tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post7851298815470011454..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: what is happening at the Onion?Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-88233386205873546152008-11-23T20:45:00.000-08:002008-11-23T20:45:00.000-08:00Thomas, from the life mimics comedy file: Gail Col...Thomas, from the life mimics comedy file: Gail Collins, a New York Times columnist, writes that <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/22/opinion/22collins.html" REL="nofollow">Bush should resign now</A> and let Obama take over asap.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-51126349834190162602008-11-23T19:00:00.000-08:002008-11-23T19:00:00.000-08:00Bush's irrelevance is best expressed in that story...Bush's irrelevance is best expressed in that story about him wanting to make Obama president NOW. The article ends with, "he shuffled aimlessly back into the White House." That image tickles me.thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03123852112758346209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-14408538180660847082008-11-23T17:17:00.000-08:002008-11-23T17:17:00.000-08:00I saw that too and wondered... after some thought,...I saw that too and wondered... after some thought, I'm pretty sure that the jokes are that Bush is now so irrelevant that these stories merit only a tiny blurb?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-53762285405666933322008-11-23T12:31:00.000-08:002008-11-23T12:31:00.000-08:00Running jokes like that are very, very un-Onionesq...Running jokes like that are very, very un-Onionesque. I'm not sure I've ever read anything along those lines in actual news stories (There are recurring features and columnists, but that's not the same as their actual news stories).<BR/><BR/>Actually though if that's what happens it could be funny. I think it'll take a few more stories but if every few days it's like "Bush cuts off finger while cutting turkey at thanksgiving" and stuff that could work. Maybe.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-49372829894893500012008-11-23T09:24:00.000-08:002008-11-23T09:24:00.000-08:00I think, and I could be wrong about this, but I th...I think, and I could be wrong about this, but I think it's going to be a running gag before he goes out of office just to have a bunch of stories where horrible things happen to him. I don't know. It weirded me out too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com