A Joke Too Far

Townhall.com ^ | November 22, 2009 | David R. Stokes

[Senormechanico]

So, what was the joke you told?

[Senormechanico]

You’ll have to stand in line for that.

[MtnMan101]

Another Liberal lecture on intolerance? Read the rest of the book.

[death2tyrants]

Stokes is another Maureen Dowd. Stokes added 109:9 just like Dowd added the word ‘boy’ on Wilson’s famous ‘You Lie!’ comment.

[TurtleUp]

I believe that Obama is by far the greatest danger that America as a free country has faced in its history, far more deadly and dangerous than King George III, the Civil War, Hitler, or Stalin, and for more reasons than just being an internal enemy with power over our government and who dedicates his life to evil. Despite all that, I want to see Obama fail in our White House for four years. We’ve already paid a large part of the cost for this experiment in socialism. I want the benefits, the unarguable proof from his failure that socialism is evil, destructive, and nothing that should be supported for as long as our rather limited memories last (about one generation, but I’ll take what I can get). If Obama leaves office early, for whatever reason, I suspect the morons and parasites will choose another socialist within 4 to 8 years. We’re better off with four years of pain now than with another round of evil, perhaps next time facing a more competent tyrant.

[Lancey Howard]

Of course, I recognize that when George W. Bush was in office, the same things were circulated about him by a few on the other side of the political spectrum. But some things are simply not funny. It was wrong when liberals did it – and it is wrong for conservatives to do it.

But I bet this guy didn't write about it when the scumbag liberals were doing it.
Anyway, that's a pretty good joke! I never heard it before but I'm sure going to use it.

[Redbob]

"It should be clear to decent, reasonable, reflective, and compassionate people that some things simply aren’t funny"

Too freakin' bad: I got over being reasonable, reflective, and compassionate last January.

I think it's funny; even if it's not, I agree with the sentiments in Verse 8...

[Redbob]

"Doesn’t need to be about killing or dying. If it were we would also use verse 9."

My bumper sticker will read:

"Pray for Pres. Obama
Psalm 109:8-14"

[scrabblehack]

“office” is “episcopatum” in the Vulgate and e^piscope^n in the Septuagint — clearly not a secular office.
In the Hebrew, it’s pequddah, which according to my concordance is not so clear that it’s a religious office instead of a secular one.

I’m really not familiar with this “joke,” applied to Clinton, Bush 43, or Obama.

[Uri’el-2012]

“office” is “episcopatum” in the Vulgate and e^piscope^n in the Septuagint — clearly not a secular office. In the Hebrew, it’s pequddah, which according to my concordance is not so clear that it’s a religious office instead of a secular one.

I’m really not familiar with this “joke,” applied to Clinton, Bush 43, or Obama.

Since both the Vulgate and the LXX are derivative,
I would lean on the Hebrew for understanding.

<06486> hD'quP. pequddah (824a)
Meaning: oversight, mustering, visitation, store
Origin: from 6485
Usage: administrators(1), affairs(1), appointed(1), care(1), class(1), executioners(1), fate(1),
muster(2), office(1), officers(1), offices(3), oversight(2), prison*(1), punishment(11),
responsibility(2), stored(1).

Notes: (a) Psa 55:23 (b) Act 1:20

HSN-6485 occurs in
Exod. 3:16; 1 Sam. 15:2; Isa. 38:10; Jer. 44:13; 50:18; Zeph. 3:7

rv,a] particle relative dqP verb qal perfect 1st person common singular
H6485 dq;P'
Meaning: v 1) to attend to, muster, number, reckon, visit, punish, appoint, look after, care for 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pay
attention to, observe 1a2) to attend to 1a3) to seek, look about for 1a4) to seek in vain, need, miss, lack 1a5) to
visit 1a6) to visit upon, punish 1a7) to pass in review, muster, number 1a8) to appoint, assign, lay upon as a
charge, deposit 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be sought, be needed, be missed, be lacking 1b2) to be visited 1b3) to be
visited upon 1b4) to be appointed 1b5) to be watched over 1c) (Piel) to muster, call up 1d) (Pual) to be passed in
review, be caused to miss, be called, be called to account 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to set over, make overseer, appoint an
overseer 1e2) to commit, entrust, commit for care, deposit 1f) (Hophal) 1f1) to be visited 1f2) to be deposited
1f3) to be made overseer, be entrusted 1g) (Hithpael) numbered 1h) (Hothpael) numbered n m pl abstr 2)
musterings, expenses

I would not read too deeply into the word other than office.

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach

[NoGrayZone]

Hmmm, I recall some movie that was made regarding Bush's assassination....but that's okay right??

[Kaslin]

It is by the left and the lame stream media

[paulycy]

I am a conservative when it comes to politics - a conservative with strong libertarian leanings.

This is like the old joke: "He's a Rabbi. A Reformed Rabbi. A *really* Reformed Rabbi. He's a Nazi."