Comments on: Juan Cole, Wit of the Left http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/16/juan-cole-wit-of-the-left/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jamie http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/16/juan-cole-wit-of-the-left/comment-page-1/#comment-13015 Jamie Sat, 18 Feb 2006 21:47:54 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/16/juan-cole-wit-of-the-left/#comment-13015 Did anyone read the comments? Let's see... as of my time of reading, there were ten. They broke down like this: * Conspiracy theories - 3 * Earnest mini-essays about foreign and domestic policy - 2 * Discussion of how the American public is too stupid to understand a <i>complex</i> scandal like Iraq, but can take in a simple scandalous narrative like this one - 1 * Attempts at humor (1 was pretty funny; the rest were like that old <i>Cheers</i> episode when the bar guys convince Norm to go to an open-mike comedy show on his "What's up with that?" shtick, which he bombs, and, giving up on it, intones, "Drinking and driving - <i>what's up with that?</i> Thank you," and leaves the stage), or congrats on the humor - 4, one of which concludes with a short gun safety lecture, which pretty well kills off whatever amusement there was in the piece - no pun intended Did anyone read the comments? Let’s see… as of my time of reading, there were ten. They broke down like this:

* Conspiracy theories – 3
* Earnest mini-essays about foreign and domestic policy – 2
* Discussion of how the American public is too stupid to understand a complex scandal like Iraq, but can take in a simple scandalous narrative like this one – 1
* Attempts at humor (1 was pretty funny; the rest were like that old Cheers episode when the bar guys convince Norm to go to an open-mike comedy show on his “What’s up with that?” shtick, which he bombs, and, giving up on it, intones, “Drinking and driving – what’s up with that? Thank you,” and leaves the stage), or congrats on the humor – 4, one of which concludes with a short gun safety lecture, which pretty well kills off whatever amusement there was in the piece – no pun intended

]]> By: megapotamus http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/16/juan-cole-wit-of-the-left/comment-page-1/#comment-12965 megapotamus Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:53:18 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/16/juan-cole-wit-of-the-left/#comment-12965 Dick Cheney reduced Iraq to rubble? From what? The presumption is always that Iraq under Saddam, while a bit tense, was prosperous and otherwise free. That is a load of crap. Iraq outside of the Kurdish areas was a blighted wasteland economically with a '60's era infrastructure already worn to the nub when the Iran/Iraq war raged. We are not REbuilding but building. Well, whatever. You are correct, as a wit, Cole is a damp squib on his best day. That #1 I could feel I was getting ready to laugh but realized as I read that I was expecting a rhyme or some other humorous connection to Bin Laden... then pffft. That's worse than not even trying as it leaves no doubt as to Coles sense of humor. It proves he doesn't have one. Dick Cheney reduced Iraq to rubble? From what? The presumption is always that Iraq under Saddam, while a bit tense, was prosperous and otherwise free. That is a load of crap. Iraq outside of the Kurdish areas was a blighted wasteland economically with a ’60′s era infrastructure already worn to the nub when the Iran/Iraq war raged. We are not REbuilding but building. Well, whatever. You are correct, as a wit, Cole is a damp squib on his best day. That #1 I could feel I was getting ready to laugh but realized as I read that I was expecting a rhyme or some other humorous connection to Bin Laden… then pffft. That’s worse than not even trying as it leaves no doubt as to Coles sense of humor. It proves he doesn’t have one.

]]> By: RebeccaH http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/16/juan-cole-wit-of-the-left/comment-page-1/#comment-12954 RebeccaH Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:53:24 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/16/juan-cole-wit-of-the-left/#comment-12954 Yes. It sucked. Yes. It sucked.

]]> By: Mike G http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/16/juan-cole-wit-of-the-left/comment-page-1/#comment-12933 Mike G Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:06:01 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/16/juan-cole-wit-of-the-left/#comment-12933 But he speaks Arabic, and therefore you must not question him! >for a well educated, and pretty knowledgeable fellow, he’s still a maroon Gwedd, I'm not even convinced of the middle notion. He pretends to a lot more knowledge than he has, and then bludgeons anyone who disagrees with him. Every newsgroup has his bullying type on it, and they usually aren't any more well informed than anyone else. But he speaks Arabic, and therefore you must not question him!

>for a well educated, and pretty knowledgeable fellow, he’s still a maroon

Gwedd, I’m not even convinced of the middle notion. He pretends to a lot more knowledge than he has, and then bludgeons anyone who disagrees with him. Every newsgroup has his bullying type on it, and they usually aren’t any more well informed than anyone else.

]]> By: Gwedd http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/16/juan-cole-wit-of-the-left/comment-page-1/#comment-12928 Gwedd Fri, 17 Feb 2006 04:04:51 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/16/juan-cole-wit-of-the-left/#comment-12928 Comrades, ya know, for a well educated, and pretty knowledgeable fellow, he's still a maroon..... Classic example of why PBS ought to be axed. The poorest of segments on the Comedy Channel beats this stuff... Respects, Gwedd Comrades,

ya know, for a well educated, and pretty knowledgeable fellow, he’s still a maroon….. Classic example of why PBS ought to be axed. The poorest of segments on the Comedy Channel beats this stuff…

Respects,

Gwedd

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