Showing posts with label manufactured outrage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label manufactured outrage. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

The Bad Trevor Noah Blues

The Bad Trevor Noah Blues

Court jesters should be funny
That’s how we want them to be
Now they should never tell a joke
that is offensive to me

I saw the man who got that job
said something bad about a Jew
Not a joke that’s never been said
but it was disappointing to me and you

I saw the man who got that job
said something bad about a girl
Not a joke that’s never been said
but it made people want to hurl

If we’re going to hold our comics
to be authentic and with pure soul
We’re going to look a long long time
for a funnyman to fill that hole

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Exploitating for Exploitation's Sake

All this mosque chatter has me in something is wrong on the internet mode. I try to avoid it, but sometimes the temptation to get sucked in is too much.

There have been two functioning mosques in lower Manhattan for years. One has been operating since 1970. What exactly is the no mosques allowed zone around the sacred area that is ground zero? Is it two blocks? Seven? The island of Manhattan? The tri-state area? Are food carts allowed to sell falafel and halal foods while Chinese made trinkets that state "never forget' are sold within the footprint?

America has never met a wedge issue it cannot milk to death.

The tenth anniversary next year is going to be a massive amount of, well, something. Plenty of t-shirts, commemorative coins and crap from the Franklin Mint for everyone.

Most times, I find videos of baby animals and post them to Facebook. It's very soothing.



Blood pressure has dropped already.