I used to look forward to this yearly column, but no more. I only posted this one as it illustrates how far Barry has fallen as a "humorist." In my opinion, this year's entry is so decidedly unfunny and more of a political screed that could have been written by any DNC hack, or a Colbert scriptwriter, but then I repeat myself.
To: rightwingintelligentsia
2020 sucked and 2021 said hold my beer. I think 2022 will make you long for the good old days of 2020.
2 posted on
12/27/2021 2:46:51 PM PST by
rllngrk33
(It seems the soap box and ballot box have failed, it might be time for the bullet box.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Jeez. Just stop, Dave. Even after excising the stupid Trump jokes your essay is not at all funny. Just stay in retirement so we can just remember when you were funny.
3 posted on
12/27/2021 2:48:28 PM PST by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: rightwingintelligentsia
I’m with you. Dave Barry is not funny anymore. I actually wondered if he had died since I never see or hear of him.
4 posted on
12/27/2021 2:51:21 PM PST by
Responsibility2nd
(I love my country. It's my government that I hate.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Dave Barry’s still alive? Jeez…
5 posted on
12/27/2021 2:52:44 PM PST by
Apparatchik
(If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away - Jim Ignatowski)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Any comedian or "humorist" loses his craft when he tries to suck up to the "woke crowd."
I have no respect for political correctness in comedy.
6 posted on
12/27/2021 2:54:14 PM PST by
SamAdams76
(I am 58 days away from outliving John Hughes)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
7 posted on
12/27/2021 2:59:07 PM PST by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
To: All
maybe the real dave barry is actually no longer with us and this was really written by a zombie dave barry.
with sundown syndrome humor— quite appropriate to the times, actually.
ha, ha.
8 posted on
12/27/2021 3:01:16 PM PST by
SteveH
(.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Yes, boring.
The only reason I scanned the whole thing was to see if Barry mentioned resident Brandon’s dementia. Nope! Of course not.
Barry is a liberal hack who left what talent he did have in the past.
9 posted on
12/27/2021 3:06:13 PM PST by
Reddy
( B.O. stinks)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Two big news items happened today. 1) Biden said there is no federal solution to COVID. 2) CDC shortened quarantine to not adversely impact the economy.
This signals that the democrats know they are going to lose bigtime if they don’t change something. And they are now moving to end the pandemic. They will lose control over our lives, but they will all be out of power if they keep up this charade. Better to have some power than no power.
10 posted on
12/27/2021 3:07:18 PM PST by
for-q-clinton
(Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
To: rightwingintelligentsia
I liked the excerpt you posted. Made sense. Didn’t read the rest.
12 posted on
12/27/2021 3:13:25 PM PST by
Fledermaus
(I'll wear a mask when Dr. Fraudchi shuts the hell up.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Elsewhere abroad, the state-run Saudi Press Agency reports that a prestigious Saudi beauty pageant for camels, with $66 million in prize money, disqualified over 40 contestants because they received Botox injections, facelifts and other artificial touch-ups. We are not making this item up. I will need to check to see if this important event was covered on FR.
Don't remember it ...
14 posted on
12/27/2021 3:16:47 PM PST by
texas booster
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
I agree completely.
Once you’ve read the Bee, all other attempts at satire seem sad and lifeless.
To: rightwingintelligentsia
It was 2018 or 2019 but Dave Berry did make me laugh out loud when he described ransomware as “like a Windows update...except someone knows how to fix it.” Hasn’t happened since.
18 posted on
12/27/2021 3:26:35 PM PST by
CommerceComet
("You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case, the government forgets the first." Rush Limbaugh )
To: rightwingintelligentsia
I thought the word was “Unity” for the year! It was always disingenuous.
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Thanks. I still like him
Here is another excerpt (the first chunk of May)
..the CDC further relaxes its COVID-19 guidelines in response to new scientific data showing that a lot of people have stopped paying attention to CDC guidelines. At this point these are the known facts about the pandemic in America:
— Many Americans have been vaccinated but continue to act as though they have not.
— Many other Americans have not been vaccinated but act as though they have.
— Many of those who got vaccinated hate Donald Trump, who considers the vaccines to be one of his greatest achievements.
— Many who refuse to get vaccinated love Donald Trump.
What do these facts tell us? They tell us that we, as a nation, are insane. But we knew that.
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Barry has gone over to the dark side.
22 posted on
12/27/2021 3:53:54 PM PST by
Mad Dawg
(Sta, si cum canibus magnis currere non potes, in portico. )
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Move past the ritual nonsense on Trump, and it’s actually very funny and accurate.
24 posted on
12/27/2021 4:03:45 PM PST by
livius
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Agreed. I used to love Dave Barry, but I didn’t even read it all. He’s in the tank for globalists and the destruction of the U.S. Bye bye Dave.
26 posted on
12/27/2021 4:21:26 PM PST by
gspurlock
(http://www.backyardfence.wordpress.com)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
27 posted on
12/27/2021 6:57:32 PM PST by
Albion Wilde
(Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude. --Frederick Douglass)
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