and I were on our way to Stone Mountain on Thursday afternoon and I asked Bryan to find us some talk radio to kill some time. It must have been somewhere between 3-4 p.m. local time. Being unfamilliar with Atlanta radio, Bryan found the local Air America affiliate. Big mistake.
The host (some one filling in for Randi Rhodes?) was going on-and-on about what a brave peacemaker Ariel Sharon was. Then, out of nowhere, he inserts a question that went something like this:
The implication being that Yassir Arafat was killed because of his moves to make peace with Israel, and now Sharon is being killed by the same people.
Get it? This is one of those "I didn't accuse any one of trying to murder Sharon, I only asked the question", thus, absolving himself from all responsibility of making the accusation.
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It was the alien mothership what did it.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at January 08, 2006 06:42 PM (0yYS2)
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See my numerous comments on the conspiracy theories that Leftwingers need to support their fragile worldview. Nothing new here.
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at January 08, 2006 08:14 PM (8e/V4)
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Um, who exactly would be "they" in this scenario?
Posted by: KG at January 08, 2006 08:15 PM (eRMCR)
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I know - its kinda difficult - but if we try hard enough - we can blame it on .... the Jews.
And since both appear to be "natural" causes - from afar no less - it may be those mystical mumblin' kabala whatevers - yeah! Workin' some kind of bizarro chantin' mumbo jumbo projection.
Wow! now we can blame it on ... Madonna! (she is a Jew now - kinda?) - am getting confused here.
Maybe it was ... alien Jews - there's one tribe unaccounted for - right?
Posted by: hondo at January 08, 2006 11:55 PM (3aakz)
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There are so many idiots promoting self-serving conspiracies about the world that it literally makes no sense to track them. The issue is, now, how far off course we are and what sort of correction would be required to get back on course. In other words, we can worry about
how we got off course later, but at the moment we don't have that luxury.
I figure we have about a decade to straighten this out, and if we don't it won't make much difference what the heck we do.
Personally I think we, as a species, are just a little bit dumber than we take ourselves to be... and that's how we got screwed up. I suppose we ought to begin to assume that our average intelligence quotient is more like 95 than 100, where it counts. Granted, it's kind of a small mistake but a course deflection of only an inch at the start of a journey can result in finding oneself a thousand miles off course in relatively short order. We assume we're just a little smarter than we actually are, and we end up thinking our asses are holes in the ground.
Posted by: Demosophist at January 09, 2006 12:42 AM (iObV6)
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There are such things as conspiracies. Just not for
everything. What I find surprising is that anyone on Air America would say anything nice at all about Sharon.
Posted by: Oyster at January 09, 2006 06:36 AM (YudAC)
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Actually hondo, the new fashionable scapegoat of the day are atheists, we're pretty much behind everything ya know.
But seriously, everyone should read
The Lucifer Principle, which explains scapegoating throughout human history, it's a fascinating read, and puts things in clear perspective.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at January 09, 2006 09:27 AM (0yYS2)
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Are you sure the network you heard this on was not Airhead America? Seems to fit.
Posted by: jesusland joe at January 09, 2006 10:12 AM (rUyw4)
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Bortz is on WSB if you like talk radio. But this would have been past Bortz. Hannity is on WSB at that time. There is an ex jarhead on WGST who is pretty good as well. Why you were anywhere near Stone Mt at that time of day with that traffic only convinces me you are nuts.
Posted by: Kevin at January 09, 2006 06:40 PM (t6ozB)
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