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That's our Pitt, backpedaling as fast as he can!
SELF-RECANTED EVENING
Tune: "Some Enchanted Evening"
Self-recanted evening,
When you see the flip-flops,
You may see where Pitt stops
Across the DUmmieland.
And somehow you know,
You know even then,
That sometime you'll see him
Recant once again.
Self-aggrandized weaving,
Bloviating windbag,
Going where the wind blows,
Not knowing where to stand.
He'll write to the left--
That's left to go right--
Will's so busy dancing,
He can't sleep at night.
Who can explain Pitt?
Who can tell you why?
Will gives two versions,
Neither one can fly.
Some fantastic FReeping!
Someone may be laughing,
You may hear the laughing
Among the DUFU fans.
And night after night,
When we go to bed,
That sound is our laughter--
Will Pitt's in our thread!
Once we have DUFUed
Will Pitt's swing and miss,
Then he'll discover
He can't recant this!
Twin spin!
MAKE ME KNOWN, COUNTRY ROAD
Tune: "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
Almost hades, Crawford Texas
Bush Ranch protest, Sheehan doin' talk shows
Press is out there, underneath the tree
Lookin' for some talkers, might as well be me
Country road, make me known
To the place I belong
Guest opinion, TV pundit
Make me known, country road
All my DUmmies rally round me
Mindless, lazy, looking for a leader
Read my bloggings, written on the fly
Boring waste of bandwidth, glazing of the eye
Country road, make me known
To the place I belong
Guest opinion, TV pundit
Make me known, country road
I wear a hat, in the mirror I see Eastwood
The ladies on DU think I'm hot when I pose
But sweatin' in the sun I get the feelin'
That I should have worn some lighter clothes, lighter clothes
Country road, make me known
To the place I belong
Guest opinion, TV pundit
Make me known, country road
Country road, make me known
To the place I belong
Guest opinion, TV pundit
Make me known, country road . . .
Pitt responds:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=5411524&mesg_id=5412680
So here's my question: if you are, in fact, wandering around Washington with a big skewer in your hand, and this is known, and it is also known that you have it in for every politician you meet, how is it you get so many 'sources' to talk to you? If you're such a badass, who in their right mind would tell you anything? Especially in this White House?
I, flatly, don't believe you. Whenever I use a source, I name them. Period. You have disdain for teachers of journalism, but this former journalism teacher thinks sticking to the basic protocols is a wise idea. Yes, anonymous sources are part of the game. For you, for the 'big stories' that always seem to get this place in a twist, anonymous sources are the whole game.
Yes, you apologized for Terrance Wilkerson. But how many more Wilkersons are there lurking beneath your by-line? How many people are selling you hooey, which you are more than happy to print under the anonymous-source rubric?
It is hard enough working to make the alt-mdia a legitimate news source without having publications like CHB roll the rock back down the hill. If it satisfies you to burnish your credentials and publish hatchet-pieces with bad facts under your name, so be it. I don't trust you any further than I could throw you, many feel the same as I do, and you have no one to blame for that but yourself.
But you won't see this, because you don't pay attention to forums. Alas. It's too bad, because post 34 above asks a bunch of good questions.
Soon he will evolve out of the crawling stage.
Which bar was he crawling out of?
Would that be like "beer goggles"? I think Willie uses those when he goes pub-crawling.
[I've always thought of Pitt as a snake but I ACCEPT your characterization of him as a "cameleon." (Is that a camel that can change colors?)]
You're both on the right track...the rare WRPitt Viper, recognized by its beady eyes, forked tongue, and ever-changing camoflauge as it tries to fit in to a particular setting; known by its repeated attempts to set itself up as an expert in any given field, its namedropping habits, and its flamboyant displays before a camera lens.
Give Pitt credit for fleecing the flock when he turned a horrible interview with the Burger King peodophile and turned it into a phamphlet he could sell to the unwashed.
Our William Rivers Pitt IS related, btw, to the two prime ministers of England named William Pitt (father and son) from the late 1700s-early 1800s. Maybe that's why our little Lord Will hates America so. "Bloody colonists!"
The mind boggles. Willie and Kookie.
"Mirror, mirror, aimed at Will,
When have you had such a thrill?"
No, he added that when he started his blog. See his essay, "A Rivers Runs Truthout."
Seriesly, though, I think the "Rivers" is genuine, seeing as how his dad is named Charles Redding Smith. The appellation doesn't fall far from the tree.
That explains the "Ty" threads.
BOUNCER FROM NEW ORLEANS
Tune: "City of New Orleans"
Writing 'bout a bouncer from New Orleans,
Plenty of Pitt--ain't no one I love more!
Pass the made-up facts in with the twaddle,
Full of Will's rambling speech galore.
Mid the grunts of barroom bouncers
And the sounds from here in Cheers,
Still my brilliance echoes through the rooms!
DUmmies with their minds asleep
Are buying all the crap I sweep--
This yarn's got the scent of certain barnyard fumes!
Good making DUmmieland my barroom!
Don't you know me, I'm so full of it!
I'm the guy who uses bouncers from New Orleans,
I'll be gone five hundred lines 'cause I'm Willie Pitt!
This sounds like a job for our Official Foliage Finder, Repub4bush, Tracer of Lost Foliage! Can you verify? Repeat: Can you verify?
Ty the Bouncer just had that stamped on his hand.
He's the Edgar Allen Poet of the Prog Blogs. See his essay, "The Pitt and the Ponderous."
I call that, "The Day the Dam Burst." Journalist Pitt had been Chief Shill for UndieCo . . . then he raised questions about the claims of Undie the Fundee . . . then he got beat up a bit by the Undielings . . . then he stuck his wet finger in the air and recanted and went back to Team Andy. But Will's wavering is what opened up the flood gates of doubt. And that of course is what killed Andy. WILL PITT KILLED ANDY. That graveyard rat.
After this thread, we may have to call him, "Pie-eyed Piper Pitt."