Rally to Restore Sanity/March to Keep Fear Alive, 10/30/10!

[Pico and ME]

Nice wrap up there, HM.

[glatt]

Yeah, he's a regular Clodfobble.

[classicman]

Good read, but a very contradictory article.

[Pico and ME]

lol

[spudcon]

I'm sorry I got you all going on this track. Heinline said all humor is based on making fun of someone. I have no problem with that. If, however, you invite someone on your show, and then ambush them, and then show your smarmy arrogance by saying they're morally wrong, That sucks. I've seen it done lots of times, and it shows just elitist arrogance. By the way, when the people in those studies who become liberals in their young life finally grow up, the tables turn the other way. No offence to my liberal bretheren.

[morethanpretty]

Originally Posted by spudcon

I'm sorry I got you all going on this track. Heinline said all humor is based on making fun of someone. I have no problem with that. If, however, you invite someone on your show, and then ambush them, and then show your smarmy arrogance by saying they're morally wrong, That sucks. I've seen it done lots of times, and it shows just elitist arrogance. By the way, when the people in those studies who become liberals in their young life finally grow up, the tables turn the other way. No offence to my liberal bretheren.

You didn't watch the whole interview. You can't get any real idea of how a 20minute interview was conducted in a few second clips from youtube.
There was no "ambushing" and the clips of Jim Cramer that Jon played, he gave Jim ample time/ability to respond.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by spudcon

I'm sorry I got you all going on this track. Heinline said all humor is based on making fun of someone. I have no problem with that. If, however, you invite someone on your show, and then ambush them, and then show your smarmy arrogance by saying they're morally wrong, That sucks. I've seen it done lots of times, and it shows just elitist arrogance.

I've seen it happen on the conservative shows, too.

Originally Posted by spudcon

By the way, when the people in those studies who become liberals in their young life finally grow up, the tables turn the other way. No offence to my liberal bretheren.

Do you have any evidence to support that assertion?

[spudcon]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Do you have any evidence to support that assertion?

Just 64 years of watching people in public and private life. And of course, this...
Analyses of large representative samples, from both the United States and the United Kingdom, confirm this prediction. In both countries, more intelligent children are more likely to grow up to be liberals than less intelligent children. For example, among the American sample, those who identify themselves as “very liberal” in early adulthood have a mean childhood IQ of 106.4, whereas those same numbers turn conservative later in life.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by spudcon

Just 64 years of watching people in public and private life. And of course, this...
Analyses of large representative samples, from both the United States and the United Kingdom, confirm this prediction. In both countries, more intelligent children are more likely to grow up to be liberals than less intelligent children. For example, among the American sample, those who identify themselves as “very liberal” in early adulthood have a mean childhood IQ of 106.4, whereas those same numbers turn conservative later in life.

Oh yeah? Well analyses of large representative samples, from both the United States and the United Kingdom, confirm this prediction. In both countries, more intelligent children are more likely to grow up to be liberals than less intelligent children. For example, among the American sample, those who identify themselves as “very liberal” in early adulthood have a mean childhood IQ of 106.4, whereas those same numbers become even more Liberal later in life, were happier, better looking, were elected prom king and queen every year, and lived happily ever after.

[Shawnee123]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Oh yeah? Well analyses of large representative samples, from both the United States and the United Kingdom, confirm this prediction. In both countries, more intelligent children are more likely to grow up to be liberals than less intelligent children. For example, among the American sample, those who identify themselves as “very liberal” in early adulthood have a mean childhood IQ of 106.4, whereas those same numbers become even more Liberal later in life, were happier, better looking, were elected prom king and queen every year, and lived happily ever after.

Yes, that does sound a lot like me, only my IQ was meaner.

[Flint]

But the crappy video he posted SAID that's what happened, so that's what happened.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by spudcon

when the people in those studies who become liberals in their young life finally grow up, the tables turn the other way. No offence to my liberal bretheren.

This is the only "study" I could find to answer that.
Take a look at the study and draw your own conclusions.

[classicman]

bumpity boo ...
Seems like the buzz has died out. Whats the latest?

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by classicman

bumpity boo ...
Seems like the buzz has died out. Whats the latest?

Maybe John Stewart finally told everyone that this was just a joke.

[glatt]

Nah, there's still a little buzz about it. The latest is port-a-potty gate.

The Marine Corp Marathon is right after the rally, and the Marines were going to be installing all these port-a-potties with padlocks on them and they wouldn't take the padlocks off until after the rally was over so no John Stewart folks would poop in the Marines' potties. Now they aren't even going to set the potties up until after the rally is over.

John Stewart is getting his own potties. Larry King gave him a brand new potty on his show recently, and John said he would rope it off for Larry's personal use if Larry would come to the rally.