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Internet Ad Placement Is The New Mockery

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  • 1

    Perhaps he shouldve gone with turbotax his accountant was clearly overpaid.

  • 2

    unless of course his accountant used turbo tax.

  • 3

    It's the comedic equivalent of automatic writing!

  • 4

    Is there any truth to the rumor that the ad agency paid extra to have their ads placed next to negative tax stories? l've heard it referred to as an ad multiplier or amplification fee.

  • 5

    KT: Why did you have to post this? Here's some possible pairings:
    Palin's PAC committee-Birth control pills.
    Republican voter drives-Viagra
    Monica Lewinski-Got Milk?
    Al Jefferson-Freezers
    McCain-Ensure
    John Boehner-Preparation H
    Barney Frank-KY

  • 7

    I do like the weekend threads because of their less serious nature. Thanks for working on the weekend.

  • 8

    sacredh:
    Careful!
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    You are edging toward the Hulagate's modus operendi...

  • 9

    Oh I get it-- this is like having Scherer's picture and bio, white house correspondent aside his they all have names porn stars, mayor in Oregon lied about sex with boys story he used to illustrate good journalism.

  • 10

    Ouch! That hurt. Can't I be the Anti-Hulagate? When I used to post on Fox, I was the troll.

  • 11

    sacredh:
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    They let you post on FOX? My hat is off to you!
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    How often did they let you out? Did they at least let you pee in the yard? How often did they toss you a bone?
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    Comment withdrawn and apology extended!

  • 12

    Would I be spoiling the fun if I point out that people who happily pay all the taxes they owe rarely end up in news articles, rendering this sort of juxtaposition almost inevitable?

  • 13

    I put a funny one up on my blog a few months back.
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    Hadn't visited that site in quite some time. It appears not to have been updated since November 1st. I guess nothing has really gone on since then.

  • 14

    53_3: I used to go on Fox and post the most inane comments deriding Hillary, Pelosi, Frank, Obama, Reid et al that I could think of. They were so outrageous that no one could possibly take them seriously (or so I thought). It's amazing how much some people WANT to believe the unbelievable. The comments were often swallowed hook, line and sinker. I kept trying to cross the line but it took quite awhile. Once their braintrust figured it out, my comments had about the same chances of getting posted as a snowball in hell. It was fun while it lasted.

  • 15

    KT- how about a story on disgraced Daschle, I know you are not supposed to write anything negative about the annointed one, but maybe go out on a limb and be objective

  • 16

    nice appointment of Tom Daschle by dumbo obumo who promised not to have any lobbyists in his administration and he picks for HHS a guy who has been working the system for years. This is just disgusting that will be "white washed" as an honest mistake by the dems and the lib media. Hypocrisy, hypocrisy. So similar to Dumbo being outraged by the wall street bonuses while sitting next to his treasury secretary who not only evaded taxes but recently recieved a substantial severance of over half a mil from his previous WALL STREET position. This administration is going to smell so bad as time goes on, taking it s stink from its head, a Chicago thug and lying crook and the VP, a liar and a fool. 2010 cannot come soon enough when the GOP takes back. Can you only imagine how the MSM would have covered this if it were Republicans. It would be 24/7 coverage of " GOP in trouble". No fear the Obama loving media will run interference and protect him every step of the way.

  • 17

    Hey, look! Texte got a new pen name! frito or something...

  • 18

    Actually chips sorta has a point. Of course a link to the original WaPo article in addition to the screenshot would have covered KT's obligation.
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    As Patrick Fitzgerald knows well, neither party has a monopoly on self-dealing.

  • 19

    KT: I'm really sorry but I have to post this one. I realize I'm treading very close to troll status but...

    George Bush: Rid-X

  • 20

    [...] From M. Turk via Time’s Swampland. [...]

  • 21

    "I kept trying to cross the line but it took quite awhile. Once their braintrust figured it out, my comments had about the same chances of getting posted as a snowball in hell. It was fun while it lasted."
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    They had a braintrust? Sh!t! Out-stupiding the stoopid wasn't one of the things I had considered, but if it works, it works.
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    I think that FOX and the Republican party is very, very, very fertile ground for psychiatric and psychologic studies. Maybe you should consider writing up an article in Nature.

  • 22

    After the enjoyment one must be concerned about Daschle's tax problems. He remained in Washington after his defeat and became an influential insider - even in Bush Washington. After the Treasury Secretary's tax jinks this makes depressing reading. What is with these people: they make tons of money yet have tax problems; and they take freebies as a sort of entitlement. I am disappointed with Daschle. The Senate Committee gave him a pass: one their own. Disgusting.

  • 23

    53_3: They had a braintrust?
    I think they brought in an outsider. I thought about writing an article for Nature, but Nature is a scientific magazine. It might be best to go for a magazine that both parties would read. Let's start a magazine that combines religion and rock music. We'll call it All Along the WatchTower.

  • 24

    sacredh: Did you mean Bill Jefferson-freezers?

    I want to know who's vetting these candidates and why aren't they paying their stupid taxes?

  • 25

    KT -
     
    Do you have any pictures of Daschle in Dame Edna glasses?
     

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