Saturday
(0)"A libertarian is a conservative with an acknowledged vice, like say, a teenage girlfriend."
The as-ever brilliant P.J. O'Rourke (hat tip Catallarchy)
I have nothing new to say about the legendary, brilliant PJ, but taking the "lighter note" cue from Jonathan, click on this link for things our American cousins like about Britain. After the bombings, the Vodka Pundit invited Americans to post what they love about Britain, under the heading Fuck Yeah! (Link) It's fabulous and funny, and who would have guessed they know so much about us!
Posted by Verity at July 9, 2005 08:08 PM
Of course, someone had to say that perhaps "Guy Fawkes! Fuck yeah!" was "inappropriate". Can we ever again see commentary that does not equate the people with their wanna-be rulers?
Posted by damaged justice at July 9, 2005 10:05 PM
damaged - Yes. I noticed that too. Given the vast volume of funny and surprising things Americans had listed they like about us on that site, someone must have been crawling through it panting for a chance to grab the moral high ground.
Posted by Verity at July 9, 2005 10:33 PM
I like a passage from one of PJ's books where he addresses the issue of allegedly-racially-insensitive sports team names. He followed up his main point, that nobody names teams after people they don't like, with a few hypothetical team names, including "Dallas White Trash," or something to that effect.
I'm not offended. I live in Irving.
Posted by Alan K. Henderson at July 10, 2005 06:16 AM
Wow, that's a lot of fuck yeahs.
Someone had better have mentioned Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and the entire New Wave Of British Heavy Metal.
\m/FUCK YEAH!\m/
Posted by Robert at July 10, 2005 06:19 AM
Robert; I'm not sure as I haven't read the entire list. However, one person did mention Spinal Tap, which meant that someone else was obliged to point out that :
a) Spinal Tap aren't a real band,
and b) the actors are actually American.
Posted by Steve P at July 10, 2005 11:01 AM
Spinal Tap aren't real and are American?
Lies! Filthy lies!!!!!!!!
Posted by Robert at July 10, 2005 11:40 AM
Um, crap, forgot to leave a little something to indicate that was meant to be humorous.
Too late, ya think?
Posted by Robert at July 10, 2005 11:42 AM
"Tap" might not a be a real band, but believe me: that's a true story.
Posted by Billy Beck at July 10, 2005 08:40 PM
From The Observer a few weeks ago,
Liam Gallagher, apparently, was a huge fan of Spinal Tap. But he thought they were a real band. He was horrified to discover the same actors performing as A Mighty Wind at Carnegie Hall a few years back and, when Noel Gallagher told him the bad news, shouted "I'm not 'avin' that", and stormed off. And has never watched the film again.
Posted by Julian Taylor at July 11, 2005 12:25 PM
I'm a libertarian...
In my case the quote should probably read, "A libertarian is a liberal with an acknowledged vice, like, say, being conservative."
Ha.
Posted by speedwell at July 11, 2005 02:15 PM
and b) the actors are actually American.
Not the 5th Baron Haden-Guest (a.k.a. Christopher Guest).
Posted by Tim Haas at July 11, 2005 02:39 PM
Yeah the Tap movie is very accurate about metal band and their tours. That is a damn funny movie that never gets old.
Posted by Andrew Ian Dodge at July 11, 2005 11:13 PM
