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BAAAAA HA!
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 Whenever I'm not busy telling people to fuck off on my blog, other people are telling me to fuck off on theirs.
As I hit the "submit" button I fully expected Larry Wachs would not like my comment on his blog. More than likely it wouldn't make it past his comment moderation and would be ignored, at best it would be deleted with a sneer (the way I do it). Wasn't I surprised to find my comment was first out of the E-mail Bucket and in his crosshairs!
Wachs, formerly of the Regular Guys show on 96 Rock (have I ever mentioned that show here before?), had written a piece on the war in Iraq. The standout part was the assertion that if we say "no" to the war in Iraq we're saying "yes" to having everyone around us killed by terrorists.
Sunday Ann Coulter (who Wachs has previously said he's a fan of) was on FOX News. The topic was ex-CIA director George Tenet writing that he had been pressured, misled, whatever, into saying Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, which they didn't. Coulter said the Bush administration had never cited weapons of mass destruction as a reason for going to war (?!?), the Democrats used that as a way to stall the war with more inspections, and that no one said Saddam Hussein was affiliated with Al Queda (?!?). Earlier yesterday morning I was reading on Democratic Underground.com that Tony Snow was on the same talking point page with Ann Coulter: the war in Iraq had nothing to do with September 11th or Al Queda.
So when I came across Wachs' latest blog saying we had to be support the war in Iraq or we were doomed, I felt I should update him on the latest right wing talking point since he must have been out of town. So I wrote, "Larry, the latest news from Ann Coulter and Tony Snow is that this Iraq war has never had anything to do with Al Queda. So I guess we can pack our bags and go home and fight the terrorists through the CIA, FBI and police as we should have been doing the past four or five years."
Here's Larry Wachs' rebuttal, with my return rebutt.
Huh? Why the hell can't people just get to their stupid point instead of in these sarcastic loops, with all the winking, knowing coded references to a minor news item covered in 7 blogs and Fox and Friends last Tuesday?
No, no! It was Sunday! And a CIA director saying he was duped into a four-year war is minor? I disagree! Plus that comment is only two sentences long, so I don't think it could've been more to the point.
Look, here's the thing. You are either for or against the war, which is what I gather you were trying to say from that opaque sentencing of yours, but I'm not sure which. I'm going to guess against.
Right, that's why I said we should have let the CIA, FBI and police handle it all along.
OK, here's the thing. I don't give a shit what you think.
Sorry. I was thrown by the "comment" link at the end of your piece.
That's why this is the House of Wachs and not the House of Debate With Vaginas. So feel free to think what you want, but be prepared for reality, which was pretty much the whole fucking point of that piece I wrote the last time out.
I don't watch CNN. I don't watch Fox. So whatever tempest in a teapot story you're referencing, I didn't see it. Here's how I get my news. I go places and have conversations with real, as opposed to televised, people.
I would get my news from real people but none of them are in Washington, D.C. or Baghdad. The news flashes I get from the people I see day-to-day are things like brussels sprouts are on sale at Bi-Lo. Once I take note of that I go to the Internet so I can read more stimulating news and opinion from virtual people -- like Larry Wachs!
So, in the future, if you think you have something interesting to say, stifle the urge until you can get your point across without referencing the words and actions of the media and politicians.
That's a tall order. How good would the News Jog have been with this policy? I'll take it as a challenge and work on it.
Heh...I always thought if I suffered the wrath of Wachs I would have my feelings hurt. Instead I found myself thrashing around in my chair with laughter. I don't know if he realized it was his earnest fan, or if he's actually mad, but one way or the other...despite my occasional doubts, things like this make me feel I really could have been a good talk show host. F you, Steve!
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Best line. You really would make a much better lefty talk show host than someone as blah as Al Franken.