prole Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 Everybody jump up and down like red-butt monkeys! Once again making us thank our lucky stars that McCain didn't win. [video:youtube] Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 There's nothing a fascist hates more than self determination. Quote
prole Posted February 1, 2011 Author Posted February 1, 2011 It's not clear from any of the clips above that a policy response based on those readings would amount to anything less than an endorsement of a Tienanmen-style crackdown. Let freedumb reign. Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 One isn't supposed to derive any practical plan of action from Faux Reportz. One is just supposed to GET REALLY WORRIED AND PISSED !!!!! AL QAEDA IS TAKING OVER EGYPT!!!! WHADDAYA GONNA DO ABOUT IT OBAMA???? HUH???? CAT GOT YER TONGUE????????!!!!!!! Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 Oh well, Fasc Jocks are nothing new.... The Good Father Coughlin Quote
Kimmo Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 the policy response has been the above, regardless of who has been in power here, dem or rep. a protracted crack-down, under emergency law, since what, '82? Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 Just wanted everyone to know that, due to popular uprising, I've fired my cabinet. Quote
billcoe Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/31/us-egypt-israel-usa-idUSTRE70U53720110131 Headline: Israel shocked by Obama's "betrayal" of Mubarak I will admit that I can't get the noise on that Glen Beck link, but I can see (sadly) that you guys must want us all to start listening to Beck and Limbaugh so that we can be up to snuff when have these topical discussions on things they say. Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 Funny what a few hundred thousand regular folks milling around downtown can do for your approval rating. Didn't work here in 2003, though. Quote
prole Posted February 1, 2011 Author Posted February 1, 2011 Thanks for the reminder that Fux can always be outdone in hysterical apoplexy by rightwing Israeli press. Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/31/us-egypt-israel-usa-idUSTRE70U53720110131 Headline: Israel shocked by Obama's "betrayal" of Mubarak I will admit that I can't get the noise on that Glen Beck link, but I can see (sadly) that you guys must want us all to start listening to Beck and Limbaugh so that we can be up to snuff when have these topical discussions on things they say. CC's self appointed spokesmoron SHOULD know the current buzz, dood. Do your job. Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 (edited) The last thing Fasc Noose wants to see is a free thinking people who will no longer put up with being humiliated. Beck's probably rubbing it raw at the thought of a shitload of A-rabs being gunned down. Edited February 1, 2011 by tvashtarkatena Quote
billcoe Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 The last thing Fasc Noose wants to see is a free thinking people who will no longer put up with being humiliated. Beck's probably rubbing it raw at the thought of a shitload of A-rabs being gunned down. Do you have any posts yet where you've been successful in not going out of your way to be an A-hole? Nevermind. Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 Interesting to contrast Fox's own reporter in Cairo with that same program's Team Freak Out: Fox report from Cairo They could save a sweet bit o cash by just dropping guys like this from the payroll. I mean, why bother? Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 The last thing Fasc Noose wants to see is a free thinking people who will no longer put up with being humiliated. Beck's probably rubbing it raw at the thought of a shitload of A-rabs being gunned down. Do you have any posts yet where you've been successful in not going out of your way to be an A-hole? Nevermind. Beck's not the only guy with unrequited gun play fantasies, apparently. Quote
kevbone Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 Everybody jump up and down like red-butt monkeys! Once again making us thank our lucky stars that McCain didn't win. [video:youtube] Fear Quote
ivan Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 that's fork'n awesome - gotta use some of these in class someday... Quote
j_b Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 It is funny because we all know that is pretty much what Fox's propaganda would have been at these moments in history. Quote
Kimmo Posted February 2, 2011 Posted February 2, 2011 (edited) but we know that about fox already. regarding egypt, what's more interesting is how this sentiment is represented within the current administration (along with administrations over the last 30 years). whether one likes it or not, having a fundamentalist islamic regime is of concern to any liberally minded humanoid concerned with things like human rights, just as it is here in the US with the rise of righty religionists. Edited February 2, 2011 by Kimmo Quote
prole Posted February 2, 2011 Author Posted February 2, 2011 whether one likes it or not, having a fundamentalist islamic regime is of concern to any liberally minded humanoid concerned with things like human rights, just as it is here in the US with the rise of righty religionists. But we know that already too. Quote
Kimmo Posted February 2, 2011 Posted February 2, 2011 but sometimes, it just doesn't seem like it. if it was the case, a hyperbolic dismissal of views other than your own might not be so prevalent. fascist, almost. Quote
prole Posted February 2, 2011 Author Posted February 2, 2011 What Tvash's juxtaposition of reality-based reportage with the original post touches on and what numerous examples of shrewder analysis makes clear, is that hyperbolic dismissal is exactly what is appropriate here. There is plenty of work out there that does a fine job of contextualizing the recent events, sheds light on the actually existing conditions in Egypt, the role and strengths of elements within Egyptian civil society (including the Muslim Brotherhood) and takes into account the various dangers that fundamentalism poses. The notion that Fux simply constitutes an equally valid, competing "viewpoint" is absurd. They should be called out on their shit at every opportunity, not coddled in some relativist marshmallow fog of "interpretation". Quote
JayB Posted February 2, 2011 Posted February 2, 2011 but we know that about fox already. regarding egypt, what's more interesting is how this sentiment is represented within the current administration (along with administrations over the last 30 years). whether one likes it or not, having a fundamentalist islamic regime is of concern to any liberally minded humanoid concerned with things like human rights, just as it is here in the US with the rise of righty religionists. [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLiku08FlRg Quote
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