You know, when I see these people who are losing their mind and shouting things like “I want my country back” at those health care reform meetings and appealing to Glenn Beck, I am reminded of the crowds taunting and screaming at the Little Rock Nine in 1957. Very different issues and circumstances, obviously. But there are parallels in craziness fueled by fear and bigotry, fomented today by the likes of Glenn Beck.
Kind of a funny thought though; Glenn Beck literally lying his ass off. I can see his ass just lying there, forlornly with Beck marching away none the wiser. A dog comes by sniffs at it and then walks away in disgust.
The word “literally” used to mean “figuratively” is one of my pet peeves (yeah, I can be a grammar nazi), but I just thought it was doubly ironic that he had anal surgery, so I just had to say it that way. I liked the way that Jon put it, too (at the end of the video) — that the hole they stitched up in Beck’s ass hadn’t healed enough for him to stop talking out of it.
I was wondering if one of my regular readers was going to correct me, and you guys didn’t disappoint!
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You know, when I see these people who are losing their mind and shouting things like “I want my country back” at those health care reform meetings and appealing to Glenn Beck, I am reminded of the crowds taunting and screaming at the Little Rock Nine in 1957. Very different issues and circumstances, obviously. But there are parallels in craziness fueled by fear and bigotry, fomented today by the likes of Glenn Beck.
No he didn’t ‘literally’ lie his ass off. Last time I looked he was still talking out of it.
He figuratively lied his ass off.
http://grammar.about.com/od/words/a/literallygloss.htm
Poor little Glenn Beck, such a loser, he can not keep his lies straight. But then most of Fake News do the same. Sweet.
Quidam, I nearly said much the same thing, but I thought I would give Iron Knee a pass.
Kind of a funny thought though; Glenn Beck literally lying his ass off. I can see his ass just lying there, forlornly with Beck marching away none the wiser. A dog comes by sniffs at it and then walks away in disgust.
I gave Iron Knee a pass on the grammar too, because the surgery was for hemorrhoids, so it was close enough for me.
The word “literally” used to mean “figuratively” is one of my pet peeves (yeah, I can be a grammar nazi), but I just thought it was doubly ironic that he had anal surgery, so I just had to say it that way. I liked the way that Jon put it, too (at the end of the video) — that the hole they stitched up in Beck’s ass hadn’t healed enough for him to stop talking out of it.
I was wondering if one of my regular readers was going to correct me, and you guys didn’t disappoint!
*chortles* at Iron Knee
You do know us, don’t you?
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