Douche Bag for Liberty - Blog Day Afternoon Posted by Cher (Wednesday October 20 2004 @ 09:37PM EDT)

On Monday night, Jon Stewart talked about his infamous Crossfire appearance. We watched it on tape tonight. He noted the show's name means bullets that strike innocent bystanders in a drive-by shooting. Stewart mentioned the hosts were upset because he didn't present an opinion (Crossfire blows) that was either left or right. Because he didn't express an opinion (Crossfire blows) that was either left or right, neither host knew how to respond. He also seemed puzzled. The entire show was about opinion but they didn't know what to do with his. Finally, Stewart clarified his summation of bow-tie boy. Although he called Carlson a "d!ck," he really meant that he thinks they're all d!cks - all four of them. Novak responded on Monday's Crossfire by noting that he didn't think Stewart was funny. Carville disagreed in part--Stewart is funny but is, nevertheless, a d!ck. It occurred to me that Stewart has regularly made fun of Bob Novak, who is Carlson's host on the show. The Daily Show even has a feature called the "Bob Novak Douche Bag for Liberty" award, which he has twice doled out to the deserving. Lest anyone think the "Bob Novak Douche Bag for Liberty" award is a bit too harsh or that Jon Stewart was too hard on pundits in general for being self-serving gas bags with no conscience, writer James Wolcott dug up this gem from January 5, 2002. Bob Novak talking about AIDS: NOVAK: "You know, this the only disease that I know of where 100 percent of the--[he catches himself] not 100 percent of the cases, most of the cases are caused by bad behavior, either sexual promiscuity or drug use. You know, a lot of people in a different age might say that this was the wrath of God coming down on people, but I do know that there's more resources in this country on AIDS than on diseases that effect many more people than AIDS, such as cancer." MARGARET CARLSON: "Bob, would you say it's the wrath of God?" NOVAK: "I consider that a possibility." The transcript fails to record any notes of disgust or indignation from Novak's fellow panelists.

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By Admiral B.D. Afternoon (Thursday October 21 2004 @ 08:29AM EDT)

By way of Funkman whose proficiency for unearthing these gems is not unappreciated by the Admiral. Our Dear and Furious Leader told those fancy Northeastern "scientists" to go to hell. The Park Service is sticking to the actual explanation for the formation of the Grand Canyon.

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By Mattc (Thursday October 21 2004 @ 01:52PM EDT) I'd say the amusement factor for people who see the book in the gift shop, page through it and get a good laugh, is reason enough to let them sell it. [ reply | parent ]

By Jeff (Thursday October 21 2004 @ 02:34PM EDT) I'm not sure the realization that we're going backwards as a nation is amusing. But someday you'll be able to tell your grandchildren that you survived the Fourth (or possibly Fifth) Great Awakening. [ reply | parent ]

By Mattc (Thursday October 21 2004 @ 04:17PM EDT) Relax chicken little, it is just a book by some crackpot. I wouldn't trust 10% of the US population (probably far fewer than those that don't accept geological constants and theories) to be able to take a function's first order derivative and am not worried about math and science being stifled by religion. [ reply | parent ]

By Jeff (Thursday October 21 2004 @ 07:07PM EDT) OMG. I can't imagine your reaction if the Park Service had published incorrect information about a certain firearm. You'd be throwing sh!t across the room... [ reply | parent ]

By Mattc (Friday October 22 2004 @ 09:50AM EDT) Huh? Well, first of all the Park Service isn't publishing the crackpot book, it is just selling it. That being said, virtually everything the government sells and publishes related to firearms is wrong. [ reply | parent ]

By The Pragmatist (Thursday October 21 2004 @ 07:41PM EDT) Why not let Gettysburg National Military Park sell copies of "How the South Won at Gettysburg" [ reply | parent ]

By Mattc (Friday October 22 2004 @ 09:52AM EDT) Yeah, why not? If people are buying it, let them. Keeping idiotic ideas away from idiots doesn't cure the idiocy, at least as far as I can tell. [ reply | parent ]

By The Pragmatist (Friday October 22 2004 @ 09:59AM EDT) No one's talking about curing the idiocy, but I don't see a reason to put a Federal stamp of approval on it. Shelf-space is a finite commodity. We don't have to have set-asides for junk-science or bad history. There's the internets if people want it that badly. Other examples: The Turner Diaries at the FBI gift shop Mein Kampf at the Holocaust Museum [ reply | parent ]

By Mattc (Friday October 22 2004 @ 10:42AM EDT) Don't confuse "bad science" (or lack of science) with bad taste. The irony of the crackpot canyon book being found in the gift shop at the park makes it too damn funny. [ reply | parent ]

By GeoGiant (Thursday October 21 2004 @ 09:38AM EDT)

GGGGGrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Is the books author also going to redefine the laws of physics? Bam! Bam! Bam! – the sound of my head beating against the wall.

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By Admiral B.D. Afternoon (Thursday October 21 2004 @ 11:07AM EDT) No, no, no. When the Lord banged His head, the oceans were formed. Rain is the angels' tears. Their sorrow filled the Lord's head holes.... [ reply | parent ]

By Jeff (Thursday October 21 2004 @ 04:39PM EDT)

Have you heard? Abortions are up under Bush: Under President Bush, the decade-long trend of declining abortion rates appears to have reversed. Given the trends of the 1990s, 52,000 more abortions occurred in the United States in 2002 than would have been expected before this change of direction.

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By Funkman (Thursday October 21 2004 @ 06:58PM EDT) You see, when you outlaw things - that just makes everyone want to do it. [ reply | parent ]

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