A very amusing bit about Bush’s apology to the Middle East for 60 years of supporting dictators just got… erased. My laptop seems to have eaten it.
Perhaps I’ll reconstruct it later (it basically took the tone of an abusive lover swearing that he can change - hey, you can write it yourself!).
For now, I must head to theater here in beautiful downtown Concord, NH. The show is sold out. The curtain is about to rise.
Notes: Charlie Pierce was crazy about the Swedish meatballs at last night’s reception… Peter Sagal, Carl Kassel, Amanda Gibson and I found a karaoke place near the hotel last night, so we might drag everyone there after the show… Carl performed magic at the reception, entertaining the audience while damaging his credibility… I’m going to use tonight’s show to bolster my Presidential campaign up here…
Fanny Roborat
16 comments
Murray
November 6, 2003 at 4:52 pm
1You mean the “I’m really sorry and it will never happen again but when you (fill in the blank with what ever minor perceived problem) I just can’t control my self. If you didn’t (breath, look at me, answer the phone, whatever) I wouldn’t have to beat you”. (In other words what ever I do it’s still your fault).
I believe we have heard that before.
“If a hand full of Arabs didn’t scare us we wouldn’t have to arrest all of them”
If Sadam had just shown us the weapons that he didn’t have, we wouldn’t have gone to war”
If Jeb had done his job right no one would have known about the ballot problem in FL.
If my worthless predecessor had done his job right I wouldn’t have to deal with a world that hates me.
tess
November 6, 2003 at 6:09 pm
2nuts, always on the wrong coast at the wrong time.
Dee
November 6, 2003 at 9:02 pm
3You know, the least ANY of you could do this weekend is all head for the nearest McDonald’s and order one of everything, supersized.
Cheryl
November 6, 2003 at 11:51 pm
4We ate at McDonald’s to night and toasted Mrs. Kroc, the lovely woman, whom loved the “unfiltered presentation of the news” on NPR. And McDonald’s coke is the best.
Don
November 7, 2003 at 12:50 am
5But at least the Shrub wants us to be reassured that “The Worldwide Democratic Revolution” is moving on apace.
Chicory
November 7, 2003 at 9:45 am
6Rats! I had to miss NH and I didn’t even get to party with Adam here in Ann Arbor. To console myself, I shall go to the neartest McDonald’s and toast Mrs. K with a coke.
aaronx
November 7, 2003 at 10:56 am
7Let’s try to remember that Mrs. Kroc isn’t going to give NPR any more money than she already did no matter how many happy meals all us NPR junkies buy in the future.
Nice lady, very nice lady.
Bad food, very bad food.
Also - don’t forget that PRI didn’t get a dime, so continue collecting tote-bags, folx.
Don
November 7, 2003 at 1:02 pm
8It is nice that KPBS in San Diego got a $5MM gift, too. I’m certain that they can make good use of it.
Hunter
November 7, 2003 at 4:42 pm
9A very amusing bit about Bush’s apology to the Middle East for 60 years of supporting dictators just got… erased. My laptop seems to have eaten it.
That’s OK. From hearing the speech, it sounds like Bush’s apology to the Middle East got erased too.
Instead, we got to hear about how all those dubious regimes of the Middle East that America supports are actually much more democratic than we realized… once you define “democracy” appropriately, of course.
So our Iraqi war goal of bringing increased democracy to the Middle East is being accomplished! Huzzah!
Next on the agenda, we’re going to make Americans thinner and healthier by redefining what a “calorie” is. If you will excuse me, I must now go admire my rippling new muscles…
John Isbell
November 7, 2003 at 9:59 pm
10This comment is considered very funny in Japan.
Also, on the “Hey baby I can change” schtick, Bessie Smith’s “Outside of That”:
“When he pawned my things, I said ‘You dirty old thief’ -
Then he turned around and knocked out both of my teeth.
But outside of that, he’s all right with me.”
julia
November 7, 2003 at 10:14 pm
11Dammit, you know Charles Pierce?
pout.
aaron
November 8, 2003 at 7:06 am
12I too had written a very funny post, my first ever in fact. Sadly, when recalling “DJ Steve’s” version of “Down on the Corner” my arms began flailing about uncontrollably out of sheer joy, and the delete button was pressed.
Joshua Scholar
November 9, 2003 at 2:10 am
13“it basically took the tone of an abusive lover swearing that he can change”
George Walker Bush has been president for 60 years?
I did not know that!
But it’s nice to know that what you write is “very amusing.” I’ll give you an A in self esteem on your report card.
Will
November 9, 2003 at 2:08 pm
14Adam,
Your performance on the New Hampshire show that NPR broadcast this weekend was truly amazing. I laughed so hard I cried. You’re the reason I became a WWDTM listener in the first place.
Many McThanks,
–Will
Chicory
November 10, 2003 at 9:21 am
15Agreed, Will. Adam was on a roll. I haven’t laughed so hard in ages- well, since last week
“All Things Embittered’- it’s a classic!!!
Sue
November 10, 2003 at 9:36 am
16Adam Won in New Hampshire!!
Adam Won in New Hampshire!!
Great campaign kickoff, that.
And I agree with Chicory: All Things Embittered is one for the ages.
It was a terrific show.