Thursday, January 25, 2007

Inadvertency (yes, it's a real word)

Marty Peretz, war-hawk, Harvard Phd, and co-owner and editor of the New Republic, attempts to a mock a Tom Friedman column but just, well, makes a mockery of himself:

Poor Tom Friedman. He is looking for a Muslim Martin Luther King. There is none, Tom. If one were living on earth, they'd break his windows. Imprison him. Or kill him. Finished.

Thankfully none of that ever happened to MLK. Sigh. Why are these great scholars of history so willfully ignorant of our own country's? (fyi - the Friedman article in question is only available to Times Select subscribers).

6 comments:

KEM said...

if you buy me NYT select as an early x-mas present, i'll make a comment. lol.

David Brioso said...

do you really want me to spend my money on THAT? Besides, the Friedman article is probably junk, I only needed a vehicle to mock Marty Peretz.

KEM said...

Dude,

You should check out a cool sports blog called No Mas that a friend of Dmitriy's has. The main writer is a guy who used to write for ESPN but it's much hipper than the average sports blog. Also they love boxing so, of course, I'm drawn to it.

http://www.nomas-nyc.com/scorecard.html

Kurt

Anonymous said...

what's up Kurt! I hope all is well.


HBO had a good special last night about Evangelist and Christian in the South. Pretty scary how those folks preach. They showed Christian themed parks, restaurants, mini-golf courses, etc. everyone is making a nice buck off Jesus Blanco. the Christian themed amusement park was scary. it has an actor dressed as jesus preaching the word of Jesus...talk about lame.

-Roberto

KEM said...

Whatup Rob - sorry you didn't win the FF title. Believe me I was rooting for you.

Wow a Jesus-themed park! Ride the Holy Rollercoaster! Resist temptation on the Demon Drop!

Double Wow - we have Jesus imitators. Are we going to see these guys in Vegas now? Or at football games? Holy shit - I just saw Jesus.

Maybe we can have the Jesus imitators replace the Santas at the mall at Christmas time. Hell, it is Christ's birthday anyway (though not historically accurate) - not Santas. O'Reilly would be happy. Take back Christmas from these secular liberals! Please find the nearest Jesus imitator near you.

Maybe now all of those annoying hippie wannabees you knew in undergrad can find gainful employment. "Hey, you kind of look and smell like Jesus - do you like kids?"

Anonymous said...

LOL. it is just a sad state of things. Does Jesus really need an army? a theme park?

thanks for the rooting in FFL. it was a good run. I can't wait to next year's more competive league! GO WOODSIDE HUSTLERS!