Topic: Big Bird causes terrorism.
Anonymous A started this discussion 14 years ago #22,614
Unlike Mitt, I loathe Sesame Street. It bears primary responsibility for what the Canadian blogger Binky calls the de-monsterization of childhood — the idea that there are no evil monsters out there at the edges of the map, just shaggy creatures who look a little funny and can sometimes be a bit grouchy about it because people prejudge them until they learn to celebrate diversity and help Cranky the Friendly Monster go recycling. That is not unrelated to the infantilization of our society. Marinate three generations of Americans in that pabulum and it's no surprise you wind up with unprotected diplomats dragged to their deaths from their "safe house" in Benghazi. Or as J. Scott Gration, the president's special envoy to Sudan, said in 2009, in the most explicit Sesamization of American foreign policy: "We've got to think about giving out cookies. Kids, countries — they react to gold stars, smiley faces, handshakes . . . " The butchers of Darfur aren't blood-drenched machete-wielding genocidal killers but just Cookie Monsters whom we haven't given enough cookies. I'm not saying there's a direct line between Bert & Ernie and Barack & Hillary . . . well, actually I am.
http://www.nationalreview.com/blogs/print/329585
http://www.nationalreview.com/blogs/print/329585
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That's just silly.
squeegee !hbZVTk6JYc joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 24 minutes later, 36 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #355,165
I thought the diplomat in benghazi died from smoke inhalation and was then carried by concerned citizens to the hospital.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 9 minutes later, 46 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #355,167
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 2 hours later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #355,197
@OP
> I'm not saying there's a direct line between Bert & Ernie and Barack & Hillary . . . well, actually I am
> president of Sesame Workshop, Gary Knell, received in 2008 a salary of $956,513.
National Review is a stogy right wing conservative rag. I did not know they had a sense of humor until now.
> I'm not saying there's a direct line between Bert & Ernie and Barack & Hillary . . . well, actually I am
> president of Sesame Workshop, Gary Knell, received in 2008 a salary of $956,513.
National Review is a stogy right wing conservative rag. I did not know they had a sense of humor until now.
m0 joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 5 hours later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #355,343
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 8 hours later, 16 hours after the original post[^] [v] #355,418
> Big Bird causes terrorism
I'm pretty sure Big Bird has always been on the no-fly list.
I'm pretty sure Big Bird has always been on the no-fly list.