Archive of entries posted on 7th July 2009

IMAO makes another urban legend … and this time gets credit for it

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Frank Tweedled about it earlier today. So all you Twiddlers know already. But IMAO made the Urban Legend list. Again.

The other day, Harvey wrote up the fakey newsy piece about Obama apologizing for the Declaration of Independence.

Harvey writes good stuff. But you knew that.

This one got passed around, which happens with lots of his fakey newsy stuff. But this one really took off. So much so that people asked the Mikkelsons, the couple that run Snopes.com, about it.

Heh. That’s funny. Because it says just how close to real Harvey’s story is. It shows that it’s not beyond the realm of possibility — in many people’s minds — that Barack Obama would actually do such a thing. He’s proven himself to the the Apologizer-in-Chief, so, why not?

Anyway, Harvey done good.

And what makes it really special is, it’s the first time that IMAO got credit for an Urban Legend.

Back in March, 2008, there was a post Frank wrote that included a doctored photo (or was it doctored?) of Obama holding a phone upside down. The photo got passed around so much that it garnered an entry on Snopes.

Only, Snopes never credited IMAO for that. In the earlier Snopes entry, they used the full photo that included the “imao.us” stamp in the lower left. Even then, they never would credit IMAO for the image, even after they were notified of the source, with documentation. They ended up cropping the image, removing the watermark. Well, most of it, anyway. If you look careful, you’ll see the dot of the “i” is still in the cropped image on Snopes.

This time, though, they are properly crediting IMAO for the post.

So, Harvey, way to go!

[UPDATE 7-8-09: upon request, Snopes has now updated the Obama phone page to credit IMAO]

Job Growth

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Here’s a neat graph that Karl Rove (the magnificent bastard) has of the job growth the Obama administration projected if the stimulus was passed versus actual stimulus.

This leads to two possibilities:

A) The Obama administration has absolutely no idea what it’s doing about the economy.

B) The Obama administration knows exactly what it’s doing about the economy and means to destroy it and us.

My guess is that A is correct, but do keep possibility B in mind.

Being Overly Protective of Palin Isn’t Conservative

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Palin is still my favorite Republican right now, but some of her supporters are starting to creep me out. I mean, we’re not to Ron Paul levels, but it looks like it’s getting there. I can understand people being protective of her since she’s taken some of the most vile attacks I’ve ever heard any politician get, but nothing excuses freak outs. Not if you want to be called a conservative.

I’m seeing in comments now (not here at IMAO, mind you) where you got these little chihuahuas randomly nipping at everything they think is a threat. They’re attacking some of the most stalwart conservatives in the blogosphere as “RINOs” for questioning whether Palin resigning was the smartest move ever. That’s not being a conservative standing up for your own; that’s being a freak.

If you ever go to the Daily Kos and read the stuff there, if anyone disagrees with someone on one thing, they assume the person must be evil and disagree with them on everything. That’s how a liberal mind works. I don’t care if you can parrot the right things to say on taxes and support the right candidates – if you have a tendency to freak out over politics, you have a liberal mindset. As conservatives, we’re supposed to have too many actual problems to deal with in our real lives to have time to freak out over every little thing in politics. Also, we’re supposed to have more sense than to get than emotionally invested in a politician (I give an exception for Reagan since he’s dead; everyone else I’m prepared to disagree with).

When we rebuild the Republican Party, I’m all for getting rid of the squishes – or, at least, ignoring them – but we don’t need freaks either. If you can’t keep be rational or keep any perspective, then you’re not helping. You’re just scaring people. We need a Republican version of Daily Kos like we need syphilis. I have moons to nuke and dinosaur to arm; I need practical people on my side.

lolterizt! Part 85

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This week terrorists, next week That One. Submit for either at lolterizt@gmail.com

Meanwhile, pass ’em around, spread the love, and if you make your own, don’t be shy about dropping a link to your pics in the comments. The more, the merrier.

NOTE TO READERS: Hovering your mouse over the picture activates closed captioning for the l33t-speak/txtmsg impaired.


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From Melissa:

Also from Melissa:

From Rick of The Rabid Conservative:

My favorites from the submissions using last edition’s uncaptioned picture:

From a different Rick:

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From me (Harvey):

Also from me:

From Ron Rockstar:

From Mike:

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This week’s uncaptioned picture for you to play with:

PRODUCTION NOTES:
#1: When creating lolterizt! pictures, please caption with either black or white text, as colors like red and yellow tend to blur badly when I compress the images.

#2: Standard image size for these posts is 350px wide by whatever high. If you can have your images 350px wide before you caption them, I won’t end up shrinking your captions into illegibility when I re-size the images.

MAKE YOUR OWN: The free lolbuilder from I Can Has Cheezburger.

STYLE NOTE: Short captions are usually better. Your goal is 10 words or less, with humor value tending to increase exponentially as the number of words approaches 1.

HAT TIP: Snapped Shot for handy links to ripe-for-captioning photos.

Send your submissions to lolterizt@gmail.com and – if they aren’t obscene (IMAO is a PG-13 site) and don’t suck too terribly bad – I’ll post them for you. Remember to include your name (and blog URL, if applicable) so I know who to thank.

Random Thoughts

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My guess is Palin does have some sort of master plan, and it ends with liberals being rounded up into death camps just like they suspected! The death camps will have wallet making, canoeing, and nature hikes. And death.

The lack of technological development in Amish communities must make it easy for their scifi authors to accurately portray the future.

Wouldn’t it be more appropriate for Michael Jackson that instead of burying we fired him into space?

Want to do a satirical article about Palin, but there isn’t praise so effusive or hate so vile that’s beyond what’s been written seriously.

Perhaps Sarah Palin is just too much of a true conservative to be a politician.