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Identify the quote: “Typically, one has to go to the foreign press to read the truth about an American event.” This is:

a) Something Lotus said back in the day about policies in George W. Bush’s adinistration.
b) A French journalist’s attack on his view of the parochialism of the American press.
c) A comment on YallPolitics about a teabagger party
d) A quote NMC invented so he’d have something to post about.

12 comments to Say what?

osa canuc

September 13, 2009 at 8:59 pm

I vote “b”. If you want to know the sentiment of the average Joe in America, better not try to get it from mainstream media.
Ben

September 13, 2009 at 11:41 pm

I also vote B. Just sounds like a sensible statement.
Southman

September 14, 2009 at 7:45 am

You could post about the Oxford deer hunt- fawns seem to be high on the target list:

‘‘This ain’t a trophy hunt,’’ said Bruce Jenkins, a law enforcement officer for Department of Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. ‘‘Shoot whatever comes by — babies, mamas. The hunt is on a permit issued by the state, so we are not here to hunt horn; we are just here to kill deer and that’s it.’’

http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/news/2009/sep/12/oxford-allows-bow-hunting-deer-city-limits/

I’m far from a PETA member, but I’d rather leave the deer alone, and the notion of killing fawns in Oxford really bothers me.
Scout

September 14, 2009 at 9:35 am

I vote “a”.
A1A

September 14, 2009 at 9:39 am

I’m going with “C,” for its irony.
RazorRedux

September 14, 2009 at 5:48 pm

I’m choosing “C” cuz you always win on John Boy and Billy in the mornings if you do.
polly

September 14, 2009 at 8:27 pm

I think you may want to reconsider using the term “teabagger” to describe the protesters. It is a word used to describe some rather bizarre sexual practices.
Ben

September 15, 2009 at 12:40 am

Whoa … Polly: you got the synapses firing with that one. Tell it. Tell it. Tell it. And then what happens? Tell it all.
pr1954

September 15, 2009 at 7:43 am

Well, I cheated and peeked…that being said, if he keeps his promise, this blogs collective IQ just shot up several points
sailor

September 15, 2009 at 9:26 am

I think it’s Lotus (a).
NotZachScruggs

September 15, 2009 at 9:30 am

No contest: (a) Lotus. What’s Madame Lotus up to these days?
NotZachScruggs

September 15, 2009 at 9:45 am

I just checked the Urban Dictionary, Polly, and the practice appears to be an homage to women — the ultimate display of complete trust in them. Why wouldn’t receipt of a kind gesture like this be considered an offering of tenderness, respect and deep affection, rather anything that could be characterized as bizarre?

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Alan wrote on 12:47 am, May 23, 2012 about Mississippi Catholic Church organizations sue to block providing prescription contraceptives
It just seems to me to go beyond the pale to force churches to fund things which they find religiously offensive. No one is forcing any church to pay for anything. The law requires insurance companies ..

P.B. Pike wrote on 12:18 am, May 23, 2012 about Mississippi Catholic Church organizations sue to block providing prescription contraceptives
The thread has not "devolved," Hootie Dasher, it has gone exactly where it must go. A powerful religious organization wants to exert tremendous influence on American public policy, so that organizatio ..

ColRebSez wrote on 10:56 pm, May 22, 2012 about Mississippi Catholic Church organizations sue to block providing prescription contraceptives
I guess when it comes to contraception I'm for partial single payer. I'm for contraception. I would prefer that every citizen be forced to be on contraception until they score say a 22 on the ACT. But ..

Your Lies Have Lies wrote on 10:28 pm, May 22, 2012 about Mississippi Catholic Church organizations sue to block providing prescription contraceptives
I guess you're right. Of course contraceptives aren't much of an issue if a male priest only wants to have sex with 10 year old boys. ..

John Pittman Hey wrote on 10:27 pm, May 22, 2012 about Mississippi Catholic Church organizations sue to block providing prescription contraceptives
My view is, that if the government fines the employer for not providing his employees insurance, that's the definition of an "employee mandate" to provide health insurance. Unless you hold that only a ..

Hootie Dasher wrote on 10:21 pm, May 22, 2012 about Mississippi Catholic Church organizations sue to block providing prescription contraceptives
This thread has devolved into an unrelated discourse about priest abuse or disagreements with the papacy. That birth control may seem silly or maybe common, even among some Catholics, is irrelevant. T ..

Your Lies Have Lies wrote on 10:05 pm, May 22, 2012 about Mississippi Catholic Church organizations sue to block providing prescription contraceptives
The list was later found inside a locked safe that was drilled open in 2006. Still, the list of 35 Catholic priests accused or found guilty of sexual misconduct, plus a memo ordering the shredding of ..

Ben wrote on 9:13 pm, May 22, 2012 about Mississippi Catholic Church organizations sue to block providing prescription contraceptives
Ya gotta show the church the respect that is its due. http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/22/us/pennsylvania-priests-abuse/index.html?hpt=hp_bn1 ..

Franklin wrote on 8:59 pm, May 22, 2012 about Mississippi Catholic Church organizations sue to block providing prescription contraceptives
"But if they do, they can’t discriminate vs women by refusing to cover important meds like the Pill." Meds, medicine, is certainly important to combat illness or disease--thus its common definition as ..

P.B. Pike wrote on 8:56 pm, May 22, 2012 about Mississippi Catholic Church organizations sue to block providing prescription contraceptives
Pam, The Catholic Church doesn't believe you've murdered an innocent baby either. All you did was disobey an old man from Europe. So rest easy. I'm sure you're relieved. ..

pam wrote on 8:50 pm, May 22, 2012 about Mississippi Catholic Church organizations sue to block providing prescription contraceptives
I guess I'm confused, what does contraceptive have to do with "murdering innocent babies? I don't believe I've ever murdered an innocent baby. ..

P.B. Pike wrote on 8:41 pm, May 22, 2012 about Mississippi Catholic Church organizations sue to block providing prescription contraceptives
JPH is not correct about there being an employer mandate in the Affordable Care Act. Employers may discontinue health care benefits if they so choose. If they do, they pay a tax, and their employees q ..

Your Lies Have Lies wrote on 8:35 pm, May 22, 2012 about A couple of lessons from Leviticus
Remember the letter written over a decade ago to Dr. Laura Schlesinger? For those not familiar with it, here it is: Dear Dr. Laura Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I ..

P.B. Pike wrote on 8:20 pm, May 22, 2012 about Mississippi Catholic Church organizations sue to block providing prescription contraceptives
Thanks Franklin. I think it is entirely fair to remind everybody that we're talking about an indisputably harmful public health policy that's being demanded by an international ring of pedophiles whos ..

John Pittman Hey wrote on 8:02 pm, May 22, 2012 about Mississippi Catholic Church organizations sue to block providing prescription contraceptives
Of course, I understand fully that this is no new issue. Our country has a long history of forcing people to pay for things that violate their consciences. That's why Henry David Thoreau went to priso ..

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