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Saturday, November 22, 2003 |
QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND
"Every man is a fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom
consists of not exceeding the limit."
- - Elbert Hubbard
THIS WEEKEND IN HISTORY
November 22, 1963
-- John
F. Kennedy assassinated in Dallas.
-- British novelist (Brave New World, Island, The Doors Of Perception)
pacifist and psychedelic pioneer, Aldous
Huxley, dies in Hollywood. His last
request was for 1 more dose of LSD.
-- British Christian mystic and novelist (The Chronicles of Narnia), C.S.
Lewis, dies in Oxford, England.
November 23, 1976 -- Police arrest Jerry
Lee Lewis outside
the gates of Graceland after he shows up the 2nd time that night making a scene,
shouting, waving a pistol, demanding to see Elvis Presley.
WEEKEND WEBSITE TIP: Jesus Sports Statues
http://www.catholicshopper.com/products/inspirational_sport_statues.html
WEEKEND TV TIP - National Lampoon's Thanksgiving Reunion
Premiers on TBS Sunday night, Nov 23 - Produced by Rhino's Blog reader
Gary Hoffman
Not political, but very funny. Good for those sorely needed chuckles.
RHINO HERE:
I begin with a teaser for those who will be in Southern California
this coming Tuesday. There will be a special screening at UCLA of the big
winner at the recent American Indian Film Festival. It's a 4 hour epic
entitled Dreamkeepers & Monday's blog will provide the info for free admittance.
As is The Rhino's way, below find the weekend lighter side, including the BOTTOM
LINE, consisting of excerpts from The Wingnut Debate Dictionary, a public
domain compilation of politically motivated jargon. If Rhino was to add a new
one to the collection, it would be, LIBERAL FIRING SQUAD - when left leaning
politicos object to each others stances on a single issue, they form a circle & let
loose with both barrels. Havawonderfulweekend!
Hungarian Says Rock Defeated Communism
By M.R. KROPKO, Associated Press, 11/9/03
CLEVELAND - Rock music played lead in giving Hungarian baby boomers the resolve
to bring down their communist state, says one of those reformers who today is
a government official.
Andreas Simonyi, Hungary's ambassador to the United
States, spent an hour Saturday night discussing the impact of Western songs on
Eastern European politics before an invitation-only audience of 250 at the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame. Simonyi, 51, was a devoted fan of the Beatles, Cream,
Traffic and Jimi Hendrix when their releases weren't officially permitted in
Hungary. Records and tapes sometimes were smuggled in or recorded from foreign
radio broadcasts.
Rock Defeated Communism
Hindus urged to curb 'Muslim threat' by having big families
by Maseeh Rahman in New Delhi, The Guardian, 11/20/03
A radical Hindu political party in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state,
which is a key ally of the country's ruling party, is encouraging Hindus to have
more children because of fears of a Muslim population explosion. The militant
Shiv Sena party announced that it had identified 50 Hindu couples with five or
more children in the parliamentary constituency of the Indian prime minister,
Atal Bihari Vajpayee. "We will honour these couples at a special function
next month by conferring the title 'Awakened Hindu Family'," said the Shiv
Sena's state chief, Vijay Tiwari . Couples with more than 10 children would be
given gifts of gold or silver.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/india/story/0,12559,1088829,00.html
Cannibal apology group aims to make Fiji "God-fearing"
SUVA, (AFP)11/20/03 - A group that recently arranged an apology
for an incident of cannibalism in Fiji in the 19th century aims to identify "evil
leaders" and replace them with "God-fearing" ones, its strategy
papers show. "It is not enough to leave the selection of God-fearing leaders
to government as it may not have the kind of discernment and spiritual anointing
needed to identify God-fearing leaders," the Association of Christian Churches
of Fiji (ACCF) strategy paper says. ACCF organised a November 13 ceremony, to
lift what was said to be a curse, in which the Nabutautau village apologised
to Australian descendants of Methodist missionary Thomas Baker who was killed
and eaten in 1867.
Cannibal Apology
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The Wingnut Debate Dictionary
(excerpted from http://stommel.tamu.edu/~baum/ethel/atrios-dictionary.html )
acoulteration - providing outward trappings of evidence in order to
acculturate viewers to believe obvious lies
Borkellatio - the act of declaring reactionary religious beliefs
to be perfectly adequate justification for enacting anti-civil rights laws.
Clenis Syndrome : An uncontrollable urge to blurt out "Clinton
did it!" or "Oh yeah? What about Clinton?" rather than using logic
and reason to make one's point.
Demagogarrhea - Gut wrenching sickness brought on by hearing
RNC talking points spouted by yet another Bush apologist.
Extreme Leap - Democrat: "I think there might be better
ways of dealing with this situation." Repub response: "So you would
rather see Saddam in power."
False DickChenomy : The arguer offers only two options in a
situation, one of which is objectively pro-saddam.
Godomy (godomizers, godomizing): Shamelessly and repeatedly
invoking God in support of your partisan agenda, and implying that your opponents
are less-holy-than-thou.
Idiot Buffer, The - "The average voter doesn't care
about..."
Joe-SixPACism - Claiming that a policy supported by a
small, powerful, group is good for the common man, no matter how injurious to
the latter it actually may be.
kettle (v.): 1. to note the wealth of one's opponent as an
insurmountable bias, while failing to note one's own considerable wealth. Also,
to engage in same with respect to one's political donors.
limbaughcrisy : loudly denouncing 'degenerate' and illegal behavior,
which one nevertheless secretly practices.
Malkinization (n.) - Usage of questionable or irrelevant anecdotes
in support of a position when statistics disprove the position.
Neoconstipated : The inability to pursue a sound foreign policy
because the organs of power are clogged with neoconservative ideologues."
O'Reillyus Interruptus (v): being cut off from making a really
good point or argument by a radio or cable TV talk show host. Usually involves
being loudly shouted down, having one's mic cut (if in a studio), or being "potted
down" (if calling in to a radio program). Odds of this happening are greatly
increased the closer one gets to the truth.
Powell Movement - when a moderate allows him or herself to
be used by conservatives for their own ends.
rush - v., to defend hypocritical right-wingers with logic
that appears to be drug-addled
Scaliosis (n): condition wherein the afflicted develops a preternatural
ability to read the minds of Constitutional framers at a remove of over 200 years.
truth fatique - "I'm tired of hearing about..."
ubaldi , v. To hide a spectacularly weak argument behind a facade
of tortured metaphors and pretentious vocabulary. See also will, safire.
Vaccingating: The process of accusing your opponent of doing what you're already
doing in an effort to prevent your opponent from being the first to make that
accusation.
Wolfuscation - to darken (hide) or confuse an issue.
Zell-manella . Claiming that you are a "life-long Democrat," but
now you're disgusted by their negativity, and you've fallen for the steely-eyed
Dubya. Sufferers are known as Zellots or Zellouts .
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