Define Irony

From CNN: Walt Staton, a member of the group No More Deaths,was sentenced to 300 hours of community service. His crime: Staton "knowingly littered" since he placed water bottles in the desert for illegal immigrants.

Time served?

File Under Irony

According to CNN, Liberty University revoked its recognition for the College Democrats since the college group "stood against the moral principles" held by the school and therefore could no longer be sanctioned. The faculty representative was told by administration: "'You can't be a Democrat and be a Christian and be a university representative.'"

Liberty.

University.

I think Garland Greene said it best: Define irony. Bunch of idiots dancing on a plane to a song made famous by a band that died in a plane crash.

Anita Hill as Next Supreme Court Justice? (A Thought Experiment)

On Mayday appeared in Vanity Fair online, this article by Nell Scovell, entitled "Let's Make Clarence Thomas's Worst Nightmare Come True."

A snippet:

Even if she doesn’t want it, I still think she’d be great. To use her phrase, there’s such “potential for healing.” I want the still ranking member of the Judiciary Committee Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA) to finally treat Hill with the respect she deserves. I want Hill confirmed with more votes than Thomas. And, mostly, I want Hill to counter Thomas’s continued assaults on personal freedoms and equality.

It makes for a fun read that Harrogate thought many Situationers would find both amusing and interesting. Harrogate himself especially likes the inclusion of Hill's own comments on the matter. Haha.

Is She Being Ironic?

An in interview, Sarah Palin told Human Events (via CNN) that she regrets she did not "seize the opportunity" to speak more to the American through the media. This quote seems priceless:

“I was not allowed to do very many interviews, and the interviews that I did were not necessarily those I would have chosen. But I was so thankful to have the opportunity to run with John McCain that I was not going to argue with the strategy decisions that some of his people were making regarding the media contacts.

“But if I would have been in charge, I would have wanted to speak to more reporters because that’s how you get your message out to the electorate.

Palin's rhetoric style downplays any conception of irony. Her calling for more interviews is quite odd since in her interviews she did quite poorly (see here) and is quite hostile to the media and the first amendment.

Yet, her ignorance of irony on one level works to her advantage as she negates McCain's handlers by praising McCain.... "I did not come to bury McCain, but to praise him..."

Only four more years till she runs a campaign on her own....

Poetic Justice; or, Why It Is Funny To See How Conservatives Do Not Understand the Meaning of Irony

They are not saying "Boo-urns;" They are just saying "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" That is, until the music drowns out the crowd.

File under uncomfortable moment infinity: For tonight's Rangers- Flyers game in Philly, Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin dropped the puck at the ceremonial puck drop for the Flyer's opening game. The owner of the Flyers and regular Republican donor, Ed Snyder, decided to develop a political gimmick to feature Palin as the Flyers ran a promotion to find the best Hockey Mom. To honor that Hockey Mom, Snyder decided the most famous "Hockey Mom" in the country, yes that would be Palin, would drop the first puck for the opener.

Hilarity ensues when the Flyer fans reject the shallow political photo-op.



I am all for including politics into sports. In fact, I hate how sports ends up being a politics-free zone, especially when public money supports stadiums, etc. But I do love it when fans reject a political photo op and love the rejection even more when it occurs to Sarah "Hockey Mom" Palin. Synder disrespected his players by putting them in this situation; therefore, he deserved for this to happen to his VP of choice.

Talk about losing the important Hockey Moms vote.