Comments on: Irony Is Dead http://www.mahablog.com/2007/10/02/irony-is-dead/ Exposing the ugly truths about the Bush Administration. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:25:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: Bill Dubay http://www.mahablog.com/2007/10/02/irony-is-dead/#comment-316165 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:50:13 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/10/02/irony-is-dead/#comment-316165 A better title for this article would be "Hypocrisy is alive and well." A better title for this article would be “Hypocrisy is alive and well.”

]]> by: ME http://www.mahablog.com/2007/10/02/irony-is-dead/#comment-314598 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 03:42:02 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/10/02/irony-is-dead/#comment-314598 Libarbarian was being ironic. You guys definitely didn't pick up on that, so I guess irony really is dead. Libarbarian was being ironic.

You guys definitely didn’t pick up on that, so I guess irony really is dead.

]]> by: ats http://www.mahablog.com/2007/10/02/irony-is-dead/#comment-311768 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:23:48 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/10/02/irony-is-dead/#comment-311768 If MEMRI mistranslations can go unchallenged this long, with the stakes so high, then what passes for a free press in the US? If MEMRI mistranslations can go unchallenged this long, with the stakes so high, then what passes for a free press in the US?

]]> by: White House distressed by detentions without charges or representation… : newsroom-l.net http://www.mahablog.com/2007/10/02/irony-is-dead/#comment-310971 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 12:36:31 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/10/02/irony-is-dead/#comment-310971 [...] Go to original The Mahablog » Irony Is Dead [...] […] Go to original The Mahablog » Irony Is Dead […]

]]> by: Phoenician in a time of Romans http://www.mahablog.com/2007/10/02/irony-is-dead/#comment-309771 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 00:40:31 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/10/02/irony-is-dead/#comment-309771 <i>What Bush actually said yesterday: “”When we find somebody who MAY have information regarding a POTENTIAL attack on America, you bet we’re going to detain them and you bet we’re going to question them.” (emphasis mine)</i> There may be an attack on Denver next Thursday using cyanide gas. There you go - anyone reading this now MAY have information about a POTENTIAL attack on America. And is now liable to be indefinetly detained at the President's whim. Tell us again about America The Free... What Bush actually said yesterday:
“”When we find somebody who MAY have information regarding a POTENTIAL attack on America, you bet we’re going to detain them and you bet we’re going to question them.” (emphasis mine)

There may be an attack on Denver next Thursday using cyanide gas.

There you go - anyone reading this now MAY have information about a POTENTIAL attack on America. And is now liable to be indefinetly detained at the President’s whim.

Tell us again about America The Free…

]]> by: Lish http://www.mahablog.com/2007/10/02/irony-is-dead/#comment-309291 Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:14:42 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/10/02/irony-is-dead/#comment-309291 libarbarian: "The president only believes in detaining terrorists without representation or trial." What Bush actually said yesterday: ""When we find somebody who MAY have information regarding a POTENTIAL attack on America, you bet we're going to detain them and you bet we're going to question them." (emphasis mine) With this statement, Bush has made it clear that he not only detains terrorists and persons connected to actual terrorist acts. He feels justified in detaining anyone he thinks might possibly have any sort of information on any attack that might potentially occur at any time in the future. In other words, anyone, anytime, anywhere. And with the recent revelations we now have evidence that Bush's "detainee interogation program" includes physical assault, simulated drowning (waterboarding), and exposure to frigid temperatures. In other words, torture. libarbarian:
“The president only believes in detaining terrorists without representation or trial.”

What Bush actually said yesterday:
“”When we find somebody who MAY have information regarding a POTENTIAL attack on America, you bet we’re going to detain them and you bet we’re going to question them.” (emphasis mine)

With this statement, Bush has made it clear that he not only detains terrorists and persons connected to actual terrorist acts. He feels justified in detaining anyone he thinks might possibly have any sort of information on any attack that might potentially occur at any time in the future. In other words, anyone, anytime, anywhere.

And with the recent revelations we now have evidence that Bush’s “detainee interogation program” includes physical assault, simulated drowning (waterboarding), and exposure to frigid temperatures. In other words, torture.

]]> by: Rhetoric Buster http://www.mahablog.com/2007/10/02/irony-is-dead/#comment-309131 Sat, 06 Oct 2007 19:57:58 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/10/02/irony-is-dead/#comment-309131 #9 libarbarian, You first premise is false. Bush is only arguing that people that the president CLAIMS are terrorists can be locked up without charges. Obviously, they don't actually have to BE terrorists because with no charges, no evidence of terrorism or any other crime is necessary. In fact, Bush could easily lock YOU up tomorrow and hold you for years, and you're not a terrorist. Regarding your second premise, how do you know that the Burmese Junta does not have secret evidence that the monks are terrorists? You don't, because with no charges any such evidence would remain...secret. #9 libarbarian,

You first premise is false. Bush is only arguing that people that the president CLAIMS are terrorists can be locked up without charges. Obviously, they don’t actually have to BE terrorists because with no charges, no evidence of terrorism or any other crime is necessary. In fact, Bush could easily lock YOU up tomorrow and hold you for years, and you’re not a terrorist.

Regarding your second premise, how do you know that the Burmese Junta does not have secret evidence that the monks are terrorists? You don’t, because with no charges any such evidence would remain…secret.

]]> by: CTW http://www.mahablog.com/2007/10/02/irony-is-dead/#comment-303466 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:04:00 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/10/02/irony-is-dead/#comment-303466 "we would ask that everyone show restraint and allow those who want to express themselves to be able to do so in Burma" No irony at all if read carefully. Ms. Perino was obviously advising Bush admin supporters on the proper handling of domestic protesters and suggesting a new approach to "designated protest areas." - Charles “we would ask that everyone show restraint and allow those who want to express themselves to be able to do so in Burma”

No irony at all if read carefully. Ms. Perino was obviously advising Bush admin supporters on the proper handling of domestic protesters and suggesting a new approach to “designated protest areas.”

- Charles

]]> by: just my 2 cents http://www.mahablog.com/2007/10/02/irony-is-dead/#comment-303436 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:31:20 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/10/02/irony-is-dead/#comment-303436 does innocence or very innocence, guilt or very guilt matter if there are no charges to be innocent or guilty of? does innocence or very innocence, guilt or very guilt matter if there are no charges to be innocent or guilty of?

]]> by: D.R. Marvel http://www.mahablog.com/2007/10/02/irony-is-dead/#comment-303434 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:30:51 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/10/02/irony-is-dead/#comment-303434 Irony is Dead... Long Live Irony! Irony is Dead…

Long Live Irony!

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