the road because they have no clue what to do. The green light, or the “Right Lane Must Turn Right” sign don’t seem to provide any insight. Neither does the sign that says “US 80” with a sign pointing left. These things are no help to some drivers. Those drivers are clueless.
And I’ve noticed one thing about many of these drivers: Obama bumper stickers. Oh, not all of them. But enough to know that when I see an Obama bumper sticker, I need to watch out. Particularly all these months after the election when they still have the bumper sticker “proudly” showing their support.
So, I wondered about this. What kind of person would still be proud of their support of Barack Obama? A dumbass, perhaps. And their driving habits — driving like a dumbass — supported this theory. So I began watching for Obama bumper stickers and bad drivers.
Now, to be fair, not every bad driver has an Obama bumper sticker. And not every Obama bumper sticker is on a car I’ve seen driving poorly. But there is enough of an overlap that I’m seeing a connection.
Oh, and there’s that one other thing: Obama supporters not only drive like hell, they’re driving the country there too.
We need to revoke their licenses.