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Post by deadwoodgultch on May 28, 2017 11:08:40 GMT
Cute:
1. The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country
2. The Washington Post is read by people who think they run the country
3. The New York Times is read by people who think they should run the country, and who are very good at crossword puzzles.
4. USA Today is read by people who think they ought to run the country but don't really understand The New York Times.
5. The Los Angeles Times is read by people who wouldn't mind running the country, if they could find the time, and wouldn't have to leave Southern California to do it.
6 The Boston Globe is read by people whose parents used to run the country.
7. The New York Daily News is read by people who aren't too sure who's running the country, and don' t really care as long as they can get a seat on the train.
8 The New York Post is read by people who don't care who is running the country as long as they do something really scandalous, preferably while intoxicated.
9. The Chicago Tribune is read by people that are in prison and used to run the state, and would like to do so again, as would their constituents who are currently free on bail.
10. The Miami Herald is read by people who are running another country , but need the baseball scores.
11. The San Francisco Chronicle is read by people who aren't sure if there is a country, or that anyone is running it; but if so, they oppose all that they stand for.
12. The National Enquirer is read by people trapped in line at the grocery store.
13. The Seattle Times is read by people who have recently caught a fish and need something to wrap it in.
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Post by quincannon on May 28, 2017 13:49:42 GMT
Be thankful then that the fourth Estate is being read, for whatever reason, for they maintain both the voice of the people in a free democracy and society and the third check and balance on any of the other three branches of government. The founders were very smart in the way they ordered the first ten amendments. the first made guarantees, and the second contains one means of defending those guarantees.
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Post by BrevetorCoffin on May 28, 2017 16:03:42 GMT
Tom, your post reminds me of a joke about variations on interpreting the term "sh*t happens".
Don't remember all the derivations but here are the few that I do:
Catholocism: Sh*t happens and you deserve it.
Judaism: Why does sh*t always happen to us?
Episcopalian: Let sh*t happen to someone else!
Happy Sunday everyone!
Best,
David
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Post by Beth on May 28, 2017 19:09:29 GMT
But..but.. I read all of them, thanks to the Internet. What does it same about me? Too much free time?
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Post by Beth on May 28, 2017 19:16:23 GMT
For David
Close-to-complete Ideology and Religion Sh*t List
• Taoism: Sh*t happens.
• Confucianism: Confucius say, "Sh*t happens."
• Buddhism: If sh*t happens, it isn't really sh*t.
• Zen Buddhism: Sh*t is, and is not.
• Zen Buddhism #2: What is the sound of sh*t happening?
• Hinduism: This sh*t has happened before.
• Islam: If sh*t happens, it is the will of Allah.
• Islam #2: If sh*t happens, kill the person responsible.
• Islam #3: If sh*t happens, blame Israel.
• Catholicism: If sh*t happens, you deserve it.
• Protestantism: Let sh*t happen to someone else.
• Presbyterian: This sh*t was bound to happen.
• Episcopalian: It's not so bad if sh*t happens, as long as you serve the right wine with it.
• Methodist: It's not so bad if sh*t happens, as long as you serve grape juice with it.
• Congregationalist: Sh*t that happens to one person is just as good as sh*t that happens to another.
• Unitarian: Sh*t that happens to one person is just as bad as sh*t that happens to another.
• Lutheran: If sh*t happens, don't talk about it.
• Fundamentalism: If sh*t happens, you will go to hell, unless you are born again. (Amen!)
• Fundamentalism #2: If sh*t happens to a televangelist, it's okay.
• Fundamentalism #3: Sh*t must be born again.
• Judaism: Why does this sh*t always happen to us?
• Calvinism: Sh*t happens because you don't work.
• Seventh Day Adventism: No sh*t shall happen on Saturday.
• Creationism: God made all sh*t.
• Secular Humanism: Sh*t evolves.
• Christian Science: When sh*t happens, don't call a doctor - pray!
• Christian Science #2: Sh*t happening is all in your mind.
• Unitarianism: Come let us reason together about this sh*t.
• Quakers: Let us not fight over this sh*t.
• Utopianism: This sh*t does not stink.
• Darwinism: This sh*t was once food.
• Capitalism: That's MY sh*t.
• Communism: It's everybody's sh*t.
• Feminism: Men are sh*t.
• Chauvinism: We may be sh*t, but you can't live without us...
• Commercialism: Let's package this sh*t.
• Impressionism: From a distance, sh*t looks like a garden.
• Idolism: Let's bronze this sh*t.
• Existentialism: Sh*t doesn't happen; sh*t IS.
• Existentialism #2: What is sh*t, anyway?
• Stoicism: This sh*t is good for me.
• Hedonism: There is nothing like a good sh*t happening!
• Mormonism: God sent us this sh*t.
• Mormonism #2: This sh*t is going to happen again.
• Wiccan: An it harm none, let sh*t happen.
• Scientology: If sh*t happens, see "Dianetics", p.157.
• Jehovah's Witnesses: >Knock< >Knock< Sh*t happens.
• Jehovah's Witnesses #2: May we have a moment of your time to show you some of our sh*t?
• Jehovah's Witnesses #3: Sh*t has been prophesied and is imminent; only the righteous shall survive its happening.
• Moonies: Only really happy sh*t happens.
• Hare Krishna: Sh*t happens, rama rama.
• Rastafarianism: Let's smoke this sh*t!
• Zoroastrianism: Sh*t happens half on the time.
• Church of SubGenius: BoB sh*ts.
• Practical: Deal with sh*t one day at a time.
• Agnostic: Sh*t might have happened; then again, maybe not.
• Agnostic #2: Did someone sh*t?
• Agnostic #3: What is this sh*t?
• Satanism: SNEPPAH TIHS.
• Atheism: What sh*t?
• Atheism #2: I can't believe this sh*t!
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Post by deadwoodgultch on May 28, 2017 20:07:52 GMT
But..but.. I read all of them, thanks to the Internet. What does it same about me? Too much free time? Even #8 & #12? |
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Post by Beth on May 28, 2017 22:29:44 GMT
I lived in Boise and Sam wants to move to Seattle so yes on the Seattle times. The NY Post I find very amusing there is a British paper that is really similar to it that I also read regularly but for the life of me I forget it's name at the moment. I also read the a number of foreign newspapers to get as broad of coverage of National and International events as possible.
I am a news junkie and probably need to find help.
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Post by deadwoodgultch on May 28, 2017 22:40:51 GMT
You need help? I have not found a couch comfortable enough for me to spend enough time!
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Post by Beth on May 28, 2017 23:24:56 GMT
I missed this two when I put the Religion Sh*t list in word to do a global substitution on the word sh*t.
• Nihilism: No sh*t.
• Narcisism: I am the sh*t!
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Post by mlynn on May 30, 2017 20:11:13 GMT
Beth, where did you find the links for foreign newspapers. I would be interested in how they view the current issues. I stayed in a French home when I was in France and was snapped awake by their different view of the world and life. It really made me think.
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Post by Beth on May 31, 2017 1:35:58 GMT
Beth, where did you find the links for foreign newspapers. I would be interested in how they view the current issues. I stayed in a French home when I was in France and was snapped awake by their different view of the world and life. It really made me think. It makes a huge difference to get news from the source especially overseas. I know hubby was shocked how different things were viewed in the Canada press over the US when he was working their for months at a time. Don't think this is a suck up Mac but I particularly love Australian news papers, especially when it comes to Pacific and Asian news. I just google for international versions of national papers since unfortunately I only speak and read English. I use google's translate function but I sometimes suspect things do get lost in the translation. I learned long ago that it is always best to go to local news reporting when it comes to major stories. They have the insight and the people 'on the ground' to do the best job. Here is a list of French online papers. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_France It has both a list of French newspapers but a handful of English editions. |
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Post by Beth on May 31, 2017 1:39:23 GMT
You need help? I have not found a couch comfortable enough for me to spend enough time! Tom I don't know if that was directed towards me. Lately though my couch and I have been spending way too much time together. This is sort the way I am getting around right now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov2Yz_sZ2DI |
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Post by deadwoodgultch on May 31, 2017 10:23:52 GMT
No, Beth, I was alluding to the fact that I should be on a shrink's couch!
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Post by yanmacca on May 31, 2017 12:58:50 GMT
As you know we have an election looming and the media is full of interviews and polls, but there was one news show on the other morning in which they asked the public what gets them angry and this woman said;
The newspapers, as these are owned by foreigners who don’t even live in this country, but manipulate the government with cash donations in an effort to bring in laws which benefit them only.
Which is very true.
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Post by deadwoodgultch on May 31, 2017 13:21:04 GMT
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