Thu
Nov 2 2006
12:45 am
By: Sven
Ok, here's a challenge. Our Tory friends find it implausible that political messages can be imparted through inference. Perhaps that's why GOP ads are as subtle as a fart in a phonebooth.
I spot at least three big unstated premises and/or conclusions in this ad from Wesley Clark & Co. Anybody see more? 3000 bonus points if you can write the syllogism in haiku.
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I spot at least three big
I spot at least three big unstated premises and/or conclusions in this ad from Wesley Clark & Co. Anybody see more? 3000 bonus points if you can write the syllogism in haiku.
I didn't even bother to turn on the runway lights, as that one flew over my head.
"Our Tory friends find it
"Our Tory friends find it implausible that political messages can be imparted through inference."
Err, no. I said 'Bush did not call Democrats terrorists' because Eleanor (on her happy, smoke-filled bus away from reality) seems to like to repeat that lie.
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SayUncle
Can't we all just get a long gun?
Why, you're right, of
Why, you're right, of course, Unk. He called them filthy traitors.
But we dirty hippies have learned our lesson. From now on we'll make things explicit.
Wo ist jenes Studium, das
Wo ist jenes Studium, das Sie ausgedacht haben, irrt sich liest?
Note: my german is only as good as the online translator.
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SayUncle
Can't we all just get a long gun?
How about these?
We are less safe now
We failed in Tora Bora
To kill Osama
Colin lied to us:
Iraq had no terrorists
Before we went in
--Socialist With A Gold Card
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