Yesterday left/liberal blogger Markos “Screw them” Zuniga took his diarists to task for their “nasty rhetoric.” Today, the conservative National Review Online Corner takes a dKos critic to task for attempting to stifle his free speech rights.
Dr. Peter Venkman: This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.
Mayor: What do you mean, “biblical”?
Dr Ray Stantz: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath-of-God type stuff.
Venkman: Exactly.
Stantz: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies. Rivers and seas boiling.
Dr. Egon Spengler: Forty years of darkness. Earthquakes, volcanoes…
Winston Zeddemore: The dead rising from the grave.
Venkman: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together – mass hysteria.
Dogs and cats living together. That’s what.
“Actually, it’s more of a guideline than a rule…”
“I looked at the trap, Ray.”
Love me some Ghostbusters.
Great movie and an appropriate passage, well applied.
My reaction to the site content is more along the line of John J. Macreedy’s:
“You’re not only wrong. You’re wrong at the top of your voice.”
It has been suggested in several venues that Mr. Zuniga is being co-opted by the establishment; seems plausible to me.
Thoughts?
“This points to a serious breakdown not just on civility, but in the ability of people to properly debate various issues.”
Uh, yeah. Doesn’t that define the Left in general and the DailyKos in particular? You know, what with all arguments devolving into name-calling and shouting and all.
Just sayin’.
You forgot the best part of the scene:
Dr Ray Stantz: Everything was fine with our system until the power grid was shut off by dickless here.
Walter Peck: They caused an explosion!
Mayor: Is this true?
Dr. Peter Venkman: Yes it’s true.
[pause]
Dr. Peter Venkman: This man has no dick.
Walter Peck: Jeez!
[Charges at Venkman]
Mayor: Break it up! Hey, break this up! Break it up!
Walter Peck: All right, all right, all right!
Dr. Peter Venkman: Well, that’s what I heard!
“Ray, the next time someone asks you if you are a god-SAY YES!”
Actually it was kind of fun to see the Dkos spokesman stick it to O’Reilly today pointing out that his web site is just as guilty of anything the Dkos ever advocated. At which point O’Reilly ended the interview…….
Why do you even watch that blowhard, Skip? Enjoy shouting at the television?
What I would like to know is what form the Destructor will take?
Actually, the Kos defender accused OR of that and OR did NOT fold his tent. He said that when offensive crap like that Kos “trades in” comes in on his site, it’s removed as quickly as possible. Either get your facts right or don’t lie Skippy, whichever applies. P.S., I’m no OR fan, I just happened to be “skipping” through when that interview was going on.
Agreed O’Rilley is a poumpous gas-bag…not a fan but I do watch occasionally… and Mike’s take on the interview squares with my recollection of what was said. Best
Um, What’s yer point again?
I’ve got the same problem at my house, John. Only it’s three cats (three!) to one poor, broken down bird dog.
Considering the ratio of males to females now that SNO is comporting himself in Australia, there is a larger lesson to be drawn I think.
Its that or NHK. Shouting at the television is more interesting. NHK is really, really boring. Plus I get AFN commericals thrown in just for laugh value.
I’m not lying-the other guy could barely get a word in edgewise-OR was lecturing him so much. And it was at the end of the interview.
What bothers me, is that the local station has O’Really on at the same time they could have Tammy Bruce live, but no-o-ow, I haveta wait till late on a Sunday evening to hear my favorite Lesbian Republican Pro-Life Gun-Owner Feminist Ailurophile talk show host with a cute voice.
I really do not care what people who live in New. York. City. think about *anything*!
…Though we must admit that it’s often very amusing to observe these Irish people arguing back and forth with each other.
Some of them are pretty sharp. But then, some of them live in New York City and have their very own TV shows, and too much money.