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Category: Politics • Stupidity
Posted on: September 29, 2008 5:07 PM, by PZ Myers
The mayor of Fort Mill, South Carolina forwarded one of those stupid chain emails that throws around absurd accusations — in this case, the Bible predicted that the anti-christ would be a Muslim in his 40s, and that Barack Obama was therefore the anti-christ. There is so much wrong there; Obama is not a Muslim, the Bible doesn't say such a thing (especially since it was written before Islam), and you would expect such a devout Christian to know this. But he sent it on anyway.
Now if he were somebody of normal intelligence, at this point he'd be saying, "oops, hit the wrong button, I meant to hit delete…". But no. He's making excuses.
Fort Mill Mayor Danny Funderburk says he was "just curious" when he forwarded a chain e-mail suggesting Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama is the biblical antichrist. "I was just curious if there was any validity to it," Funderburk said in a telephone interview. "I was trying to get documentation if there was any scripture to back it up."
Well. Think that one through. So Funderburk's way to get to the truth of a scurrilous claim is to simply repeat it to a bunch of other people? And the kind of evidence he'd accept to debunk it is scriptural?
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Posted by: Levi | September 29, 2008 5:12 PM
Is John McCain a Nazi pedophile? I'm not making any accusations, I'm just curious if there's anything to it...
Posted by: PZ Myers | September 29, 2008 5:14 PM
What a provocative suggestion! I don't know...let's send it to a thousand people. And if the Bible doesn't say it's wrong, why then...
Posted by: Shaden Freud | September 29, 2008 5:16 PM
Hang on, I thought Obama was a "half-breed muslin."
Posted by: Geral | September 29, 2008 5:18 PM
We all know Obama is a Muslim. All Muslims are terrorists. Therefore, Obama is a terrorist.
We've all heard this logic before...
Posted by: Coragyps | September 29, 2008 5:22 PM
What we really want to know is if Fort Mill is as large a town as Wasilla, Alaska.
Posted by: E.V. | September 29, 2008 5:23 PM
I'm sure Palin is the Antichrist. After all, she is a woman seems to be religious and is poised to take over the most powerful nation and no xian would suspect her. She's perfect for "the mystery of lawlessness".
Posted by: rob | September 29, 2008 5:23 PM
it's true! i read it on teh intertubes:
Obama's *real* middle name is Damien! on june 26, 1976 he changed it to Hussein so it wouldn't attract too much attention.
maybe he can change it to "Walker". that's an inoccuous middle name...oh, wait.
Posted by: Diagoras | September 29, 2008 5:28 PM
Well - we do already know that Johnny McCain wasn't *really* tortured in Vietnam. At least, according to how the current administration defines torture. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/washington/04interrogate.html?_r=1&ei=5090&en=8d75a80eddaf32b7&ex=1349150400&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1222723228-hMzEDReOK0wpsxze1ZQyrg
Or maybe torture is only torture when it's used on Johnny boy, and other Americans?
Posted by: davidlpf | September 29, 2008 5:28 PM
@ no 3
But did Muslin exist when they wrote the bible.
Posted by: tsg | September 29, 2008 5:30 PM
Here ya' go Mr. Funderburk...
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/antichrist.asp
Posted by: Brownian, OM | September 29, 2008 5:31 PM
Makes sense to me. After all, as a Christian, he's undoubtedly never read the Bible, so how else would he know?
Posted by: E.V. | September 29, 2008 5:37 PM
Yes, but seersucker was only available limitedly.Posted by: Maria | September 29, 2008 5:38 PM
AWESOME illustration. So true.
Posted by: Jared | September 29, 2008 5:41 PM
Coragyps @ 5
Actually, Fort Mill has a population of 7K as opposed to Wasilla's 6K
Anyway, perhaps we can start memes that say John McCain is against so-called "wasteful spending" but agrees with spending $75M on abstinence-only education that has been SHOWN to not work as effectively as comprehensive sex education.
Posted by: Thomas | September 29, 2008 5:41 PM
I have to concur with Brownian.
How is it that there are tens of thousands of people devoted to a self-sustaining meme complex that has but a single piece of required reading and virtually none of them have ever read that one book in it's entirely?
I'll grant you, it's a long book by the standards of today's popular novels and it's written using an arcane literary style but it's also not exactly Ulysses.
Posted by: Stephen Couchman | September 29, 2008 5:42 PM
Bear in mind that True Christians(tm) believe their book is magically and perfectly prophetic. It's irrelevant that Islam was founded centuries after Revelations was written if you can cherry-pick Revelations for premonitions of Islam.
Posted by: HappyKiwi | September 29, 2008 5:43 PM
When I first saw this I thought it was a joke article and that Funderburk stood for "Fundy Berk". But 'berk' isn't a common American insult is it? Although in this case it would seem appropriate. viz
"berk" An idiot. Similar in tone to 'prat', 'prick' or 'twat'. Originally from the rhyming slang 'Berkeley Hunt', for 'cunt', although not generally considered as offensive as that.
Posted by: BaldySlaphead | September 29, 2008 5:45 PM
What a complete and utter fuckwit.
Posted by: Newfie | September 29, 2008 5:45 PM
Makes sense to me. After all, as a Christian, he's undoubtedly never read the Bible, so how else would he know?
Fundies don't read the Bible. They mine it for scripture to back absurd arguments. I have a friend who is a young earth creationist in the Pentecostal Assemblies, and did missionary work in Africa. She believes in witchcraft, demonic possession, and that there are no contradictions in the Bible. Even after showing numerous example of direct contradictions by chapter and verse, she denied the contradiction. Logic and reason hold no sway with them. I had to cut the ties, and stop talking to her... the stupid was hurting my brain... and growing up, she seemed as intelligent as most. Their faith is everything to them, to the point of warping rationality. It was really sad, I used to like her as a friend, and now I feel bad for her beautiful kids that are being raised in that environment.
Posted by: JohnA | September 29, 2008 5:45 PM
That email, or something close to it, was sent to my mother-in-law by her Baptist preacher, months ago. It may be one of the things that determines the upcoming presidential election. Teh Stoopid, it's Everywhere!
Posted by: AlanWCan | September 29, 2008 5:47 PM
I know that was a semi-rhetorical question, but I believe the answer is because they are complete fucking morons. (Oops, did I just upset Chris Mooney by not framing that with the proper respect?)Posted by: rmp | September 29, 2008 5:48 PM
This is EXACTLY my sisters excuse for sending a similar email. "Well I didn't know so I thought I'd just forward it on"! I immediately responded to the whole distribution list she used that my sister was full of shit. (OK, I wasn't quite that aggressive but close).
After about a month, my sister and I just starting talking to each other again.
Posted by: Jim Ramsey | September 29, 2008 5:49 PM
Dear Mayor Funderburk,
If you are looking for scriptural guidance in this matter, may I suggest James 3:1-12.
I'm guessing you already know the passage.
Posted by: Rocketman | September 29, 2008 5:57 PM
The good mayor's e-mail address is:
Mayor@DannyFunderburk.com
I think everyone should try to help him out by sending him some info, you know?
Posted by: Grammar RWA | September 29, 2008 5:59 PM
The good Christian's website:
http://www.dannyfunderburk.com/
"Thanks for a real team effort! Now the real work begins. God Bless."
Posted by: Bob Vogel | September 29, 2008 6:01 PM
What a backwater post. PZ, please try harder to keep up with things. Why don't you blog on how today's stockmarket nosedive in response to the congressional revolt against Bush affects things? Well, maybe you're gettin' to it. More than a few people have a stake in this right now, even those of us without investments. To me, this is far more important than some dumbshit, backwater preacher's opinion on something nobody gives a shit about. Well, er, sorry to get slightly off-topic. Thought it would be appropriate, given what's going on.
Posted by: Rob the Lurker FCD BMWCCA | September 29, 2008 6:02 PM
No, it just proves that the bible is the word of god because it predicted the rise Islam. Plus, the great power of the bible to persuade is on display because it conveyed this prediction to its followers without even mentioning the word Muslim.Hehe... I made a poe.
Posted by: Rey Fox | September 29, 2008 6:08 PM
"http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/antichrist.asp"
One of my Livejournal friends, an Australian, posted that link recently, saying (paraphrased) "If Snopes has to debunk that Obama is the antichrist, something is very wrong with America." I tend to agree.
Posted by: Warren | September 29, 2008 6:09 PM
No, just a rough cloth woven in diagonals on both the inner and outer surfaces. Some were quite fond of it; others found it useless.
Ever since, there's been a two-sided debate about whether the serge is working.
Posted by: Gregg Jocoy | September 29, 2008 6:10 PM
I live in Fort Mill, supported Danny Funderburk, and must say that he has proven himself not worthy of my confidence. Not only does he not know his Bible, he doesn't know ethics either. He supports allowing people to serve on the Town Council who don't even live in Fort Mill, (Google "Ken Starnes") as well. If only we had a recall provision in our town charter.
And to be honest, I don't know that Danny is a Republican. As a Green though I can assure you that both Democrats and Republicans are capable of making such stupid bone-head moves.
Posted by: Monado | September 29, 2008 6:13 PM
If they thought at all, they wouldn't have chosen Bible Spice for Vice President. (Thanks for the sobriquet, SharonD!)
Back to the real world: CNN, no less, has pointed out that Haiti needs help!
Posted by: woozy | September 29, 2008 6:14 PM
Kind of reminds me of the joke on last night's "Family Guy" (what you guys have too much taste to watch TV?!?) where they did a throw-away gag that at a costume party, Peter was dressed as Laura Bush and Lois was dressed as "the guy she killed". Then they turned to the camera and said very deliberately, "Yes. Laura Bush killed a guy." I think it was an in joke among the writers but, sheesh, if the brainless right keep starting stupid rumors with no bases why can't we brainless left ever seem to do the the same?
Yes. Laura Bush killed a guy.
Or did Laura Bush actually kill a guy and I somehow missed it?
Posted by: Brownian, OM | September 29, 2008 6:15 PM
Update: Upon inspection of Danny Funderburk's website, I noticed the image of a familiar looking gilt-leaved book, about halfway down the page, under the heading "Personal." There's no context to explain the picture of the book, so it's pretty clear it's a Bible being used as the fundie version of a 'secret handshake' ("But Martha, we gotta vote for 'im. He's got a picture of the Bible on his intertube. Bibles is tuh libruls like garlic is to vampires, so we jes' know he's gonna do right by our town.")
For those interested in seeking clarification from the Mayor for his remarks, I suggest asking him why he was at a loss for scriptural verification when his own website strongly suggests he owns at least one copy of said scriptures.
Posted by: YogaforCynics | September 29, 2008 6:16 PM
Republicans certainly think--in fact, they've been clearly been spending an awful lot of time thinking about how to get the message across that Obama is...well...y'know...different...nudge, nudge, wink, wink...from...y'know...us...without mentioning his...um...y'know...[[[[[race]]]]]
Posted by: Ichthyic | September 29, 2008 6:20 PM
Bible Spice for Vice President
LOL
that's a keeper.
wait, if Palin is "Bible Spice"... what does that make McCain?
Posted by: Warren | September 29, 2008 6:21 PM
YFC @ 34:
What? Uppity?
Posted by: Epinephrine | September 29, 2008 6:22 PM
Brownian, OM:
The alt text for that gilt-leaved book?
"Picture of Danny Funderburk and his wife's hands on the bible"
Posted by: PaulT | September 29, 2008 6:24 PM
@#32
Whaddya know, it's true : http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/laura.asp
Posted by: Michael I | September 29, 2008 6:25 PM
woozy@32
Sort of.
When Laura was 17, she ran a stop sign resulting in a car accident in which the driver of the other car was killed.
Posted by: szqc | September 29, 2008 6:26 PM
ichthyic @ 35
Old Spice of course... :)
Posted by: Grammar RWA | September 29, 2008 6:27 PM
Note that the local newspaper is taking Funderburk's side, echoing debunked propaganda about the public school Obama attended in Indonesia.
Fort Mill Times reporter Jonathan Allen writes:
Jonathan Allen has learned how to mention snopes.com, but he is apparently incapable of actually reading it:
Reporting does not just consist of repeating the mayor's hogwash and then failing to investigate its veracity.
Email Allen,
his editor,
his publisher.
Posted by: Kel | September 29, 2008 6:27 PM
Every time you see something like that, think: "this person votes"
I need your tears of despair to power my genesis device
Posted by: Brownian, OM | September 29, 2008 6:28 PM
I saw that last night too, woozy. I think they were parodying the bald assertion=fact thing.
All three characters in the scene looked straight at the camera and repeated, deadpan, a total of three times: "Yes. Laura Bush killed a guy."
But who knows? She's got two sons that lived to throw the switch when they were governors--who's to say they didn't let dear ol' mom open a vacancy on death row as a birthday present?
Posted by: azqaz | September 29, 2008 6:30 PM
@Ichthyic
Curmudgeon Spice?
Posted by: Ichthyic | September 29, 2008 6:31 PM
Curmudgeon Spice?
I was thinking the obvious:
Old Spice (which has the inevitable double meanings attached)
or how bout:
Maverick Spice?
Posted by: The Chimp's Raging Id | September 29, 2008 6:31 PM
Old Spice?Posted by: Mena | September 29, 2008 6:35 PM
Nostradamus wrote the bible? Who knew?
Then again, Rev. Ussher had a hand in writing it too.
Anyone else amused at how something about religion enters into the public imagination and the most "devout" people insist that it's actually in the bible? That's as funny to me as how they had to fight tooth and nail about how Dan Brown's book couldn't possibly be true, other than it is clearly fiction, and not even well written fiction. All of the documentary channels made show after show about it and the Knights Templar. Ugh! Stupidity, the average American is thy name!
Posted by: H.H. | September 29, 2008 6:35 PM
The bible is the longest-running bad chain letter in history. People just keep passing it on and on without being very curious if there's any validity to it.
Posted by: Tony Sidaway | September 29, 2008 6:36 PM
Funderburk?
See Nominative determinism.
Posted by: The Chimp's Raging Id | September 29, 2008 6:37 PM
OK, so I was a bit slow getting the joke. I should have linked to this instead. Of course, you have to redefined "experience" as being meaning "temperamental clueless old fart."
Posted by: John | September 29, 2008 6:37 PM
Is it too late to let South Carolina secede?
Posted by: Holbach | September 29, 2008 6:39 PM
There just has to be a documentary made on all the insanities relgion has perpetrated in just this year alone. Just this year, for to make one of all the previous years would entail hundreds of miles of film and Google bogging down with spitting out all that puke that I'm sure it has documented from all sources.
"Religion: The Musical", starring Earth's plethora of insane demented slime".
Posted by: The Chimp's Raging Id | September 29, 2008 6:39 PM
Not only do I need to be quicker off the mark, it would appear I also need to learn grammar and to acquire some basic typing skills. Oh well...
Posted by: Bryan | September 29, 2008 6:40 PM
"We all know Obama is a Muslim. All Muslims are terrorists. Therefore, Obama is a terrorist.
We've all heard this logic before..."
Proof! Good old modus ponens.
Posted by: Brownian, OM | September 29, 2008 6:40 PM
Hmm, the Snopes article doesn't say anything about whether or not li'l Barbara was coked up and carrying 430 kilos of uncut Colombian and smuggling underage Mexican girls for slave labour in her secret brothel while she was busily killing her classmates with her car, but as years of arguing with religiots has convinced me that science cannot answer life's most important questions, I'm going to assume she was as a matter of faith.
Also, is McCain secretly a member of one of those polygamous Mormon cults? The lack of evidence suggests that Yes, he is, and he's really sneaky about it. More at 11.
Posted by: Phil Plait, aka The Bad Astronomer | September 29, 2008 6:41 PM
Hmmm, PZ, what made you use *that* image allofasudden?
HMMMMM?
Posted by: Shaden Freud | September 29, 2008 6:41 PM
Warren @ 29:
Ever since, there's been a two-sided debate about whether the serge is working.
A pun worthy of Garrison Keillor. Nicely done.
Posted by: Ichthyic | September 29, 2008 6:41 PM
Is it too late to let South Carolina secede?
ask these guys, maybe?
http://christianexodus.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=37
Posted by: woozy | September 29, 2008 6:41 PM
Okay, I've got to admit learning that the first lady was responsible for a fatal car accident when she was seventeen isn't that big of a deal. But it isn't that little a deal either. Considering how just about every presidential candidate not blessed by the religious right get every irrelevent tawdry detail raked over the coals (Um, did I imagine it or did we impeach a president for getting a blow job and lying about it?) it kind of bugs me that every anti-iraq war = anti-american terrorism meme seems to get amplified (Did you know Obama's middle name is "Hussein"?!?!? Horrors!!!!) and we *still* hear Clinton "I didn't inhale" jokes yet make a snide joke about Miss Welch's driving and suddenly "Oh, that's just going too far..."Okay, I admit, I'm biased but still... "Hussein"? Big deal!
Posted by: Steve Caldwell | September 29, 2008 6:42 PM
I'm not a Christian, but isn't gossip discouraged by the Bible?
Proverbs 20:19 -- "A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid a man who talks too much."
1 Timothy 5:13 -- "Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things they ought not to."
Posted by: Ichthyic | September 29, 2008 6:44 PM
Okay, I admit, I'm biased but still... "Hussein"? Big deal!
In one of those "relevant but tangential" moments, I recall my own father telling me the reason he didn't vote for Gore in 2000 is because he couldn't imagine a US president with the last name "Gore".
seriously.
Posted by: Teh Merkin | September 29, 2008 6:45 PM
He can't be, since there are no Nazi children, only children of Nazi parents. ;)
Posted by: Grumpy | September 29, 2008 6:46 PM
By coincidence, by sister received this chain e-mail from her friend. I considered sending her friend a rebuttal, but it's obvious that such people are not interested -- either because they are too fargone or because they don't believe the nonsense themselves.
Posted by: MikeM | September 29, 2008 6:49 PM
I just gotta have your thestupiditburns jpeg on a tee-shirt.
It would offend way fewer people than Kermit on a Cross on a tee-shirt -- although, I'd like to have that one, too.
Posted by: Plognark | September 29, 2008 6:51 PM
I must say, it pleases me greatly to see my humble little illustration being used exactly the way I intended it to be used. ^_^
Posted by: raven | September 29, 2008 6:52 PM
OT sort of but relevant as GOP stupidity. The Dow was down 777 points and the NASDAQ was down 200. The Dow drop was the largest point drop in a day, ever.
This is financial carnage on a megascale. We all know who was in charge for the last 8 years. The party that caused the crisis gets blamed for it. Every time the markets take another dive downward, Obama goes up.
60% of US families have money in the market, 401K, IRA, brokerage account, mutual funds etc..They are almost all poorer by a lot even in one day. This is hitting main street hard by now.
To quote Bill C., "It's the economy, stupid." This will be the main issue in the election.
Posted by: PZ Myers | September 29, 2008 6:53 PM
Why, Phil...someone mailed it to me last week. I just wouldn't use it for the sake of using it, but waited for someone to actually do something worthy of such a fine image.
Posted by: Meloniesch | September 29, 2008 6:55 PM
Brownian at #43 and #55 - you might be confusing Barbara Bush with Laura Bush...?
Posted by: Dustin Wishes He Could Just Enjoy The Free Ride In The Handbasket | September 29, 2008 7:03 PM
I lie awake at night staring at the ceiling. I can't sleep, I can't think, I can only languish in this kind of resigned disbelief.
That McCain has more than a snowball's chance in Hell of winning this thing answers the question: No. They do not think at all. And they're still smarter than those self-identified "moderates" who have suddenlty gone ga-ga over Palin and her brownshirt politics -- swing voters are even more stupid, hard as that is to believe.
Posted by: woozy | September 29, 2008 7:05 PM
Brownian at #43 and #55 - you might be confusing Barbara Bush with Laura Bush...?
I dunno. I like the idea of using "li'l Barbara" as a nick-name for Laura. It has pleasing oedipal undertones.
he couldn't imagine a US president with the last name "Gore"
"America wants four more years of Douchebag!" --nother family guy reference (his opponent was Sen. Daterape). Well, I guess there a worse reasons not to vote for someone...
Posted by: MikeM | September 29, 2008 7:09 PM
Well, since these postings seem to be going off-topic (a first at Pharyngula!), I thought I might make a prediction: Sarah Palin will leave the race. They'll cite family reasons, and it'll happen before her debate.
The debate camp is just a cover. They're doing their best to cover, but Sarah will simply miss her family, especially her infant, and will have to leave. No one would criticize her for it. Would you?
Lieberman. There's your candidate.
Withdrawing after the debates would appear to be a reaction to an awful performance that McCain and Rove fear is coming. Do it now; cite family reasons; no one can criticize her or McCain for that.
Done deal.
Posted by: AlanWCan | September 29, 2008 7:10 PM
But "Bush" was better? I always thought Gore vs. Bush sounded like a B-movie director's decision matrix...Posted by: E.V. | September 29, 2008 7:10 PM
Plognark. TShirts ETSY> WANT!
Posted by: Bob L | September 29, 2008 7:11 PM
There has been a drop Palin move among the Republicans. Sounds like they found their replacement VP canidate with Funderburk.
Posted by: Farb | September 29, 2008 7:12 PM
I heartily encourage efforts to pour through apocalyptic scripture to quote-mine passages which might apply to the Republican candidates. After all, turnabout is fair play. To get you going, look for:
1. the power of the North
2. the scarlet woman riding upon the Beast
3. the abomination of desolation
4. the seven-year period of tribulation
5. and its division into 3 1/2-year segments
6. any numerological possibility that can add up to six hundred sixty-six (or six hundred sixteen, for manuscript purists)
7. anything about conquering Babylon
8. the Beast (actually, anti-Christ only refers to deniers and apostates, not the evil leader of the end times--but any real student of the Bible already knew that, riiiight?) and the False Prophet being hailed as religious leaders
9. economic stability threatened for those not wearing the Mark of the Beast
10. the Beast's efforts to endanger the "woman with child."
Then, send your discoveries to Mayor Thudpucker, or whatever his name is.
Enjoy.
Posted by: Ichthyic | September 29, 2008 7:13 PM
But "Bush" was better?
yeah, go figure. Like logic was used in any aspect of that particular decision-making process.
*throws hands up in air*
btw, to make matters worse, after 4 years of Bush, and me literally printing out dozens of articles for him to read about the various foibles and outright violations of the constitution undertaken by the Bush administration...
guess what?
yeah.
I can't recall that he disliked the name "Kerry", though.
Posted by: Dustin | September 29, 2008 7:14 PM
The wholeRepublicanFascist Party has them. That's why those knuckle-dragging, collar-popping frat boys are getting so excited over Palin. This time, they're attracted to someone, so they want to install her in a more maternal position. It's like they can't live without an extreme oedipus complex and, lacking someone overhead to be attracted to, they'll put someone they're attracted to overhead.Also, anyone who uses the acronym "MILF" in a first-order context should be castrated.
Posted by: Capital Dan | September 29, 2008 7:19 PM
I understand that Danny Funderburk was once found clinging to life in a hotel room while wearing two wetsuits with a rope around his neck and a dildo shoved up his ass.
And, people voted for this guy?
That says a lot about the people of South Carolina. Sick freaks!
Posted by: Jams | September 29, 2008 7:19 PM
Dear Hitchens detractors (I know you're out there)...
Can you honestly think he's missed the mark with this one? Seriously... Kissenger? Has it really come to that?
[We now return you to your regularly scheduled program]
Posted by: crossbuck | September 29, 2008 7:24 PM
The biggest one-day point drop. Um, so what? What was the percentage drop? About 7%? Kinda pales next to that 1987 drop of over 22% in one day, don't it?
It sure is easy to make a big deal out of something not so big.
Posted by: Hitek | September 29, 2008 7:28 PM
I was wondering why my mom was asking me "just what is an Anti-Christ?" Yes, she did ask me that, and it's easily one of the weirder moments of my life. I can't wait to leave South Carolina behind.
I'm borrowing that picture, by the way.
Posted by: woozy | September 29, 2008 7:29 PM
That's why those knuckle-dragging, collar-popping frat boys are getting so excited over Palin.
Cool! New nicknames. Laura Bush: li'l Barbara. Sarah Palin: bitty Barbara.
I always thought Gore vs. Bush sounded like a B-movie director's decision matrix...
Hmm, so our choices were Bush, Gore, and Nadir... Ya know, If Earth1 had 80s Superman and Flash, and Earth2 had the thirties versions and Earth4 had super villians and a humanitarian Lex Luther and EarthB had talking animals, I think we just might actually be living in EarthQsubminor...
Posted by: Ichthyic | September 29, 2008 7:29 PM
Kinda pales next to that 1987 drop of over 22% in one day, don't it?
yes, but the surrounding events sure do seem familiar, don't they?
Posted by: Cliff Hendroval | September 29, 2008 7:32 PM
Back in 1999, Harley Carnes, an in-house commentator on New York City's all-news radio station, WINS (one of the most listened-to stations in the US), did a two minute commentary on something he'd received in an e-mail regarding personal wrongdoings of members of Congress. (The e-mail in question is reprinted here.) I wrote to him, pointing out that the e-mail was unsourced and was totally without merit.
His reply was almost exactly the same as Funderberk's - "I thought it was interesting".
Posted by: yoeruek | September 29, 2008 7:38 PM
I just dropped the following email for Danny:
Hi, Danny Mayor
it seems sending that dumb email to PZ wasn´t one of your best thoughts. PZ blogged about it and you may now receive a whole lot of replys. Don´t let the world think your town is led by a dumb fuckwit. Go over at "pharyngula" and make a stand. As you are a BA in Communication it shouldn´t be a big deal for you. Although your already stated excuse on the phone didn´t show you were very bright. Maybe you just wanted to tease him a wee bit?
Be a man. Do what has to be done, or things will come out worse.
That to be said from good old Germany.
Sincerly
(my real world name)
Yoeruek
Now let´s sit down and wait for Danny.I bet a fiver against him. Who takes the bet?
Yoeruek
Posted by: David Marjanović, OM | September 29, 2008 7:58 PM
That's old! Everyone already knows that
David HasselhoffFearless Flightsuit is the Antichrist.Posted by: David Marjanović, OM | September 29, 2008 8:03 PM
Shit! Don't follow my link! The domain is gone! It now hosts the blog of "the most popular Italian online casino"!
Clearly, this proves something about the Antichrist. <vehement nodding>
Posted by: Pimientita | September 29, 2008 8:07 PM
I remember seeing a picture (more of a flier, really) in a mechanics office during the '88 election season depicting a cock running after a bush. That still makes me LOL...
Posted by: Ichthyic | September 29, 2008 8:16 PM
@ David:
how about this one:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0MKY/is_9_27/ai_108881880
I blame the previous Pope's demise on Ratzi.
you killed Wojtyla, you bastard!
Posted by: yoeruek | September 29, 2008 8:24 PM
to David Marjanović, OM
OT Hello David,
you have been out digging recently. Did you find something interesting?
Could you tell me some interesting Science blogs in german language? The ones I´ve been at were awfully boring. I even don´t remember their names. It must have been at scienceblog.de
Posted by: raven | September 29, 2008 8:40 PM
From AP
Yes, of course. The Dow has only been falling on balance for the last 3 years. The Dows point loss was a record. The NASDAQ had its third largest percentage decline in history. The largest bank failure by a factor of 8 in the USA ever was friday. One large bank failed today in the USA, 4 were bailed out in Europe.
This picture of perfect economic health must mean McBush/Failin will be favored in the election. And that pile of ashes, melted scrap metal, and rubble where your house was is not evidence of a fire.
Posted by: Azkyroth | September 29, 2008 8:42 PM
So much for intelligence being heritable.