WHO Is Smoking Crack?
I don't usually link to amateur Christmas poems in people's family newsletters, but I'll make an exception for this little horror called The Grinch Factor in a now corporate-owned famiy newsletter with pretty wide circulation:
THE WHOS down in Who-villeWere a tolerant lot:
Who Christians, Who Muslims — a Who melting pot.
Who Hindus! Who atheists! Who Buddhists, Who Jews!
Who Confucians, Who pagans,
And even Who Druze! The Who 1st Amendment's Establishment Clause
Said, "No creches in courts," and the Whos loved their laws.
Because somehow … they worked. The Whos rarely fought,
Mostly, each Who did just what he ought.
Every Who down in Who-ville
Loved the Consti-Who-tion a lot.
But the O'Reilly, who lived up in Fox-ville,
Did NOT!
The O'Reilly DETESTED the Who Consti-Who-tion,
He thought it was some sort of liberal pollution...(the horror continues at the link above)
Note to the author: If it were biologically possible for Dr. Seuss to reconstitute himself and rise up from the grave and throttle you, I suspect he would.
Just because I'm a glutton for punishment, I clicked on the link...not working.
deja pseu at December 18, 2005 8:56 AM
http://www.aboyandhiscomputer.com/Greetings_from_Idiot_America.html
Good read as well.
Found on Bifurcated Rivets
and yeah linkie thingie deadie
bret at December 18, 2005 9:00 AM
Amy accidentally linked her "back" button on her browser, rather than the page. But I entered a line from the poem in my search engine and found this site: http://www.livejournal.com/community/liberalrage/215042.html#cutid1
I actually enjoyed this. Mostly because I think Bill O'Reilly is about at repulsive as human beings go, and this poem does indeed capture his essence.
And while I celebrate Christmas, I think it's a grand idea to have a nation that acknowledges the rights of the individual to celebrate (or not) whatever holiday they want to.
Patrick at December 19, 2005 12:39 PM
Thanks, Patrick. Fixed the link. And I'm no O'Reilly fan - far from it - but I think this writer should suffer for her crime.
Amy Alkon at December 19, 2005 1:11 PM
Um, I think it's funny... it's obviously INTENDED to be ridiculous. Come on Amy, get a grip.
Janine at December 20, 2005 4:24 PM
I write humor, sometimes using the absurd for reference. This isn't funny, just lame.
Amy Alkon at December 20, 2005 5:14 PM
OK, as an outsider, this item makes no sense to me at all. What's it about? Is "WHO" an acronym? (Not World Health Organisation, surely?) What's with Fox News? What exactly _is_ Fox News?
I didn't have The Cat in the Hat when I was little... :-(
Norman at December 21, 2005 1:20 AM
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