News Item: Ahmadinejad, big man on campus; The Iranian leader's visit to Columbia provoked outcry, support and a twist on free speech: "We're glad you're here -- so we can tell you you're an asshole."
10. Is it me or does this guy have only one suit?
9. Look, over in the Media pool - Isn't that Bill Belichick? Is he videotaping Ahmadinejad?
8. What's the University of Florida Campus Police doing here?
7. I heard he was coming here to enroll
6. Someone said they saw Ahmadinejad talking with Isiah Thomas and then, a few minutes later, Ahmadinejad was walking around, practicing pronouncing the word "bitch"
5. I heard he was gay
4. Ahmadinejad? ... Isn't that, that Syrian apricot leather stuff?
3. I don't want to start anything, but I was just in the Mens Room and Ahmadinejad was in there, in a stall, furiously tapping his foot
2. Some said the Bill O'Reilly is going to take him to dinner ... That knows a great restaurant up in Harlem
1. Mr. President, I don't think it would be in our best interests to add Columbia University to the Axis of Evil List
Bonus Links
Dana Milbank: Live From New York, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Unreality Show
Glenn Greenwald: Columbia to be punished for hosting the new Hitler enemy
Joe Gandelman: The Ahmadinejad Show: Less Horror Show And More Like Crossfire
I heard he was gay
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Top Ten Cloves: Things Overheard During Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Visit To Columbia University
Sunday, June 10, 2007
New Barry Crimmins ... Politicize this!
Somewhat ironically, this appeared in yesterday's NY Times news email, the daily "This Day In History";
On June 9, 1954, Army counsel Joseph N. Welch confronted Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy during the Senate-Army Hearings over McCarthy's attack on a member of Welch's law firm, Frederick G. Fisher. Said Welch: ``Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?''
While, at the same time, satirist Barry Crimmins was using an image of Joseph McCarthy for his latest post; Politicize this!
As The Garlic wrote last week, Crimmins was retiring from stage performance, so as to concentrate more on his writing, and "Politicize this!" is the first flare sent out of the chute ... Look for more to come ...
Links
Read "Politicize this!"
Visit Barry Crimmin's website
Barry Crimmins on The Garlic
