Posted on 12/08/2007 8:29:56 AM PST by Leisler
Sounds like something Huckabee would say.
Kodos as Bill Clinton, "Treehouse of Horror VII"
I always laugh at this quote because it is the very epitome of empty political rhetoric.
How could have a hundred and one Simpsons quotes, and no mention whatsoever of cheese-eating surrender monkeys?
Mr. Burns: What good is money if it can’t inspire terror in your fellow man?
Let me paraphrase that,
What good is being the most powerful nation on earth if any raghead can come up and kick sand in your face while you PAY
for his existance.
My personal fave.
Principal Skinner: Fire can be our friend; whether it’s toasting marshmallows or raining down on Charlie.
(or Achmed.)
Mr. Burns: What good is money if it can’t inspire terror in your fellow man?
To Paraphrase,
What good is being the most powerful nation on earth if any
two bit raghead can kick sand in your face, while at the same time you are PAYING for his subsistance.
And for my godless socialist cuz.
Sideshow Bob: Your guilty consciences may make you vote Democratic, but secretly you all yearn for a Republican president to lower taxes, brutalize criminals, and rule you like a king!
[An extraterrestrial robot and spaceship has just landed on earth. The robot steps out of the spaceship...]
"I come in peace," it said, adding after a long moment of further grinding, "take me to your Lizard."
Ford Prefect, of course, had an explanation for this, as he sat with Arthur and watched the nonstop frenetic news reports on television, none of which had anything to say other than to record that the thing had done this amount of damage which was valued at that amount of billions of pounds and had killed this totally other number of people, and then say it again, because the robot was doing nothing more than standing there, swaying very slightly, and emitting short incomprehensible error messages.
"It comes from a very ancient democracy, you see..."
"You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?"
"No," said Ford, who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been, having finally had the coffee forced down him, "nothing so simple. Nothing anything like to straightforward. On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people."
"Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy."
"I did," said ford. "It is."
"So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?"
"It honestly doesn't occur to them," said Ford. "They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates to the government they want."
"You mean they actually vote for the lizards?"
"Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course."
"But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?"
"Because if they didn't vote for a lizard," said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in. Got any gin?"
"What?"
"I said," said Ford, with an increasing air of urgency creeping into his voice, "have you got any gin?"
"I'll look. Tell me about the lizards."
Ford shrugged again.
"Some people say that the lizards are the best thing that ever happened to them," he said. "They're completely wrong of course, completely and utterly wrong, but someone's got to say it."
And who didn’t laugh at Homer scraping his entire, naked front side - monty and all - up the ceiling on the Crystal cathedral!
Whoa L.N.! You have to learn to lighten up! The sarcasm light is on with the Simpsons. You are imputing seriousness where there is none. If you can’t laugh at yourself then you are taking yourself and others way too seriously.
The Politics of Failure Have Failed. We Must Make Them Work A-gain!
So I suppose a lost three day weekend in Reno is out of the question?
I knew this was coming.
Every time I object to the content of entertainment that most people don't find objectionable (The Sopranos, Scarface, Lolita, The Godfather movies, South Park, Family Guy, Howard Stern, etc.) somebody suggests that I either don't have a sense of humor, ought to "lighten up," or "get laid." It's tiresome, and more importantly, it's arrogant. I didn't tell anybody that they should be offended, I simply outlined the reasons why I am.
Now, regarding The Simpsons: Matt Groening doesn't like conservatives and promotes the homosexual agenda. I knew that before he had conceived of The Simpsons. The targets of the sarcasm and satire are either people I agree with or issues I believe are important 95% of the time.
It's not even close to balanced. Sure, there are the slaps at Kennedy or Clinton for being horndogs -- that's easy. But when Sideshow Bob says schtuff about Republicans wanting to kill children or that they want "a leader that will rule you like a king," there will be no similar references about leftists' fetish for collectivism, and its well-known but rarely-spoken dangers. And don't think the kids don't pick up on the leftist bias of Simpsons writing.
You might as well scold me for not watching CNN.
Grampa: Look what your bad egg of a son did to my teeth!
Homer: [rolling eyes] Dad, you and your stories. "Bart broke my teeth," "The nurses are stealing my money," "This thing on my neck is getting bigger."
Homer: If you don't start making more sense, we're going to have to put you in a home.
Grampa: You already put me in a home.
Homer: Then we'll put you in the crooked home we saw on 60 Minutes.
Grampa: [cowering] I'll be good.
‘murderers or pedophiles’
Bart is under-represented - as is Millhouse.
bttt
Car: "Hello. I'm the new electric car. I can't go very fast and very far, and everyone who sees you driving me will think you're gay."
Animatronic "gay" robots: "One of us! One of us!"
Then there's the "adult education" ep where Homer is at the school at night just outside the door of a classroom and a hip Black guy gives him a speech in "Snoopese" about what they're teaching inside. He goes in and some dignified old white lady is teaching literature or something. When Homer complains that he's been misled she says something along the lines of "Are you saying that my husband would lie? Why, I should bust a cap in your @$$!"
Perhaps my favorite line is from the episode where Homer thinks he's killed an old woman and it turns out to be a "reality" show (the "old woman" is alive and was actually portrayed by some airheaded celebrity). Anyway, Homer and Marge are on the run and Oscar the bus driver is giving tours to the home of the notorious couple: "Or as we call them, H. Diddy . . . and his murder ho'!" Hilarious!
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